Historic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Friends Boarding Home of Concord Quarterly Meeting (The Hickman) Photographs
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-071
Abstract
The Hickman is a senior living community located in the heart of West Chester, Pennsylvania, and which is guided by Quaker principles and tradition. This collection depicts the life of those in the Hickman, providing color and black and white photographs of guests, staff, and the boarding home, from 1896 to 1991.
Dates:
1896 - 1991
Mary Sullivan Patterson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-118
Abstract
Mary Sullivan Patterson (1906-1987) was a Quaker historian and genealogist from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. The collection contains family papers and correspondence; genealogical notes on the Thomson, Sullivan, and other related families; writings on various topics, especially Delaware County history and the Caleb Pusey House; diaries, notes, correspondence, and a manuscript concerning Patterson's 1957 research trip to England to study Quaker emigration to America. Also a diary and letters...
Dates:
1782-1982
Swarthmore Historical Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG7-016
Abstract
The Swarthmore Historical Society was founded in 1988, and its collections were deposited in Friends Historical Library in 1996. The records include legal and financial papers of the organization, minutes, projects, and related historic preservation work supporting the Swarthmore Planning Commission and Swarthmore Borough Task Force on Historic Preservation.
Dates:
1988-2014
