Swarthmore College Scrapbooks and Albums RG6.U001 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff.
Last updated on May 21, 2021.
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Swarthmore College Scrapbooks and Albums
Table of Contents
Summary Information...... 3 Scope and Contents...... 3 Arrangement...... 4 Administrative Information...... 4 Related Materials...... 5 Controlled Access Headings...... 5 Collection Inventory...... 6 Individual students' scrapbooks and albums...... 6 Other scrapbooks and albums...... 30
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Summary Information
Repository Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Title Swarthmore College Scrapbooks and Albums
Call number RG6.U001
Date [inclusive] 1870-1960
Extent 18 linear feet
Language English .
Abstract Contains scrapbooks, autograph books, and albums compiled by Swarthmore College students, 1870-1960.
Cite as:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], RG6/U-001, Swarthmore College Archives, Swarthmore College Scrapbooks and Albums, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Scope and Contents
Contains autograph books, scrapbooks, and albums donated to College Archives.
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Arrangement
Scrapbooks and albums are listed in the finding aid in two series: (1) Individual students' scrapbooks and albums, listed chronologically based on graduation class of the creator; and (2) Other scrapbooks and albums. The collection is not physically organized according to this scheme. Rather, the scrapbooks and albums are stored in boxes according to the order in which they were received by the Friends Historical Library.
Administrative Information
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff.
Access Restrictions Collection is open for research. In some cases, the scrapbooks are extremely fragile and must have limited handling.
Access Restrictions 22 scrapbooks and albums from this collection have been digitized and can be viewed in our Digital Library. Explore this collection online.
Use Restrictions Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf 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.
Processing Information This collection was collected informally by Friends Historical Library as part of College Archives. In 2004 a draft inventory was created. In 2013, the inventory was reviewed and item descriptions expanded. Three notebooks of Aubrey Edward Fox, 1915 and 1922, concerning mechanical engineering were transferred to RGR/Papers of Individual Alumni.
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Related Materials
Related Materials See also Swarthmore College Photograph Albums, SFHL-PA-010.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
• Swarthmore College
Form/Genre(s)
• ephemera (general object genre) • autograph albums • albums (books)
Subject(s)
• Scrapbooks
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Collection Inventory
Individual students' scrapbooks and albums.
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Lippincott, William Vinicum, Prep School, 1870-1872, 1870-1871. . 1 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore College Preparative Department William V. Lippincott.
Contains small, textured animal pictures and a list of teachers and students.
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
*Fragile*
Hallowell, Tacie Jarrett, Prep School, 1874-1875, 1874-1875. . 1 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore College Preparative Department alumni Tacie J. Hallowell
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
Contains small, textured flower pictures.
*Fragile*
Griscom, Walter D., Prep School, 1873. . 2 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore Preparative student Walter D. Griscom, attended 1872-1874.
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
*Fragile*
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Hallowell, Tacie J., Prep School, 1874-1875. . 2 Scope and Contents
Autograph book by Swarthmore Preparative Department student Tacie J. Hallowell, attended 1874-1875
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
*Fragile*
Albertson, Mattie, Prep School, 1875-1877, 1872-1875. . 1 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore College Preparative Department Mattie Albertson.
A small book of autographs and brief notes. Contains intricately drawn pictures of romantic scenes. Gift of Phebe Seaman, 1951.
*Fragile*
Dickinson, Elizabeth R, Prep School, 1883-1884. . 2 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore Preparative student Elizabeth R. Dickinson, attended 1883-1884.
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
*Fragile*
Lukens, Annie Mary (later Daniels), S.C. Class of 1874, 1871. . 1 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Annie M. Lukens, non-graduate. Married Henry Daniels
A small book of autographs and brief notes. Contains intricately drawn pictures of romantic scenes.
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*Fragile*
Hoopes, Herman, S.C. Class of 1874, 1869-1874. . 2 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore College Alumni Herman Hoopes (Class of 1874).
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
*Fragile*
Richards, John K., S.C. Class of 1875, 1871-1874. . 2 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore College Alumni John K. Richards.
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
*Fragile*
McIvain, Emma (later Cooper), S.C. Class of 1876, 1872. . 2 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore College Alumni Emma McIlvain, Class of 1876. Married William J. Cooper.
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
*Fragile*
Paxson, Achsah (later Hurley), S.C. Class of 1878, 1878. . 1 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Achsah L. Paxson, non-graduate (Solebury Bucks Co., Pennsylvania). Married Wm. W. Hurley.
