Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlin families papers

Collection 3173

1789-2007
(40.0 Linear feet)

© The Historical Society of Pennsylvania1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Summary Information
Biographical/Historical note
Scope and Contents note
Administrative Information
Related Materials
Controlled Access Headings
Collection Inventory: I. Axel Sahlin and Axeline Örtendahl Sahlin; II. Axel Sahlin and Gertrude Chandler Sahlin; III. Robert Chandler Sahlin; IV. Richard Hartshorne and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne; V. Boëthius family; VI. George Batcheler and Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler; VII. Graphic materials

Summary Information

Repository: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator: Batcheler, George Dewey, 1926-2009.
Creator: Batcheler, Penelope Hartshorne, 1928-2007.
Creator: Boëthius, Essie Sahlin, 1859-1950.
Creator: Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin, 1895-1988.
Creator: Hartshorne, Richard, 1888-1975.
Creator: Sahlin, Axel, 1826-1909.
Creator: Sahlin, Axel, 1855-1937.
Creator: Sahlin, Axeline Örtendahl, 1834-1922.
Creator: Sahlin, Gertrude Chandler, 1860-1953.
Creator: Sahlin, Robert Chandler, 1889-1967.
Title: Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlin families papers
ID: 3173
Date [inclusive]: 1789-2007
Extent: 40.0 Linear feet
Author: Finding aid prepared by Sarah Newhouse
Sponsor: This collection was processed during the Digital Center for Americana Project Phase II, which was funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Richard Lounsbery Foundation.
Language: English
Language of Materials note: Materials in this collection are in Swedish and English.
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of the Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlin families, descended from Axel (1826-March 5, 1909) and Axeline Sahlin (1834-1922), a Swedish couple whose children lived in Europe and the United States. Four generations of the family are documented here, with documentation centering around five families. In the United States, the family is represented by Gertrude Chandler (July 17, 1860-1953) and Axel Sahlin (1855-1937); their daughter Ellen Sahlin (February 21, 1895-June 4, 1988) and her husband, Judge Richard Hartshorne (February 29, 1888-September 19,1975); and their daughter, Penelope Hartshorne (1928-2007) and her husband, George Batcheler(1926-2009). The Swedish side of the family is represented by Axel and Axeline Sahlin and the family of their daughter, Essie Sahlin (1859-1950) and her husband, Simon Johannes Boëthius (1850-1924). The contents of this collection are mostly correspondence and other personal papers, including diaries, artwork, school work, and genealogical research on all branches of the family. There are also a good deal of photographs, documenting all four generations of the family and their relatives.

Preferred Citation note

[Indicate cited item or series here], Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlin families papers (Collection 3173), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Biographical/Historical note

The Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlin families as documented in this collection begin with Axel and Axeline Sahlin, a Swedish couple who lived in Uppsala in the late 19th century. The families of their children live in the United States and Sweden, and this collection contains documents from families on both sides of the Atlantic. Lieutenant Axel Sahlin (1826-March 5, 1909) and Axeline Örtendahl Sahlin (1834-1922) were both from Värmlandsnäs, Sweden. Axel worked in Uppsala and at the Wermlands Enskilda Bank in Arvika in the 1880s. Axeline Örtendahl Sahlin was the daughter of Anders Örtendahl (1791-1872) and Emilie Wikström Örtendahl (d. 1879). They owned two houses in Kristinedahl and Ekholmen (at Lake Vänern), although the Ekholmen house burned down in 1860s. Axel and Axeline had two children: Axel Sahlin, whose family settled in the United States, and Essie Sahlin Boëthius, who raised a family in Sweden.

United States:

Axel Sahlin (1855-1937) was born in Ed, Värmland, Sweden. He graduated from the Swedish University of Technology in Stockholm in 1877 and afterward began a career in iron manufacturing and engineering. Shortly after his graduation, he received a letter of introduction to Karl Wittgenstein and visited his iron firm in Austria. It may have been Wittgenstein who suggested that Axel move to America to get started in the iron and steel industry. After working as a rail inspector in England, Germany, and Belgium in 1880, Axel moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1881 and worked at the Cambria Steel Company in Johnstown, Pennsylvania until 1886. That year he accepted a position as chief engineer of the Pottstown Iron Company, a position he held until 1891. He then moved to New York and worked as a consulting engineer from 1891 to 1893. For a time he was superintendent of the Maryland Steel Company, and then moved to Europe to work on various projects, mostly for American companies. In 1903 he entered into a partnership with Julian Kennedy, forming Kennedy, Sahlin and Company, Ltd., of London and Brussels, a company he helped to run until 1914. While part of this firm, Axel moved to Brussels, Belgium and stayed there until the outbreak of World War I forced him to relocate back to England. Kennedy, Sahlin, and Co. developed the first mills for the Tata Iron and Steel Company in Sakchi, Jamshedpur, India, and Axel visited India while working on this project twice: in 1907-1908 and 1911. He was involved in the construction and development of iron mills in Europe, India, Africa, and one in Brazil, although the Brazil project was never finished. In 1920 he became head of the London-based firm, International Construction, Ltd.. He lived the last years of his life in Monte Carlo, although he continued to travel frequently.

On December 4, 1884 Axel eloped with Gertrude Chandler and they were married in Philadelphia. The couple had two children: Robert Chandler Sahlin (1889-1967) and Ellen Fritz Sahlin (February 21, 1895-June 4, 1988). When Axel moved to Europe, his family first settled in Millon, England and then followed him to Brussels, Belgium. This was temporary, however, and after 1907 they spent most of their time in the United States. After living apart for many years, Gertrude and Axel divorced in 1915 and Axel remarried the following year to "Nita," a Mrs. J. Bergin from England. Late in life he remarried again (although it is unclear whether this was following the death or divorce of his second wife) to Louise Harnly of Pottstown, PA. He was visiting her family in the United States when he died in 1937.

Gertrude Chandler Sahlin (July 17, 1860-1953) was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. She attended school at Ivy Hall in Bridgeton, New Jersey. After marrying Axel Sahlin in 1884, Gertrude moved frequently to accompany or visit him in the United States and abroad, including long stays in England and Belgium, and a trip to India in 1911. In October 1913–March 1914, Gertrude and her daughter, Ellen Fritz Sahlin, visited her son, Robert Chandler Sahlin, in India, where he was working for the Tata Iron and Steel Company. They returned to the United States by way of a long voyage through Southeast and East Asia. In the last years of their marriage, Axel and Gertrude lived separate lives, he in Europe and she in Pennsylvania. After their divorce in 1915, she bought a farm and farmhouse (previously known as "Applejack Farm") outside of Greenwich, Connecticut. In 1916 Gertrude purchased Greenfield Farm, which was previously owned by her aunt, Hannah Ann Wilson. The farm was located outside of Highland Township, near Parkesburg, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Gertrude Cahndler Sahlin was the niece of steel industry pioneer John Fritz (1822-1913). The son of George Fritz and Mary Meharg, John spent most of his childhood working on his father's farm and had little formal education. Nevertheless, he invented the three-high mill and improved on the use of open-hearth furnaces, the Whitworth forging-press, large steam hammers, and the manufacture of armor plates. He worked at the Cambria Iron Works in Johnstown, where he developed the three-high mill, and later managed the Bethlehem Iron Company. He retired in 1892 and in 1894 was named president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. From 1895 to 1896 he was president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In 1902 the annual John Fritz Award was established by the American Association of Engineering Societies to award achievement in any field of pure or applied science. In 1912, a year before his death, he published his autobiography. John Fritz married Ellen Maxwell (1833-1908) and the couple had one daughter, Gertrude (1853-1860), who died young.

Robert (Bob) Chandler Sahlin (1889-1967) was born in Stowe, Pennsylvania, outside of Pottstown. From 1898 through 1904 he lived in Sweden with his aunt, Essie Sahlin Boëthius, and her family, and attended school in Uppsala. In 1905 he returned to the United States and continued his education at the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut until 1907. After leaving the Taft School he briefly worked as a "machinery erector" in steel mills in Germany, Belgium, and England. In 1908 he returned to the United States to attend Bethlehem Preparatory School for a year, and then attended Lehigh University from 1909 to 1910. Throughout his education, Bob had difficulty in school and struggled first to gain admittance to Lehigh University and then to keep up with his classes. He left the university after a year and spent part of 1911 traveling in the American West, temporarily enrolling in a business school in Chicago. Partly because of his educational difficulties, in 1911 his father, Axel, secured a job for him at the new iron mill being constructed for the Tata Iron and Steel Company in Sakchi, India. He worked there until 1914, when he enlisted in the United States Army. He served from 1915 until 1919, and was stationed at Camp Sherman, Ohio; Youngstown, Ohio; and Andernach, Germany. During his time in the Army, he was engaged to Polly (or Pauli) Bissell, although the relationship did not last. After the close of World War I, Bob worked in house construction in Long Island, New York through the late 1920s, and later was a sales engineer for the Lukenweld Company in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. In 1935 Bob married Nancy Roe Repplier and they moved to Greenfield Farm in Pennsylvania.

Ellen Fritz Sahlin (February 21, 1895-June 4, 1988) was born in Sparrows Point, Maryland. Like her brother, she spent some of her childhood (1905-1906) living with Essie and Simon Johannes Boëthius in Sweden. Unlike Bob, however, she only lived in Sweden for a year and instead spent most of her childhood with her mother and father in Millon, England and Brussels, Belgium. In 1910, Ellen enrolled in Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts and she graduated in 1913. In 1917 she earned a degree in Interior Decoration from the New York School of Fine and Applied Art. In 1919 she married Richard Hartshorne and they moved to East Orange, New Jersey in 1920. Ellen and Richard had four children: Richard Harsthorne, Nancy Hartshorne Bell, John Fritz Hartshorne, and Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler. In the 1960s, Ellen and Richard moved to Philadelphia into a house on American Street renovated by George and Penelope Batcheler.

Richard Hartshorne (February 29, 1888-September 19,1975) was the son of William Sidney Hartshorne and Margaret Bentley Hartshorne of New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton in 1909 and from Columbia University Law School in 1912. During World War I he served in the United States Navy as an officer, working at the Office of Naval Operations in Washington, D. C. In 1919 he married Ellen Fritz Sahlin and they settled in East Orange, New Jersey, where Richard worked as a judge in the Essex County Court of Common Pleas. In the 1920s he purchased an island near Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, which he and the family named "Ellen's Isle." Shortly after he bought a beach house in Island Beach State Park, New Jersey, which was thereafter known as "The Judge's Shack." In 1951 he was appointed to the New Jersey United States District Court by President Truman, an office he held until retiring in 1961. In the 1960s, Ellen and Richard Hartshorne moved to Philadelphia, to a house on American Street renovated by and across the street from their daughter, Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler. Richard died in 1975 after years of deteriorating health due to arthritis and the loss of his sight.

Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler (1928-2007) attended school at Dana Hall School and Bennington College in Vermont. She then moved to Chicago to earn a degree in architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology, studying under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. After graduating in 1953, she moved to Sweden where she worked with her relative Gerda Boëthius at the Zorn Museum in Mora, studied Swedish architecture, and worked for the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm. After returning to the United States in 1954 she lived with her aunt and uncle, Robert Chandler Sahlin and Nancy Roe Sahlin, at Greenfield Farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania. In the 1960s she was hired by the National Park Service as a preservation architect, the only woman working on the restoration of Independence Hall. Around the same time, she moved to the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia and became involved in the restoration of historic homes in that area. Penelope's preservation and restoration projects included Assembly Hall, Congress Hall, Old City Hall, Franklin Court, the City Tavern, the Edgar Allen Poe House, and Old Swedes Church. She retired from the National Park Service in 1993, but continued to contribute to restoration projects as a consultant and volunteer. After her retirement, she was also active in various cultural projects, including an oral history project about Society Hill and an assistance program for elderly Society Hill residents. In 1991 she earned the Preservationist of the Year Award from the Pennsylvania Museum and Historical Commission and in 2000 she was awarded the James Biddle Award for Lifetime Achievement in Historic Preservation by the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia. She passed away in 2007 in Philadelphia.

In 1968, Penelope married George Batcheler, an architect, whom she met while restoring homes in Elfreth's Alley. Together they bought and restored houses at 314 and 315 American Street, the first as a home for Penelope's parents, and the second as their own home. After the deaths of Ellen and Richard Hartshorne, Penelope and George move into 314 American Street.

Sweden:

Essie Sahlin (1859-1950), daughter of Axel and Axeline Sahlin, married Simon Johannes Boëthius (1850-1924) in 1883. He became a professor at the University of Uppsala, and the couple raised their family in the city. They had four children: Gösta, Simon Bertil, Axel, and Gerda, all of whom had careers in or closely related to academia and historical scholarship.

Gerda Boëthius (1890-1962) was an art historian and museum director who is also known as a vocal and enthusiastic advocate for preserving Swedish culture. She was the director of Zorn Museum in Mora, Sweden, which collects the works of Swedish painter Anders Zorn (1860-1920). She lectured in Sweden and the United States about traditional Swedish culture and crafts.

Gösta Boëthius (b.1883), was a jurist and soldier who married Hannah Åckeberg.

Simon Bertil Boëthius (1885-1974) – who went by Bertil – was the riksantikvarie, or national archivist, of Sweden. He married Gerda Fahlberg Boëthius, and they both died in 1974. They had four children: Carl-Gustaf, Per Ullric, Essie, and Jacob.

Carl-Gustaf Boëthius (1915-2001), was a progressive social activist and an editor for the newspaper, Vår Kyrka (Our Church). He married Brita (Billie) Andersén and they had two children: Gunilla and Maria-Pia. Both Carl-Gustaf and his daughter, Maria-Pia, advocated liberal and feminist social policies. Maria-Pia is still active in Swedish and international feminist and gay rights political and social causes.

