Swarthmore Refugee Resource House
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
- Swarthmore Refugee Resource House (Organization)
- Swarthmore Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends). Refugee Committee (Contributor, Organization)
- Swarthmore Refugee Resource House (Contributor, Organization)
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:
- Board of Directors
- Financial Papers
- 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
Topical
- Charities -- United States
- Church work with refugees -- Society of Friends
- Church work with refugees -- Society of Friends
- Nonprofit Organizations -- Pennsylvania
- Poor -- Services for -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore
- Refugees -- Pennsylvania
- Society of Friends -- Charities
- 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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