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
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*Fragile*
Thompson, Hannah B. (later Pettit), S.C. Class of 1878, 1876-1878. . 1 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore College Alumni Hannah B. Thompson. She married Franklin Pettit.
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
Contains a newspaper clipping about the class of 1878 and the Commencement invitation of 1878
*Fragile*
Phillips, M[ary]. Emma, S.C. Class of 1878, 1875. . 2 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore College Alumni Emma M. Phillips (non-graduate, Class of 1878).
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
*Fragile*
Davis, Maybell P. (later Foster), S.C. Class of 1878, 1871-1894. . 7 Scope and Contents
Pasted into printed volume of 1855
Appendix to the Congressional Globe by Maybell Davis, Class of 1878. Married Theodore Waters Foster in 1894.
A scrapbook that includes:
- Election to Somerville Literary Society
- newspaper clippings: Swarthmore College news
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- Programs: Sunday School anniversary, Swarthmore College Class Day, Commencements, piano concerts, Harvard Musical Association
- Correspondence: Notes and letter from Edward M. Magill, 6mo 6 1889, referring to a trip she planned and his year-long European trip. Proposes that she accompany Eudora.
- other: dried flowers
*Fragile*
Willets, Hannah, S.C. Class of 1879, 1875-1876. . 1 Scope and Contents
Hannah Willets of Jericho, Long Island.
Non-graduate. Married Robert Seaman.
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
*Fragile*
White, Josephine, S.C. Class of 1879, 1874-1875. . 1 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore College Alumni Josephine White, Class of 1879 Married Joseph Allison Breckons.
A small book of autographs and brief notes. Gift of Mrs. S. V. LaDow, her daughter, 1940. Contains small, textured flower pictures.
*Fragile*
Thomas, Edwin W., S.C. Class of 1882, ca. 1885. . 1 Scope and Contents
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
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*Fragile*
Palmer, Charles, S.C. Class of 1882, 1880-1883. . 2 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore College Alumni Charles Palmer.
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
*Fragile*
Freedley, George J., S.C. Class of 1886, 1883-1884. . 2 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore College Alumni George J. Freedley, Class of 1886.
A small book of autographs and brief notes; includes intricate drawings of butterflies and birds.
*Fragile*
Negendank, Egmont Thomas, S.C. Class of 1886, 1883. . 2 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore College Alumni Egmont Thomas Negendank.
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
*Fragile*
Lippincott, Nora H. , S.C. Class of 1891, 1887-1888. . 2 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore College Alumni Nora H. Lippincott (New Jersey) (Eleanora Haines Lippincott? Married Edgar Lippincott.
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A small book of autographs, brief notes and a newspaper clipping about a Sunday School event.
*Fragile*
Gilbert, Dora Anne, S.C. Class of 1893, 1889-1893. . 8 Scope and Contents
Assembled by, Dora Anne Gilbert, Class of 1893.
A scrapbook that includes:
- Photographs: printed and cyanotype views of Swarthmore College: view from a distance, Strath Haven quarry, Crum Creek, Strath Haven Lake, Harvard Avenue, surrounding fields, College tennis courts, general view of property, two people covered in sand on the beach.
- Programs and invitations: Shakespeare evening, Republican National Convention
- Notices: Goodwin brothers (artistic, pottery, lamps), The fifth annual Gymnasium Exhibition, twenty third Field Meeting of the S.C. Athletic Association
- Other memorabilia includes Swarthmore Phoenix receipt, metallic fish, absence records.
*Fragile*
Willets, Eliza ("Lila") Keese, S.C. Class of 1893, 1892-. . 12 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Eliza K. Willets, Class of 1893.
A Scrapbook containing:
-Pictures: football
- Letters: the Phoenix
- MSS: Whittier Memorial evening, essay on "Memory," "For the Information of New Students," by Elizabeth Powell Bond (for girls)
-Course schedules
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-Programs: St. Mary Street College Settlement and St. Mary Library, Eunomian-Delphic Inter-Society debate, Shakespeare Evenings, etc.
-Other: a small bone, magazine Cutouts of people, Roman candle wrappers, Election ballot, pipe cleaner glasses, pressed flowers
Gift of Ann Lapham Frazer (Class of 1938), 1966. Transferred from President's Office, ca. 1966.