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Scope and Contents note

This collection is arranged by family group and contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, printed materials, newspaper clippings, artwork, ephemera, and artifacts. The items in this collection range from 1789 to 2007, although the bulk of the material dates from 1880 to 2007. The collection's creator, Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler, conducted extensive genealogical research and her involvement with this collection is evident in nearly every folder. Even folders of early family correspondence written in Swedish may contain her marginal notes or summaries of a letter's contents on its envelope. Because of her knowledge of the family, her arrangement has been left intact whenever possible. Family groups are divided into primary subjects (usually a mother and father), and their documents are then divided into subseries based on subject or genre. These subseries are arranged chronologically with a few exceptions. Series V: "The Boëthius family" is arranged alphabetically by family member. The subseries "Genealogical research," "Greenfield Farm," "Preservation and restoration," and "Other materials," under Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler's subseries are alphabetical subject files. Series VII: "Graphic materials," is dividied by format (albums, photographs, negatives, etc.) and arranged alphabetically by subject within those formats.

Series I: Axel Sahlin and Axeline Örtendahl Sahlin is arranged chronologically and dates from 1870 to 1954. It contains mostly correspondence in Swedish and English between Axeline Sahlin and her children and grandchildren. Letters to Axel from his both of his parents are in Swedish, while letters to Gertrude and her children are usually written by Axeline and always in English. Axeline's handwriting becomes nearly unintelligible in the later correspondence as her eyesight failed, making the letters very difficult to read. The correspondence discusses current events in Sweden (including World War I and the relationship between Sweden and Norway), the health of various family members, changes to and renovations of Axel and Axeline's home, and the marriages, births, deaths, and general well-being of family members.

Series II: Axel Sahlin and Gertrude Chandler Sahlin dates from 1869 to 1949 and is mostly correspondence from Axel and Gertrude to their children, Robert (Bob) Chandler Sahlin and Ellen Fritz Sahlin Hartshorne. Axel and Gertrude's "Correspondence" and "Other materials" subseries are arranged chronologically. Axel's correspondence includes the details of his business ventures in the United States and abroad, news of his family in Sweden, and commentary on current events like United States presidential elections and World War I. His letters to Gertrude and Ellen tend to focus on family news, but his letters to Bob contain more details of his business, including diagrams of iron and steel mill machinery and the details of various projects. Early letters to and from Axel mention the 1889 Johnstown Flood and how it affected Gertrude's family in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Axel's papers are particularly interesting because they document the development of the early iron and steel industry in the United States and abroad, especially in India. His letters and his "Personal Impressions of India" – along with the correspondence and photographs of Robert Chandler Sahlin (Series III and VII) – offer a particularly detailed depiction of the construction and early days of the Tata Iron and Steel Company and its mill in Sakchi, Jamshedpur, India.

The correspondence of Gertrude Chandler Sahlin covers the details of her life in England, Brussels, and the United States. Both Gertrude and Axel's letters include information about the education of their children, especially Bob's schooling in Sweden and the difficulties he faced once he returned to school in the United States. Later letters to Bob and Ellen from both Gertrude and Axel discuss their divorce, and Axel's letters in particular attempt to repair damaged family relationships in the wake of the decision to separate.

Series III: Robert Chandler Sahlin dates from 1890 to 1992. Both the "Correspondence" and "Other materials" subseries are arranged chronologically. Bob's letters are mostly correspondence to and from family and friends, covering his time in Sweden with the Boëthius family, education in the United States, employment at the Tata Iron and Steel Company in India, and his service in the U.S. Army during World War I. The majority of his correspondence is to and from Axel Sahlin, Gertrude Chandler Sahlin, and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne, although there are some letters from school friends and acquaintances in the engineering field. Bob's correspondence contains information about a relatively wide range of topics, including life and schooling in late 19th century Sweden, private school education in early 20th century America, the industrial development of early 20th century India, and World War I. His World War I correspondence includes letters from Polly (Pauli) Bissell, to whom he was at one time engaged. Bob's "Other materials" subseries contain documents from a trip to see the still under construction Panama Canal in 1910 or 1911 with the American Institute of Mining Engineers.

Series IV: Richard Hartshorne and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne dates from 1887 to 2003 and all subseries are arranged chronologically. This series is mostly Ellen Hartshorne's documents, as most of Richard Hartshorne's papers are housed at the New Jersey Historical Society. Richard Hartshorne's subseries includes love letters to Ellen during their courtship in 1917-1919, and personal papers that reflect some of his hobbies and interests, like New Jersey history and genealogy.

Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne's "Correspondence" subseries spans from 1903 to 1984 and contains mostly letters to family, both immediate and extended. Ellen maintained a life-long correspondence with the Boëthius family, sometimes writing in Swedish but more often in English. Most letters from her time at Dana Hall and New York School of Fine and Applied Art are written to her mother and brother. She was an enthusiastic and expressive writer, and her letters include many details of life at a women's college in the early 20th century, such as academic activities, excursions to nearby cities, dances and social events, clothing purchases, and visiting lecturers. Her later correspondence contains many letters written to and by overseas relatives as she began to conduct genealogical research on the Chandler, Sahlin, and Boëthius families.

Her "Early childhood and education" subseries spans from 1890 to 1917. This subseries includes materials in English, Swedish, and French. These items document her time spent in Swedish and Belgian schools and include class work, personal notebooks, and artwork.

Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne's "Other materials" subseries spans from 1887 to 2003, although the later documents are Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler's additions. This subseries reflects Ellen's love of travelling, genealogy, and drawing. It includes her diaries, most of which are "line-a-day" books that leave little room for detail, but cover a thirty-year period that includes her education, travels, marriage, and raising a family. Ellen was a talented artist and this subseries also contains many of her sketchbooks, watercolors, and other bits of artwork. She frequently sketched family members and scenes from trips in the United States and abroad.

Series V: The Boëthius family contains letters and documents written by and about various members of the Swedish branch of the Sahlin family. This series dates from 1879 to 2006 and is arranged alphabetically by the names of family members. Most of the correspondence is written to either Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne or Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler and the majority of it is in Swedish. Letters include family news, Christmas cards, newspaper and magazine clippings about family members, genealogical information, and discussion of world politics. Axel and Gerda Boëthius are represented the most in this series, both in correspondence and personal papers. The papers relating to both Axel and Gerda are mostly representative of their careers and professional interests.

Series VI: George Batcheler and Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler spans from 1789 to 2007 and is arranged into three subseries: "George Batcheler," "Penelope Batcheler," and "Travel." George Batcheler's materials are all arranged chronologically and are mostly personal papers. These items include yearbooks and high school reunion information, architectural plans for various projects (professional and personal), and other documents relating to his career as an architect.

Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler's subseries is itself divided into five subseries: "Correspondence," "Genealogical research," "Greenfield Farm," "Preservation and restoration," and "Other materials." Penelope Batcheler's correspondence is arranged chronologically and spans from 1936 to 2007. It is the most extensive body of correspondence series in the collection, and includes letters to family, friends, colleagues, and other acquaintances. Early correspondence between Penelope and her parents describes her education in great detail, including her decision to study architecture in Chicago and to travel to Sweden after graduation. Most of her correspondence is personal rather than professional, and includes descriptions of the domestic and international trips she took both on her own and with George, the growth of the Hartshorne family, and preservation projects that she undertook after retirement from the National Park Service. Letters frequently mention "Uncan" and "Fancy," the family's nicknames for Robert Chandler Sahlin and Nancy Roe Sahlin. Correspondence folders from the late 1990s through 2007 include printed emails, which sometimes contain printed attachments of digital images.

The "Genealogical research" subseries spans from 1789 to 2005 and is arranged alphabetically by family and chronologically within the family group. This subseries contains correspondence, vital records, family trees, and other research done by Chandler, Boëthius, and Hartshorne family members. The contents of these folders are mostly as Penelope left them, and as such are mostly a mix of older and newer documents. It is not uncommon to find an 1880s document in a folder along with Penelope's 2005 notes on the importance of that document. The Chandler and Fritz families are the most extensively documented in this subseries. The accumulated Chandler family research files trace the lineage back to medieval England (and according to one source, back to Charlemagne) and follow the family's growth in the United States. The Fritz family research files are mostly focused on John Fritz and his contributions to steel manufacturing and Pennsylvania industry. The John Fritz materials include information on winners of the John Fritz Medal and on his estate. For an overview of Sahlin and Hartshorne genealogy, researchers should consult the Hartshorne-Sahlin families fan chart (Oversize folder 12).

The "Greenfield Farm" subseries spans from the 1870s to 2006 and is arranged alphabetically by subject. The documents in this subseries reflect the changes made to the farm by George and Penelope Batcheler and the farm's sale, including the donation of many family artifacts and heirlooms to local historical societies and museums. Researchers interested in the farm should also see the photographs in Series VII: "Graphic materials," Subseries: "Places."

The "Preservation and restoration" subseries spans from 1950 to 2007 and is arranged alphabetically by subject. These documents are not representative of Penelope Batcheler's career as a preservation architect, although they do contain a few plans and blueprints for the Independence Hall renovation carried out in the 1970s. The bulk of this subseries is documentation of projects that Penelope carried out on her own, both before and after her retirement. The renovations to houses George and Penelope owned on American Street are particularly well represented. Many Philadelphia-area historic buildings and cultural institutions are mentioned in these files as well, as Penelope was on many local committees and involved in various restoration projects either professionally or as a volunteer consultant.

The "Other materials" subseries spans from 1888 to 2007 and is arranged alphabetically by subject. This subseries includes documentation of Penelope's work on Project Philadelphia 19106 and The Village project, two projects that she was heavily invested in during the last years of her life. Project Philadelphia 19106 was an oral and written history project intended to document the changes in Society Hill during the 20th and early 21st centuries. A book and website were planned, as well as a possible partnership with the Urban Archives at Temple University, but the project never came to fruition. The Village was an assistance program for elderly Society Hill residents who wanted to remain in their own homes but still needed access to various services. Based on a successful program in Boston, this project also never came to pass, but Penelope was involved in the early planning stages. This series also includes personal papers, like address books, research and documentation of her family's beach house ("The Judge's Shack"), sketchbooks, and materials related to her education. Drawings and sketchbooks contain artwork made by Penelope, while folders titled "artwork" contain pieces done by other artists, likely pieces that decorated the Batchelers' home.

George and Penelope Batcheler's "Travel" subseries spans from 1946 to 2004 and is arranged alphabetically by country. Many of Penelope's original folder titles have been kept, as they reflect trips that spanned several U.S. states or foreign countries. The documents in this subseries are mostly maps and tourism brochures, most of which are annotated by Penelope and George, indicating where they traveled and when.

Series VII: Graphic materials is divided by subject and type, with albums, cased photographs, slides, negatives, movie film, and glass plates separated from the rest of the photographs. Materials in this series range in date from the 1840s to 2005. Photographs are divided into two main groups: people and places. People are arranged alphabetically by family, and within family groups, alphabetically by first name. Places are arranged alphabetically as well. The arrangement of the negatives mirrors the photograph arrangement, although researchers should note that negatives do not exist for every photograph in this collection. Among the photographs of people, the Hartshorne family members (Richard, Ellen, and their children) and Penelope and George Batcheler are the most well represented subjects. Of the photographs of places, Ellen's Isle, Greenfield Farm, and the construction of Penelope and George Batcheler's house on Tataboro Road in New Hampshire appear the most often. The nature of this collection of family papers means that subjects appear in photographs associated with other family groups, so researchers looking for photos of a specific family member are encouraged to be thorough in their search. For example, photographs of Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler can be found in the files under her name, but also in the Hartshorne family photos, and in the photographs of the Swedish side of the family due to her trips to Sweden. The photograph series includes some late 19th and early 20th century photo postcards which were found with photographs in the original order of the collection. Printed digital photos can be found throughout the photograph series, but also in correspondence series, depending on their original location. This series includes glass Agfa color plates, examples of a rare early color photography process, which show photographs of Greenfield Farm and date from the 1920s or 1930s.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania March 2012

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Conditions Governing Access note

This collection is open for research.

Please note that access to two of Ellen Sahlin Harthsorne's photo albums is restricted due to their fragility (boxes 80 and 81). Digitized versions of these items are available in the Digital Library.

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Related Materials

Related Archival Materials note

At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:

Amandus Johnson papers, 1877-1974. (MSS041A)

American Institute of Architects drawings of Independence Hall, circa 1920. (Am .3918)

An architectural study of Arch Street Meeting House, Fourth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: prepared for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, by Lee H. Nelson and Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler, 1968. (Rare UPA/Ph NA 5235.P45 N4)

The Autobiography of John Fritz, 1912. (TS303.5.F7)

Descendants of Richard Hartshorne (1641-1722) of Monmouth County, New Jersey. (FC Ha)

The Early Days of Iron Manufacture, by John Fritz, 1894. (Tq* .4499 v.1)

Frank M. Etting collection, 1558-1917. (0193)

George B. Roberts papers, 1835-1975. (2140)

Independence Hall historic structures report, architectural data section:Part II portion, the central hall and tower stairhall, by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler, 1989. (UPA/Ph F 158.8.I3 B37)

Paint color research and restoration, by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler, 1968. (Ta 2801)

Potts collection, 1877-1905. (V39)

At other institutions:

The Autobiography of John Fritz, Holographic Manuscript, ca. 1910, in Special Collections, Linderman Library at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. http://www.lehigh.edu/lts/lib/speccoll/fritz.html

Bertil och Gerda Boëthius släktarkiv och samlingar (Bertil and Gerda Boëthius family archives and collections), which includes the papers of Simon Johannes and Essie Boëthius, at the Swedish National Archives (SE/RA/720091). http://www.nad.ra.se/archive_index.aspx?id=3ee28ae6-9b89-11d5-a701-0002440207bb&s=Balder

Hartshorne family papers, 1840-1979, at the New Jersey Historical Society (MG 1312). http://www.jerseyhistory.org/EAD/faid1500/mg1312.htm

John Fritz objects at the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

John Fritz papers at the National Canal Museum archives in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Professor Axel Boëthius' papper (Professor Axel Boëthius papers) at the Swedish National Archives (Handskriftsavdelningen H 80). http://www.nad.ra.se/archive_index.aspx?id=ff2b6cfa-a540-43da-ac59-a9022a2bbc0c&s=Siv

Separated Materials note

One volume of Swedish genealogy were separated from the collection and moved to the library: Slakten Boëthius by Bertil Boëthius, 1962. (Fa 929.2 B672b 1962 Folio)

There is a duplicate of this volume still in the Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlin families collection.

