Scope and Contents

The collection contains records and material related to the Borough of Bryn Athyn (official government) .  Bryn Athyn began as a village in the last decade of the 19th century, eventually receiving  borough status in 1916.  This collection contains early records of the Village Association, and some government records deposited by the Borough (very few).

Abstract Glencairn Museum, former home of businessman, art collector and philanthropist Raymond Pitcairn & his wife Mildred Glenn Pitcairn, opened its doors in 1981 as a museum focused on the intersection of history, art and religion.  Glencairn boasts one of the finest private collections of French Medieval Stained Glass as well as collections filling the following galleries: Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, the Ancient Near East,  Ancient Far East and Native American.  The home is built in the...