*Fragile* Pages very acidic and crumbling
Dixon, William, S.C. Class of 1895, 1893-1901, 1931. . 5 Scope and Contents
Assembled by William Dixon, Class of 1895.
A scrapbook that includes:
- Athletics: Swarthmore and Penn football team pictures and Swarthmore Volunteers, team ribbons
- Pictures: Cyanotypes of clubs, dorm room, friends, Swarthmore and Penn campuses (some scanned)
- Invitations: Phi Si, Delphic Literary Society
1931 Swarthmore Phi Psi reunion
*Fragile*
Shortlidge, Chauncey J., S.C. Class of 1896, ca. 1900. . 3 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Chauncey J. Shortlidge, Class of 1896.
A scrapbook that includes:
-invitations: Pi Kappa Omicron,
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-programs : Class Supper (1883), Philadelphia Alumni Club, Shakespeare Evening (1889), Delphic literary society, Inter-collegiate Athletic Association.
-newspaper clippings : "College Boys' Punishment" (hazing)
-Other: Delta Upsilon song lyrics, autographs of peers
*Fragile* Pages very acidic and crumbling, photographs are light sensitive
Johnson, Howard Cooper, S.C. Class of 1896, 1891-1895. . 3 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Howard Cooper Johnson, Class of 1896.
A scrapbook that includes:
- photos: cyanotypes of friends, International Congress, Swarthmore campus, Crum creek (scanned FHL)
-invitations: to join Delphic Literary Society, Delta Upsilon
- Programs: Shakespeare evening
- Newspaper clippings: "Hazers Confess."
- Other: scarves with writing, ribbons, flower petals. Note from Elizabeth Powell Bond advising him to "limit the intercourse with the girls, to our social hours in the parlor."
*Fragile* Pages very acidic and crumbling, photographs are light sensitive
Johnson, Howard Cooper, S.C. Class of 1896, 1896-1899. . 4 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Howard Cooper Johnson, Class of 1896.
A scrapbook that includes graduation and post-graduation activities, especially fraternity:
-pictures : S.C. buildings, students
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-invitations: Rutgers College (for a Junior Promenade), Colgate University, Delta Upsilon, Initiation Banquet
-programs :Shakespeare Evening (1896), Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1896), Riverton Yacht Club, Commencement of 1896, Fourth of July celebration in N.J.
-newspaper clippings : fraternity news
-Other: ribbons, University of Pennsylvania Law School report card (Class of 1899)
*Fragile* Pages very acidic and crumbling, photographs are light sensitive
Johnson, Howard Cooper, S.C. Class of 1896, 1898-1908. . 5 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Howard Cooper Johnson, Class of 1896.
A scrapbook that includes (bulk 1902):
-pictures : himself and friends, Penn Baseball team
-invitations: Alumni Club of Philadelphia, Young Republicans of Philadelphia, Miller Law club, Penn Law School, Delta Upsilon, Delphic Literary Society, Law Dept. of Penn...
-programs :Swarthmore College reunion, Annual Regatta, S.C musical clubs
-newspaper clippings : "Swarthmore Ousts Frats", "Swarthmore Frats Win"...
-Other: Swarthmore ribbons
Pyle, Robert, S.C. Class of 1897, 1894-. . 13 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Robert Pyle, Class of 1897.
Scrapbook containing:
-Programs: The Phoenix, The Halcyon, Delta Upsilon, Delphic, and class events
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-Photographs, including members of Pi Kappa Omicron, staff of the Halcyon for 1897 for which Pyle served as Editor-in-Chief, two informal cyanotypes of students, girl in tree with boy (1893) and two female students under tree (scanned 2012)
-Clipping Dr. W. B. Cummings, athletic director and all around athlete and record of Sargent Strength Test
-Notices, including his election as co-Commencement speaker
*Fragile* Pages very acidic and crumbling
Piggott, Clara Elma (later Robinson), S.C. Class of 1897, ca. 1900. . 10 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Clara Elma Piggott (Mrs. J. William Robinson), Class of 1897.
A scrapbook that includes:
- Signed application to the YWCJ Union.
- Pressed plants, dated
- Swarthmore College photos (including machine room, science building inside and out)
- Strath Haven Inn photos
- Cyanotype photographs with captions of the stage of International Congress held by Delphic Literary Society (1894) and identified delegates to the International Congress (dressed in traditional garb of various countries)
- Lyrics of Swarthmore songs.
-Photographs (identified students) of Oak Dale School in Lincoln, Va.
