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SFHL/SCA. Swarthmore College Archives

 Record Group
Identifier: SFHL/SCA
The Friends Historical Library collects, preserves, and provides access to the institutional archives of Swarthmore College.

Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:

Friends Historical Library Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-027
Abstract

This collection contains the records of Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Quaker reference library and archives, founded in 1871. Included are administrative records and correspondence, primarily that of the librarians and other staff, and miscellaneous records.

Dates: 1879-

Charles B. Doron "Views of Swarthmore" photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-149
Identifier: SFHL-PA-149
Abstract

Approximately one dozen photographs of Swarthmore College and vicinity, from Charles B. Doron's "Views of Swarthmore" series. Collection is incomplete.

Dates: 1879 - 1881

Swarthmore College Lantern Slide and Glass Plate Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-198
Abstract The collection of Swarthmore College lantern slides contains historic images of the College and Borough of Swarthmore and photographs of College events and activities. The core of the collection was the selection presented by Professor George A. Hoadley at the Alumni Banquet on June 9, 1917. An avid amateur photographer, he served as the president of the Swarthmore College Camera Club which sponsored an annual lantern slide exhibition. The lantern slides were created from a number of...
Dates: 1897 - 1931

Swarthmore College alumni files

 Collection — Othertype RG6-R2
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R2
Abstract

Files created by the alumni office and added to over time by Friends Historical Library staff. These files typically contain basic information about the student (occupation, residence, etc.), newspaper clippings and obituaries, correspondence with the alumni office (usually about donations), and sometimes other material. Occassionally includes photographs.

Dates: 1869 - 2018

Swarthmore College classes records

 Collection — Othertype RG6-R4
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R4
Abstract

Contains materials pertinent to each class, such as: class business records (constitution, accounts, meeting minutes); clippings; correspondence with Alumni Office; reunion planning materials; reunion yearbooks; class day materials (programs, speeches); commencement materials (press releases, information about honorary degree recipients, commencement speaker speeches/remarks); and more.

Dates: 1869 - 2015

Swarthmore College preparatory department student file

 Collection — Othertype RG6-R7
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R7
Abstract

At its inception, Swarthmore College included a large preparatory department, but it began to play a secondary role by the early 1880s. In 1893, the preparatory division separated from the College and continued as a private institution, Swarthmore Preparatory School. This collection contains a card file of students who attended the Swarthmore College Preparatory School.

Dates: 1869 - 1893

Swarthmore College faculty and staff files

 Collection — Othertype RG6-L9
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L9
Abstract

Individual files on some past faculty and staff members containing newspaper clippings, obituaries, often a CV, and similar materials.

Dates: 1869 - 2018

Alzina Stone Dale Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R3-007
Abstract

This collection primarily contains records related to the writing and publishing of Alzina Stone Dale’s book, When the Postwar World was New. The book was based on her 1952 trip diary of her summer spent in Finland working at an AFSC work camp and the letters she wrote home.

Dates: 1939 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1997 - 2008

Swarthmore College Oral History Project

 Collection — Othertype RG6-X-OH-1
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-X-OH-1
Abstract

The collection consists of oral history interviews conducted with more than 50 current and former Swarthmore College faculty, staff, and students, conducted by Regina Smith Oboler from 1982-1983.

Dates: 1982 - 1983

Swarthmore College audiovisual materials

 Collection — Othertype RG6-X
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-X
Abstract

This collection consists of audio and audiovisual materials in various formats, collected at various times from various sources, about Swarthmore or documenting life at the College.

Dates: 1925 - 2015