%eadnotat; ]> 6D02magi Finding Aid for Edward H. Magill Papers, 1867-1907 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2007 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by FHL Staff, 2007 ENG FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2007 Descriptive Summary Edward H. Magill Papers 1867-1907 RG6/D02 Edward H. Magill (Edward Hicks), 1825-1907 35 boxes ; 17 linear feet Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. This collection contains the official and personal correspondences, genealogical material on the Magill family, and related manuscripts of Edward Hicks Magill, second president of Swarthmore College (1871-1889).

Repository:

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500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399

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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

Born September 24, 1825, Edward Hicks Magill became the second president of Swarthmore College in 1871 after the school had been in session for little more than a year. A birthright Quaker, he was the son of Jonathan Paxson and Mary (Watson) Magill. In 1852, he was married under the care of Makefield Monthly Meeting (Pa.) to Sarah Warner Beans. The Magills had six children: Helen, Eudora, Beatrice, Gertrude, Francis, and Marian. Helen Magill was a member of the first graduating class of Swarthmore College, the first female awarded a Ph.D. in the United States, and became the wife of Andrew D. White, President of Cornell University. Edward Magill was educated at Brown and Yale Universities. Swarthmore College opened in the fall of 1869, and Magill became principal of the new preparatory department as well as professor of Latin and French at the College.

Magill was regarded as being academically well prepared to assume the presidency of the College. However, his appointment had much to do with the fact that he also believed in strict discipline and the principles of a guarded education. The first president, Edward Parrish, resigned in February 1871, largely in disagreement with the Board of Managers over the primary mission of the College. Magill was named President of the College, but the Board of Managers assumed the majority of the executive powers. Magill favored electives and wanted to make Swarthmore more than a sectarian college, but rather than confront the Board, he implemented his 100 Rules, strict rules of social conduct, as a means to answer the Board's concerns.

While the College's social rules were strict during Magill's term of office, Swarthmore also made significant academic progress. Swarthmore's first class graduated in 1873, consisting of five women and one man; by 1881 students began publishing the school newspaper, The Phoenix. In 1881, a fire swept through Parrish Hall, the College building, gutting the interior. Plans for rebuilding began as quickly as two weeks later. Classes were held in temporary facilities in nearby Media until Parrish reopened in 1882. The library increased its volumes, and a science and engineering building, meeting house, and the observatory were added to the campus. As part of his job description, Magill also served as postmaster of the Swarthmore Post Office.

Though the College began predominantly as a preparatory school, Magill worked hard to change that. By 1890 the College was twice as large as the preparatory department, and two years later the latter was abolished completely. Near the end of his tenure as president, the majority of Magill's rules were liberalized to attract more students. By the time he retired as president in 1889, Swarthmore was fully established as a college, and its reputation was growing. Magill retired from the presidency in 1889, but continued to teach French at the College until 1900. Edward H. Magill married a second time in 1902, to Sarah E. Gardner, and he died December 10, 1907.

SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

The collection contains President Magill's official and personal correspondence, genealogical material on the Magill family, writings, lecture notes, and speeches. The bulk of the correspondence falls within the period 1880-1890. The correspondence includes photocopies of 26 letters from President Magill to his son-in-law, Andrew D. White, President of Cornell University, concerning family, academic, and Quaker affairs. Also included are Swarthmore Post Office records. Magill was interested in shorthand ("phonography"), and some of his annotations and notes are in shorthand.

Organized into nine series:

Organization: Genealogical materials Correspondence Swarthmore College papers Reference material Post Office records Published articles and speeches Writings and speeches Lecture notes Financial papers ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Restricted Access

Permission to this material is restricted and requires the permission of the President of Swarthmore College or the Chairman of the Board of Managers of the College. Contact the repository for details.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Swarthmore College Archives, Edward Hicks Magill Papers, RG6/D02, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Processing information

This collection was originally processed circa 1962 at which time materials were sorted, foldered, and a detailed inventory created. In 1998/99, as part of the reorganization of the Swarthmore College Archives, the collection was reprocessed by a library intern. Items were placed in acid-free folders and the original order maintained. Three folders of correspondence and one photograph were transferred to other collections. A new finding aid was produced, with biographical information amended in 2001. In 2006, additional manuscript items were added to the collection. In 2007, the finding aid was revised for further clarification.

Edward Hicks Magill. ALS to Matilda Rushmore, 1907-11-4. MSS 004/1907-11-4.

Hull, William I., History of Swarthmore College. Unpublished manuscript, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Vol. 2.

Magill, Edward H., An Address Upon the Co-education of the Sexes. Philadelphia: C.A. Dixon & Co., 1873. 14 pp.

