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Swarthmore Refugee Resource House

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-088

Scope and Contents

These papers contain the records of Swarthmore Refugee Resource House, Swarthmore, Pa., primarily from 1985, when the effort to incorporate began, to 1994 when it ceased operation. They include Board minutes, financial records, correspondence and miscellaneous papers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1979-1994

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

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. On average, there were between 10 and 16 residents. The Refugee House was located on the campus of Swarthmore College in a leased building, and the directors relied heavily on funding from corporations and individuals and in volunteer help.

In 1984, the Board of Directors were joined by members from outside Swarthmore Monthly Meeting. In 1985, the Board began to wok towards incorporation. 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 funding or a new space in which to continue to function. The buildiing was torn down by the College circa 2021 after years of neglect.

Extent

1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

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 funding or a new space in which to continue to function.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into three series:

  1. Board of Directors
  2. Financial Papers
  3. Miscellaneous Papers

Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: Swarthmore Refugee Resource House, 1995. Accession number: 95-012

Donor: Helen Brink, 2008 Accession number: 2008-015

Related Materials

See also:

  1. RG 2, Swarthmore Monthly Meeting, Minutes of the Refugee Committee, 1980-1994.
Title
An Inventory of the Swarthmore Refugee Resource House Records, 1979-1994
Author
SKM, assisted by EL
Date
1999
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

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