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Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-019
Abstract
This collection is comprised of three handwritten copies of the manuscripts of "The Vision of Isaac Childs, which he saw in the year 1757, concerning Pennsylvania, the land of his nativity."
Dates:
1757
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D14
Abstract
Rebecca Chopp was the 14th President of Swarthmore College (2009-2014). She is a well-known scholar of religion and American culture. While at Swarthmore, Chopp researched changing structures and cultures of higher education, the role of liberal arts in a democratic society, and religion and higher education. She resigned from Swarthmore College in 2014 to become the 18th Chancellor of the University of Denver. This collection includes correspondence, speech texts, and other documents from...
Dates:
2009-2015
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-006
Abstract
The Christian Arbitration and Peace Society was founded in 1886 in Philadelphia as a branch of the American Peace Society.
Dates:
1886-1896
Collection — othertype: SC-268
Identifier: SFHL-SC-268
Abstract
The collection contains family correspondence (4 ALsS), genealogical notes, and bible records. It includes family correspondence received by Rebecca Clark, 1804-1806, before her marriage to John Humphrey. One letter is from her sister Elizabeth and the other letters were written by her mother Bathsheba Clark. Bathsheba mentions caring for a grandchild with smallpox and various needlework projects. The genealogical information includes pages from a family bible, research on the Allen, Clark,...
Dates:
1725-1932
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-185
Abstract
Eleanor Stabler Clarke (1896-1995), a birthright Quaker, was active in the American Friends Service Committee and other Quaker organizations, and served on the Swarthmore College Board of Managers from 1935-1971. She was the daughter of Charles M. and Ida Palmer Stabler, and in 1918 she married William Anderson Clarke, Sr. Her sister, Cornelia Stabler Gillam (1898-1979) was active in the theater and performed for the U.S.O. in 1945 and 1946. The collection includes a genealogy with stories...
Dates:
1950-1979
Collection
Identifier: HCQ-002-1870
Abstract
The collection contains a copy of Memorabilia Classis 'LXX Haverfordiae Minora, printed for the Haverford College Class of 1870 in 1878.
Dates:
1878
Collection
Identifier: HCQ-002-1880
Abstract
This collection consists of a program for the cremation ceremony conducted by the Class of 1880 at the end of their sophomore year in 1878.
Dates:
1878
Collection
Identifier: HCQ-002-1882
Abstract
Collection of biographical accounts of members of the Class of 1882 compiled by class member George A. Barton in 1933.
Dates:
1933
Collection
Identifier: HCQ-002-1887
Abstract
This collection includes a copy of Two COllege Songs of the Class of '87, published in 1917.
Dates:
1917
Collection
Identifier: HCQ-002-1900
Abstract
The collection contains class letters, which include information about the reunion, communications from members of the class, and addresses of the graduates.
Dates:
1902-1969; Majority of material found within 1905-1916