- Program of the Swarthmore College Athletic Association
- newspaper clippings, dance invitations
*Fragile* Pages very acidic and crumbling, photographs are light sensitive
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Brosius, Grace Anna (later Biddle), S.C. Class of 1897, 1893-1897. . 10 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Grace Anna Brosius Biddle, Class of 1897. Married Clement M. Biddle, S.C., 1896. Originally added to Biddle Family Papers; transferred 1976 to Scrapbooks
A Scrapbook including:
- Rules for students, from Matron Elizabeth Powell Bond
- Pictures: Swarthmore College campus
- Programs and invitations: Alumni Day Dinner, Dartmouth vs. Amherst rugby
- Newspaper clippings: Chestnut St. Opera House
- Other: A piece of porcelain, pressed flowers (broken pieces discarded 2012)
*Fragile*
Hickman, Anita Kervey, S.C. Class of 1897, 1893-1894. . 11 Scope and Contents
Scrapbook, largely College memorabilia. Anita married Charles S. Paxson and worked as a secretary at Friends Central School. Their daughter, Gertrude Kervey Paxson, was Class of 1929, married Walter R. Seibert. This and Gertrude's scrapbook with other memorabilia gift of Edward P. Seibert, Acc. 2007-020.
Sener, Miriam (d. 1963), S.C. Class of 1897, 1893-1897. . 33 Scope and Contents
Scrapbook, 1893-1896, with programs, invitations, blurry photo of her sophomore dorm room
Scrapbook, 1896-1897, includes Kappa Alpha Theta songs and invitations. Gift of Carolyn Sener Rusk. acc. SCA 2013.002
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Flitcraft, Edith (later Dastas), S.C. Class of 1899, 1896-1899. . 23 Scope and Contents
Assembled by, Edith Flitcraft Dastas, Class of 1899.
Oversized scrapbook that includes:
- Photographs: Center Parrish from Walk, herself and friends, scenes from a play (Shakespeare Evening, 1898?), dorm room
Tickets: To and from London and New York; To and from NYC and Puerto Rico.
- Programs: Shakespeare Evening
- Other: Report cards, poems, napkins, pressed flowers, rules and regulations for dormitory living. Includes loose memorabilia at the back of the scrapbook pertaining to her trip to England in 1899 and subsequent travels.
*Fragile* Pages very acidic and crumbling, photographs are light sensitive
Wilson, Edith Marion (later Jackson), S.C. Class of 1900, 1897-1900. . 12 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Edith Marion Wilson Jackson, Class of 1900. Married Arthur Conard Jackson.
A Scrapbook containing:
- Programs : Fifth, 6th Annual Lantern Slide Exhibition, Alpha Beta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta, mandolin and glee club, theater, D.U., Class Supper
- Pictures: cyanotype of friends on railing, track team, football players, lacrosse players, gymnastic team, Phoenix staff, women students on steps of Parrish, small images of fellow students, sophomore, junior, senior tables, wedding 1898, Yardley home and meeting, house, house party in May's Landing, dorm room.
- Other: football game tickets, flowers
Gift of Ruth Boone, Caroline Rushmore, Edith Nelson, Elizabeth Kamp, 1976
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*Fragile* Pages very acidic and crumbling, photographs are light sensitive
Maule, William M., S.C. Class of 1901, 1898-1899. . 14 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Swarthmore College Alumni William M. Maule, Class of 1901.
A scrapbook containing:
- Programs: 6th Annual Lantern Slide Ex., Delphic Literary Society
-Other: ribbons, napkins, a crab claw
*Fragile*
McVaugh, Roy , S.C. Class of 1902, 1898-1903. . 18 Scope and Contents
George School memorabilia including clipping of McVaugh's Valedictory Address, graduated 6 mo 1898, after having been dropped from his class for infractions. Lots of Swarthmore football and lacrosse clippings and memorabilia. Member Delta Upsilon fraternity. Invitations, behavior reports, dance cards, miscellaneous memorabilia such as half a track shoe. Loose items removed from album dated 1903-1908; include golf scores and event memorabilia including Friends High School in Moorestown, NJ, where he may have briefly taught.
Clothier, Caroline, S.C. Class of 1903, 1900-1903. . 7 Scope and Contents
Assembled of Caroline Clothier, Class of 1903.
A scrapbook about her college life. Photographs of Caroline, her friends and the Swarthmore College campus; drawings, diary entries. Member Kappa Alpha
Theta.
