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William Hyde Appleton Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D03
Overview
This collection contains correspondence, a notebook, and an organic chemistry examination from the papers of William Hyde Appleton, third President of Swarthmore College (1890-1891).
Dates:
1890-1891
Ash-Schofield Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-004
Overview
Samuel Shinn Ash and his wife, Sarah Jane Schofield Ash, were prominent Quakers, active in a variety of philanthropic activities, including anti-slavery, peace, temperance, women's rights, and education. Samuel Shinn Ash was apprenticed as an engineer and machinist and worked in manufacturing. This collection consists of family papers, manuscript letters and memorabilia, largely of a domestic nature. Includes some descriptions of Meetings and religious journeys, of the early struggles of...
Dates:
1796 - 1933; Majority of material found within 1833 - 1912
Frank Aydelotte Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D07
Overview
The Frank Aydelotte Papers consists of President Aydelotte's official correspondence, correspondence with faculty, and personal papers.
Dates:
1905-1956
Balderston Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-299
Overview
The collection contains correspondence of the family of C. Canby Balderston, a prominent Quaker and businessman. He served with the Friends Relief Service and the Relief Commission for Belgium during WWI and both of his sons, Frederick Emery Balderston and Robert W. Balderston, were COs in WWII, working as ambulance drivers. Frederick E. Balderston (1923-2007) married Judith Braude (1926-1993) in 1949. A significant part of the collection consists of her childhood and college...
Dates:
1853-1949
William W. Birdsall Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D05
Overview
This collection contains correspondence, lists of prospective students, class lists of alumni, and miscellaneous material of William W. Birdsall, fifth President of Swarthmore College (1898-1902).
Dates:
1898-1902
Alfred H. Bloom papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D13
Overview
Alfred H. Bloom was the 13th President of Swarthmore College (1991-2009). One of Swarthmore's longest-serving presidents, he emphasized the importance of intellectual rigor, diversity, and social responsibility on campus, and is best known for revitalizing the Honors Program and eliminating varsity football. A linguistics scholar, Bloom formerly held faculty positions at Swarthmore College and Pitzer College, and resigned from his Swarthmore Presidency to become Vice Chancellor of NYU Abu...
Dates:
approximately 1973-2009
Paul Willits Brown diary
Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-044
Overview
Paul Willits Brown's diary covers the second half of his sophomore year, the summer between his sophomore and junior year, and the first semester of his junior year at Haverford College. Its contents include information concerning his academics, personal life, extracurriculars, athletic activities, and various events on campus.
Dates:
1905
Stephen G. Cary collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1320
Overview
This collection contains the personal materials of Stephen G. Cary and historical materials collected by Cary about his relatives.
Dates:
1714-2003
Rebecca Chopp papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D14
Overview
Rebecca Chopp was the 14th President of Swarthmore College (2009-2014). She is a well-known scholar of religion and American culture. While at Swarthmore, Chopp researched changing structures and cultures of higher education, the role of liberal arts in a democratic society, and religion and higher education. She resigned from Swarthmore College in 2014 to become the 18th Chancellor of the University of Denver. This collection includes correspondence, speech texts, and other documents from...
Dates:
2009-2015
Class of 1870 records
Collection
Identifier: HCQ-002-1870
Overview
The collection contains class letters, which include information about the reunion, communications from members of the class and addresses of the graduates. Also included are the class poem, brochures with information about burials of the class members, a book pertaining to the class's 50th reunion and communication with Haverford College regarding reunions.
Dates:
1878-1939
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- Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon (1890-1979) 2
- Miller, John Anthony, 1859-1946 2
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 2
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- Augensen, Harry John, 1951- 1
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- Balderston, C. Canby (Balderston, C. Canby (Caleb Canby), 1897-1979 ) 1
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- Balderston, Judith Braude, 1926-1993 1
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- Birdsall, William W. (William Wilfred), 1854-1909 1
- Bloom, Alfred H. 1
- Bond, Elizabeth Powell, 1841-1926 1
- Boynton, Percy Holmes, 1875-1946 1
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- Brown, Lydia Neal Janney, 1844-1925 1
- Brown, Paul Willits, 1885-1935 1
- Browning, Robert M., 1913-2009 1
- Bush, Edwin M. 1
- Butler, Thomas S. (Thomas Stalker), 1855-1928 1
- Camp, Kay 1
- Carey, Matthew, 1760-1839 1
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1
- Carter family 1
- Cary, Elizabeth S. 1
- Cary, Stephen G. 1
- Child, Mary H. (Mary Hough), 1803-1874 1
- Chopp, Rebecca S., -1952 1
- Church Peace Union 1
- Clothier, Morris L. (Morris Lewis), 1868-1947 1
- Comfort family 1
- Comly family 1
- Comrie, L. J. (Leslie John), 1893-1950 1
- Cope family 1
- Cox, John, approximately 1754-1847 1
- Cratsley, Edward K. 1
- Cross, Robert D., 1924-2003 1
- Curti, Merle (Merle Eugene), 1897-1996 1
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- De Garmo, Charles, 1849-1934 1
- Dellmuth, Carl K. 1
- Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
- Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976 1
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- Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Equal Opportunities Officer 1
- Evans family 1
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 1
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- Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959 1
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- Gilbert family 1
- Gilbert, Charles E., 1927- 1
- Gilbert, Dora Anne, 1869-1864 1
- Ginn, Edwin, 1838-1914 1
- Grellet family 1
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 1
- Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945 1
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 1
- Hallowell, Thomas J. 1
- Haskell, Henry S Allen ( Devere), 1891-1955 1
- Hetzel, Theodore Brinton, 1906-1990 1
- Holcombe, Hadassah M. L. (Hadassah Moore Leeds), 1891-1878 1
- Holmes, Jesse Herman, 1864-1942 1
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 1
- Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 1
- Hungerford, Constance Cain 1
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- Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937 1
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