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SFHL/SCA/pers. Personal Papers - Alumni and Faculty

 Record Group Term
Identifier: SFHL/SCA/pers

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Olga Lang Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-007
Abstract

Olga Lang (1897-1992) was a Russian Jew and Communist who lived in Nazi Germany, China, and, eventually, the United States. She taught Russian at Swarthmore College in the 1960s. After retiring from Swarthmore, she affiliated with Columbia University. The collection contains two versions of her unpublished manuscript “My Life in Germany Before and After January 30, 1933,” and correspondence pertaining thereto, with some additional miscellaneous documents.

Dates: 1940 - 1980

Pauline Marshall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-008
Abstract

Pauline Marshall was a serials specialist in McCabe Library of Swarthmore College and active on college staff committees. She retired in the late 1990s. The collection contains papers concerning Swarthmore College’s Equal Opportunity Action Committee.

Dates: 1971-1990

Charles B. Shaw Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-009
Abstract

Copy of "Seeing Things in Print" Popular Lectures on Typographic History

Dates: ?

Harrison M. Wright Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-010
Abstract Harrison M. Wright taught history at Swarthmore College from 1957 to 1979 and from 1984 until his retirement in 1993. He was college provost from 1979 to 1984 and served as acting president during the 1980-81 academic year. This collection contains papers from the committees on which Wright served, as well as from faculty meetings and bulletins. Topics include renovations of college buildings, revisions of college rules, increasing radicalism/student activism on campus, disciplinary issues,...
Dates: 1960-1992

Phyllis Nelson Yuhas Papers

 Collection — Othertype RG6-R3-003
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R3-003
Abstract Phyllis Nelson Yuhas (1922-2006) was an emeritus professor of history and one of the founders of international education at Ball State University, Indiana. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1944 and received a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.. The collection contains letters, 1940-1944, from Phyllis Ann Nelson, a student at Swarthmore College, to her family in Iowa. She wrote weekly letters, detailing her daily...
Dates: 1940-1944

Gertrude Weaver Refugee Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R3-004
Abstract Gertrude Weaver graduated from Swarthmore College in 1938 with degrees on German and History, and spent her junior year (1936-1937) in Munich. After graduation, she taught German at Chester High School where she and her students corresponded sent relief packages to families in Western Europe struggling to survive in impoverished post-World War II Europe. This collection contains Weaver’s correspondence with the recipients of her aid, as well as records of the logistics of the operation. The...
Dates: 1946-1949

James H. Scheuer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R3-001
Abstract This collection contains the papers of Representative James H. Scheuer (1920-2005), Democrat from New York, Swarthmore College Class of 1942. It documents his long career as a politician and public servant. His early interests in housing and urban planning soon broadened to encompass the diverse needs of his constituents in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. Both in the House and in external committee work, Scheuer was actively involved in issues relating to the environment and the quality of...
Dates: 1957-1995

Mary Lois Broomell Eberle travel diaries

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R3-013
Abstract

This collection contains the travel diaries of Mary Lois Broomell Eberle.

Dates: 1978-1998

Morris L. Clothier papers on Swarthmore College

 Collection — Othertype RG6-R3-008
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R3-008
Abstract

Morris Lewis Clothier (1868-1947) was a businessman associated with Strawbridge & Clothier department store and a Swarthmore College alum who remained involved with the college from his graduation in 1890 until his death. The Morris L. Clothier papers on Swarthmore College, 1885-1948, consist of coursework, ephemera, nostalgic memorials, photographs, and other papers relating to Morris L. Clothier's time as a Swarthmore student and his involvement with alumni activities.

Dates: 1885-1948