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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

American History Collection

 Collection — Box 1 doc box
Identifier: Mss.1000
Scope and Contents

This is a teaching collection for hands-on history.  United States and New Church history from colonization through the present.  Contains primary and secondary material in the form of letters and fragments, reproductions, facsimiles, newspapers, clippings, photographs, magazines, articles, books and other items regarding the history of the United States that can be used as teaching tools for Bryn Athyn College and the ANC Secondary Schools.

Dates: 1706-present; Date acquired: 20080701

Bryn Athyn Borough Government/History

 Collection
Identifier: Mss.008
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).

Dates: 1899-present; Date acquired: 18990000

Bryn Athyn Cathedral

 Collection — Box 24 boxes
Identifier: Mss.003
Scope and Contents The collection holds letters, sketches, architectural drawings, photographs and media articles regarding the design and construction of Bryn Athyn Cathedral.  There are files for many of the craftsmen and artists that worked on the project, as well as construction notes written by Raymond Pitcairn regarding the interior and structural design of hte building.  Several boxes of photographs document the various stages of construction. A slide show and audio tape is included that was used by one...
Dates: Created: 1912-1996

Bryn Athyn Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss.004
Abstract

The community of Bryn Athyn was formed in the late 19th century by members of the Philladelphia Swedenborgian Church (New Church).  This collection documents the early Village Association (before becoming a Burough) as well as the various community groups, old and new, that sprang up in the community.  This collection does not contain any official records of the Borough of Bryn Athyn.

Dates: 1893-present; Date acquired: 20080701

Bryn Athyn Historic District

 Collection — Box 1 box
Identifier: RG.05
Scope and Contents

The collection contains promotional  and informational literature about the Bryn Athyn Historic District, as well as information provided by the Historic Distric Council.  The collection includes photographs, posters, brochures and news articles.

Dates: Created: 2009; Other: Majority of material found in 2009; Other: Date acquired: 20090418

Rev. Geoffrey S. Childs Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: Mss.005.132
Scope and Contents

Council of the Clergy notes and records for the years 1980-2008, several years missing. Education Council Journal & notes, 1988 Joint Advisory Committee Notes, 1992 New Church & Mental Health Symposium Reports, 1990 Childs, Geoffrey S., "Correspondences: A Key to Distinctiveness."

Dates: 1988-2008; Date acquired: 20111201

Theodore Pitcairn Family Papers

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss.005.089
Scope and Contents The Theodore Pitcairn Family Papers are housed in two locations.  The section of the collections that is housed at Swedenborg Library ranges in time from about 1910 to 2000.  The collection includes correspondence to and from Theodore as well as his wife and some of his children from various periods in his life.  There are even some examples of his schoolwork as a boy and a young man.  There is a small amount of material relating to business interests as well as some material relating to the...
Dates: 1897-2008