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Anna W. Stout correspondence received
Collection — othertype: SC-272
Identifier: SFHL-SC-272
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence received by Anna W. Stout who attended the Preparative Department at Swarthmore College from 1884 to 1886 and then moved to Grand Meadow, Minn. Five letters are from Albert M. Johnson; four from Arabella Carter; and a single letter (1886) is from Alice Bowman Comly at Swarthmore which mentions improvements at the College made on the observatory and a new track and grandstand. The bulk of the letters (18) are from her cousin Frank W. Hibbs, a student at...
Dates:
1864-1891 (-1886-1891)
Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys (Cheyney, Pa.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-043
Abstract
Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys was founded in 1855 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Home for Destitute Colored Children, a Hicksite Quaker women's charity which provided shelter and education for black children (generally boys) and then placed them with private families. The Home built a new facility in Cheyney, Pa, in 1922, and the name was changed to Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys in 1945. The collection contains minutes, financial and legal records, and reports.
Dates:
1855-1956
Joseph Swain Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D06
Abstract
This collection contains the official and personal correspondences and related papers of Joseph Swain, sixth president of Swarthmore College (1891-1921). He was notable for presiding over the development of the college into a top-ranked academic institution.
Dates:
1891-1921
Swarthmore Country Week Picnic records
Collection — othertype: SC-172
Identifier: SFHL-SC-172
Dates:
1914-1941
Swarthmore Refugee Resource House
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-088
Abstract
The Swarthmore Refugee Resource House, Swarthmore, Pa., was founded in 1979 by members of Swarthmore Monthly Meeting as a place of temporary assistance and shelter for legal refugees in gaining independence by providing them with shelter, counseling and tutoring in English. The Swarthmore Refugee House was incorporated in 1988 as a non-profit corporation. However, the House was laid down in 1994 when Swarthmore College reclaimed its building and the Board was unable to find either sufficient...
Dates:
1979-1994
Norman Walton Swayne Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-144
Abstract
The Swayne family were Quakers of southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. Caleb Swayne was a farmer and tanner, and his son, Benjamin, also operated a tan yard and conducted a school for boys, the London Grove Boarding School. Evan Thomas Swayne also taught at London Grove, but moved to the Eaton Institute, a boarding school for girls in Kennett, after 1865. His son, Edward Swayne, had a greenhouse business and wrote poetry. Edward's sister, Anna Belle, was a photographer before her marriage...
Dates:
1733-1987
Florence E. Taylor Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-145
Abstract
Florence E. Taylor was the descendant of a Quaker family whose roots went back to the settlement of Pennsylvania. Her parents were Frederick W. Taylor (1848-1919) and Emily Hunt Taylor (d. 1942). Fred Taylor, a wealthy Philadelphia businessman and philanthropist to the Society of Friends, was the son of Charles Maus Taylor and Anna E. W. Sterling Taylor. His grandfather was Israel Taylor (1782-1850). The collection includes correspondence of Israel Taylor (1782-1850) and Charles M. Taylor...
Dates:
1806-1995
Taylor-Thomson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-203
Abstract
The Taylors and Thomsons were Quakers from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, who married into the Knight, Clothier, and Shoemaker families. This collection includes correspondence, copybooks and albums, account books, family photographs, and miscellaneous clippings. Of particular interest is a large collection of deeds and some late 19th and early 20th century travel diaries.
Dates:
1817-1955
The Harned (Moylan, Pa.)
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-083
Abstract
The Harned was a non-profit boarding home for the elderly in Moylan, PA, under the care of Media Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. It operated under the direction of The Harned Committee. It was established in 1940 through the bequest of Quaker sisters, Phebe and Katherine Harned, and laid down in 1994. The collection contains minutes and reports, admission and financial papers, and other related information.
Dates:
1931-1996
The Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-053
Abstract
This Hicksite Quaker women's charity was organized in 1844 and incorporated in 1856. Its mission was to provide employment in sewing for poor women. Lucretia Mott served as president until 1866. The Association went out of existence in 1926. The collection contains legal documents, financial records, membership list (1849-1872), reports, correspondence, and related papers.
Dates:
1841-1929
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- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 6
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 6
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 6
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 6
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 6
- Foulke family 5
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- Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures 4
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 4
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 4
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- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 4
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 4
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 4
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- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 3
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 3
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 3
- Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912 3
- Mather family 3
- Miller family 3
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) 3
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- Sharples, Joshua, 1747-1826 3
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- Balderston, C. Canby (Caleb Canby), 1897-1979 2
- Balderston, Ida Smedley (Ida Roberts Smedley Balderston), 1896-1993 2
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- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 2
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- Churchman, George, 1730-1814 2
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