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.

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.

Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Richard Morse in Sydney, Australia. Pendleton has received Morse’s letter of Nov. 7th with enclosed pamphlet and also the newspaper which Morse forwarded to him. Pendleton hopes the Church will be able to advertise through the newspaper, though he personally believes that “the Church is most readily communicated to others by personal contact.”