Magill, Edward H. (Edward Hicks), 1825-1907 Educational Institutions in the Religious Society of Friends. Chicago: W. B. Conkey, 1893. [39] p.

Magill, Edward H., A French Grammar: To Which is Added a French, English, and Latin Vocabulary, Containing the Most Common Words in French Which Are Derived From the Latin. 12th ed., enl. and improved. New York: Potter, Ainsworth, [c1869]. 1. l,443 pp.

Magill, Edward H., The Scope of Modern Languages in Our Colleges, and the Best Methods of Teaching Them. New York, [n.d.]. 7 p.

Magill, Edward Hicks, Sixty-five Years in the Life of a Teacher, 1841-1906.

Magill, Edward H. and Eugene Paulin, First Lessons in French, Progressively Arranged: Presenting the Leading Facts, as Introductory to the Later Study of the Essential Principles of the French Language, and Adapted to the Comprehension of Young. New York and Chicago: Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., [c1873]. 117 pp.

Magill, Edward Hicks, [reference file]. PG7, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.

1 photograph dated April 2, 1883 of Schofield School was removed to PA 100/S3/S3. Pictured in the photo are the students lined up in front of the old (1870) and next to the new (built 1882) schoolhouses in Aiken, South Carolina. 1 photograph of Sarah Warner Magill. Placed in the General Photo. file- Portraits, Magill. 1 folder labeled Correspondence 1891 containing letters addressed to President Magill's successors, Appleton and DeGarmo; moved to the papers of those two presidents, series D03 and D04. 1 folder labeled Correspondence 1892 concerning potential college students; removed to the DeGarmo series D04. 1 folder labeled Correspondence 1912-1913; removed to the Joseph Swain series D06. SELECTED SEARCH TERMS DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century Pennsylvania -- Universities and Colleges Swarthmore College -- Archives Quakers -- Pennsylvania Quakers -- Social life and customs Society of Friends Magill, Edward H (Edward Hicks), 1825-1907 White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

Series 1 Biographical and Genealogical Biographical and genealogical information on the Magill family 1 folder 1/1 Series 2 Correspondence A. General office correspondence files, 1875-1890

Arranged by date.

Correspondence files 1875, 1878 1 folder 1/2 Correspondence files 1880 1 folder 1/3 Correspondence files 1881: Jan-Sept 1 folder 1/4 Correspondence files 1881: Oct-Dec 1 folder 1/5 Correspondence files 1882: Jan-Apr 1 folder 2/6 Correspondence files 1882: May-June 1 folder 2/7 Correspondence files 1882: July 1 folder 2/8 Correspondence files 1882: Aug. 1 folder 3/9 Correspondence files 1882: Sept. 1 folder 3/10 Correspondence files 1882: Oct.-Dec. 1 folder 3/11 Correspondence files 1882 1 folder 3/12

Faculty views concerning Preparatory School.

Correspondence files 1883: Jan. 1 folder 4/13 Correspondence files 1883: Feb.-Mar. 1 folder 4/14 Correspondence files 1883: Apr.-May 1 folder 4/15 Correspondence files 1883: June 1 folder 4/16 Correspondence files 1883: July 1 folder 4/17 Correspondence files 1883: Aug. 1 folder 5/18 Correspondence files 1883: Sept. 1 folder 5/19 Correspondence files 1883: Oct.-Nov. 1 folder 5/20

Including letter, 11-28-1883, to Henry Ward Beecher regarding his example in connection with the use of alcoholic beverages.

Correspondence files 1883: Dec. 1 folder 5/21 Correspondence files 1884: Jan. 1 folder 6/22 Correspondence files 1884: Feb.-Mar. 1 folder 6/23 Correspondence files 1884: April 1 folder 6/24 Correspondence files 1884: May 1 folder 6/25 Correspondence files 1884: June 1 folder 6/26 Correspondence files April, 1884 - Nov., 1891 1 bound volume 6/27

Bound volume of copies of correspondence, April, 1884 - Nov., 1891

Correspondence files 1884 1 folder 6/28

Correspondence, 1884 regarding endowed professorships

Correspondence files 1884: July 1 folder 7/29 Correspondence files 1884: Aug. 1 folder 7/30 Correspondence files 1884: Sept. 1 folder 7/31 Correspondence files 1884: Oct. 1 folder 7/32 Correspondence files 1884: Nov.-Dec. 1 folder 7/33 Correspondence files 1885: Jan. 1 folder 8/34 Correspondence files 1885: Feb. 1 folder 8/35 Correspondence files 1885: Mar. 1 folder 8/36 Correspondence files 1885: Apr. 1 folder 9/37 Correspondence files 1885: May 1 folder 9/38 Correspondence files 1885: June 1 folder 9/39 Correspondence files 1885 1 folder 9/40

Letters regarding establishment of a Normal Department.

