%eadnotat; ]> 4041grha An Inventory of the Griscom Hall Association Records, 1907-1961 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. 2001 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Griscom Hall Association Records, 1907-1961 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 2001 Descriptive Summary Records, 1907-1961 RG 4/041 Griscom Hall Association 1 box ; 0.5 linear ft. 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. Griscom Hall Association was a Quaker organization which established and ran Griscom Hall, a summer recreational facility for young Quakers in Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania. The collection contains correspondence, reports, a history of the Hall and the Association, and other related papers.

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

Griscom Hall Association was a Quaker organization which established and ran Griscom Hall, a summer recreational facility for young Quakers in Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

The collection contains correspondence, reports, a history of the Hall and the Association, and other related papers.

The collection is organized into 4 series. The series are:

Reports Correspondence Legal Papers Memorabilia

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

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Gift of William C. Coles, Jr., 1969

Gift of Esther P. Zerega, 1973

 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], Griscom Hall Association Records, RG 4/041, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

 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:

Quakers -- Pennsylvania Quakers -- Social life and customs Quakers -- Recreation Centers Recreation centers -- Pennsylvania Youth -- Pennsylvania -- Quakers Youth -- Recreation Buck Hill Falls (Pa.) -- Recreation and sports Buck Hill Falls (Pa.) -- Quakers Pennsylvania -- Recreation and sports Griscom Hall (Buck Hill Falls, Pa.) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

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

 Ser. 1 Reports, 1947-1961 Annual reports to stockholders 1947-1961 1 Reports of Business Manager and Treasurer 1950-1952 1 Ser. 2 Correspondence, 1954-1961 Correspondence 1954-1961 1 Ser. 3 Legal papers, 1955 Proposed agreement and lease 1955 1 typewritten copy & negative reproduction Ser. 4 Memorabilia, 1907-1954 Log book 1907-1954 1 Publicity card 1