Swarthmore College employee photographs
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photographs of Swarthmore College faculty, staff, administrators, and Board Members, from the time of the College's founding into the 21st century. Photographs collected by the Friends Historical Library from various sources internal and external to the College.
Dates
- Creation: 1864 - 2009
Creator
- Swarthmore College (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This 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 to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the 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
When Swarthmore College opened in 1869, it only had a couple dozen employees. At the time of the 150th anniversary of its incorporation, in 2014, the College employed around 1,000 faculty and staff.
Extent
8 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs of Swarthmore College faculty, staff, administrators, and Board Members, from the time of the College's founding into the 21st century. Photographs collected by the Friends Historical Library from various sources internal and external to the College.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into several subseries: SPA 207/A Administrators, SPA 207/B Members of the Board of Managers, SPA 207/E Employee events, SPA 207/F Faculty and Academic Department Staff, and SPA 207/S Staff. There are also some unidentified, miscellaneous, and group photographs filed under SPA 207. An index of individuals represented in the collection is available below. Oversized (+) and double-oversized (++) photographs are stored separately, as indicated below.
SPA 207/A Administrators contains photographs of College Presidents, Deans, and other members of the senior administration. It is organized alphabetically by the name of the individual, stored in standard-size and over-sized housing.
SPA 207/B Board of Managers contains photographs of members of the Board of Managers. They are organized alphabetically by the name of the individual, stored in standard-size and over-sized housing.
SPA 207/E Employee events contains photographs of all-staff events, such as the annual Spring Fling, annual Ice Cream Social, and seasonal Gatherings. They are organized chronologically by year and event, and stored in standard-size housing.
SPA 207/F Faculty and Academic Department Staff contains photographs of members of the faculty, support staff of academic departments, and the college libraries. This series is organized by department name, stored in standard-size and over-sized housing.
Call Number | Academic Department |
---|---|
SPA 207/F/Art/Art-Hist | Art - Art History |
SPA 207/F/Art/Stu-Art | Art - Studio Art |
SPA 207/F/Bio | Biology |
SPA 207/F/Chem | Chemistry |
SPA 207/F/Clas | Classics |
SPA 207/F/CS | Computer Science |
SPA 207/F/Dance | Dance |
SPA 207/F/Econ | Economics |
SPA 207/F/Educ | Education |
SPA 207/F/Engl | English |
SPA 207/F/Engn | Engineering |
SPA 207/F/FHL | Friends Historical Library |
SPA 207/F/FSD | Faculty-Staff Dramatic Productions |
SPA 207/F/Hist | History |
SPA 207/F/Lang | Lang Visiting Professorship |
SPA 207/F/Lib | Library |
SPA 207/F/Ling | Linguistics |
SPA 207/F/Math | Mathematics |
SPA 207/F/Modl | Modern Languages and Literature |
SPA 207/F/Modl/Fren | Modern Languages and Literature/French |
SPA 207/F/Modl/Ger | Modern Languages and Literature/German |
SPA 207/F/Modl/Rus | Modern Languages and Literature/Russian |
SPA 207/F/Modl/Span | Modern Languages and Literature/Spanish |
SPA 207/F/Music | Music |
SPA 207/F/PE | Physical Education and Athletics |
SPA 207/F/Phil | Philosophy |
SPA 207/F/Phys-Astr | Physics and Astronomy |
SPA 207/F/Phys-Astr/Astro | Astronomy |
SPA 207/F/Phys-Astr/Phys | Physics |
SPA 207/F/Pols | Political Science |
SPA 207/F/Psych | Psychology |
SPA 207/F/Quakers | Faculty Quakers |
SPA 207/F/Relg | Religion |
SPA 207/F/Soc-Anth | Sociology and Anthropology |
SPA 207/F/Thea | Theater |
Call Number | Staff Department |
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SPA 207/S/Admis | Admissions |
SPA 207/S/Book | Bookstore |
SPA 207/S/Bus+Fin | Business Office and Finance |
SPA 207/S/Career | Career Services |
SPA 207/S/Comm | Communications |
SPA 207/A/Dean | Dean's Office |
SPA 207/S/Dev+Alum | Development and Alumni Relations |
SPA 207/S/Dining | Dining Services |
SPA 207/S/Fac | Facilities |
SPA 207/S/Fac/EVS | Facilities/Environmental Services |
SPA 207/S/Fac/Grn | Facilities/Grounds |
SPA 207/S/Fac/Heat | Facilities/Heating Plant and Tunnel |
SPA 207/S/FinAid | Financial Aid |
SPA 207/S/Health | Health |
SPA 207/S/HR | Human Resources |
SPA 207/S/ITS | Information Technology Services |
SPA 207/S/Misc | Miscellaneous (Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility, Chester Children's Chorus, Writing Center, Swarthmore Chester Coalition, List Gallery, unidentified staff) |
SPA 207/S/Office | Office Services |
SPA 207/S/PO | Post Office |
SPA 207/S/PubSafe | Public Safety |
SPA 207/S/Reg | Registrar's Office |
SPA 207/A/Res | Office of Institutional Research |
SPA 207/S/SAC | Staff Advisory Committee |
SPA 207/S/Scott | Scott Arboretum (see also SFHL-PA-111, Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College slide collection) |
SPA 207/S/StuAcct | Student Accounts Office |
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Photographs collected by the Friends Historical Library from various sources internal and external to the College.
Subject
- Swarthmore College (Organization)
- Author
- FHL Staff
- Date
- 2017 September
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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