Peasley-Engle Family Papers, 1893-1961.

Swarthmore college

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Founded by members of Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Swarthmore College was incorporated in 1864 under a charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The College opened in 1869 as an college and preparatory school, although the preparatory division was phased out in the 1880s. The Charter was amended in 1908 to remove any formal links to the Society of Friends. The College continues to operate as a liberal arts college with a...

Peasley family.

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Peaslee, Amos J. (Amos Jenkins), 1887-1969

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Engle, James G., 1875-1960.

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Engle, Ruth W. (Ruth Waddington), b. 1879.

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Engel family.

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Engle, Emma P. (Emma Peasley)

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Emma P. Engle, a New Jersey Quaker, graduated from Swarthmore College in 1928. She and her parents, James G. and Ruth W. Engle, were active in the Society of Friends at Woodbury and at Mickleton. Emma's uncle, the internationally known lawyer, Amos J. Peaslee, was a member of the Class of 1907 at Swarthmore, served on the Board of Managers, and was appointed as Ambassador to Australia in the 1950s. From the description of Peasley-Engle Family Papers, 1893-1961. (Swarthmore College). ...