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

Photographs.

Personal Name(s)

Fritz, John, 1822-1913.
Wittgenstein, Karl, 1847-1913.

Subject(s)

Genealogy.
Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.).
Iron industry and trade--India.
Iron industry and trade--United States--History.
Photographs on glass.
Sweden--Genealogy.
Sweden--History--1814-1905.
Sweden--History--20th century.
Sweden--Social life and customs.
Tata Iron and Steel Company.
World War, 1914-1918.

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Collection Inventory

I. Axel Sahlin and Axeline Örtendahl Sahlin 1870-1954

Correspondence 1870-1915

Box

Folder

Axel (Sr.) and Axeline Sahlin to Axel Sahlin 1870-1883, undated

Axel (Sr.) and Axeline Sahlin to Axel Sahlin 1884-1885, undated

Axel (Sr.) and Axeline Sahlin to Axel Sahlin and Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1886-1891, undated

Axel (Sr.) and Axeline Sahlin to Axel Sahlin, Gertrude Chandler Sahlin, and Robert Chandler Sahlin 1892-1895, undated

Axel Sahlin (Sr.) to Axel Sahlin, Gertrude Chandler Sahlin, and Robert Chandler Sahlin 1895-1909, undated

Axeline Sahlin to Axel Sahlin and Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1896-1898, undated

Axeline Sahlin to Axel Sahlin 1899-1900,undated

Axeline Sahlin to Elin Sparre 1900-1919, undated

Axel (Sr.) and Axeline Sahlin to Axel Sahlin 1901-1902, undated

Axeline Sahlin to Axel Sahlin and Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1903-1905, undated

Axeline Sahlin to Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1906-1907, undated

Axeline Sahlin to Gertrude Chandler Sahlin and Robert Chandler Sahlin 1908-1909, undated

Axeline Sahlin to Gertrude Chandler Sahlin, Robert Chandler Sahlin, and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1910-1911, undated

To Axeline Sahlin from Axel Sahlin, Robert Chandler Sahlin, and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1912-1914, undated

Axeline Sahlin to Gertrude Chandler Sahlin and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1912-1915, undated

Axeline Sahlin to Gertrude Chandler Sahlin, Robert Chandler Sahlin, and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1913-1914, undated

Axeline Sahlin to Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1915, undated

Axeline Sahlin to Axel Sahlin and Robert Chandler Sahlin undated

Axel (Sr.) and Axeline Sahlin to family and friends undated

Axeline Sahlin to Elin Sparre: English translations undated

Other materials 1954, undated

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Folder

"Memories of Axeline Sahlin:" Swedish 1954, undated

Family tree undated

"Memories of Axeline Sahlin:" English translation by Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne undated

"Memories of Axeline Sahlin:" English translation and related notes undated

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II. Axel Sahlin and Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1869-1949

Axel Sahlin 1869-1937

Correspondence 1880-1932

Box

Folder

To and from family and friends 1880-1913, undated

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1884-1908, undated

To Sahlin and Boëthius families 1892-1909, undated

From Yngve Sahlin 1896-1909, undated

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1898-1901, undated

To family and friends 1898-1904, undated

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1902-1904, undated

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1905-1907, undated

To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1905-1910, undated

To John Fritz 1905-1910, undated

Regarding Robert Chandler Sahlin's education 1906-1909, undated

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1908-1909, undated

"Personal letters to my friends giving my impressions during a trip to Brazil" and postcards 1908-1911, undated

To Axel Sahlin (Sr.): The last letter 1909 March

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1910

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1911 June-September

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1911

To Robert Chandler Sahlin and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1911

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1912 January-March

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1912 March-May

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1912 June-July

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1912 August-October

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1912 October-December

To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1912

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1913 January-February

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1913 March-April

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1913 May

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1913 June-July

To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1913

From a WWI refugee, formerly one of Axel Sahlin's employees 1914 September 28

To family and friends 1914

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1914

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1915 January-February

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1915 March-August

To Robert Chandler Sahlin 1915 August-1916

To friends and family 1915-1917, 1932, undated

Other materials 1869-1937

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School book, Geografi och Historia 1869

Box

Folder

"My Impressions During a Trip to Brazil" 1899, 1906, 1911

Volume

Notes taken during his trip to India 1908

Box

Folder

"Personal Impressions of India" 1908

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"Personal Impressions of India," copy given to Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1908

Box

Folder

"Personal Impressions of India" and "India Revisited" 1908, 1911

"Personal Impressions of India" and related notes 1908-1913, 1956-1957, undated

"India Revisited" 1911

Obituaries of John Fritz 1913

Obituaries of Axel Sahlin 1937

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Seating chart from Iron and Steel institute dinner undated

Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1875-1949

Correspondence 1890-1949

Box

Folder

To family and friends 1890-1899, undated

From family and friends 1890, 1904, 1911-1912, undated

To Robert Chandler Sahlin and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1899-1904

To family and friends 1900-1901, undated

Postcards 1900-1909, undated

To family and friends 1902-1903, undated

To family and friends 1902-1948, undated

From family and friends 1903, 1905, 1909, undated

From family and friends 1904-1906, undated

Postcards 1904-1940, undated

To family and friends 1906-1930

To family and friends 1907

To family and friends 1908

To family and friends 1912

From family and friends 1912-1917, undated

From family and friends 1913-1949, undated

To family and friends 1917-1919, undated

To family and friends 1925-1931, undated

To family and friends 1930-1936, undated

Regarding Axel Sahlin's life insurance policy 1938-1939

Other materials 1875-1937

Box

Folder

Miscellaneous: Driver's license and small notebooks 1875, undated

Exposition Universelle et Nationale (World's Fair) in Brussels 1910

Legal and other official documents from Brussels 1913-1915

Passports and related notes 1931, 1935, undated

Volume

George and Jane Chandler and their Descendants, 1687-1937 1937

Box

Address books undated

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Auction poster for Sarah Elizabeth Cook Oliver estate sale in Chocorua, New Hampshire undated

Box

Folder

Blank postcards undated

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Notebook containing "notes on a motor trip with J. P. Eumia and Nancy Roe" undated

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III. Robert Chandler Sahlin 1890-1992

Correspondence 1895-1980

Box

Folder

To family and friends 1895-1904, undated

From family and friends 1900-1903, undated

Telegrams 1900, 1903, 1918, 1919

Postcards 1903-1918, 1962, 1974

From family and friends 1905

To Axel Sahlin and Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1905-1913, undated

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1905, 1912, 1914, 1942, undated

From family and friends 1907, undated

From family and friends 1908, undated

From family and friends 1909, undated

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To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1909-1915, undated

From family and friends 1910 March-April

From family and friends 1910

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From family and friends 1910-1911, undated

To Hannah Fritz Stroud 1911 December 20

From family and friends 1911

5-8

From family and friends 1911

1-2

From family and friends 1912 January

From family and friends 1912 February

From family and friends 1912 March

From family and friends 1912 April

From family and friends 1912 May

From family and friends 1912 June

From family and friends 1912 July

From family and friends 1912 August

From family and friends 1912 September-October

From family and friends 1912 November

From family and friends 1912 December

From family and friends 1912, 1915, undated

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1913 July 24

From family and friends 1913 January-February

From family and friends 1913 March-April

From family and friends 1913 May

From family and friends 1913 June-July

From family and friends 1913 August-December

From family and friends 1914 January-February

From family and friends 1914 March

From family and friends 1914 April

From family and friends 1914 May

From family and friends 1914 June

From family and friends 1914 July

From family and friends 1914 August

From family and friends 1914 September

From family and friends 1914 October

From family and friends 1914 November-December

From family and friends 1915

From family and friends 1916

From Pauli Bissell 1917 January-June

From Pauli Bissell 1917 July-December

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1917

To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1917

From Pauli Bissell 1918

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1918-1919

From George A. Chandler and other family members 1920, 1930, 1934, undated

From family and friends: Letters of congratulations upon his marriage to Nancy Roe Repplier 1935

To family and friends, including Nancy Roe Repplier 1928-1980, undated

Other materials 1890-1992

Box

Folder

School and confirmation preparations c. 1890

Envelopes saved for their stamps 1895-1910

School assignments and related documents c. 1895-1910

Miscellaneous c. 1895-1911

Volume

Postcard album 1898-1908

Box

Folder

Panama Canal trip with the American Institute of Mining Engineers and related issue of Engineering News 1910

Loose items removed from Exposition Universelle et International de Bruxelles photograph case and pass c. 1910

Panama Canal trip with the American Institute of Mining Engineers c. 1910-1911

Panama Canal trip with the American Institute of Mining Engineers booklet containing essay by Robert Chandler Sahlin (pages 91-92) c. 1910-1911

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Diary 1911

Box

Folder

Loose items removed from diary 1911

German magazine, Stahl und Eisen (Steel and Iron) 1913

Miscellaneous 1915-1938, undated

Military service 1918-1919

Military service 1919, undated

Motorcycle registration certificates 1920, 1921

Travel brochures for California and Yosemite National Park c. 1923-1924

Robert Chandler Sahlin and Nancy Roe Sahlin passports 1953

Estate of Nancy Roe Sahlin 1969, 1991, 1992, undated

Address books undated

Miscellaneous undated

Calling cards undated

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IV. Richard Hartshorne and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1887-2003

Richard Hartshorne 1891-1976

Correspondence 1891-1960

Box

Folder

To his father, William Hartshorne, and Santa Claus 1891, 1892, 1896

To and from family and friends 1909-1910, 1925, 1928, 1963, undated

To and from family and friends 1917-1924, 1948, 1951, 1969, 1975, undated

Love letters to Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1918

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From Bill Belknap, living in China 1918, 1926-1929

Letter to children about financial investments and the Great Depression 1932 August 1

Telegram to Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne on V-J Day 1945 August 15

Copies of letters and telegrams to and from Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne and their children 1951-1960

Other materials 1909-1976

Box

Folder

Loose items removed from travel diary of a trip to Europe: Expense account and embassy admission 1909

Volume

Travel diary from trip to Europe 1909

Box

Folder

Lists of items for sale to United States military officers 1918 November

"My Naval Experiences" 1919 February

Estate 1929, 1965, 1975

Bank deposit and withdrawal slips, speech 1930, undated

Application for membership in the Society of Colonial Wars 1931 July 9

Newspaper clippings about Richard Hartshorne and his children 1941-1961

Scrapbook page and birthday poems 1952, undated

Identification cards, including passport and American Legion membership card 1957, 1976

Event programs and handwritten speech 1961, 1975, undated

Estate: Donations of items to libraries and cultural organizations 1962 April-May

Newark and East Orange, New Jersey history 1962, 1970, undated

Materials from Richard Hartshorne's funeral, including eulogies and guestbook 1975

Flyer for the S.S. Furnessia's "grand sports program" in which Richard Hartshorne Sr. was a judge undated

Poems written by family members for Richard Hartshorne's birthdays undated

Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1887-2003

Correspondence 1903-1984

Box

Folder

Postcards 1903-1911, 1924, 1951-1957, 1980

From family and friends 1905, 1950-1984

Postcards 1906-1912, 1951-1980

To family and friends, includes drafts of letters 1909, 1963, 1976, 1983-1984, undated

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin from Dana Hall School 1910 September-November

Christmas cards from Marjory Abbot Hague 1910-1957

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin from Dana Hall School 1911 January-June

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin from Dana Hall School 1911 July-December

To and from family and friends 1911-1912, 1938-1949

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin from Dana Hall School 1912 January-June

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin from Dana Hall School 1912 July-September

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin from Dana Hall School 1912 October-November

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin from Dana Hall School 1912 December

From family 1912, 1913, 1917

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin from Dana Hall School 1913 January-March

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin from Dana Hall School 1913 April-July

From Margaret M. C. Patterson 1914-1916

To Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1919 March-April

Christmas cards from Rosaline Colie 1921-1973, undated

From family and friends 1926, 1937, 1953, 1955, undated

From a friend living in France during World War II 1938-1947

From Richard Hartshorne and their children during their trip to the American West 1939

From Sahlin relatives about family history 1952-1983, undated

Copies of letters made for Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1954, undated

From family members about Wikström, Örtendahl, and Sahlin family history (Swedish) 1954-1981

To Nancy Hartshorne Bell and her family (photocopies) 1956-1960, undated

From Chandler family in England, mostly David and Josephine Chandler and Jesse Chandler 1958-1976

From the Sjögren family in Sweden 1962-1982, undated

From Ulla Ehrensvärd 1963-1976

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From Gurli Sjöqvist 1966-1977

From family and friends in response to the marriage of George Batcheler and Penelope Hartshorne 1968

Handmade Valentines from family and friends 1969, undated

From Ulla and Kerstin Chöler 1970-1977, undated

From Vivian Borg Shellabarger, wife of author Samuel Shellabarger 1971, 1975, 1976, undated

