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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:

Phi Psi (Swarthmore College) Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-Q009
Overview

Contains the records of Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Omicron Psi, and Phi Psi from 1889 to 1967, with gaps in some series. Now a local fraternity at Swarthmore College, Phi Psi began as Pennsylvania Kappa, a chapter of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Pennsylvania Kappa was established in 1889 and was a chapter of Phi Kappa Psi until 1963.

Dates: 1889-1986

Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Chapter Records

 Collection — Othertype RG6-Q010
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-Q010
Overview

The Phi Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa was established at Swarthmore College in 1906. By 1991, it was abolished, a victim of mounting debt and student disinterest. The collection includes correspondence, 1956-1957, concerning the Chapter's pledging of an African American, the first at the College; other correspondence mostly concerning the mounting debt; and agreements and leases.

Dates: 1921-1991

Swarthmore Phoenix Records

 Collection — Othertype RG6-Q020
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-Q020
Overview

The Swarthmore Phoenix, Swarthmore College's newspaper, began as a monthly publication in 1881. This small collection contains an account book, 1884-1899, and some miscellaneous papers, including letters to the editor concerning the abolishment of women's fraternities in 1933 and a scrapbook about a 1953 prank article that asserted Adlai Stevenson had accepted the position of Swarthmore College President.

Dates: 1884 - 1953

Swarthmore College Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-010
Overview

This collection contains 31 photograph albums, dating from approximately 1876 to 1975, that document Swarthmore College social life and campus views. Various sources donated the material, and the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College made an artifical collection in 3/2005 that combined all the photos into one group.

Dates: 1876 - 1975

Swarthmore College photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-200-210
Identifier: SFHL-PA-200-210
Overview

This collection consists of photographs of Swarthmore College from the time of the College's founding into the 21st century. College buildings, students, alumni, employees, activities, events, and other subjects are depicted. Photographs collected by the Friends Historical Library from various sources internal and external to the College.

Dates: 1864 - 2009

Swarthmore College Physical Education and Athletics Department records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-I001
Overview Some structured exercise program, physical education or "physical culture," has always been required of Swarthmore students as a condition of enrollment or graduation, from its earliest years into the 21st century. In 1888 Swarthmore College formed a Department of Physical Culture, now known as the Physical Education Department. The Swarthmore College Physical Education and Athletics Department records, 1921-1996, includes reports on the department, sports news releases, and other...
Dates: 1921 - 1996

Pi Beta Phi, Pennsylvania Alpha Chapter (Swarthmore College) song books

 Collection — Othertype RG6-Q035
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-Q035
Overview

This collection consists of two song books used by Pi Beta Phi, Pennsylvania Alpha Chapter. Pi Beta Phi was the second sorority to maintain a chapter at Swarthmore College (est. 1892) and the largest sorority on campus in 1932, just before the college abolished sororities in 1933.

Dates: 1923 and 1929

Pi Sigma Society Records

 Collection — Othertype RG6-Q016
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-Q016
Overview

The collection contains the records, 1905-1912, of Pi Sigma Fraternity of Swarthmore College. The fraternity was founded in 1905 and in 1912 became the Alpha Beta Chapter of Delta Gamma, the national women's fraternity.

Dates: 1906-1912

Swarthmore College Faculty Committee on the Pre-Medical Program records

 Collection — Othertype RG6-I002-B
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-I002-B
Overview Swarthmore College has never offered a formal “premed” major for students planning to pursue graduate degrees in medicine, but the college does provide other forms of guidance and support. A Pre-medical Advisory Committee was formed in 1945, replaced in the 1949/1950 school year by the Faculty Committee on the Pre-Medical Program. As of 2015, the Health Sciences Advisory Committee is composed of faculty members, deans, and the Health Sciences Advisor (a staff position in the Health Sciences...
Dates: 1945 - 1967

Swarthmore College preparatory department student file

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

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