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Swarthmore College Bulletin photographs collection

 Collection — othertype: PA-078
Identifier: SFHL-PA-078

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photographs assembled for use in the Swarthmore College Bulletin alumni magazine, some of which were ultimately published and some of which were not. Most of these are color photographs, but there are also contact sheets, slides, and black and white prints.

Dates

  • Creation: 1987 - 2002

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is available for research use.

Explore Digitized Content

All issues of the Bulletin were digitized and are available in our Digital Library. Explore this collection online.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library. All requests for permission to reproduce images must be submitted to the Curator. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Biographical / Historical

The Swarthmore College Bulletin is the official alumni magazine of Swarthmore College. It evolved from the Garnet Letter, a newsletter published by the Alumni Association beginning in 1935. After World War II, college staff assumed responsibility for the periodical, and in 1952 it was renamed the Swarthmore College Bulletin. (The renaming apparently had more to do with postal regulations than an editorial decision. Since 1902, the College had been calling all of its mailed periodicals the Swarthmore College Bulletin, with each volume spanning an academic year and typically including a course catalog issue and an annual report issue, with a varying number of other special issues.)

The first editor of the Swarthmore College Bulletin alumni issue was Kathryn “Kay” Bassett ’35. After a few years, Maralyn Orbison Gillespie ’49 was appointed editor and held the position for 36 years, during which she reshaped the mission of the magazine from focusing narrowly on Swarthmore College to reporting broadly on the college's impact on the world at large. Jeffrey Lott became editor of the magazine upon Gillespie's retirement in 1992. When Lott retired, he was succeeded by Sherri Kimmel in 2012, who handed the reigns to Jonathan Riggs in 2016.

Extent

6.02 cubic ft. (16 binders)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Swarthmore College Bulletin is the official alumni magazine of Swarthmore College. This collection consists of photographs assembled for use in the magazine, some of which were ultimately published and some of which were not. Most of these are color photographs.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in binders by date.

Related Materials

Complete issues of the Swarthmore College Bulletin can be found in RG6/A, Official Publications of Swarthmore College.

Processing Information

In summer 1999 the collection was organized and photographs from 1987-1994 were individually indexed in a FileMaker database. Photographs from 1994-2002 were placed in order but were not inventoried individually.

Author
Zoe Peyton Jones
Date
2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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