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Swarthmore (Pa.) -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Isaac Battin Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-010
Overview

The collection contains the papers of the Battin family, Quakers from Albany, New York, Omaha, Nebraska, and Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Includes Letter books (8 v.) of Isaac Battin (ca. 1835-1912), containing chiefly family and personal letters, but also business correspondence relating to his employment by a gas company in Omaha; together with correspondence of other family members.

Dates: 1865-1912

Helen M. Carroll Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-305
Content Description

Helen Carroll's files related to her peace and social concerns, including some material on Swarthmore borough (inc Swarthmore U. N Committee), the PYM U. N.committee, and other Quaker-related papers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1955-1992

Elliott Richardson reminiscences, 1963

 Collection — Othertype SC-297
Identifier: SFHL-SC-297
Overview

Handwritten (partial) and typed copies of reminiscences of Elliott Richardson, 1881-1941. Elliott Richardson, II, (1881-1964) served as long-time Borough Manager of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Swarthmore College, 1902.

Dates: 1963

Swarthmore Historical Society General Reference Files

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG7-004
Overview The Swarthmore Historical Society was established in 1988 to document, preserve, and protect the historic resources of the Borough of Swarthmore, Pa. Its archives were deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. The collection contains general reference files concerning the history, organizations, and activities of the Borough, combining materials collected by Swarthmore Historical Society together with reference files and photographs compiled by Friends Historical...
Dates: 1893 - 2016

Girl Scout Troop #16 records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG7-010
Overview

Records of Girl Scout Troop #16, the first Girl Scout troop in Swarthmore, Pa., founded 1922.

Dates: 1930-1963

George A. Hoadley Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-327
Overview The collection contains the papers of George A. Hoadley, long-time professor of physics at Swarthmore College and secretary of the Franklin Institute, as well as papers of his extended family. Of particular interest are diaries kept by his second wife's parents, Carrie B. Kilgore and Damon Y. Kilgore, both attorneys and reformers. George Hoadley's correspondence with his children include mention of people and events in the Borough of Swarthmore and Swarthmore College. A founder of the...
Dates: 1850 - 1957

Mary Sullivan Patterson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-118
Overview 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 Borough record books

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SFHL-RG7-026
Overview

Obsolete record books kept by various committees, etc., deposited in Swarthmore Historical Society.

Dates: 1930 - 1989

Swarthmore Historical Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG7-016
Overview

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

Woman's Club of Swarthmore records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG7-001
Overview

This collection contains the records of the Woman's Club of Swarthore, founded in 1898. The Club offered women of the community a means of support and education, a place to meet and find common interests and nurtured the founding of a number of community organizations. The Club disbanded in 2002.

Dates: 1898-1995