Box 1

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Includes letter about his participation in the Sheffield, Massachusetts, anniversary celebration. Letters from his brother Fred Hoadley and nephew. Notes on trip to Adirondacks, 1902, spent photographing.

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George A. Hoadley and Marie Kemp Hoadley agreement with the builder, typed copy.

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Swarthmore College lecture schedule and "Outside Duties,'" such as monitoring.

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Typed remarks about his early years with the College and his colleagues. Noted that he had the first piano on campus when he was living in Parrish Hall with his family circa 1899.

Scope and Contents Hoadley served as acting president os Swarthmore College between Birdsall and Swain. He also served as president of the Swarthmore College Camera Club which held annual lantern slide exhibitions. Hoadley's photographs were published in the Swarthmore College Bulletin, 1904, and a booklet, Swarthmore Scenes, published 1900 with a poem by John Russell Hayes. He was active in College athletic events. Includes a typed copy of Charles Doron's defense regarding Parrish Fire of 1881, denying...

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Hoadley served on the Swarthmore Public School Board for 15 years and as president of the Board for 4 years. He resigned in 1909. Includes the program for first high school commencement, 1899.

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A notice at the front announces: Opening of Swarthmore Public School, September 8th 1890, Oliver Fell, Principal. Ten students in attendance, including Arthur G. Hoadley. An added note dated 1902 explains that the School was a private enterprise held in Sylvan Cottage and not related to the Borough's public school. It was closed for lack of students when the public school opened on Feb. 2, 1891.

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Hoadley was elected to the Committee on Science and the Arts in 1897 and served on the Board from 1911 until his death.

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George A. Hoadley graduated in 1874 and the following year became principal of the Argyle Academy in Argyle, New York. He was Commencement speaker and awarded an Honorary Degree in 1907 from Union College. Includes program for Argyle Academy commencement exercises with Ida A. Burtch (soon his wife) listed for Instrumental and Vocal Music.

Scope and Contents From Swarthmore to the children by his first marriage to Ida Burch Hoadley: Clarence [Jack], Arthur G. [Art], Russell, and Mildred [Midsie] with news about family and College - deaths, faculty, buildings, etc. George had married his third wife, Fannie B. Kilgore, in 1908. The letter mentioned that he was the guardian of Anthony (son by Marie Kemp Hoadley who died in 1907), that Mrs. [Caroline S. Burnham} Kilgore had died and Fannie's sister, Carrie Kilgore, was living with them until her...