Friends Historical Library Records
Abstract
This collection contains the records of Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Quaker reference library and archives, founded in 1871. Included are administrative records and correspondence, primarily that of the librarians and other staff, and miscellaneous records.
Dates
- Creation: 1879-
Creator
- Beardsley, Arthur, 1843-1917 (Contributor, Person)
- Hayes, John Russell, 1866-1945 (Contributor, Person)
- Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-1956 (Contributor, Person)
- Swarthmore College (Contributor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. All or part of this collection is stored off-site. Contact Friends Historical Library staff at friends@swarthmore.edu at least two weeks in advance of visit to request boxes.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce items in this collection beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College which holds the copyright. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, a Quaker reference library, archives, and depository, was established in 1871 to collect books and related materials concerning the Society of Friends and its activities. Originally known as the Anson Lapham Repository, the Library has grown to include books, serials, manuscripts, pictures, and archives, and it serves as a depository for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting as well as depository for the Baltimore and New York Yearly Meetings and some smaller yearly meetings.
Extent
91.03 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is organized into 22 series. The series are:
- Correspondence, 1879-1950
- Minutes
- Annual reports
- Acession books and catalogs
- Visitor's registers
- Conferences
- Correspondence, 1950-1960
- Correspondence, 1960-1970
- Correspondence with Quaker meetings, to 1980
- Correspondence, 1970-1980
- Financial records, to 1980
- Exhibits, to 1980
- Miscellaneous, to 1980
- Correspondence, 1980-1990
- Correspondence, 1990-2000
- Correspondence, 2000-2010
- Financial Records, 1980- [current]
- Grants
- Visitor Registers and Registration Forms
- Annual Reports
- Exhibits
- Miscellaneous, 1980- [current]
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accruals: Records retired on regular basis.
Some early records found in library desk of J. Russell Hayes. (Librarian of FHL 1927-1937 and Librarian Emeritus until his death in December 1945), which contained largely correspondence and one book on Anson Lapham Repository Fund. Altar of Goodwill correspondence deposited by Courtney Smith in 1956. Account of Library, 1938-1947, retired from current files in 1957. Other records retired on regular basis.
Processing Information
Records, mostly correspondence, retired on regular basis. Filed in documents boxes and stored in RG 4
Geographic
Topical
Uniform Title
- Title
- An Inventory of the Friends Historical Library Records, 1879-2011
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
Find It at the Library
Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting repoductions from Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library