Correspondence files 1885: 4-16-1885 1 folder 9/41

Faculty statement of Question of a Normal Department, 4-16-1885.

Correspondence files 1885: July 1 folder 10/42 Correspondence files 1885: Aug. 1 folder 10/43 Correspondence files 1885: Sept. 1 folder 10/44 Correspondence files 1885: Oct. 1 folder 10/45 Correspondence files 1885: Nov. 1 folder 10/46 Correspondence files 1885: Dec. 1 folder 10/47 Correspondence files 1886: Jan. 1 folder 11/48 Correspondence files 1886: Feb. 1 folder 11/49 Correspondence files 1886: Mar. 1 folder 11/50 Correspondence files 1886: April 1 folder 11/51 Correspondence files 1886: May 1 folder 11/52 Correspondence files 1886: June 1 folder 11/53 Correspondence files 1886: 7/1- 7/15 1 folder 12/54 Correspondence files 1886: 7/16- 7/31 1 folder 12/55 Correspondence files 1886: 8/1- 8/15 1 folder 12/56 Correspondence files 1886: 8/16- 8/31 1 folder 12/57 Correspondence files 1886: 1-6 to 8-10-1886, 6-20 to 8-9-1886. 1 folder 12/58

Correspondence and other papers concerning Magill's Western Trip, 6-20 to 8-9-1886.

Correspondence files 1886: 9/1- 9/11 1 folder 13/59 Correspondence files 1886: 9/12- 9/30 1 folder 13/60 Correspondence files 1886: Oct. 1 folder 13/61 Correspondence files 1886: Nov. 1 folder 13/62 Correspondence files 1886: Dec. 1 folder 13/63 Correspondence files 1887: Jan. 1 folder 14/64 Correspondence files 1887: Feb. 1 folder 14/65 Correspondence files 1887: 3/1- 3/15 1 folder 15/66 Correspondence files 1887: 3/16- 3/31 1 folder 15/67 Correspondence files 1887: Apr. 1 folder 15/68 Correspondence files 1887: 3-1 to 3-24-1887 1 folder 15/69

Correspondence regarding organization of State College Association

Correspondence files 1887: 3-7 to 3-24-1887 1 folder 15/70

Answers to questions sent to colleges of Pennsylvania.

Correspondence files 1887: May 1 folder 16/71 Correspondence files 1887: June 1 folder 16/72 Correspondence files 1887: July 1 folder 16/73 Correspondence files 1887: 5-7 to 5-12-1887 1 folder 16/74

Correspondence. regarding college president's salaries.

Correspondence files 1887: 8/1- 8/15 1 folder 17/75 Correspondence files 1887: 8/16- 8/31 1 folder 17/76 Correspondence files 1887: 9/1- 9/11 1 folder 18/77 Correspondence files 1887: 9/12- 9/30 1 folder 18/78 Correspondence files 1887: Oct. 1 folder 18/79 Correspondence files 1887: Nov. 1 folder 18/80 Correspondence files 1887: Dec. 1 folder 18/81 Correspondence files 18871 folder 18/82

Concerning tax exemption for colleges, mainly 1887.

Correspondence files 1888: Jan. 1 folder 19/83 Correspondence files 1888: Feb. 1 folder 19/84 Correspondence files 1888: Mar. 1 folder 19/85 Correspondence files 1888: Apr. 1 folder 19/86 Correspondence files 1888: May 1 folder 19/87 Correspondence files 1888: June 1 folder 19/88 Correspondence files 1888: July 1 folder 20/89 Correspondence files 1888: Aug. 1 folder 20/90 Correspondence files 1888: Sept. 1 folder 20/91 Correspondence files 1888: Oct. 1 folder 20/92 Correspondence files 1888: Nov. 1 folder 20/93 Correspondence files 1888: Dec. 1 folder 20/94 Correspondence files 1889: 1/1- 1/10 1 folder 21/95 Correspondence files 1889: 1/11- 1/31 1 folder 21/96 Correspondence files 1889: Feb. 1 folder 21/97 Correspondence files 1889: Mar. 1 folder 21/98 Correspondence files 1889: Apr. 1 folder 21/99 Correspondence files 1889: May 1 folder 21/100 Correspondence files 1889: June 1 folder 21/101 Correspondence files 1889: July 1 folder 22/102 Correspondence files 1889: Aug. 1 folder 22/103 Correspondence files 1889: Sept. 1 folder 22/104 Correspondence files 1889: Oct. 1 folder 22/105 Correspondence files 1889: Nov.-Dec. 1 folder 22/106 Correspondence files 1890: Jan.-Mar. 1 folder 23/107 Correspondence files 1890: Apr.-May 1 folder 23/108 Correspondence files 1890: June-July 1 folder 23/109 Correspondence files 1890: Aug. 1 folder 23/110 Correspondence files 1890: Sept. 1 folder 23/111 Correspondence files 1890: Oct.-Dec. 1 folder 23/112 B. Personal correspondence files, 1867-1907

Arranged by date.

