Box 1

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Two long, affectionate handwritten letters in which Crampton wrote that he regarded Hoadley as a father. Crampton (1874-1962) was a Philadelphia ophthalmologist and served as Director of Field Hospitals in the U.S. Army in WWI. He received awards from the Franklin Institute and the Illuminating Engineering Society.

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Includes an essay by George Hoadley's "History of leather," signed Dad. Clarence B. (1873-1946) graduated from Swarthmore College in 1897 and in 1901 married Elizabeth Kirk Hallowell Smedley, the Quaker widow of Isaac Garrett Smedley who owned a summer house a few door away on Walnut Lane. After their marriage, Jack and Elizabeth Smedley moved to Los Angeles.

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Arthur ("Art") (1881-1946) was in the Swarthmore College Class of 1902, active as an alumni, and worked in Chicago. His letters provide vocational and family updates. Also letter to "Daddy Hoadley" from his fiancée, Helen Kyle, inviting the family to to their wedding in 1906, with sympathy that travel might be too difficult for Mrs. Hoadley [Marie Kemp Hoadley].

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Russell (1887-1958) was in the Swarthmore College Class of 1909 and worked first in Brooklyn and later moved to California. His 1905 letter mentioned Jack and Elizabeth Hoadley who were living Los Angeles.

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Includes a 1915 typed story from her father. Mildred (1891-1952) married Percy Ainsworth in 1918 and they had a son, Donald, born on 9 mo 13, 1918. She filed for divorce in 1920 for non-support.

Scope and Contents Anthony "Anno" or "Tony" (1901-1974) was the only child of George A. Hoadley's second wife, Marie A. Kemp Hoadley. Most letters are typed letters from his father, including a letter dated 10 month 12, 1918, which described the influenza outbreak in Philadelphia. Anthony was an engineer and lived with his family in Schenectady, New York. He graduated from Union College, his father's alma mater, in 1923. Letter of 1957 expressed appreciation to Fannie and Florence Hoadley for their care...

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George was home in Swarthmore