Jack Gummere photograph albums
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of two volumes of photograph albums which are largely comprised of the baby photos of John "Jack" Flagg Gummere.
Dates
- Creation: 1895-1911
Creator
- Gummere, John Flagg (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
John "Jack" Flagg Gummere (1901-1988) was born in July, 1901, in Pennsylvania, the son of Henry V. Gummere and Lydia F. Gummere. John F. Gummere graduated from Haverford College in 1922, and then received his Ph.D. in Indo-European languages from the University of Pennsylvania. He married Gladys Wheeler Barnes in 1931. He taught at William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, and served as headmaster of the school from 1941 to 1968. After his retirement, Gummere taught Latin and English at Haverford and contributed a weekly column, "Words, Etc.," to The Philadelphia Inquirer. He was a long-time member of Haverford College's Board of Managers, and was a founder of the National Association of Independent Schools. John Flagg Gummere died in 1988.
Extent
0.25 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection is comprised of two volumes of photograph albums which are largely comprised of the baby photos of John "Jack" Flagg Gummere.
Acquisition
The Jack Gummere photograph albums were donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 2001 by Mary Jane Small.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed October, 2015.
Subject
- Gummere, John Flagg (Person)
- Title
- Jack Gummere photograph albums, 1895-1911
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- October, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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