Collections | Archives & Manuscripts

Watson Dewees photographs

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-950-221

Abstract

This collection contains photographs taken by Watson Dewees.

Dates: Undated.

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Watson W. Dewees Meeting House Photographs

Collection — othertype: PA-011

Identifier: SFHL-PA-011

Abstract

This collection consists of Friends' meeting house photographs taken circa 1905 by Watson Wood Dewees. The meeting houses depicted are located in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Southeastern Ohio, Maryland and Delaware.

Dates: 1905

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Diana Davies Collected Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Davies, Diana

Scope and Contents

Photographic negatives and prints covering events and individuals related to the anti-war and social change movements.

Dates: circa 1964-1971

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Diaries

Collection

Identifier: BMC-diary

Dates: circa 1800s

Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Dickinson-Francisco family papers

Collection — othertype: SC-027

Identifier: SFHL-SC-027

Abstract

This collection includes the correspondence, in original and typescript copy, of Hannah Francisco and others of her family. The letters primarily concern family matters, with some discussion by Rowland Reece about the state of Howard Orphan asylum with which he was involved. Other correspondents include Joseph and Esther Dickinson, and Miriam Maxwell. Also included are genealogical notes on the Dickinson family.

Dates: 1844-1931

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Roberta Dickinson Collected Papers

Collection — othertype: CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Dickinson, Roberta

Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, documents relating to Dickinson's arrests, information about resistance to the Vietnam War and the Harrisburg Eight, war tax resistance, Dickinson's letters to congress and to editors, specifications for her "My Lai" sculpture; collection also includes photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1969-1974

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

John T. Diebold scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R3-002

Abstract

The American businessman John T. Diebold, founder of the Diebold Group, Inc. and author of the management classic Automation, was a graduate of Swarthmore College (class of 1949). This collection consists of 89 scrapbooks carefully constructed by Diebold to document his life and the major events of his business career and personal life.

Dates: 1880 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1999

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Albert and Frank Dietrich Collected Papers

Collection — othertype: CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Dietrich correspondence

Abstract

Collection consists of correspondence between the two brothers and their letters to their parents and to Frank's wife, Christine; topics include war, peace, patriotism, daily life in the army and Civilian Public Service, and arguments about the use of military force and pacifist nonviolence in the face of Nazi Germany and expansionist Japan; Frank's letters from the Philippines offer descriptions of life there, and the challenges of wartime marriages and parenthood.

Dates: 1939-1946, 1988-1998; Majority of material found within 1939-1946

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection