Alice Hall Paxson Papers on Scattered Seeds
Scope and Contents
The collection contains chiefly editorial correspondence and other papers relating to Scattered Seeds, a magazine for Quaker children, from 1930-1936 when it was edited by Paxson. Also, correspondence with American Unitarian Association, publishers of a similar periodical, The Beacon.
Dates
- Creation: 1930-1936
Creator
- Paxson, Alice Hall , 1868-1955 (Person)
- American Unitarian Association (Contributor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
Alice Hall Paxson (1868-1955) was a Quaker author and editor, of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania She was the daughter of Thomas Heston and Lydia H. (Cox) Hall of Chester County. The family moved to Swarthmore, Pa., about 1889, and Alice graduated from Swarthmore College in 1888. In 1897, she married Charles Paxson. The family had close ties to Swarthmore College, including many graduates. Lydia (Cox) Hall was founding editor and editor for forty years of the periodical Scattered Seeds, a position in which her daughters. Abby Hall Paxson and Abby Hall Roberts, succeed her. About 1928, Alice Hall Paxson became chief editor.
Extent
0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Alice Hall Paxson (1868-1955) was a Quaker author and editor, of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Thomas Heston and Lydia H. (Cox) Hall of Chester County. The family moved to Swarthmore, Pa., about 1889, and Alice graduated from Swarthmore College in 1888. In 1897, she married Charles Paxson. The family had close ties to Swarthmore College, including many graduates. Lydia (Cox) Hall was founding editor and editor for forty years of the periodical Scattered Seeds, a position in which her daughters, Abby Hall Paxson and Abby Hall Roberts, succeeded her. About 1928, Alice Hall Paxson became sole editor. The collection contains chiefly editorial correspondence and other papers relating to Scattered Seeds, a magazine for Quaker children, from 1930-1936 when it was edited by Paxson. The collection also includes correspondence with American Unitarian Association, publishers of a similar periodical, The Beacon.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into three series:
- Correspondence
- Financial papers
- Manuscripts
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Eleanor Paxson Keighton, 1972.
The collection was given by a daughter of Alice Hall Paxson, Eleanor Keighton of Swarthmore, Pa.
Separated Materials
The following materials, originally part of the collection, have been removed and recatalogued:
- See FHL periodicals for bound serial, Scattered Seeds, 1869-1935.
- Periodical also available on microfilm, FHL P326-P332.
- See also RG 2, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Friends Central Bureau, Scattered Seeds Account Books, 1916-1935.
Geographic
Topical
- American periodicals
- Children -- Religious aspects -- Periodicals
- Children's literature -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Children's literature -- Religious aspects
- Children's periodicals
- Children's periodicals
- Periodical Editors -- Pennsylvania
- Publishers and publishing -- Pennsylvania
- Quaker women -- Pennsylvania
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania
- Quakers -- Periodicals
- Religious education of children
- Religious newspapers and periodicals -- United States
- Society of Friends -- Education
- Unitarians -- Periodicals
- Unitarians -- Societies, etc
- Unitarians -- United States
Uniform Title
- Title
- An Inventory of the Alice Hall Paxson Scattered Seeds Papers, 1930-1936
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 1972
- 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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