ContentsSELECTED SEARCH TERMS Materials catalogued separately DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS Ser. 1. Correspondence, 1930-1936, n.d. |
An Inventory of the Alice Hall Paxson Scattered Seeds Papers, 1930-1936Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staffEncoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries1972
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICALAlice Hall Paxson (1868-1955) was a Quaker author and editor, of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania She was the daughter of Thomas Heston and Lydia H. (Cox) Hall of Chester County. The family moved to Swarthmore, Pa., about 1889, and Alice graduated from Swarthmore College in 1888. In 1897, she married Charles Paxson. The family had close ties to Swarthmore College, including many graduates. Lydia (Cox) Hall was founding editor and editor for forty years of the periodical Scattered Seeds, a position in which her daughters. Abby Hall Paxson and Abby Hall Roberts, succeed her. About 1928, Alice Hall Paxson became chief editor. Return to the Table of Contents SCOPE AND CONTENTThe collection contains chiefly editorial correspondence and other papers relating to Scattered Seeds, a magazine for Quaker children, from 1930-1936 when it was edited by Paxson. Also, correspondence with American Unitarian Association, publishers of a similar periodical, The Beacon. Return to the Table of Contents SELECTED SEARCH TERMS Materials catalogued separatelyThis 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: 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. Correspondence, 1930-1936, n.d.
Ser. 2. Financial papers, 1933-1935
Ser. 3. Manuscripts, 1934-1936
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