Box 12

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Proposal to MacMillan Company for a baby book

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Reports, etc. A number of the board members were residents of Delaware County, and Mary S. Patterson was president of the Board in 1936-1946 and wrote a biography of Martha Schofield published by the School in 1944.

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In 1950 the Schofield School was transferred to the Aiken City Board of Education. The Scholarship Fund was started in 1952.

Scope and Contents Draft of a letter to her grandson, Rich, in which Mary Sullivan Patterson describes how her mother and two aunts, Mabel and ? encouraged her interest in genealogy. When her husband suffered a heart attack in 1952, Mary took a course in genealogy and worked as a genealogist at Friends Historical Library until 1956 when she decided to focus on her research on 17th century Quakers. Subsequently to her research trip in England in 1957, she became involved with historic preservation and only...

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Genealogical correspondence includes in Family Correspondence

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Patterson reported to PYM Representative Committee that the City of Philadelphia hoped that Philadelphia Yearly Meeting would develop a William Penn garden adjacent to the meeting house. Patterson proposed that this would tie in with George Fox's desire to have a botanical garden in Pennsylvania.

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Caleb Pusey House, Inc., was incorporated in 1965. Folder includes preliminary and annual reports, correspondence

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Research notes and notebook with drafts of reports, Christmas letter, etc.

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Mary S. Patterson's involvement in preserving Delaware County history included serving on the County Historical Society Board and as president of Caleb Pusey House, Inc.. She also was involved with Delaware County historic house tours, Chester courthouse restoration, Leiper House, and was a founder of Historic Delaware County Society among other interests.

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Rough notes