ContentsDETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS Ser. 1. Jonathan Magill Papers (1846-1858) Ser. 2. Correspondence, J. Campbell Robinson to Beatrice Magill (later Robinson), 1903-1909 |
An Inventory of the Magill Family Papers, 1846-1909Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staffEncoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries1961
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICALEdward H. (Edward Hicks) Magill was a prominent Quaker teacher and was President of Swarthmore College from 1872-1889. He was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the son of Jonathan P. and Mary Magill of Solebury Monthly Meeting of Friends. In 1852 he married Sarah Warner Beans, and they had six daughters. Their daughter, Beatrice, married J. Campbell Robinson in 1904 at Ithaca, New York. Return to the Table of Contents SCOPE AND CONTENTThe collection includes correspondence of Jonathan Magill, 1846-58, correspondence between J. Campbell Robinson and his future wife, Beatrice Magill, and the lesson books of Edward H. Magill, President of Swarthmore College. Return to the Table of Contents SELECTED SEARCH TERMSThis 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: Researchers are advised to search by subject and author, when applicable. Return to the Table of Contents ArrangementThe collection is divided into three series:
Return to the Table of Contents DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDSSer. 1. Jonathan Magill Papers (1846-1858)
Ser. 2. Correspondence, J. Campbell Robinson to Beatrice Magill (later Robinson), 1903-1909
Ser. 3. Lesson books of Edward H. Magill
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