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Janney, Emily (later Emily Janney De Armond), S.C. Class of 1904, 1901-1908. . 14 Scope and Contents
Scrapbook of Emily Janney. Programs, including Class Days, Theta events, games. Sports clippings, etc. She was a Kappa Alpha Theta. Gift of Anna Janney De Armond, Class of 1932. Trans. from McCabe Library, 1993. Original mimeograph of Theta songs removed to Kappa Alpha Theta Records, acid-free photocopy in scrapbook
Robinson, Edmund G., Class of 1905, 1900-1905. . 28 Scope and Contents
1 bound volume, contains sports, literary and debate societies, 1906 and 1907 poster warning to Freshmen, a few snapshots Acc. SCA 2015.019
Eastwick, Andrew Maurice, S.C. Class of 1906, 1902-1932. . 9 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Andrew Eastwick, class of 1906.
A scrapbook that includes:
- Pictures: Swarthmore College bowling and lacrosse teams, Johns Hopkins lacrosse team, New York City pictures, Coney Island pictures, friends, Seventy Fourth Convention of Delta Upsilon Swarthmore Chapter, woman playing tennis on court in front of Trotter Hall, reunions, classmates
- Invitations and postcards
- Newspaper clippings: Swarthmore Club, yacht race, his golden wedding anniversary party in Wallingford, Pa.
- Programs: wedding anniversary
- Other: Certificate to join United States Power Squadrons, Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Baltimore Automobile Trade Association, Inc.
Gift of Mrs. Marshall Sullivan, 1989
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*Fragile*
Davidson, Nellie Gray (later Nellie Davidson Mearns), S.C. Class of 1907, 1901-1907, 14 1941, 1944. . Scope and Contents
Swarthmore material removed from a larger album, with unidentified snapshots, programs, etc. Interesting photos of Folk Dancing, Somerville Day, 1907. Nellie was president of the Somerville Literary Society in 1907. Three photos of Benj. West House, interior and exterior, from Ethel Brewster who then lived there. Also poem written for Class's 50th Reunion, 1937. Gift of Barbara A. Mearns, Acc. SCA 2000-012
Williams, Willard Fell, S.C. Class of 1913, 1910-1912. . 24 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Willard F. Williams, Class of 1893. He died before graduating, 6/27/1912
Oversized Scrapbook containing:
- Photographs of friends: S.C. campus, summer school, family, friends, Asbury Park, Port Kennedy
- Programs : Founders Day, William Penn Elm Tree Planting 1909, "Lucky 13" Musical, Interscholastic Oratorical Contest, Second Annual Circus, football game against Bucknell, Commencement, Track and Field Meet
*Fragile* Pages very acidic and crumbling, photographs are light sensitive
Cadwallader, Augustus J., S.C. Class of 1913, 1909-1912. . 22 Scope and Contents
Oversized and over-weight, putting added stress on scrapbook pages.. Assembled by Augustus J. Cadwallader, class of 1913.
A scrapbook that includes:
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- Photographs - Pennsylvania Kappa, friends, family, groups on Boardwalk
- Programs Swarthmore vs. Bucknell (football)
-Other = Dance cards, addresses, ribbons, theater tickets, a buckle saying "Swarthmore 1913", comics
Clippings: Bells donated for Library, Phi Kappa Psi
*Fragile* Pages very acidic and crumbling, photographs are light sensitive
Parry, Laura E. (later Cadwallader), S.C. Class of 1914, 1909-1914. . 21 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Laura Parry Cadwallader, Class of 1914. Married J. Augustus Cadwallader in 1914.
Large scrapbook that includes:
-Photos and memorabilia of trips
-Many dance cards
-Chautauqua 1912 in Newtown, Pa.
-Wedding invitations and other wedding trinkets.
-Clippings on May Day
- Commencement invitation.
- Princeton Baseball team pictures.
*Fragile*
Fox, Aubrey Edward, S.C. Class of 1915, 1915. . Removed to RG6/ Scope and Contents R/002 Notebook containing Mechanical Engineering lab and notes by Aubrey E. Fox. (class of 1915).
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Fox, Aubrey Edward, S.C. Class of 1915, 1915. . Removed to RG6/R Scope and Contents
Notebook containing Mech. Engineering lab and notes by Aubrey E/ Fox. (class of 1915).