From Anders Åkerman 1972-1977

Condolence letters after the death of Richard Hartshorne 1975 September-November

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To Helen B. Agate (includes letters from Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler) 1977-1983

To Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1980-1983, undated

To and from family and friends undated

Early childhood and education 1890-1917

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The Three Little Kittens 1890

Box

Folder

Early childhood documents 1890-1911, 1957

Volume

Födelsedagsbok 1900

Picture book c. 1900

Sigil Bok c. 1900

Box

School books: Anmärkningsbok and De Första Läsöfningarna 1901

Box

Folder

Elementary school in Arvika, Sweden 1903-1904

Volume

Birthday booklet 1905

Ritebok 1905

Postcard album c. 1905-1907

Box

School books 1905, 1908, 1912

Box

Folder

Watercolors and pastels artwork 1905, 1915, 1972, undated

Artwork and drawings 1906-1957, undated

Volume

"Poesie" autograph book 1907-1908

Aufgaben-buch c. 1907

Box

Folder

School books from Brussels 1908

Volume

Compositions in French 1909-1910

Box

Folder

Interior design school notes c. 1916

Dance booklet for the Mid-Winter Dance of the Mercersburg Academy 1917

Volume

"Interior decoration" school notebook 1915-1917

Box

Folder

Diploma for Interior Decoration, New York School of Fine and Applied Art 1917

Other materials 1887-2003

Box

Folder

Loose items removed from George and Jane Chandler and their Descendants: Newspaper clippings, letters, and ephemera 1887, 1937, 1972-1979

Death notices 1901-1911, 1956, 1967

An Illustrated Handbook of Mount Vernon, the Home of Washington 1905

Wedding invitations 1905, 1945-1976

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Diary 1908

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Folder

Wedding invitations 1908-1921, 1962-1982

Volume

Address book 1909

Oversize

Chinese print 1909

Volume

Diary 1909

Box

Folder

Miscellaneous 1909-1980, undated

Identification documents: Passport, death certificate (copy), marriage registration, and others 1909, 1957, 1975-1977, 1988

Belgian newspapers about the Belgian Olympics and World's Fair 1910

Volume

Diary 1911-1915

Box

Notebooks: From trip to India and East Asia 1911-1914

118

Box

Folder

Travel ephemera and wedding announcement of Richard Hartshorne and Ellen Sahlin 1913-1970, 1990, undated

Box

Notebooks 1914-1922

119

Volume

Guestbook 1914-1924

Box

Folder

Wedding invitations 1915-1922, 1952-1982

Volume

"Engagements" c. 1918

Box

Folder

Wedding announcement for Richard Hartshorne and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1919

Wedding invitations 1919-1972

Estate inventories, lists, and notes 1920, 1970-1978, undated

Knitting patterns, handwritten 1921, undated

Loose items removed from 1921-1925 diary: Includes notes by Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne and Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1921-1922, undated

Volume

Diary 1921-1924

Box

Folder

Christmas lists and notes 1922-1987, undated

Volume

Diary 1926-1930

Box

Folder

Travel memorabilia: Includes letters from the Thomases, Wests, and Nellie Marshall 1927, 1935, 1952-1988, undated

Volume

A Brief History of and Guide Book to Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown 1930

Diary 1931-1933

Box

Folder

Estate letters and receipts 1933, 1960-1988

Loose items removed from postcard album 1935, 1937, undated

Various lists and notes, including genealogical research 1935, 1969, 1982, 1985, undated

Inventory of George Chandler's estate in 1688 (photocopy) 1937 July

Volume

George and Jane Chandler and their Descendants, 1687-1937 1937

Box

Folder

Financial documents and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne's death certificate [Restricted] 1942-1998

Volume

Daily planner 1943

Box

Folder

Biographical notes about Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne's life, written by Ellen Harshorne and Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1953-1980, undated

Travel accounts from Ellen and Stewart Marshall, friends of the Chandler family 1954 May-August

Jamaica and Barbados trip 1954

Jamaica and Barbados trip: Notes 1954

Box

Daily planners 1959-1964

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Box

Folder

Newspapers covering the first United States moon landing 1960 July 21-22

"Remarks by Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne at the dedication ceremonies, Dana Hall" 1965 April 24

Loose items removed from "Poesie" autograph book 1968, 2003, undated

Life magazine special issue about the moon landing 1969 August 8

Fiftieth wedding anniversary of Richard Hartshorne and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1969

Estate: Donations of items to various libraries and cultural organizations 1969, 1971, 1974-1976

"What my family should know:" Booklet of financial, estate, and insurance information [Restricted] 1960s

Newspaper clippings 1970, undated

New Jersey Historical Society Women's Branch meeting minutes, letters, and notes taken by Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1970, 1975-1976

Piano donated to Davenport House in Savannah, Georgia 1972

Autobiographical and family history notes 1972, 1977-1978, 1982, undated

Calendar 1974

Notes and magazine clippings about Sweden and Swedish ancestors and relatives 1974, 1978, 1981, undated

Christmas cards created by Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne, 1916-1982 (photocopies made by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler) 1974, 1978, 1981, undated

Box

Sketchbooks 1978, 1980, 1982-1983, 1983-1984

Volume

Daily planner 1980

Box

Folder

Artwork and drawings 1980, undated

Sketchbook 1980-1981

Interview with Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne conducted by a neighbor, Jean C. Pomery, for a college assignment about aging 1982

Pamphlets made by family members for Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne's birthday and her funeral 1985, 1988

Carl Gustaf Boëthius' letter to Nancy Hartshorne Bell about family papers in Swedish and United States archives 1988

Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne's obituaries and notes 1988

Collection of letterhead graphics, c.1900-1915 (photocopy) 1996 December

3 1/2 floppy disks containing Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne's diaries, created by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 2001, undated

Typed excerpts from 1908-1909 and 1911 diaries, made and with related materials written by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 2002, undated

Photocopy of diary (1921-1925) with related materials written by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 2003, undated

Photocopy of diary (1926-1930) with related materials written by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 2003, undated

Photocopy of diary (1931-1933) with related materials written by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 2003, undated

Address book undated

Box

Address books undated

Box

Folder

Addresses undated

Box

Art for children depicting Swedish rural life undated

Box

Folder

Artwork: Watercolors and pencil drawings undated

Beaded artwork [fragile] undated

Estate: Notes on family silver and jewelry undated

Fabric and wallpaper samples from 168 Park Street in East Orange, New Jersey (home of Richard Hartshorne and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne) undated

Handmade children's book with drawings and text probably made by Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne undated

Box

Hiroshige Japanese prints, "Rough Sketches of Japanese Geography" undated

Box

Folder

Loose items removed from address books undated

Miscellaneous school documents undated

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V. Boëthius family 1879-2006

Box

Folder

Boëthius family: Correspondence: Mostly to the Sahlin family 1879-1911, 1935-1937, undated

Boëthius family: Manuscripts: Miscellaneous magazine clippings , letters, and a micro-audiocassette tape of "Jacob's voice" 1938-1998, undated

Boëthius family: Empty envelopes saved for their stamps undated

Axel Boëthius: Correspondence 1907, 1910, 1932-1937

Axel Boëthius: Correspondence: Postcards 1934-1968

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Axel Boëthius: Correspondence 1939-1947

Axel Boëthius: Correspondence 1948-1956

Axel Boëthius: Correspondence: Postcards and radiograms 1950-1969

Axel Boëthius: Correspondence 1957-1959

Axel Boëthius: Correspondence 1960-1965

Axel Boëthius: Correspondence 1966-1969

Axel Boëthius: Newspaper article featuring a photograph of Boëthius family members 1935

Axel Boëthius: Writings and publications 1935, 1954-1968

Axel Boëthius:Newspaper clippings and publicity for lectures given in the United States 1935-2006

Axel Boëthius: Magazine, Vecko Journalen, which contains an article about Axel and his family 1936

Axel Boëthius: Tributes and obituaries 1955-1972

Axel Boëthius: Obituaries of his wife, Majlen (Madeline) Boëthius 1965

Axel Boëthius: Obituaries and eulogy 1969

Carl Gustaf Boëthius: Correspondence: Includes correspondence from Brita (Billie) Boëthius and Maria Pia Boëthius 1985-1994

Carl Gustaf Boëthius: Obituaries 2001 October

Essie Boëthius Magnusson: Correspondence: To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne (Swedish) 1965, 1974-1975

Essie Sahlin Boëthius: Correspondence: To the Sahlin family c. 1885-1910, 1933-1938

Essie Sahlin Boëthius: Memoirs (Swedish) 1951, undated

Essie Sahlin Boëthius: Memoirs (Swedish) and notes 1951, undated

Gerda Boëthius: Correspondence: To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1902-1913

Gerda Boëthius: Correspondence: Postcards 1906-1960

Gerda Boëthius: Correspondence 1935-1955

Gerda Boëthius: Correspondence 1956-1959, 1969

Gerda Boëthius: Scholarship and lectures 1906, 1949-1961, 1977

Gerda Boëthius: Newspaper clippings about the Zorn Museum 1933-1961

Volume

Gerda Boëthius: Upsala Domkyrka 1258-1435, by Gerda Boëthius and Axel L. Romdahl 1935

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Folder

Gerda Boëthius: Loose items removed from Uppsala Domkyrka: 1258-1435 by Gerda Boëthius and Axel L. Romdahl 1961

Gerda Boëthius: Obituaries (Swedish) 1956, undated

Gerda Boëthius: "Kyrkan, Ett Rum för Gudstjänst och Andakt" and "Den Äldsta Kulturen" undated

Gerda Boëthius: "Några opublicerade porträttminiatyrer ur Zorns Samlingar" by Erik Forssman undated

Gerda Boëthius: Prästgårdarna undated

Gösta Boëthius: Correspondence: To the Sahlin family 1902-1911, 1936-1957

Hannah Åckeberg Boëthius: Correspondence: To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1956-1978

Jacob Boëthius and Monika Boëthius: Correspondence 1950-1984

Jan Fredrik Boëthius and family: Correspondence 1949-1988

Per (Ulle) Boëthius and Eva Boëthius: Correspondence: To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne and Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1954-1976, 1984

Renata Boëthius Wrede: Correspondence: Includes newspaper and magazine clippings 1963-1985

Simon Bertil Boëthius: Correspondence: To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne, includes letters from Gerda Fahlberg Boëthius 1935-1974

Box

Simon Bertil Boëthius: Publications 1954, 1965

Box

Folder

Simon Bertil Boëthius: Published works 1959, 1962

Simon Bertil Boëthius: Obituaries for Simon Bertil Boëthius and Gerda Fahlberg Boëthius 1974

Simon Johannes Boëthius: Correspondence: To Axel Sahlin 1883-1924

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VI. George Batcheler and Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1789-2007

George Batcheler 1933-2007

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Folder

Correspondence: Letter to President Richard Nixon asking him to withdraw troops from Vietnam 1970 April 16

Volume

Baby book 1926

Box

Folder

Elementary school report cards and miscellaneous childhood documents 1933-1946

Certificates 1942, 1945, 1961

Volume

Philipsburgh High School yearbook 1945

Box

Folder

University of Pennsylvania grades and course schedule 1947-1951

University of Pennsylvania materials and drawings 1948, 1951, undated

University of Pennsylvania reports and assignments 1949, 1952, undated

National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction State Board of Examiners of Architects 1955, 1966

Architecture certificates 1966, 1969, undated

Passports and certificates of vaccination 1970, 1987, 1997

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Friends Select School architectural plans and blueprints by Mirick, Pearson, Batcheler, and Henry architecture firm 1979-1981

Box

Folder

George D. Batcheler (Sr.) funeral documents 1983, undated

Volume

Guestbook from the funeral of his father, George D. Batcheler Sr. 1985 June 24

Box

Folder

Philipsburgh High School reunion programs and related documents (loose items removed from Philipsburgh High School yearbook) 1985, 1990, 1997, 2005

Volume

Nepal travel diary 1994 April-May

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Greenfield farm plans 1995-1999, undated

Box

Folder

Athenaeum basement vault plans undated

Drawing of "Hangar Four" undated

Obituary for Ruth Batcheler Weaver, sister of George Dewey Batcheler undated

Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1789-2007

Correspondence 1936-2007

Box

Folder

To and from family and friends 1936, 1945-1949, undated

Postcards 1936, 1946-1960, 1965-1974, undated

Postcards 1938, 1951-1982

To Gertrude Sahlin 1939-1950, undated

To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne and Richard Hartshorne 1943-1945, undated

From Richard Hartshorne 1943-1951

To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne and Richard Hartshorne 1943, 1945, 1950-1953, 1967, undated

To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne, Richard Hartshorne, and other family members 1947-1970, undated

To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne, Richard Hartshorne, and other family members 1948-1950, undated

To and from family and friends 1948-1963, undated

To and from family and friends 1951-1954, undated

From Richard Hartshorne 1951-1960

To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne, Richard Hartshorne, and other family members 1952-1954, 1959-1972

From Ana Lise Stray and Christine Hajman (Swedish) 1952, 1978

From Boëthius and Sahlin family members 1953

To and from family and friends 1953-1954

Postcards from Sweden, France, and Germany 1953-1954

Letters of recommendation from Gerda Boëthius, includes Gerda's childhood memories 1953-1957

From family and friends 1953-1955

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From family and friends 1953, 1955-1958, 1963, 1969, 1973

To and from family and friends 1954

6-7

To Nancy Hartshorne Bell (photocopies) 1956-1984

Christmas cards from family and friends 1958, 1973, 1977, 1995-2001

To and from family and friends during a trip to Europe 1962

From family and friends 1962, 1973, 1992-2006

To and from family and friends during a trip to Europe 1965

From family and friends to Penelope and George Batcheler about their upcoming trip to Sweden 1970

