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Bryn Athyn Stone/Supply Company, 1914-1933
Sub-Series
Identifier: Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Bryn Athyn Stone Company was owned by the Pitcairn Family and used as a supplier of stone products (granite, crushed stone, coal) for the Cathedral and for customers in the surrounding area. These customers included local residents as well as larger and well-known customers such as the Hatboro-Horsham Turnpike, the Borough of Bryn Athyn, Horsham Township and George W. Elkins, Jr.This sub-series primarily consists of daily ledgers, timesheets, vouchers and delivery slips that document the...
Dates:
Created: 1914-1933
Bryn Athyn/Huntingdon Valley
Series
Identifier: Series 6
Scope and Contents
Photographic materials & architectural drawings related to Bryn Athyn and the surrounding area.
Dates:
Created: 1885-1979; Other: Majority of material found in 1895-1965
Buell House, Retreat & Area Homes, 1922-1970
Series
Identifier: Mss.02.001
Scope and Contents
Francis Buell, known as Rita, was the Principal of the Girls Seminary and head of the English Department. In 1922, Raymond Pitcairn offered to build her a house on a lot that she owned or on a different lot. Eventually she exchanged lots for a different one and Raymond helped design the house for her. In 1929, Raymond Pitcairn and Charles Brown, acting as executors of John Pitcairn’s (1841-1916) estate, sold to Francis Buell the property on Alnwick Rd. in the Borough of Bryn Athyn for the...
Dates:
Created: 1922-1970
Bulwark of Liberty, c. 1936
Item
Identifier: F16-040
Scope and Contents
Bulwark of Liberty. Political film c. 1936.
Dates:
Created: c. 1936
Business, 1914-1947
Series
Identifier: Series 11
Scope and Contents
This series contains the records of Raymond Pitcairn both as Trustee of the Bryn Athyn Cathedral and as owner (through the West Chelten Company?) of the Bryn Athyn Stone Company and Bryn Athyn Supply Company. These includes contracts, orders, invoices, timesheets and other records relating to the above listed companies as well as the architects (Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson) and the general contractor (Pringle Borthwick). Some of the early records name John Pitcairn as the trustee or owner,...
Dates:
Created: 1914-1947
Cairncrest, 2010-present
Series
Identifier: Mss.008.03
Scope and Contents
Research and information regarding Cairncrest as it relates to the Historic District. Cairncrest is used as an office building by the General Church of the New Jerusalem.
Dates:
Created: 2010-present
Cairnwood, 1891-present
Series
Identifier: Mss.008.01
Scope and Contents
Cairnwood was the estate of industrialist John Pitcairn and his wife Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. Land was purchased as early as 1891 and construction begain in 1895 and continued for two years. In addition to the residence, the estate contained a farm that included fruit orchards, a poultry business, truck vegetables, a stable and greenhouses for plants and flowers. This series contains photographs, newspaper clippings and other material related to the history and/or current operations of...
Dates:
Created: 1891-present
Cairnwood Dairy, 1914-1948
c05
Identifier: File 1
Scope and Contents
Remembered history and photographs of Cairnwood Dairyman Joseph P. Conard and Cairnwood's dairy operations. Donated by his grandson, Lloyd J. Conard and grandaughter Diane Franklin. Some image on CD.
Dates:
Created: 1914-1948
Cairnwood Dairy Wagon, c. 1980
Item
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
Enlargement of an original photograph of Cairnwood Dairy wagon #2. A gift of Mr. & Mrs. Boyd Asplundh. 11" x 14".
Dates:
Created: c. 1980
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- Pitcairn, Gertrude (Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn) 9
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