Mary Albertson Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains extensive notes on British royal castles in the 13th and 14th centuries, along with bibliographical information.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-1935
Creator
- Albertson, Mary, 1895-1986 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
Biographical / Historical
Mary Albertson was born in 1895 and earned a Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College. She joined the Swarthmore faculty in 1927 and served as chairman of the History Department from 1942 until her retirement in 1963. She died in May 1986.
Extent
0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Mary Albertson was born in 1895 and earned a Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College. She joined the Swarthmore faculty in 1927 and served as chairman of the History Department from 1942 until her retirement in 1963. She died in May 1986. The collection contains notes and bibliography on index cards for book on British royal castles in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Arrangement
The collection is contained in one box.
Physical Location
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Processing Information
Albertson’s organizational system has been preserved; her cards are sorted alphabetically according to topics such as “Keepers,” “Indentures,” etc.
Subject
- Albertson, Mary, 1895-1986 (Person)
- Swarthmore College -- Faculty (Organization)
- Title
- Mary Albertson Papers, 1933-1935
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 2013
- 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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