Swarthmore Borough Photographs
Scope and Contents
This collection includes original and reproduction photographs, negatives and black and white photos, circa 1880-2005. Schools, government buildings, churches, gardens, landscape and ariel views, organizations and transportation are depicted in the collection.
The nucleus of this collection is images used in the book Swarthmore Illustrated: A Centennial History by Susanna K. Morikawa and Patricia C. O'Donnell (1993). Subsequently, other photographs from the Swarthmore Historical Society were added to the collection for ease of access.
Dates
- Creation: 1880 - 2005
Creator
- Swarthmore Historical Society (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is available for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Some of the items in this collection may be protected by copyright. The user is solely responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns to reuse, publish, or reproduce relevant items beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to the law. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
Swarthmore is a borough located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. After the founding of Swarthmore College in 1864, a residential community and small business hub developed, centered on the College and the train station which was named Westdale until 1872. The Borough of Swarthmore was incorporated in 1893, and its history has since been intertwined with that of the College. Many of its citizens had close associations -- as graduates, employees, or members of the Quaker meeting -- on campus.
The Swarthmore Historical Society was founded in 1988, and its collections were deposited in Friends Historical Library in 1996.
The nucleus of this collection is images used in the book Swarthmore Illustrated: A Centennial History by Susanna K. Morikawa and Patricia C. O'Donnell (1993). Subsequently, other photographs from the Swarthmore Historical Society were added to the collection for ease of access.
Extent
1.5 cubic ft. (4 binders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of 4 binders of original and copy photographs and negatives, dating from approximately 1880 to 2005, of the Swarthmore Borough, located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Many of the images were used in the book Swarthmore Illustrated: A Centennial History by Susanna K. Morikawa and Patricia C. O'Donnell (1993).
Arrangement
The photographs are arranged by volume. Within each volume, pictures are filed in the order in which they appear in Swarthmore Illustrated by item number. Negatives are filed with the photograph when there is a full sized, individual negative. 33mm negatives are filed at the back.
Processing Information
Many of the older pictures used in the Centennial Exhibition, with copy photos and negatives originally were catalogued as PA 89, Swarthmore College Lantern Slide Copy Print Collection. For ease of access, the pictures used in Swarthmore Illustrated have been removed from PA 89 and instead stored with PA 64 since more requests for duplication come through that publication. What remains in PA 89 (stored in box with PA 90) are Swarthmore College Pictures not used in Swarthmore Illustrated and not pertaining to the Borough of Swarthmore.
Subject
- Swarthmore College (Organization)
Geographic
- Author
- Kemi Oladipo
- Date
- 11/06/17
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Find It at the Library
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