To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne, Richard Hartshorne, and other family members 1970

To and from family and friends 1970-1971, undated

From Astrid Hagelfeldt and Britta Hållbus 1972-1978, 1982

From "the Boëthius younger generation" 1972-1982, undated

From family and friends 1973-1975, 1990-1996, 2002-2007, undated

From colleagues 1978, undated

Christmas cards from family and friends 1989, 2004, undated

Christmas cards and letters from family and friends 1991, 1995, 200-2007, undated

From Boëthius family 1997-2004

From Ulwa Neergaard 1999-2006

To Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne, about the restoration of Ellen's home 2002, undated

From Hartshorne and Chandler relatives about family history 2003, 2005, undated

Christmas cards from family and friends 2005

Christmas, Valentine's Day, and birthday poems and cards exchanged by George and Penelope Batcheler 2005, undated

Health insurance information requested by George Batcheler 2006, undated

Notes from housekeeper, "Miss A. C. Beautiful" undated

Genealogical research 1789-2005

Box

Folder

General: Newspaper clippings about various relatives and ancestors 1836, 1872, 1977, undated

General: Obituaries for Chandler, Fritz, and Russell family members 1873, 1895, undated

General: Applications for membership in Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, Sons of the American Revolution, and Society of Colonial Wars 1922, 1930, undated

General: Family furniture and heirlooms 1935, undated

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General: "Family genealogy charts:" Hartshorne and Sahlin family fan charts undated

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General: Harrison, Fritz, and Chandler family trees undated

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General: Notebook, unknown owner undated

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Folder

Boëthius: Articles on the family and a family tree 1939, undated

Boëthius: Loose items removed from bound copy of Boëthius family tree ( Släkten Boëthius) 1940, 1956, 1969, 1971, 1986, undated

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Boëthius: Släkten Boëthius (Boëthius family tree) 1962

Boëthius: Släkten Boëthius (Boëthius family tree) 1992

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Boëthius: Family tree and article by Jacob Boëthius 1992, undated

Boëthius: Correspondence with Gerda Boëthius' biographer 1997, 2003, undated

Boëthius: "Daniel's house" plans undated

Borden: "The Reminiscences of Susan Hance Ridgway" undated

Borden and Potts 1837, 1953-1973

Chandler: Allan Chandler and Sarah Pyle marriage certificate (original and copy) 1789, undated

Chandler: Marriage certificates, notes, and related documents 1820, 1857-1893, 1958, undated

Chandler: Part of the New Testament and family records removed from a Bible 1820s-1860s

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Chandler: The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Margaret Chandler 1836

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Chandler: Newspapers 1836, 1887

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Chandler: George Chandler scrapbook c. 1849-1883

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Chandler: Records from family Bible 1850s-1860s

Chandler: Isaac Chandler, Katherine Chandler, and George Fritz correspondence, includes information about the estate of Katherine Chandler 1865-1895, 1902, undated

Chandler: Letters, legal documents, and related materials 1865-1935, 1945

Chandler: Loose items removed from George Allen Chandler's notebook, "Some Scraps of History and Notes Regarding Johannes Fritzius and his Children" 1891, 1904, 1908, 1954, undated

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Chandler: George Chandler's Some Scraps of History and Notes Regarding Johannes Fritzius and His Children; Also a List of His Descendants, 1792-1898 1898

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Chandler: Hannah Ann Wilson will and death notice 1914

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Chandler: George Chandler's notebook containing genealogy information 1920s-1930s

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Chandler: "Michael H. Chandler's eleven mummies" 1962 November 15

Chandler: Miscellaneous documents (photocopies), including Jesse E. Chandler's "My Impressions of the U.S.A." 1989, undated

Chandler: Biographical information for Gertrude Chandler Sahlin and other Chandler family members 2000, undated

Chandler: Chart showing relationship of Gertrude Chandler Sahlin to "the Chandler girls" undated

Chandler: England research undated

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Chandler: Family tree of John Chaundler de Oare undated

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Chandler: Fan chart and notes undated

Chandler: Letters to Kate and Isaac Chandler, mostly regarding their property in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1897-1916 (photocopies) undated

Chandler and Fritz: Newspaper clippings about Johnstown history 1857, 1915-1916

Chandler and Hartshorne: Family trees undated

Chandler and Stott 1840s-1910s, undated

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Fritz: Pières Durant la Sainte Messe, owned by George Fritz, father of John Fritz c. 1805

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Fritz: "Herald of Peace" 1836

Fritz: Hannah Ann Fritz and B. F. Stroud: Letters and marriage certificate 1849-1909

Fritz: Various lists and notes 1840s-1890s, 1986, undated

Fritz: Loose items removed from Sallie Fritz's school notebook: Sallie and Lizzie Fritz schoolwork, letters, and poetry written by themselves and classmates 1854, 1859, 1876, undated

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Fritz: Sallie Fritz school notebook c. 1859

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Fritz: Letters from Phineas M. Baker (1838-1865) to his mother, Peggy Baker, sister of Mary Meharg Fritz, during his military service in the Civil War 1861, 1961

Fritz: Letters and notes 1892, 1919, 1926-1931, 1986, undated

Fritz: Germany research 1898, 1926-1928

Fritz: Poems 1910, 1916, undated

Fritz: Letters and notes 1921-1928

Fritz: William Tucker (Sr.) obituary (photocopy) 1930

Fritz: "Cousin Clara's collected recipes" undated

Fritz: Family furniture undated

Fritz: Hannah Ann Fritz penmanship exercises undated

Fritz: Sallie Fritz album cover and title pages (photocopies) undated

Fritz, John: Sallie Fritz letter to John Fritz 1858

Fritz, John: Letters to John Fritz and a letter to Robert Chandler Sahlin about the John Fritz historical markers 1860, 1902, 1954

Fritz, John: Menus, possibly from dinners attended by John Fritz 1885-1916

Fritz, John: Speeches, including inaugural speech as president of the American Society of Mining Engineers 1892, 1894, undated

Fritz, John: "Early Days of the Iron Manufacture" pamphlet by John Fritz 1894

Fritz, John: "President's Address for American Institute of Mining Engineers" 1896

Fritz, John: Newspaper clippings, a letter, and other research 1896, 1929, 1960, 1969, 1983, 1989

Fritz, John: Letters from John Fritz to family members 1898, 1909, 1911

Fritz, John: Menu and program from the "Dinner to John Fritz...to celebrate the founding of the John Fritz Medal" 1902 October 31

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Fritz, John: Letters to Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1902-1911

Fritz, John: The Iron Trade Review 1904 October

Fritz, John: Letters from Axel Sahlin to John Fritz 1907

Fritz, John: Obituary of Ellen Maxwell Fritz and telegram from John Fritz announcing her death 1908

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Fritz, John: Robert Chandler Sahlin's personalized wallet and menu from a dinner hosted by the Manufacturers' Club of Philadelphia for John Fritz 1910 November 17

Volume

Fritz, John: Autobiography of John Fritz, Hannah Ann Wilson's copy 1912

Fritz, John: Autobiography of John Fritz, Gertrude Chandler Sahlin's copy 1912

Fritz, John: Autobiography of John Fritz, Minerva Hershberger's copy 1912

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Fritz, John: Calling cards 1912, undated

Fritz, John: Letters to Gertrude Chandler Sahlin about John Fritz and his death 1912-1913

Fritz, John: Obituary written by Axel Sahlin 1913 February 15

Fritz, John: "Biographical Notice of John Fritz" by Rossiter W. Raymond and Henry Sturgis Drinker 1913

Fritz, John: Abstract of will and distrubtion of furniture 1913

Fritz, John: Distribution of estate c. 1913

Fritz, John: Estate and refunding bonds

Fritz, John: Documents related to will and estate

Fritz, John: Biographical pamphlets 1913, 1987

Fritz, John: Letter and documents (photocopies) about his degree from Stevens Institute of Technology 1914, undated

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Fritz, John: The Story of Bethlehem Steel by Arundel Cotter 1916

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Fritz, John: History of the Bethlehem Steel Company and letters to Lawrence Meharg (photocopies) 1951, undated

Volume

Fritz, John: Biographical Notices of the John Fritz Medallists, 1902-1917 1917

Fritz, John: Two Centuries of Iron Smelting in Pennsylvania by Richard Peters, Jr. 1921

Fritz, John: Biographical Notices of the John Fritz Medallists, 1923-1947 c. 1947

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Fritz, John: Pamphlets about John Fritz 1954, 1986, 1987

Box

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Fritz, John: Clippings about John Fritz and exhibitions of his belongings and papers 1954, 1982-1992

Fritz, John: Research 1954-1998

Fritz, John: John Fritz Medal recipients list, 1902-1957 c. 1958

Fritz, John: Silver and iron rails donated to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 1960, 1982

Fritz, John: Research 1960-1991

Fritz, John: Letters to Penenlope Hartshorne Batcheler about John Fritz 1960-1992

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Fritz, John: From Know-How to Nowhere: The Development of American Technology, by Elting E. Morison 1974

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Fritz, John: Items donated to Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, includes photocopies of photographs and speeches 1982, undated

Fritz, John: Items donated to the National Canal Museum, Hugh Moore Historical Park and Museums 1985-1987

Fritz, John: Letters to John Fritz and manuscripts (photocopies) 1986

Fritz, John: Patent papers for the three-high mill and passport (photocopies) 1987

Fritz, John: Newspaper clippings about the Bethlehem Steel Corporation 1987-2000

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Fritz, John: The Anthracite Iron Industry of the Lehigh Valley, by Craig L. Bartholomew and Lance E. Metz 1988

Fritz, John: Canal History and Technology Proceedings, Volume VII 1988

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Fritz, John: George Fritz diary kept on a trip to Europe with John Fritz, 1869: Transcription by Lance Metz of the Hugh Moore Historical Park and Museum 1988

Fritz, John: "The Role of John Fritz in the Development of the Three-Rail Mill, 1855-1863" by Lance Metz and Donald Sayenga 1989

Fritz, John: "America's Industrial Heritage: Southwestern Pennsylvania" 1991

Fritz, John: Historic American Engineering Record report on the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Beth Forge, built by John Fritz 1991

Fritz, John: Artifacts, antiques and items donated to the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1999

Fritz, John: Preservation magazine with article about Bethlehem, Pennsylvania steel mill 2005

Fritz, John: Autograph undated

Fritz, John: Collection correspondence inventory at the National Canal Museum undated

Fritz, John: Estate inventory and contract with the United States Navy Armor Factory Board (photocopies) undated

Fritz, John: Letters (photocopies) undated

Fritz, John: Letters to John Fritz (photocopies) undated

Fritz, John: Letters from Thomas Edison to John Fritz (1894) (photocopies) undated

Fritz, John: Memories of Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne when visiting the home of John Fritz, written by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler undated

Fritz, John: Notebook of John Fritz (photocopy) undated

Fritz, John: Notebook of John Fritz, c.1898 (photocopy) undated

Fritz, John: Notes undated

Fritz, John: Photographs and newspaper clippings (photocopies) undated

Fritz, John: Writings (photocopies) undated

Harrison: Development of Michigan and Wisconsin 1848-1882

Harrison: Stephen Decatur Harrison and Moses Harrison: Notes and poetry undated

Hartshorne: Letter written by Richard Hartshorne's father, William Hartshorne, in which he describes his infant son 1888 June 2

Hartshorne: The Aster, a publication of "Miss Craven's school" in Newark, New Jersey, which contains a story by Margaret Hartshorne 1904 January

Hartshorne: Loose items removed from "Hartshorne lineage...sent to family in 1980s" 1909, 1959, 1996, 1999, undated

Hartshorne: Miscellaneous 1914, 1938-19-75, 1992, undated

Hartshorne: Richard Hartshorne 1939, 1963-1977, undated

Hartshorne: Information on the Hartshorne family's relationship to Abraham Lincoln 1943, 1990, undated

Hartshorne: Public auction catalog of American and English furniture and decorations collected by Robert Hartshorne 1953 January

Hartshorne: Miscellaneous: Drawings by Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne, newspaper clippings about Richard Hartshorne, various notes 1956, 1961, 1981, 1988, undated

Hartshorne: Correspondence between Richard Hartshorne and a researcher in England 1959-1960

Hartshorne: "China Experiences (My Impressions)" by Peggy Hartshorne 1980

Hartshorne: "Hartshorne lineage, PHB's copy. Sent to the family in 1980's" 1980s

Hartshorne: "Hartshorne Summers in Brielle, New Jersey c.1894-1894" c. 1995

Hartshorne: Paper donated to the Monmouth County Historical Association (photocopies) c. 1995

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Hartshorne: Treadwell House preservation 2000, 2005

Hartshorne: List of places to which Richard Hartshorne traveled and search engine results for "Richard Hartshorne" 2002, undated

Hartshorne: Family Bible front pages with family records undated

Hartshorne: "Hartshorne museum in Swedish desk" inventory undated

Hartshorne: "Hartshornes in America" undated

Hartshorne: Notes on Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne's diaries, including typed summaries and selections undated

Hartshorne: Richard Hartshorne (1641-1722), early New Jersey colonist undated

Hartshorne: Richard Hartshorne (1888-1975) undated

Hartshorne: "The Walpole-Hartshorne Family" essay undated

Lincoln: "A History of the Gulf River" by John F. Hartshorne 2002, 2003

Mitchell: Certificates and diplomas, mostly for Pearl B. Mitchell 1887, 1904-1930

Box

Potts: Wooden box made for Mary Potts Eaton by William Potts c. 1820

Box

Folder

Potts: Wooden box made for Mary Potts Eaton by William Potts, loose items removed from box c. 1820

