Series 1. History Committee

Series 2. Publications

Finding aid for Kendal Residents Association Records, 1972-1995

Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff

2007



	Creator	Kendal Residents' Association (Kennett Square, Pa.)
	Title	Kendal Residents Association Records
	Dates:	1972-1995
	Abstract:	Kendal at Longwood is a Quaker-sponsored retirement community located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. The Kendal Residents' Association Collection includes records of the History Committee and copies of the Kendal Reporter.
	Extent:	1 box ; .3 linear ft.
	Identification:	RG 4/118
	Location:	For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
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In 1963, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting appointed a Committee on the Care of Aging Friends to examine Quaker facilities for the elderly. Four years later, the first Quaker-sponsored lifecare community in the Delaware Valley was built by Gwynedd Friends Meeting at Foulkeways. Kendal at Longwood was the third such Quaker-sponsored project. Under the auspices of Friends Hall at West Chester, a committee met to investigate sites, and were able to purchase 77.6 acres at Longwood in Kennett Square in 1971. They formed a new corporation, Kendal at Longwood, in 1973. The first residents moved into their apartments in October that same year. The Kendal at Longwood Residents Association was founded a month later, on November 28, 1973, when 200 people met to adopt a constitution and elect officers.

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Contains the records of the Kendal Residents' Association, an organization of people who live at Kendal at Longwood, a Quaker-sponsored retirement community. Includes records of its History Committee and copies of The Kendal Reporter, an in-house newsletter that was published in 1972 and 1973 before and just after its opening.

Organized into series: 1. History Committee; 2. Publications.

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Series 1. History Committee

Most if not all of the History Committee materials were accumulated by Ruth Malone for her 1995 book on Kendal History, and include earlier efforts.

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1		Minutes of the Ad Hoc Committee on Kendal History 1994 1 folder Minutes of June 23, 1994.

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1		Correspondence of Ruth Malone with Frank C. Roe 1991-1993 1 folder Frank C. Roe wrote a history of the Kendal land in 1991. He provided information to Ruth Malone for her later history, The Story of Kendal at Longwood, published in 1995.

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1		A History of this Kendal Land by Frank C. Roe 1991 1 folder

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1		Miscellaneous Correspondence of Ruth Malone 1993 1 folder Ruth Malone also corresponded with Lawton A. Burrows, son of Lawton Burrows Sr.

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1		Notes on the History of Kendal and copies of primary documents 1975-1995 1 folder Includes photocopies of the original deeds, maps, and other histories that mention Kendal or Longwood.

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1		Photographs and illustrations 1995 1 folder Photo and photocopied illustrations for the history of Kendal.

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1		Other Anniversary Celebrations 1983-1993 1 folder Includes the text of the 1983 celebration, a brief history written in 1988 (2), and the program for the 20th anniversary dinner party in 1993.

Series 2. Publications

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1		The Kendal Reporter 1972-1973 1 folder The first newsletter of Kendal at Longwood.