Broomell-Cleghorn-Fisher Papers, 1876-1967

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Broomell-Cleghorn-Fisher Papers, 1876-1967

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/719372042

This collection contains material collected by Anna Pettit Broomell and consists of the writings and correspondence of Anna Pettit Broomell, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and Sarah Cleghorn. It includes letters from Wallace and Zephine Fahnestock, A.J. Muste, Norman Thomas, David Baumgardt, the Broomell family, and the Friends Council on Education. The letters between the three women are mostly personal, but include discussions of their works and activism. The collection has drafts of poems and other writings. Included are journal entries of Sarah Cleghorn and material collected for Sarah Cleghorn's memorials and oral history project. There is published material from and about Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Sarah Cleghorn, and a draft of a book about Dorothy Canfield Fisher written by Anna Broomell.

4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 8086646

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Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early 20th century. She strongly supported women's rights, racial equality, and lifelong education. Eleanor Roosevelt named her one of the ten most influential women in the United States. In addition to bringing the Montessori method of child-rearing to the U.S., she presided over the country's first adult education program and shaped literary taste...

Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959

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American author who wrote poetry, short fiction, novels, essays; interested in many social issues including socialism, pacifism,and working conditions of laborers. From the description of Letters of Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn [manuscript], 1915-1938. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647874776 Cleghorn was an author and poet. From the description of Papers, 1936-1945 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007193 ...

Fahnestock, Zephine

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Baumgardt, David, 1890-1963

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Born in Erfurt on April 20, 1890, David Baumgardt studied philosophy at various universities, and was a lecturer and assistant professor at the University of Berlin, 1924-1935. He emigrated to Great Britain in 1935 and to the United States in 1939, where he taught at various colleges and was consultant in philosophy to the Library of Congress. He died in New York City on July 21, 1963. From the guide to the David Baumgardt Collection, 1907-1971, (Leo Baeck Institute) ...

Broomell, Anna Pettit

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher was a 20th century American author and a major proponent of the Montessori Method. She spent her adult life in Vermont, where she became friends with Sarah Cleghorn. Sarah Cleghorn was a Quaker poet and activist who did collaborative work with Fisher. In 1943, Cleghorn moved to Philadelphia. Anna Pettit Broomell took care of her as her health declined and edited Cleghorn's poetry in 1956. Broomell was a Quaker author of children's books; the introduction to her most succe...

Yarnall, Elizabeth Biddle, 1897-1975

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Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall and her husband, E. Robert Yarnall, were Philadelphia Quakers, active in the American Friends Service Committee relief efforts. They worked with the Quaker center in Vienna, Austria, during the summer of 1938 to help in the emigration of German and Austrian Jews. E. Robert Yarnall was a mechanical engineer and served the Society of Friends in many capacities, including Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), Chairman of the Board of Pendle Hill, and Chairman of ...