Fox, Aubrey Edward, S.C. Class of 1915, 1922, n.d. . Removed to RG6/R Scope and Contents
Photographs of Aubrey E. Fox, 1922, and retiring from Gulf Oil Co. as mechanical engineer
Wood, Gertrude Norma (later Gertrude Wood Groff d, 1984), S.C. Class of 1917, 19 1913-1917. . Scope and Contents
Nicely kept large size album, interleaved with acid-free paper. Memorabilia from events, class schedules. Gertrude majored in math and taught school in China after graduation. She was active in the Young Women's Christian Association. Acc. SCA 1995.007, Gift of Samuel D. Groff.
Wright, Catharine (later Donnelly), S.C. Class of 1918, 1914-. . 25 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Catharine Wright, Class of 1918. Married Frederick S. Donnelly, also Class of 1918
An oversized and over stuffed scrapbook containing:
- Newspaper clippings : Swarthmore College news, sports, Jane Addams speaking at Swarthmore Meeting 1918
- Photographs: Crum Creek. friends, theater. Many identified photos including "Keg Rush," 1914; Founders Day in old amphitheater, "Dr. Martin's Football Party, 1915; pageant
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performed in amphitheater; Pi Beta Phi events and trips. Loose photographs not labeled, include women field hockey players.
- Programs: Founder Day, 1914, "The Birth of a Nation"
- Other: ribbons, straw fan, report cards, pencil drawings of architecture in Italy, spoons, etc.
*Fragile* Pages very acidic and crumbling, photographs are light sensitive
Watson, Elizabeth Atkinson (later Gardy) , S.C. Class of 1919, 1915-1926. . 13 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Elizabeth Atkinson Watson Gardy, Class of 1919.
A Scrapbook containing:
- Invitations: Eating Club, sorority teas
- Pictures: Commencement
- Programs: Founders' Day, Prunella (theater), Commencement, Sesquicentennial in Philadelphia
- Newspaper clippings
-Memorabilia: Junior-Freshman Hall Party spoon, Sophomore hazing ribbon, Favors at Freshman-Junior Reception, Class Day ribbon, pressed flowers, sight-seeing, souvenirs from parties, etc., post graduation
*Fragile*
Paxson, Gertrude and Walter R. Seibert, S.C. Class of 1929, 1924-1929. . 11 Scope and Contents
Scrapbook, largely College memorabilia. Gertrude Kervey Paxson married Walter R. Seibert, both of Class of 1929. This and Gertrude's mother's scrapbook with other
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memorabilia gift of Edward P. Seibert, Acc. 2007-020. Group photographs removed to SPA. Reunion pamphlets and photographs removed to RG6/Class Records, 1929.
Rickards, Anna (later Sensenig), S.C. Class of 1930, 1926-1930. . 27 Scope and Contents
Dismantled scrapbook containing clippings mostly about men's and women's sports, memorabilia. Gift of Anna Rickards Sensenig, 1980. Transferred from Class Records, RG6/ R-4 in 2005.
Jenkins, Eleanor (later Zendt), S.C. Class of 1930, 1926-1930. . 27 Scope and Contents
"Memory Book, " containing clippings, photographs, memorabilia. Also letter dated 1978 from fellow alumni. Deposited 1980. Transferred from Class Records, RG6/R-4 in 2005.
Stammelbach, M. Elise (M. Elise Stammelbach Welfling). Stammelbach, Elise, Class 34 of 1933, scrapbook and diaries, 1928-1932. . Scope and Contents
M. Elizabeth Stammelbach of Beaver, Pa. Member Chi Omega, Mortar Board. Graduated with highest honors, 1933. Subsequently married Weldon Welfling also Class of 1933.
Scrapbook contains her memorabilia from school days in Beaver, Pa. Acceptance and activities in Swarthmore College. Acc. SCA 2013.001
Stored with two memorandum books containing Stammelbach's diary.
Two letters from J. Russell Hayes, Librarian, Friends Historical Library, added to MSS 004. Photocopies added to the scrapbook.
Existence and Location of Originals
Two letters from J. Russell Hayes added to MSS 004. Photocopies with the scrapbook.
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Abrams, John, S.C. Class of 1934, ca. 1940. . 31 Scope and Contents
Assembled by John Abrahms.