Potts: Thomas Potts' will, 1754 (photocopy) undated

Russell: Newspaper clippings and a letter 1917, 1928

Sahlin: Letters and family trees 1876-1891, 1935-1936, 1999, 2004

Sahlin: Robert Chandler Sahlin biographical information and letters to and from Robert 1922, 1923, undated

Sahlin: Newspaper clippings and other research 1943-1965, undated

Sahlin: Sjögren and Wittgenstein connections to the Sahlin family 1949, 1997, undated

Sahlin: Margrit Sahlin, one of the first three women pastors ordained in Sweden 1960, 1967, undated

Sahlin: Family trees, charts, and notes 1990-1995, 1999, undated

Sahlin: Family artifacts, including calling cards and book plates 1994, undated

Sahlin: Wohlfahrt, Sahlin, and Eneroth genealogies 1999

Sahlin: Olle Sahlin correspondence and research on the Boëthius family 2001, undated

Sahlin: Letters between Sahlin family members (photocopies) undated

Sahlin: Notes and family trees undated

Sahlin, Axel 1905, 1908, 1993, 2001, undated

Sahlin, Axel: "Axel Sahlin Revealed Through Family Correspondence," by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1998

Sahlin, Axel: Biographical information 1998, undated

Sahlin, Axel: Excerpts from Axel Sahlin's letters undated

Sjögren, David 2006

Sjögren, Stockert, and Wittgenstein 2003, 2004, undated

Stockert: Therese Burda Stockert and Dr. Elisabeth Stockert 2002, 2003

Stout 1965, undated

Vincent: Family trees, family stories, and research 1950, undated

Greenfield Farm 1870s-2006

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Folder

Agreements 1954, 1968, 1984, 1991, 1994-1997

"Annual financial information" [restricted] 1991, 1996-2000

Appraisals 1971, 1974, 1980, 1996

Bank deposit slips and statements 1994

Bank deposit slips and statements 1995

Bank deposit slips and statements 1996 January-July

Bank deposit slips and statements 1996 July-December

Bank deposit slips and statements 1997

Bank statements 1999

Christmas card featuring an illustration of the farmhouse by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 2000

Disbursements 1994

Disbursements 1995

Donations: American Swedish Historical Museum 1999

Donations: Appraisals of items 1999

Donations: Chester County Historical Society 1999

Donations: Daniel Boone Homestead 1999 June 15

Donations: Ebeneezer Maxwell Mansion 1999

Donations: Hugh Moore Park and Museums, National Canal Museum 1999

Donations: Independence Seaport Museum 1999-2000

Donations: Johnstown Area Heritage Association 1999

Donations: Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts 1986-1987, 1998-1999

Donations: Landis Valley Museum 1998-1999

Donations: Lehigh University 1999

Donations: Monmouth County Historical Association 1999

Donations: National Park Service 1999

Donations: Newlin Grist Mill 1999

Donations: Paley Design Center 1999-2000

Donations: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, American Friends Service Committee, and thrift stores 1999

Donations: Swedish books to various libraries 1989, 1990, 1999

Donations: Swedish loom 1999

Donations: Taft School 1999-2000

Donations: United States Army Military History Institute 1999

Drawing of the farm by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler undated

Expenses 1993-1996

Expenses 1996

Expenses 1997

Expenses 1999

Expenses: Main house 1996-1997

Furniture and antiques: Appraisals 1974-1980, 1996, 1999

Furniture and antiques: Family distribution 1999

Furniture and antiques: Inventories 1969, 1980, 1991, undated

Furniture and antiques: Inventories, including Nancy Repplier Sahlin's estate 1964-1992, undated

Furniture and antiques: Notes and research 1969, 1996, undated

Furniture and antiques: Research, newspaper and magazine clippings 1926, 1968, 1979-1993, undated

Furniture and antiques: Sales 1999

Furniture and antiques: Theft documentation 1980, 1982

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"Greenfield Farm Arch. Drawings – For Chest Co Hist. Soc." undated

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Guestbook for the farm 1991-1999 and guestbook for 314 American Street 1989-1992, 2000-2002 1989-2002

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History 1915, 1919-1928, 1934, 1941

History 1953, 1958, 1965, 1978, 1980, 1999, undated

History: "A History of Greenfield Farm" report by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1980 December

History: Invoice book by B.F. Stroud, c.1870 (photocopy) undated

History: Wills and inventories 1916, 1953-1991

Investment records 1980, 1987-1999, 2005

Land survey maps 1996, undated

Land surveys 1979, 1982, 1999, undated

Leases 1996, 1997

Legal correspondence 1984, 1991-1998

Volume

"Memorandum Book" of B. F. Stroud documenting life on the farm 1870s-1890s

Box

Folder

Ownership 1991-1998

PECO tower proposal and plans drawn by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1968

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Plans 1997

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Folder

Right of way 1972, 1980, 1992-1997

Sale 1998-1999

Sale: Fox and Roach Country Properties and historic homes newspaper clippings 1990, 1998, undated

Sale: Fox and Roach Country Properties and Georgianna Stapleton letters and documents 1996-2001

Sale: Insurance information and license agreement with farmer 1994-1997

Sale: Letters between Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler and family members 1997-1998

Sale: Listings and advertisements 1997-1999

Sale: Notes 1997-1999

Sale: Radon and water test results 1997 March

Sale: Seller's Property Disclosure Statement 1997 April 8

Sale: Soil and water conservation plan 1971, 1972, 1997

Structure and rennovations 1996-1997

Taxes [restricted] 1994

Taxes [restricted] 1995

Taxes [restricted] 1996

Taxes [restricted] 1997

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Taxes: Federal Partnership Return of Income [restricted] 1994

Taxes: "Refunds to nieces and nephews, brothers and sisters" 1992-1994

Taxes and development [restricted] 1997, 2003-2006

Preservation and restoration 1950-2007

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224 Delancey Street 1966, undated

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224 Delancey Street: Preliminary survey for restoration and rehabilitation 1966 July 15

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Folder

238-B Delancey Street 1967-1968

313 and 314 American Street: Plans and building history 1961-1989, undated

315 American Street: "Bids, contract, and extras" 1968-1969

315 American Street: Closing costs 1969-1989

315 American Street: Deed and title insurance 1968, 1977

315 American Street: Furniture 1972-1987, undated

315 American Street: Hardware 1965-1975, undated

315 American Street: History 1971-1977, 1989, 1995, undated

Volume

315 American Street: Journal of restoration and repairs 1968-1985

Box

Folder

315 American Street: Journal of restoration and repairs: Items removed from journal 1966, 1970-1990

315 American Street: Legal documents and building permit 1968, 1973, 1989, undated

315 American Street: "Lighting, fans, and vacuum" 1968-1969

315 American Street: Mechanical and plumbing 1968-1969, undated

315 American Street: Mechanical systems evaluation 1991 May 2

315 American Street: Mortgage 1968-1969

315 American Street: Philadelphia Historical Commission documents 1968, 1970, 1999, undated

315 American Street: Plans 1971

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315 American Street: Plans undated

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315 American Street: Roof repairs 1987, undated

315 American Street: Sale 1988-1989

315 American Street: "Specs and doorways" 1968, undated

315 American Street: Surveys and plans 1968, undated

American Swedish History Museum: Building and Grounds Committee accessibility improvement project and building restoration 1997-2000

American Swedish History Museum: Fundraising 2003-2006

American Swedish History Museum: Historic Preservation Plan and Conservation Assessment Report 2003

American Swedish History Museum: Museum Committee undated

American Swedish History Museum: Sewer system 1999, undated

Arch Street Meeting House: East Room layout changes 2007

Arch Street Meeting House: National Historic Landmark application: Correspondence, planning, and application materials 2003, 2005-2006

Arch Street Meeting House: National Historic Landmark application: Graphics and site plans 2006

Arch Street Meeting House: Report by Catherine Lavoie, edited by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 2007

Association for Preservation Technology conference roster 1998

Book reviews by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1968, 1970

Castle in the Clouds, Lucknow: Correspondence, maps, and notes 2006-2007

Castle in the Clouds, Lucknow: National Register of Historic Places Bulletin, "How to Complete the National Register Registration Form" and related information 1997, 2005-2006

Castle in the Clouds, Lucknow: Pennsylvania Bureau for Historic Preservation Resource Survey Form c. 2001

Castle in the Clouds, Lucknow: Preservation New Jersey, Inc. newsletters, Preservation Perspective 2005, 2006

Fellowships and preservation services pamphlets 2006, undated

Franklin Court and Benjamin Franklin's House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania): Architectural summary by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1969 September 18

Franklin House: Benjamin Franklin House newsletter, The Craven Street Gazette 1999, 2004

Franklin House: Friends of Franklin newsletter, The Franklin Gazette, including articles by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler about the Franklin House restoration 1998-1999

Franklin House: Friends of Franklin trips to London 1997, 2005

Franklin House: Letters about the restoration project and Friends of Franklin activities 1994-2006

Franklin House: Programs and conferences about Benjamin Franklin 1997-1998, 2005

Franklin House: Publications and articles about the restoration project 1994-2006

Franklin House: Print outs from various websites and search engines 1997

Franklin House: Research 1997-2000

Friends of the Landmarks Society 1980

Head House: Head House Conservancy restoration and sign planning 1992, 1997, 1998, undated

Head House: Research 1997, undated

Head House: Sign drafts and mock-ups 1997

Independence Hall National Park: "Alumni" 2006-2007

Independence Hall National Park: Architectural and Engineering Services for Independence Square Buildings report 1993 December 23

Independence Hall National Park: Architectural study collection brochure and drafts undated

Independence Hall National Park: Book project 2001

Independence Hall National Park: Clippings 1962-1968, undated

Independence Hall National Park: Clippings 1994

Independence Hall National Park: Comment form about Indepdence Hall from the National Parks Service, Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler's response, and an article about the responses 1993, 1994

Independence Hall National Park: Floor and ceiling plans, with notes 1994 March

Independence Hall National Park: HVAC system redesign plans, with notes 1994 April-May

Independence Hall National Park: Independence Mall revitalization project 1987-2004

Independence Hall National Park: Lecture, "The Fabric of Independence Hall" 1962 February

Independence Hall National Park: Lightning rod 2002, 2006

Independence Hall National Park: Miscellaneous 1950, 1994

Independence Hall National Park: Miscellaneous 1956, 1963, 1982, undated

Independence Hall National Park: Philadelphia Historical Commission meeting minutes and reports 1994 March-June

Independence Hall National Park: Postcards 1962, undated

Independence Hall National Park: Research and notes about moisture and ventilation 1994

Independence Hall National Park: Retirement party 1993

Independence Hall National Park: Reviews of Vitetta Group's drawings, notes and drafts 1994

Independence Hall National Park: Seating reconfiguration for House of Representatives chamber in Congress Hall 1994

Independence Hall National Park: Security and fences: Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler's proposals and correspondence 2006

Independence Hall National Park: Security and fences: Public responses 2005-2006

Independence Hall National Park: Structural issues report 1994

Independence Hall National Park: Utility Improvement Project 1994 April-July

Lectures and speaking engagements 1963-1967, 1974

Liberty Bell: Letters and drawings of ideas for rehousing the Liberty Bell, by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler, George Dewey Batcheler, Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne, and other Hartshorne family members 1976

Lighting catalogs 1991, undated

National Trust for Historic Preservation 1964 May, 1966 October

Preservation and restoration: New Jersey 1962-1964

Peterson, Charles E. and Edmund N. Bacon plaques 2002-2004, 2007

Philadelphia: Clippings about various projects 1953, 1964-1970

Philadelphia: Research for various projects 1953, 1964-1970

Philadelphia Historic Commission: Sketches for various restoration projects, possibly in the Girard Estate and Spring Garden neighborhoods undated

Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks: House Financial Review, Alternatives Committee 2006 March 30

Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks and the Living Legacy Project: Physick House, Grumblethorpe House, Powel House, and Historic Waynesboro 2006

Publications: "Notes on the Design and Architectural Detail of Philadelphia Row Houses, 1740-1850:" Graphics by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler undated

Publications: "Notes on the Design and Architectural Detail of Philadelphia Row Houses, 1740-1850:" Notes and research 1960-1964

Publications: "Paint Color Research and Restoration" by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler undated

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Race Street Meeting House: Plans 1969, 1972-1973

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Folder

Saint Joseph's Church 2002, undated

Saint Véran, France and Mora, Sweden architectural drawings and notes c. 1954

"Saint Véran sketch material for Nordiska Museum" 1953 September

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Samuel Powel House: Roof restoration plans by Frens and Frens Restoration Architects 1996 February 23

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Samuel Powel House: Roof restoration project manual and related notes 2000

Southwark: Committee for the Preservation of Philadelphia's Historic Southwark press release about road construction 1966 January 4

Spruce Street: Old Philadelphia Development Corporation brochure using one of Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler's illustrations 1966 January 4

Other materials 1888-2007

Volume

Address book undated

Box

Folder

Address book: Loose items removed from address book 1989, 1993-2006, undated

American Swedish Historical Museum: Board of Govenors' meeting and related documents 2007

American Swedish Historical Museum: Board Members' Handbook (2004) 2003

American Swedish Historical Museum: Board Members' Handbook (2004): Loose items removed from handbook, including newsletters, administrative information, emails, and planning notes 2004-2006

American Swedish Historical Museum: Executive Director hiring process 2005

American Swedish Historical Museum: Historic Structures Report draft and outline 2000 April 14, undated

American Swedish Historical Museum: Miscellaneous 2004

American Swedish Historical Museum: Newspaper article about the museum c. 1975

American Swedish Historical Museum: New Sweden History Conference materials 2004 November 20

American Swedish Historical Museum: Résumés and cover letters for Margaretha Talerman and Richard Waltron 1999, 2000, undated

