Swarthmore Chautauqua memorabilia
Scope and Contents
The Chautauqua movement grew out of the American Lyceum and had its beginnings in 1874 at Chautauqua Lake, New York. In the late 1800s, this movement to provide entertainment and education to the American public was extended by circuit Chautauquas which expanded its influence from coast to coast. The Swarthmore Chautauqua was the youngest of the circuits and was founded in 1912 by Paul M. Pearson of Swarthmore College. This collection of Chautauqua memorabilia contains programs, music, clippings, and other material concerning primarily the Redpath Circuit, which operated out of Chicago and Ohio, and the Swarthmore Circuit, which was based in Swarthmore, Pa.
Dates
- Creation: 1913 - 1995
Creator
- Oppenheimer-Eberly, Nan (Author of screenplay, etc., Person)
- Swarthmore Chautauqua Association (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some of the items in this collection may be protected by copyright. The user is solely responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns to reuse, publish, or reproduce relevant items beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to the law. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/.
Extent
1 linear ft. (2 boxes )
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Chautauqua movement grew out of the American Lyceum and had its beginnings in 1874 at Chautauqua Lake, New York. In the late 1800s, this movement to provide entertainment and education to the American public was extended by circuit Chautauquas which expanded its influence from coast to coast. The Swarthmore Chautauqua was the youngest of the circuits and was founded in 1912 by Paul M. Pearson of Swarthmore College. This small collection of Chautauqua memorabilia contains programs, news clippings, and other material concerning primarily the Redpath Circuit, which operated out of Chicago and Ohio, and the Swarthmore Circuit, which was based in Swarthmore, Pa.
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Booksource, Ltd., Accession: SHS.1999.030
Gift of Jane Ullman Thomas, Accession SHS.2007.002: Two copies of "Uncle Sam's Experiment," musical written by Nan Oppenheimer-Eberly, 1916 and others
Gift of Robert McIlfatrick, Acc. SHS.2017.002
"Chautauqua: The league of neighbors," program presented 1919, Lititz, Pa. Gift of Lancaster Mennonite archives, 2020.
Gift of Muncy Historical Society, Acc. SHS 2022.001
Processing Information
Memorabilia collected by the Swarthmore Historical Society with additions from a variety of sources.
Received unsorted. Sorted into Redpath and Swarthmore circuits. Newspaper articles photocopied on acid-free paper, originals retained. Swarthmore Chautauqua, Lincoln, poster (Acc. 207.002) added to oversized folder.
Memorabilia collected by Kevin Gilmartin, Acc. 2017.023, processed separately as a Small Collection, SC 281.
Subject
- Swarthmore Chautauqua Association (Organization)
- Redpath Chautauqua (Organization)
- Title
- Chautauqua Memorabilia
- Status
- Completed
- 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
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