Collections | Archives & Manuscripts

Dr. Mavis Kelsey Collection of Adams-Harris Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: BMC-M17

Overview John Quincy Adams, later President of the United States, acted as Chief Plenipotentiary of the American delegation negotiating the Treaty of Ghent, and ending the War of 1812. Levett Harris was the American Consul (later the Charge d'Affaires) in Russia at this time. Adams's letters containing observations on the course of the negotiations, mediated by the Emperor Alexander, to Levett Harris are included in this collection. Harris, when later seeking appointment as Minister to Russia, was...

Dates: 1814 - 1820

Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Jane Addams Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-001

Overview

A world-famous social reformer; co-founded the first settlement house in America in 1889; championed many causes on behalf of the urban poor, such as protection of immigrants, child labor laws, industrial safety, juvenile courts, and recognition of labor unions; a leading figure in the movement for international peace; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.

Dates: 1838-; Majority of material found within 1880-1935

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Adelman Miscellaneous Prints

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: BMC-Adelman-Misc

Overview

This collection contains a series of folders of miscelleneous prints from Seymour Adelman's collection. These prints were put here because they didn't fall into any of his main categories of collecting (architecture, portraiture, publishing, history of Philadelphia, etc.), and because they were not appropriate as objects for the art and artifact collection.

Dates: undated

Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Adelman Oversized Prints

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: BMC-Adelman-Oversized Prints

Overview This box contains miscelleneous oversized materials from Seymour Adelman. Folder 1 contains 15 architectural prints: Mostly achitecture details of churches, as well as a few full views of churches. The folder contains etchings and lithographs, one print is hand colored. Folder 2 contains two portraits, one lithograph and one drawing by an unknown artist. Folder 3 contains A series of "Old Farmer Giles Rhyme Sheets" and a single title page “Graduale Romanum ad Normam Missalis exhibens...

Dates: Undated

Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Adelphi Monthly Meeting Records

Collection — othertype: SW/B/A35

Identifier: QM-BYM-A35

Overview

Records of Adelphi Monthly Meeting, 1996-2019. Records deposited by General Secretary of Baltimore Yearly Meeting rather than Adelphia.

Dates: 1996 - 2019

Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Adirondack Friends Meeting Records

Collection — othertype: SW/NY/A293

Identifier: QM-NY-A293

Overview

Records of Adirondack Friends Meeting, 1985-ongoing. Includes: membership Records 1952-1990 & ca. 1893-1993; newsletters, 1985-1989. Predecessor meetings are described separately.

Dates: ca. 1893-1995

Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Adrian Preparative Meeting Records

Collection — othertype: SW/G/A315

Identifier: QM-G-A315

Scope and Contents

Records of Adrian Preparative Meeting, 1836-74. Includes Minutes 1848-72 and Women's minutes 1836-74. Volumes also include minutes of the men's and women's monthly meeting minutes, 1848-1849.

Dates: 1836-1874; 1836-1874

Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College