Antiques: Letters describing objects and provenance, notes, sketches, and other research 1956, 1971-1989, undated

Antiques: Loans: American Swedish Historical Museum 1976 March 26

Antiques: Loans: Carpenters' Company woodworking tools 1982 January 13

Antiques: Loans: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Frank Furness exhibition 1973 March-May

Antiques: New Jersey antique guide 1963

Antiques: Receipts for items and restoration or repairs 1968-1982

Artwork: Alinari, Fratelli, "Piazza del Duomo" undated

Artwork: Balestrieri, L., "Beethoven," engraved by W. Leo Arndt undated

Artwork: Barnet, W. Pope, "The Village Inn, Center Sandwich" 1957

Artwork: Cosway, R., "The Fair Moralist and Her Pupil," engraved by F. Bartolozzi 1957

Artwork: Hamilton, W., "Romeo and Juliet," engraved by F. Bartolozzi 1957

Artwork: Hughes, Christopher, "Marlborough Castle, 1920, from the East" undated

Artwork: Kirkbride, Earle, "Delaware River and Benjamin Franklin Bridge" 1958 November 19

Artwork: Ljungh, Ernst Adolf, untitled; Löfgren-Örtendahl, Barbro, untitled 1888, 1987

Artwork: "Modes Parisiennes" (Parisian Fashions) undated

Artwork: "Paintings to copy:" Postcards undated

Artwork: Parkyns, G. I., "Mount Vernon (rear view)," engraved by J. Duthie undated

Artwork: "Plan to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia" undated

Artwork: Rembrant, untitled, engraved by W. Unger undated

Artwork: Van der Meer, untitled, engraved by W. Unger undated

Awards, certificates, and recognitions 1962, 1973, 1976, 1982, 1998

Banking information 1979, 1989, undated

Birdwatching 1994, undated

Boëthius, Gerda: Newspaper clippings, drawings, and letters from Anna Lise Stray 1952-1956, 1977, undated

Calendar of Carl Larsson artwork, a gift to Penelope from Ulwa Neergaard 1996

Clippings (newspaper and magazine) about or quoting Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1932, 1967, 1973, undated

Coin, Swedish two krona Oscar II coin 1907

Box

Daily planners 1956-1975, 1977-1995

Daily planners 1996-2004

Box

Folder

Donations: Independence Hall National Park library and Elfreth's Alley Association 1973 May 5, 1983 April 6

Donations: New Jersey Historical Society: Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne's diaries (copies) 2003 June 20

Drawings: Architectural 1953-1954

Drawings: Cathedral Mountain by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1937

Drawings: By nieces and nephews, mostly by Susan Bell 1971, 1974, 1985, undated

Drawings and paper cut-outs undated

Education: Bennington College 1948

Education: Dana Hall: Alumni address list undated

Education: Dana Hall: Diploma 1946 June 9

Education: Dana Hall: Report cards and related materials 1943-1946

Education: East Orange public schools and College High School: Report cards 1934-1943, undated

Education: Illinois Institute of Technology 1946-1953

Education: Illinois Institute of Technology 1949-1954

Education: Miscellaneous school documents undated

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Education:"South American Building" report undated

Box

Folder

Education: University of Pennsylvania graduate school application 1956

Ellen's Isle: "A Century of Summers on Langdon Cove and Garnet Point," by Theodore H . Brigden 1991

Ellen's Isle: "The Chronicles of the Camp, 1910-1914" by Anna Hartshorne and Elizabeth Ann Hartshorne (photocopy) undated

Ellen's Isle: Guestbook 1986

Ellen's Isle: Miscellaneous 1958, 1976, undated

Finland: Architecture notes undated

Hagley Museum and Library: Roe Puddling and Lukenweld collections 1991-1992

Illinois Institute of Technology's Technology and Human Affairs article about Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1971

International driver's license 1953

Invitations to various cultural institution events 1960, 1970-1984

Judge's Shack: Clippings about beach preservation and Island Beach State Park 1944-2005

Judge's Shack: Historic Structures Report by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 2006

Judge's Shack: Historic Structures Report on CD-ROM and 3.5 inch floppy disks (Microsoft Word files) 2006 January 25

Judge's Shack: Historic Structures Report draft c. 2006

Judge's Shack: Island Beach State Park handouts and publications 1952, 1994-2002

Judge's Shack: Lease agreement between New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy and John F. Hartshorne; "The Judge's Shack in Context at Island Beach and Elsewhere," report 1993, 1999, undated

Judge's Shack: Letters to Island Beach State Park and notes about preservation 1949, 2006-2007

Judge's Shack: Miscellaneous 2006

Knitting pattern undated

Membership and identification cards 1955-2001, undated

Nelson, Lee H.: Tribute, biography, and related materials 2001, undated

The New Yorker covers depicting beach shacks, saved by Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1953, 1954

Notebooks, planners, and address book 1952-1954

Notes and ephemera 1937, 1945-1962, undated

Notes and ephemera 1952-1955, undated

Notes and ephemera 1974, 1975, undated

Octavia Hill Association: Supplement to the annual report 1971

Postage stamps 1955, 1970, 1980, undated

Postcards (blank) undated

9-10

Postcards (blank), from trip to Europe 1960s

Postcards (blank), from trip to Sweden c. 1953-1954

Postcards (blank), from trip to Sweden undated

Project Philadelphia 19106: Barbour, Marietta Harte thesis on preservation of Society Hill 2004

Project Philadelphia 19106: Letters, memoranda, and emails 1970, 2004-2005

Project Philadelphia 19106: Oral history interviews 2005-2006

Project Philadelphia 19106: Partner organizations and other research 1999, 2005-2006

Project Philadelphia 19106: Planning and project summary 2005-2006

Project Philadelphia 19106: Questionaire for Society Hill residents, including responses from George and Penelope Batcheler 2005

Project Philadelphia 19106: Temple University and the Urban Archives partnership 2005-2006

Receipts 1971-1979, 1987-1989

Recipies undated

Recommendation letters from Gerda Boëthius and Alfred Caldwell 1953, 1955

Résumé and letters of recommendation 1955

Safe deposit box: Antiques: Clippings from Swedish newspapers and magazines 1980-1992

Safe deposit box: Antiques: Receipts 1950-1972

Safe deposit box: Antiques: Receipts, notes, and newspaper clippings 1935, 1955-2002

Safe deposit box: Birth certificate of Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1928

Safe deposit box: Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne's estate and division of items 1988

Safe deposit box: Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne's possessions at 314 American Street 1972, 1977

Safe deposit box: Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne's possessions at 314 American Street: Shipping and storage 1999, 2001

Safe deposit box: Furniture restoration by Thomas Heller 1999-2000

Safe deposit box: Inventory of items owned by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler at 226 South 21st Street 1962 November 19

Safe deposit box: Life insurance beneficiary forms [restricted] 1977 June

Safe deposit box: Social security card, stock ownership certificates [restricted] 1970, 1971, 1975, 1985

Safe deposit box: Zorn etchings and their conservation 1981, 1989-1992

Volume

Sketchbook c. 1950

Box

Folder

Sketchbook c. 1956

Volume

Sketchbook: Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico 1950s

Sketchbook: Alaska trip 1998

Box

Folder

Sketchbook: "Miscellaneous drawing" 1940s

Box

Sketchbooks 1953-1954

Sketchbooks: Travels 1962-1965

Box

Folder

Skiing article featuring photographs of Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1967 December 3

Society Hill Reporter 2006, 2007

Society Hill Reporter: Article about George and Penelope Batcheler 2002 January

Society Hill Reporter: Articles by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler: "Front Steps and their Care" 1982, 1984, 1988, 1996

Society Hill Reporter: Articles by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler: Historic windows research and notes 1998-2002, undated

Society Hill Reporter: Articles by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler: Historic windows and winter home care 1995, 2000

Box

Swedish folk objects for use at Easter or the Spring equinox undated

Box

Folder

Swedish history: Swedes in North America research 1938, 1995, 2000-2007

Swedish language classes 1999, undated

Swedish language notes and song lyrics c. 1953

Volume

Swedish language notebook c. 1953

Swedish language textbook: Svenska För Utlänningar by Gunnar Rosén 1951

Box

Folder

Travel: Receipts and intineraries from trips to Europe 1962, 1965

Treadwell Manor: Demolition 1999-2000

Treadwell Manor: Fire 2006

V-Mail blank stationary c. 1945

Village Project: Beacon Hill Village in Boston, Massachusetts 2005-2006

Village Project: E-mails, letters, and memoranda 2004, 2006

Village Project: Local organizations and potential partnerships 2006-2007

Village Project: Meeting minutes 2004, 2006

Village Project: Notes c. 2005

Village Project: Society Hill Civic Association's Independence Committee 2006-2007

Village Project: Society Hill Reporter articles about the project 2005-2006

Wedding announcement of George Batcheler and Penelope Hartshorne 1968

Travel 1946-2004

Box

Folder

Africa 1986, 1988, 1993-1997

Alaska 1986, 1996-1998, undated

Alaska and the American West 1956, 1982, 1984, 1998-2000

Arizona and New Mexico 1990-2003, undated

Arizona and New Mexico: Brochures 1982-2002, undated

Arizona and New Mexico: Maps 1959, 1974, 1982-1997

Bahamas: Abaco 1983-1984

Bahamas and the Caribbean 1981-1996, undated

5-6

California: Maps undated

Canada 1994, undated

The Caribbean 1965-1969, 1981, 1996

The Caribbean: Brochures, booklets, and maps 1976-1981

The Caribbean: Brochures, booklets, and maps 1978, undated

Chicago, Illinois 1994, 2001-2004

Delaware 1966, 1976, 1981, 1994-1998, 2000, undated

East Asia, India, and Australia 1974-1997

Egypt 1984, 1985, 1988, undated

England 1997, undated

England and Scotland 1962, 1982, undated

Europe 1969, 1982, 1990-1998, 2001

France 1962, 1964, 1983, 1991, 1994

France: Brochures and booklets 1962, 1964, 1983, 1991, 1994

Germany and the Netherlands 1970, undated

Greece: Map 1991-1992

Volume

Greece: Sketchbook 1995

Box

Folder

Greece and Turkey 1946, 1962-1995

Hawaii 1990

Ireland 1965-1969

Ireland: Brochures, booklets, and maps 1965-1969, undated

Italy 1960, 1986, 1990-2007, undated

Italy: Maps 1957, undated

Maryland 1954-1965, 1993, undated

Mexico: Akumal 1994

Mexico, Central and South America, and the South Pacific 1974, 1995-2003

Nepal 1982, 1994

"New England Historic Sites" 1955-1964, undated

"New England Historic Sites" 1972, 1983-2003, undated

New Jersey 1957-1977, 1991, 1994, undated

New Jersey 1961-1967, 1992, 2001, undated

New Mexico: Sketches and drawings 2002 April

New York 1965-1993, undated

Pennsylvania 1954-1967, 1990-1993, 2001, undated

Philadelphia: Brochures, booklets, and maps 1963-1976, 1983-1997, undated

2-3

Box

Scotland: Sketchbooks 1982

121

Box

Folder

Scotland, for Robert Smith Memorial Celebration 1982

South Carolina and North Carolina 1959-1965, 1996, undated

Southern United States 1978, 1979, 1983-2005

Spain and Portugal undated

Sweden 1970

Sweden 1970-2001, undated

Sweden: Brochures, booklets, and maps 1954, 1965, 1977, 1978, undated

Box

Sweden and Caribbean islands: Sketchbooks 1967, 1970

122

Box

Folder

Sweden and France: Brochures, booklets, and maps 1952, undated

Switzerland undated

United States: Brochures, booklets, and maps 1966, 1974, 1984-2006

Virgin Islands 1965-1967

Virginia and West Virginia 1965-1967, 1972-1990, 1999

Wales 1997-1998, undated

Wales: Maps 1997, undated

Washington, D.C. 1979, 2004, 2005, undated

World maps with notations 1961,1969, undated

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VII. Graphic materials 1840s-2005

Albums

Box

Batcheler: George and Penelope Batcheler's trip to Greece 1995

Batcheler: Small albums 1949-1983

108

Batcheler: Small albums 1981-1992

109

Batcheler: Small albums: Greenfield Farm 1991-1995

110

Batcheler: Small albums: Greenfield Farm and Sweden 1991-1999

111

Hartshorne family photo album c. 1855-1865

Box

Folder

Hartshorne family wedding album 1940s-1950s

104

Box

Hartshorne: Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne album [restricted] 1913-1914

Conditions Governing Access note

Due to its fragility, this item is not available to researchers. A digitized version is available through the Digital Library.

Hartshorne: Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne album [restricted] 1914-1936

Conditions Governing Access note

Due to its fragility, this item is not available to researchers. A digitized version is available through the Digital Library.