A scrapbook containing:
- Newspaper clippings & pictures: S.C. football
*Fragile*
Weaver, Elizabeth, S.C. Class of 1934, ca. 1930-1932. 29 Scope and Contents
Scrapbook, including mememorabilia and photographs. Includes information on sorority controversy and "The Pet" from Parrish parlors. Also loose material: small notebooks with info of College students, 1899-1900, belonged to Mary B. Hawke, Class of 1902 and snapshots pasted into copy of Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, 1929
Heathcote, Georgia (later Georgia Heathcote Stallman), S.C. Class of 1935, 20 1931-1935. . Scope and Contents
Dismantled, mounted on acidic paper. Mostly dance programs and clippings of athletic events, Little Theater. Georgia had the lead in the Little Theater production of 1935. Gift of George H. Stallman, Acc. SCA 1996.004. Accession included 50th reunion album of the Class of 1935, added to SCA photographs, and secondary material on H. Thomas Hallowell.
Baldwin, DeWitt C., Jr., S.C. Class of 1943, ca. 1941-1943. 23 Scope and Contents
Mostly clippings and images of Swarthmore College buildings. Also Delta Upsilon fraternity and dating at Swarthmore. *fragile*
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Processing Information
Previously stored with War Years collection (RG6/R5)
Hoag, Verdenal (Johnson) , S.C. Class of 1945, 1942-1943-. . 15 Scope and Contents
Five scrapbooks assembled by, Verdenal Hoag (Mrs. Edward Johnson), Class of 1945.
A scrapbook that includes:
- Pictures: Football games, Swarthmore campus taken by Lt. Peter Chivers of the English Navy, including interior of Bond, friends in dorm and outside, "Babe" Fussell with telegrams, Navy soldiers, snapshots of Third East Open House for Navy sailors
-Programs: 1943 Modern Dance Recital, Class day
-Invitations: Dance
- Other: Acceptance to Swarthmore College, Sadie Hawkins rules, hand-made 'quarantine' signs, Valentines cards
-Clippings: Navy V-12
*Fragile*
Hoag, Verdenal (Johnson), S.C. Class of 1945, 1943-1944. . 15 Scope and Contents
Assembled by, Verdenal Hoag (Mrs. Edward Johnson), Class of 1945..A scrapbook that includes:
- Newspaper clippings: Sports, College events, Little Theater, death of alumni John M. Ogden, Jr., in France. End of V-12 program, announcement of the end of World War II, notice of investigation of Communists on campus.
- Pictures: Football team, classmates (identified), Navy (not identified), old football field
- Letters: graduation congratulations
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- Programs: Pennsylvania vs. Dartmouth football game, North Carolina vs. Pennsylvania football game, Pennsylvania vs. Navy football game, Princeton vs. Pennsylvania football game, Ballet performance, Columbia vs. Penn. football game, Army vs. Penn football game, Ice hockey, Cornell vs. Penn football game, "John Paul Jones" (theater),
- Other: "Scuttlebutt," 1944, Navy V-12 newsletter, Swarthmore College. Student directory, winter-term 1943-1944 which includes Chinese Naval Unit, theater tickets
*Fragile*
Hoag, Verdenal (Johnson), S.C. Class of 1945, 1944-1945. . 16 Scope and Contents
Assembled by, Verdenal Hoag (Mrs. Edward Johnson), Class of 1945. A scrapbook that includes:
- Newspaper clippings: Sports, College events, Little Theater, Auden on campus, announcement of the end of World War II
- Pictures: Lacrosse team, football team, snow storm; Many photographs of classmates including Navy
- Letters: graduation congratulations
- Programs: Commencement
- Invitations: Commencement
- Other: "Scuttlebutt," Navy V-12 newsletter, Swarthmore College. theater tickets
*Fragile*
Hoag, Verdenal (later Mrs. Edward Johnson), S.C. Class of 1945, 1945-1946. . 16 Scope and Contents
Assembled by, Verdenal Hoag (Mrs. Edward Johnson), Class of 1945.
- Newspaper Clippings: Football, fashion, circus, Little Theater, end of War in the Pacific,.
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- Pictures: Friends at S.C. campus (identified snapshots)
Programs: Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe, Ringling Brothers, Football programs
- invitations, dances
- Other: Baseball score sheet, drawings, various army pins, Penn Naval R.O.T.C. order, measles quarantine
*Fragile*
Hoag, Verdenal (later Mrs. Edward Johnson), S.C. Class of 1945, 1942-1945. . 17 Scope and Contents
Assembled by, Verdenal Hoag (Mrs. Edward Johnson), Class of 1945.
