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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:

Arthur Beardsley papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-003
Abstract

Arthur Beardsley was a Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Swarthmore College from 1872-1889 and Librarian of Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College from 1893-1917. The collection contains bound notebooks with handwritten math and science problems with solutions, diagrams, and proofs.

Dates: 1872

Robert C. Brooks Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-004
Abstract

Robert Clarkson Brooks (1874-1941) was a Professor of Economics at Swarthmore College from 1904-1908 and Joseph Wharton Professor of Political Science from 1912. The collection includes personal papers, including letters to a student, and lecture notes for various courses in political science.

Dates: 1906-1940

Joseph Conard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-005
Abstract

Joseph Conard (1911-1965) was a Professor of Economics at Swarthmore College from about 1949 until his early death in 1965. The collection contains his economics papers, lecture notes, and reading lists.

Dates: 1949-1963

Everett Lee Hunt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-006
Abstract

Everett Lee Hunt served on the faculty and administration of Swarthmore College from 1925 to 1956. The collection contains speeches and articles by Hunt (and some others) on topics such as Swarthmore College life, Frank Aydelotte, and College traditions, ranging 1935-1973.

Dates: 1935-1975

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 The collection contains two versions of her unpublished manuscript “My Life in Germany Before and After January 30, 1933,” and correspondence pertaining thereto, with some additional miscellaneous documents.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