Box

Folder

Hartshorne: Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne trip to Sweden 1935

105

Hartshorne: "Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne and Richard Hartshorne at 168 Park Street in East Orange, New Jersey," photographs by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1971

104

"Theis' in Philadelphia" 1991 April 23-26

Art and architecture

Box

Folder

Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler's photographs 1962, undated

Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler's photographs undated

People

Batcheler, George 1927-1995, undated

Box
83

Folder
4

Batcheler, George and Penelope Hartshorne 1940s, 1968-1989, undated

Batcheler, George and Penelope Hartshorne 1962, 1990-2007, undated

Batcheler, Penelope Hartshorne 1900, 1953-1954, undated

Batcheler, Penelope Hartshorne 1929, 1960-1986, undated

Batcheler, Penelope Hartshorne: "Photos of corele shelf carving" undated

Batcheler, Penelope Hartshorne: Framed and mounted photographs undated

Batcheler, Penelope Hartshorne: "Independence Hall National Park alumni" 2006 April 25

Batcheler, Penelope Hartshorne: "At Independence Hall National Park job" 1976, 1986

Batcheler, Penelope Hartshorne: "At Independence Hall National Park job" (oversized) c. 1976

104

Batcheler, Penelope Hartshorne: Photographs from safe deposit box 1960-1979, 1996, undated

Batcheler, Penelope Hartshorne: Photographs from safe deposit box 1979, undated

Batcheler, Penelope Hartshorne: Miscellaneous photographs taken by Penelope 1936-1956, undated

Batcheler, Penelope Hartshorne: Photographs for Society Hill newsletter articles about preservation c. 1995

Bell family photographs 1954-2004, undated

Boëthius family photographs 1890, 1911-1918, 1948-1996, undated

Boëthius, Axel 1960-1961, undated

Boëthius, Jan Fredrik and family undated

Boëthius, Renata undated

Boëthius, Simon Bertil 1963-1970

Boëthius, Ulle and Eva undated

Borden and Potts families 1960, undated

Borden and Potts families: Scrapbook pages 1782, 1953-1975

105

Chandler family 1858-1876, 1900-1965, 2004, undated

Chandler family c. 1860-1894, undated

Chandler family: Jesse, David, and Josephine 1960-1971, undated

Chandler family: Scrapbook pages 1820s-1881, 1937

105

3-4

Chöler family 1955-1999, undated

Fritz family 1891, 1911, undated

Fritz family 1896, 1905-1916, 1987, undated

Fritz, John (oversized) undated

105

Fritz, John: "Seventieth anniversary in front of Bethlehem Iron Company office" 1892

Fritz, John (oversized) 1906, undated

105

Fritz, John: Items donated to Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 1992, undated

Haney, Mary and Bob 1957-1960, undated

Harrison family undated

Hartshorne family 1893-1913, undated

Hartshorne family 1900-1914, 1926, 1995, undated

Hartshorne family: Extended family 1992-1995, undated

Hartshorne family: Extended family: "Ellen and Tim's rehearsal dinner" and wedding 1997 June 13-14

Hartshorne family: Extended family: "Katy's birthday and Fathers' Day" 1997 June 13-14

Hartshorne family: Extended family: "Pek and Nancy's wedding" 1997 November 14-15

Hartshorne family: Graves 1995, undated

Box

Hartshorne, Caroline Smith: Framed photograph c. 1870s

112

Box

Folder

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin 1899-1955, undated

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin 1909-1988, undated

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin 1895-1988, undated

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin 1901-1970, undated

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin 1915-1916

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin: Photo postcards 1899-1905

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin: Photo postcards 1899-1905, 1911

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin: Photo postcards 1905-1939

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin: Portraits 1912-1913

104

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin: Stereograms 1897, undated

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin and Richard (oversized) 1912-1913

105

Box

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin and Richard: Engagement cased photographs 1918

117

Box

Folder

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin and Richard: Engagement and wedding 1918-1919

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin and Richard: Travels 1914-1980, undated

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin and Richard and their children 1923-1939, undated

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin and Richard and their children 1928-1978, undated

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin and Richard and their children 1957-1988, undated

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin and Richard and their children, family portrait (oversized) 1928

105

Hartshorne, John and Mary 1962-1970, undated

Hartshorne, Richard 1953-1965, undated

Hartshorne, Richard undated

Hartshorne, Richard: "American Legion, etc." 1942-1961, undated

Hartshorne, Richard: Baby and childhood photographs c. 1888, undated

Hartshorne, Richard: "Essex County, New Jersey judge" 1934, undated

Hartshorne, Richard: "Federal judge" 1960, undated

Hartshorne, Richard: Island Beach State Park and the Judge's Shack 1932-1961, undated

Hartshorne, Richard: Princeton 1957-1959, undated

Hartshorne, Richard: Skate-sailing 1937-1953, undated

Hartshorne, Richard: World War I, Navy 1918, undated

Hartshorne, Richard: World War I, Navy 1918

104

Hartshorne, Richard: "Young man" 1909-1930, undated

Hartshorne, Richard (III) and Peggy 1956-1981, undated

Örtendahl family 1954

Sahlin family 1906-1964, undated

Sahlin, Axel 1906-1908, undated

Sahlin, Axel: "Original illustrations for 'Axel Sahlin Revealed through Family Correspondence" 1858-1959, undated

Sahlin, Axel: "Original illustrations for 'Axel Sahlin Revealed through Family Correspondence" 1895-1912, undated

Sahlin, Gertrude Chandler 1875-1949, undated

Sahlin, Gertrude Chandler 1885-1920, undated

Sahlin, Gertrude Chandler: In India 1911

104

Sahlin, Robert Chandler 1889-1929, 1941-1970, undated

Sahlin, Robert Chandler 1894, 1915-1919, undated

Sahlin, Robert Chandler 1895-1908, undated

Sahlin, Robert Chandler: Army photographs from World War I 1911, 1915-1919

Stout family undated

Stout family: Scrapbook pages 1965, undated

105

Stroud family undated

"Swedish family and friends" 1877, 1937-1987

"Swedish family and friends" 1905, 1953-1985, undated

"Swedish family and friends" 1913-1978, 1984, undated

"Swedish family and friends" 1935, 1954-1985, undated

"Swedish family and friends" 1951-1984, undated

"Swedish family and friends"

104

Identified individuals 1908-2005, undated

Unidentified individuals 1954-1997

Places

Box

Folder

36 Craven Street, Benjamin Franklin House, London, United Kingdom 1998, undated

217 Spruce Street 1997 June 7

224 Delancy Street 1966, undated

314 and 315 American Street 1969-1989, undated

314 and 315 American Street 1997-2006, undated

Arizona and the Western United States 1984-2002

Arizona and the Western United States 1994

Bethlehem Steel Company 2002

Bordentown, New Jersey: Hopkinson Mansion (oversized undated

105

Brazil: Axel Sahlin's photographs c. 1911

Ellen's Isle 1902, 1920-1930, 1941, 1963-1964

Ellen's Isle 1920-1988, undated

Ellen's Isle 1945-1988

Ellen's Isle 1946-1984

Ellen's Isle 1946-1992, undated

Ellen's Isle 1956-1983

Ellen's Isle 1988, 1991-1992, 1996

Ellen's Isle 1991, 2003

Ellen's Isle 1992-2004

Ellen's Isle 1993, 1998, 2000

Ellen's Isle: Contact sheets (oversized) undated

105

Ellen's Isle: "Early photos by Robert Chandler Sahlin" 1920s, 1965, undated

Ellen's Isle: Panoramas by Robert Chandler Sahlin undated

104

England and Scotland: Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler's photographs c. 1954

Europe: Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler's trip with Susan Bell 1962

2-3

Franklin Deleano Roosevelt House and "Richard Pipper House" 2005

Greece: George and Penelope Batcheler's photographs 1995

5-6

Greenfield Farm 1914, 1978-1996, undated

Greenfield Farm 1960s-1999, undated

Greenfield Farm 1992, 1996-1999

Greenfield Farm 1993, 1996, 1998, undated

Greenfield Farm 1993-1999, undated

Greenfield Farm 1994-1996

Greenfield Farm 1994-1997

Greenfield Farm 1994, 1999

Greenfield Farm 1997

Greenfield Farm 1997-1998, undated

Greenfield Farm 1998

Greenfield Farm 1999

Greenfield Farm 1999, undated

Greenfield Farm: Images from Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler's report on farm antiques 1996

India: Axel Sahlin's photographs c. 1911

India: Axel Sahlin's postcards c. 1911

India: Robert Chandler Sahlin's photographs 1913-1915

Japan: Robert Chandler Sahlin's photographs c. 1915

The Judge's Shack and Island Beach State Park 1991-1993, 2000, undated

"Markus Hook House" 2005

Massachusetts 2002, undated

Nepal and Denmark: George Batcheler's photographs 1990

New Mexico 1998

Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia: Postcards undated

Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina 1993

Scandanavia 1970, 1993

Scandanavia 1993

2-3

Sweden: Penelope Batcheler's photographs 1935

Sweden: Penelope Batcheler's photographs 1953-1954

	Box	Folder
Graphic materials	100	1
	Box	Folder
Graphic materials	99	5-6

Box

Folder

Tataboro Road, New Hampshire 2000-2001

100

Tataboro Road, New Hampshire 2002

100

Tataboro Road, New Hampshire 2002, 2004

100

Tataboro Road, New Hampshire 2003

100

Tataboro Road, New Hampshire and Connecticut 1999-2001

100

Tataboro Road, New Hampshire and Connecticut 2000-2001

101

Wharton, Mappsville, Virginia undated

101

Miscellaneous places: Identified undated

101

Miscellaneous places: Unidentified

101

Box

Folder

Miscellaneous 1947, 1986, 2005-2006, undated

101

Miscellaneous undated

104

Slides: George and Penelope Batcheler

Box

Folder

36 Craven Street: Benjamin Franklin House, London, United Kingdom; Twyford House gazebo 1997-1998

101

315 American Street, Greenfield Farm, and travel 1963-1969

101

Ellen's Isle and travel 1957-1969

101

Miscellaneous 1962, 1987, undated

101

Tataboro Road 2000

101

Travel

102

Travel: Hawaii and the United States' Southwest 1990, 1994

102

Travel: "West Nepal, Egypt" 1985, undated

102

Negatives

Box

Folder

People: Batcheler, George and Penelope 1940-1999

102

People: Boëthius family 1906, 1954-1955

102

People: Borden and Potts families undated

102

Chandler family undated

102

People: Chandler and Fritz family graves undated

102

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin: "Brussels, Paris, Dana Hall era?" 1910s

103

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin and Richard and their children 1930-1988

103

Hartshorne, Ellen Sahlin and Richard and their children undated

103

4-5

Russell family undated

103

People: Sahlin, Axel and Gertrude 1865, 1953, undated

103

People: Sahlin, Axeline undated

103

People: Sahlin, Robert Chandler 1916-1917, 1920s, undated

103

People: Swedish family and friends 1935, 1964, 1993, undated

103

36 Craven Street, London: Benjamin Franklin House 1997

103

Places: 314 and 315 American Street 1991-2006, undated

103

Places: Arizona 1994

103

Places: "Copenhagen to Kathmandu," George and Penelope Batcheler's photographs 1990

103

Places: Ellen's Isle 1920-1939

103

Ellen's Isle 1920s

103

Ellen's Isle 1950-1961

103

Ellen's Isle 1991-2004

103

Ellen's Isle undated

106

Ellen's Isle: "Julien Bryan" undated

102

Ellen's Isle: Panoramas by Robert Chandler Sahlin

104

Europe: Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne's photographs 1935, 1957

106

Europe: Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler's photographs 1953-1954

106

4-6

Europe: Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler's photographs 1962

106

7-8

Places: Greece 1995

106

Places: Greenfield Farm 1926, 1931, undated

106

Places: Greenfield Farm 1991-1996

106

Greenfield Farm 1997-1999,undated

107

Greenfield Farm: John Fritz items c. 1982

107

India and Japan c. 1915

107

India and Shent Exposition: Robert Chandler Sahlin's photographs 1913-1914

107

Places: The Judge's Shack and Island Beach State Park 1952, 1991-2005

107

Places: New Hampshire (Cohasset) and New Mexico 1995, 1998

107

Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina 1972, 1993

107

Saint Véran, France 1953

107

Sweden 1970, 1993

107

"Tahoe" 1984

107

Places: Tataboro Road, New Hampshire 1999-2005

107

Miscellaneous 1976, undated

107

Box

Folder

Movie film: "Pen among the goats" and "EFSH and RH Rome 1957, Axel and Majlen" 1935, 1957

107

Cased photographs c. 1842-c. 1888

Box
114-116

Glass slides 1930s, undated

Box
118

Box

Glass slides: Pictures of art and architecture

124

Glass plate negatives: Sahlin family members and Millon, England

123

Agfa color plates: Greenfield Farm 1930s

124

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Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlin families papers

Collection 3173

© The Historical Society of Pennsylvania1300 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19107215-732-6200

Table of Contents

Summary Information

Preferred Citation note

Biographical/Historical note

Scope and Contents note

Administrative Information

Publication Information

Conditions Governing Access note

Related Materials

Related Archival Materials note

Separated Materials note

Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s)

Collection Inventory

I. Axel Sahlin and Axeline Örtendahl Sahlin 1870-1954

Correspondence 1870-1915

Other materials 1954, undated

II. Axel Sahlin and Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1869-1949

Axel Sahlin 1869-1937

Correspondence 1880-1932

Other materials 1869-1937

Gertrude Chandler Sahlin 1875-1949

Correspondence 1890-1949

Other materials 1875-1937

III. Robert Chandler Sahlin 1890-1992

Correspondence 1895-1980

Other materials 1890-1992

IV. Richard Hartshorne and Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1887-2003

Richard Hartshorne 1891-1976

Correspondence 1891-1960

Other materials 1909-1976

Ellen Sahlin Hartshorne 1887-2003

Correspondence 1903-1984

Early childhood and education 1890-1917

Other materials 1887-2003

V. Boëthius family 1879-2006

VI. George Batcheler and Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1789-2007

George Batcheler 1933-2007

Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler 1789-2007

Correspondence 1936-2007

Genealogical research 1789-2005

Greenfield Farm 1870s-2006

Preservation and restoration 1950-2007

Other materials 1888-2007

Travel 1946-2004

VII. Graphic materials 1840s-2005

Albums

Conditions Governing Access note

Conditions Governing Access note

Art and architecture

People

Batcheler, George 1927-1995, undated

Places

Slides: George and Penelope Batcheler

Negatives

Cased photographs c. 1842-c. 1888

Glass slides 1930s, undated

© The Historical Society of Pennsylvania1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200