Friends Historical Library Selections

The Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College is devoted to the history of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and its concerns. The Library includes printed works dating from the mid-seventeenth century to the present, as well as archives, manuscripts and other materials. This virtual collection is a small sample of its approximately 60,000 visual resources holdings.

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Title:
Portrait of Pawnees with advocates at the time of the McMurtree Trial
Description:
Albumen print
Date:
1871
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Garden and library at Friends' Asylum for the Insane Philadelphia
Title:
Garden and library at Friends' Asylum for the Insane Philadelphia
Description:
Engraved at J.M. Butler's Establishment in Philadelphia.
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Haverford College — Founders Hall, view and plan
Title:
Haverford College — Founders Hall, view and plan
Date:
(approximate) 1833
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Friends Alms House — view from street
Title:
Friends Alms House — view from street
Description:
Friends' Alms House, Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Ogden Farm
Title:
Ogden Farm
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Swarthmore Post Office
Title:
Swarthmore Post Office
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Colored Children’s Orphanage — Infant Nursery
Title:
Colored Children’s Orphanage — Infant Nursery
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Tservyeaathaw
Title:
Tservyeaathaw
Description:
Silhouette
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
307 Elm Avenue
Title:
307 Elm Avenue
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Friends Alms House — view from street
Title:
Friends Alms House — view from street
Description:
Watercolor, Friends' Alms House, Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
Date:
1828
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Friends Alms House — west side
Title:
Friends Alms House — west side
Description:
Albumen print, Friends' Alms House, Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Colored Children’s Orphanage — Girls’ Dormitory
Title:
Colored Children’s Orphanage — Girls’ Dormitory
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Haverford College — Senior Class, 1864
Title:
Haverford College — Senior Class, 1864
Description:
Albumen print, 912, 914, & 916 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia
Date:
1864
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Colored Children’s Orphanage — Boys’ Dormitory
Title:
Colored Children’s Orphanage — Boys’ Dormitory
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Colored Children’s Orphanage — infant school
Title:
Colored Children’s Orphanage — infant school
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Swarthmore Village — aerial view
Title:
Swarthmore Village — aerial view
Date:
(approximate) 1935
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Old Swedes’ Church
Title:
Old Swedes’ Church
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Friends Alms House — front view
Title:
Friends Alms House — front view
Description:
Lithograph of Friends' Alms House, Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Sinclair was at 79 South Third Street.
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Colored Children’s Orphanage — front view
Title:
Colored Children’s Orphanage — front view
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Pennsylvania Hall (in ruins)
Title:
Pennsylvania Hall (in ruins)
Description:
Engraving of the burning of Pennsylvania Hall in 1838, published in the book, History of Pennsylvania Hall, Which Was Destroyed by a Mob, On the 17th of May, 1838 (Philadelphia: Printed by Merrihew and Gunn)
Date:
1838
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections

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