This collection encompasses the establishment of the Village and then the Borough of Bryn Athyn, PA including early Village Council records, material regarding local organizations, social life and oral histories.  It does NOT contain any official records of the Borough after incorporation.

Materials included in the collection are the minutes and other material generated by the Village Association, early deeds to many of the properties, programs from theater productions and orchestral programs, information generated by the Moonwatch club (information about tracking celetial bodies), minutes from the garden club, etc.  There is even information (probably generated by mothers/fathers in the church) about social mores and behavioral expectations.  Some early maps and atlases are also available.