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David Hutchinson Scull Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-135

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence and related materials of David Hutchinson Scull (1914-1983), Quaker businessman and civil rights activist, from his student days at Swarthmore College, 1931-1934.

Dates

  • Creation: 1931-1936

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

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Biographical / Historical

David Hutchinson Scull (1914-1983) was a Quaker businessman and civil rights activist in Virginia. He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1936, joined the Society of Friends while a student, and served on the Swarthmore College Board of Managers from 1974-1977. He was president of Turnpike Press, a family publishing company, and an insurance executive. He also was clerk of Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and a founder of Partnership for Productivity, a Quaker sponsored project to promote peace through worldwide economic development.

Extent

1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

David Hutchinson Scull (1914-1983) was a Quaker businessman and civil rights activist in Virginia. He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1936, joined the Society of Friends while a student, and served on the Swarthmore College Board of Managers from 1974-1977. He was president of Turnpike Press, a family publishing company, and an insurance executive. He also was clerk of Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and a founder of Partnership for Productivity, a Quaker sponsored project to promote peace through worldwide economic development. This collection contains correspondence and related materials from his student days at Swarthmore College, 1931-1934.

Arrangement

This collection is divided into two series:

  1. Correspondence
  2. Memorabilia

Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: David Hutchinson Scull, 1965

Related Materials

See also:

  1. Fager, Charles (Charles Eugene). A man who made a difference: the life of David H. Scull / edited and with a biographical essay by Charles E. Fager McLean, Virginia: Langley Hill Friends Meeting, 1985.
  2. Partnership for Productivity Records, RG4/102
Title
An Inventory of the David Hutchinson Scull Papers, 1931-1936
Author
FHL staff
Date
1965
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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