Editing Swarthmore College (section)

===Friends Historical Library===
Friends Historical Library was established in 1871 to collect, preserve and make available archival, [[manuscript]], printed and visual records concerning the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) from their origins mid-seventeenth century to the present. Besides the focus on Quaker history, the holdings are a significant research collection for the regional and local history of the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|middle-Atlantic region]] of the United States and the history of American social reform. Quakers played prominent roles in almost every major reform movement in American history, including [[Abolitionism|abolition]], [[African-American history]], [[Indian rights movement|Indian rights]], [[women's rights]], [[prison reform]], [[Disability rights movement|humane treatment of the mentally ill]], and [[Temperance movement|temperance]]. The collections also reflect the significant role Friends played in the development of science, technology, education and business in Britain and America. The library also maintains the Swarthmore College Archives and the papers of the Swarthmore Historical Society.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/friends-historical-library|title=Friends Historical Library :: Swarthmore College|website=www.swarthmore.edu|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017|date=July 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420182602/https://www.swarthmore.edu/friends-historical-library|archive-date=April 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://swarthmorehistoricalsociety.org/|title=Swarthmore Historical Society|website=Swarthmore Historical Society|language=en-US|access-date=April 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429000317/http://swarthmorehistoricalsociety.org/|archive-date=April 29, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Within the [[archive]]s is what was formerly known as the Jane Addams Peace Collection and later called the Swarthmore College Peace Collection (SCPC).<ref name=":03">{{cite web|url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/DG051-099/dg051brinton.htm|title=Ellen Starr Brinton Papers (DG 051)|date=June 22, 2016|website=Swarthmore College Peace Collection|access-date=August 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016220744/http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/DG051-099/dg051brinton.htm|archive-date=October 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The SCPC includes papers from [[Jane Addams]]' collection and material from over 59 countries.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13297203/|title=Library Possesses Rare Resources|last=Skidmore|first=Arden|date=April 25, 1964|work=Delaware County Daily Times|access-date=August 23, 2017|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706034252/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13297203/delaware-county-daily-times/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Nobel Peace Prize]], awarded to Addams, is part of the collection.<ref name=":7"/> The SCPC states that "Well over fifty percent of all the holdings in the Peace Collection concern women's activism around the world."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/Exhibits/Internationalwomen.html|title=Women's Voices From Around the World, Swarthmore College Peace Collection|publisher=Swarthmore College|access-date=May 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510030016/http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/Exhibits/Internationalwomen.html|archive-date=May 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The SCPC was started when [[Lucy Biddle Lewis]], a member of the board of managers, discovered that Addams was burning her old papers, and convinced her to donate them instead to the Friends Historical Library.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13297441/|title=Archives Take in Peace Unit Papers|date=April 25, 1964|work=Delaware County Daily Times|access-date=August 23, 2017|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706034252/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13297441/delaware-county-daily-times/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shenker |first=Israel |date=1978-11-07 |title=Peace Causes Are Enshrined At Swarthmore |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/07/archives/peace-causes-are-enshrined-at-swarthmore-husbands-story-on-file.html |access-date=2023-01-19 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After [[World War II]], the librarian at [[Princeton University]], [[Julian P. Boyd]], appraised the papers in the SCPC's collection and found that they were of "rare historic value".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Brinton|first=Ellen|title=The Swarthmore College Peace Collection—A Memorial to Jane Addams|journal=The American Archivist|volume=10|issue=1|pages=35–39|doi=10.17723/aarc.10.1.h5242738647x65t8|year=1947|doi-access=free}}</ref>