- Newspaper Clippings: Football, fashion, circus, Little Theater
- Pictures: Friends at S.C. campus (identified snapshots_
Programs: Football games, Ringling Brothers.
- invitations, dances
- Other: V-12 newsletter, "Scuttlebutt"
*Fragile*
Cooper, Philip, S.C. Class of 1957, 1954-1955. . 24 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Philip Cooper, Class of 1957.
Campus and other theater and musical programs, "Bottled in Bond," Hamburg Show, 1954 program.
-Clippings of murder of Francis Strozier and published letters from Cooper defending Unitarian beliefs, his school in Denton, MD
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Other scrapbooks and albums.
box
Unknown, 1872-1873. . 1 Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Swarthmore College Alumni(?). Gift of Edwin B. Bronner. 1968.
A small book of autographs and brief notes.
*Fragile*
Bond, Elizabeth Powell, Matron, 1874-1900. . 6 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Elizabeth Powell Bond, College Matron
A scrapbook that includes:
Annual announcements for Somerville, Delphic, Class Days, Commencements, Mandolin, Camera Club (3rd Annual Lantern Slide Exhibit in 1896), Shakespeare Evenings and other events on campus
- Programs: New York Alumni Association banquet, Swarthmore Delphic Joint Meetings, Drexel Institute of Art, mandolin & glee club concerts
- newspaper clippings: Swarthmore news (general)
- other: Republican National Convention tin plate invitation, telegraphs concerning sport events, etc.
*Fragile* Very dirty pages, but programs are clean. Loose items at back separately foldered and tied with scrapbook.
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Swarthmore College Oratorical Union, 1889-1912. . 7 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Swarthmore College Oratorical Union.
A scrapbook that includes:
- President's Prize
- Oratorical contests
- Intercollegiate Debating League of Penn.
- A.C. Pearson Prize Contests
- Wagner Prizes (1908)
Gift of Debate Board, 1929
*Fragile*
Swarthmore College, 1893. . 7 Scope and Contents
Register at World's Fair.
- Guest book of Swarthmore College visitors to (1893) World's Fair.
*Fragile*
Swarthmore College, 1883-1930. . 26 Scope and Contents
Swarthmore College Visitors Register from 1883-1930.
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Swarthmore College, 1907-1922. . 7 Scope and Contents
Guest book signed in by date.
Loose in acidic binder with paper label "Visitors' Book." Cover discarded, foldered.
*Fragile*
Little Theater Club. RG6/Q004
Swarthmore Sports, ca. 1929. . 30 Scope and Contents
Assembler unknown.
A Scrapbook containing:
- Newspaper clippings : Sports at Swarthmore & Haverford Colleges (Lacrosse, football, archery, baseball, track, tennis, field Hockey, basketball, ice hockey); Commencement
*Fragile*
Swarthmore Sports. . 30 Scope and Contents
Dismantled scrapbook of newspaper clippings having to do with Swarthmore College sports.
*Fragile*
Unknown, ca. 1925. . 32 Scope and Contents
Assembled by unknown.
A scrapbook containing:
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- Newspaper Clippings: S.C. football news
*Fragile*
Class of 1927, Reunion, S.C. Class of 1927, 1977. . RG6/004 Scope and Contents
Scrapbook of 50th Reunion (May 1977) - removed to Class Records, Class of 1927
Contains:
-Pictures: men and women's soccer teams, a color picture of a relative, Governor Meyner's visit -newspaper clippings: various
Kappa Sigma. . 30 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Kappa Sigma.
A Scrapbook containing:
- Pictures: members, house, houses of other fraternities
- Newspaper clippings: Swarthmore college sports news, fraternity news
*Fragile*
Kappa Sigma, Sept. 1928 – Feb. 1931. . 32 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Kappa Sigma.
- Newspaper Clippings & Pictures: S.C. Football news
*Fragile*
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Kappa Sigma, Ca. 1930. . 31 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Kappa Sigma.
A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and pictures of football at Swarthmore College as well as of Kappa Sigma.
*Fragile*
Kappa Sigma, 1935. . 32 Scope and Contents
Assembled by Kappa Sigma.
A scrapbook containing:
- Newspaper Clippings: S.C. football and Kappa Sigma news.
*Fragile*
Clippings. . 31 Scope and Contents
Assembled by unknown.
A Scrapbook containing:
- Newspaper clippings : Sports at Swarthmore Colleges (mainly about football)
*Fragile*
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