%eadnotat; ]> 5216doha An Inventory of the Dorothy G.Harris Papers, 1927-1959 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2000 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000 ENG Dorothy G.Harris Papers, 1927-1959 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. ca. 1971 Descriptive Summary Papers, 1927-1959 RG 5/216 Dorothy G. (Dorothy Gladden) Harris, 1902-1972 5 boxes ; 2.5 linear feet Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Dorothy Gladden Harris (1902-1972), Quaker librarian, archivist, scientific illustrator, was a librarian and archivist at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and a researcher in Quaker history. This collection contains correspondence, articles, scientific drawings, and course, research, and reference notes relating to Dorothy Harris's activities as librarian and archivist at Friends Historical Library and as a Quaker researcher. Includes correspondence relating to her work in London, England, as part of an exchange of Quaker librarians in 1947.

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399

Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

Dorothy Harris (1902-1972), Quaker librarian, archivist, scientific illustrator, was a librarian and archivist at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and a researcher in Quaker history.

SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

This collection contains correspondence, articles, scientific drawings, and course, research, and reference notes relating to Dorothy Harris's activities as librarian and archivist at Friends Historical Library and as a Quaker researcher. Includes correspondence relating to her work in London, England, as part of an exchange of Quaker librarians in 1947.

The collection is organized into four series. The series are:

Correspondence Writings Scientific Illustrations Notes

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Gift of Dorothy Harris, 1971

Access

Collection is open for research.

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.

Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Dorothy G. Harris Papers, RG 4/028, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Processing information

Placed in document boxes as part of the records of Friends Historical Library and catalogued as a separate Record Group 4, Harris papers.

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Archivists -- Pennsylvania Illustrators -- United States Librarians -- Pennsylvania Scientific illustrators -- United States Women archivists -- Pennsylvania Women librarians -- Pennsylvania Librarians -- Interchange of Libraries -- Great Britain Libraries -- Pennsylvania Quakers -- History Quakers -- Great Britain Quakers -- Pennsylvania Quaker women -- Great Britain Quaker women -- Pennsylvania Great Britain -- LibrariesLondon (England) -- Libraries Pennsylvania -- LibrariesSwarthmore (Pa.) -- Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Drawings Harris, Dorothy G. (Dorothy Gladden), 1902-1972 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

Ser. 1. Correspondence General correspondence 1937-1959 1

Arranged alphabetically by author. Largely pertains to library exchange with Friends House Library (1947) and Quaker contacts resulting from visits to England.

Correspondence and reports about Friends House Library exchange 1947 1 Correspondence about library training and positions. 1936-1955 1 Correspondence with the Gottstein family 1

German family assisted by Dorothy Harris following World War II

Ser. 2. Writings Published articles: “Friends' Work with the Indians—1945” Friends Intelligencer 9/1/1945 2 “Old Friends Record Book Found,” Bulletin of Friends Historical Association Spring, 1946 2 “History of Friends Meeting Libraries,” Bulletin of Friends Historical Association Autumn, 1946 2 “Quaker Librarian's Exchange,” Bulletin of Friends Historical Association Autumn, 1950 2 “Grellet Letters at Swarthmore,” Friends Intelligence 2/17/1951 2 “Baltimore to Waynesville in 1805: Extracts from the Memoirs of Rebecca Wright Hill,” Bulletin of Friends Historical Association Spring, 1951 2 “From the Library of Pastorius,” Bulletin of Friends Historical Association Autumn, 1953 2 “Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore,” Friends Intelligencer 10/3/1953 2 “Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College: Its History and its Manuscript, Collections,” Then and Now 1960 2 “Old Salem Record Found,” Friends Journal 7/1/1962 2 “Friends and the Emancipation Proclamation,” Friends Journal 7/1/1962 2 Review of The Farthing Family 2 “Archival Collections at Swarthmore” 2 Unpublished articles: Swarthmore College Library: reports while on the staff of the Circulation Department 1939 2 Radnor Monthly meeting, History of. 2 University of Pennsylvania M.A. paper: “Factors Influencing the Architecture of Nineteenth Century Quaker Meeting Houses in America.” 2

Some notes and pictures for this paper are included. Microfilm copy of picture album used for the paper; most of the actual pictures removed from the article.

University of Pennsylvania M.A. paper: “Benjamin West, 1738-1820,” and other papers. 2 Drexel Institute School of Library Science, papers submitted for courses 1936-1937 2 Ser. 3. Scientific Illustrations Correspondence regarding scientific illustrations 1927-1931 3 Drawings published in scientific journals 1930-1938 3 Drawings, published and unpublished 3 Drawings, sketchbooks and photographs 3 Ser. 4. Notes Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College: notes for talks on the library and on Quaker history. 4 Archives, courses and conferences 1951-1955 4 Friends House Library exchange: notes and reports; travel papers 1947 4 School of Field Studies in European Archives, Libraries and Museums 1955 4 Survey for college archives 1951 and later 4 Swarthmore College: notes for course 1954 4 Woodbrooke College: notes for course 1947 4 Young Friends Seminar 1936 4