Personal correspondence files 1867-88 1 folder 24/113 Personal correspondence files 1889 1 folder 24/114 Personal correspondence files 1890 1 folder 24/115 Personal correspondence files 1893 (on Friends’ Education) 1 folder 24/116 Personal correspondence files 1893 1 folder 24/117 Personal correspondence files 1894 1 folder 24/118 Personal correspondence files 1895 1 folder 24/119 Personal correspondence files 1896 1 folder 24/120 Personal correspondence files 1897 1 folder 24/121 Personal correspondence files 1898 1 folder 24/122 Personal correspondence files 1899 1 folder 24/123 Personal correspondence files 1902 1 folder 24/124 Personal correspondence files 1905 1 folder 24/125 Personal correspondence files 1906 1 folder 24/126 Personal correspondence files 1907 1 folder 24/127 Personal correspondence files undated 1 folder 24/128 Correspondence Sent to Andrew D. White, President of Cornell University, 1872-1906

The son-in-law of Edw. H. Magill. The originals are in the Olin Library, Cornell University.

Letter (photocopy) 1872 12mo 23 1 folder 24/129

Marking system used at Cornell University.

Letter (photocopy) 1873 4mo 1 1 folder 24/129

Tuition and Board charges, room and board arrangements at Swarthmore College.

Letter (photocopy) 1874 2mo 20 1 folder 24/129

Faculty hours, hours of direct teaching preparation time, other duties.

Letter (photocopy) 1875 1mo 18 1 folder 24/129

In discipline cases, does faculty at Cornell have full power, or joint of faculty and Board.

Letter (photocopy) 1888 4mo 5 1 folder 24/129

Expresses pleasure that White is coming to lecture at College and stay with the Magills.

Letter (photocopy) 1888 4mo 7 1 folder 24/129

Regret that White has to postpone lecture and visit.

Letter (photocopy) 1888 4mo 10 1 folder 24/129

Regret that White must continue to postpone his visit.

Letter (photocopy) 1888 4mo 12 1 folder 24/129

Regret that White must continue to postpone his visit.

Letter (photocopy) 1888 5mo 24 1 folder 24/129

Suggesting White come on June 8 or 9 for lecture.

Letter (photocopy) 1888 5mo 30 1 folder 24/129

White’s lecture postponed until fall, hopes White will come for Commencement.

Letter (photocopy) 1891 3mo 18 1 folder 24/129

Asking White to give favorable reference of Swarthmore to Grand Chapter of RAO, as girls at Swarthmore wish to form a chapter.

Letter (photocopy) 1895 2mo 12 1 folder 24/129

Asking White for a letter of reference for Samuel Morris and Philip C. Garrett, of Peace Assoc. of Friends of Philadelphia. who are to address the Czar on the subject of arbitration and a reduction of arms. See attached letter from Philip C. Garret to Magill, 2-11-1895.

Letter (photocopy) 1895 3mo 19 1 folder 24/129

Family matter, misplaced or lost money order.

Letter (photocopy) 1895 6mo 17 1 folder 24/129

Mentions committee meeting in Ontario of National Friends Committee to arrange the Conference of Friends to be held in Swarthmore in August, 1896. Mention of the Jenkinses going to Vanderbilt Univ.

Letter (photocopy) 1895 7mo 18 1 folder 24/129

Mention of The Sovereign Woman and Enthronement of Mary; of his approaching visit with N.Y. Indians with two other Friends.

Letter (photocopy) 1895 7mo 18 1 folder 24/129

Birth of Beatrice Jenkins (granddaughter). Mention that his trip to visit N.Y. Indians had to be postponed because of his brother’s illness. Concern for plight of Indians, hope that Friends will work to help them.

Letter (photocopy) 1895 9mo 21 1 folder 24/129

Family’s arrival from Europe, lecture White is to give in Bucks Co., Pa.

Letter (photocopy) 1896 1mo 17 1 folder 24/129

Hopes that White will give commencement address at George School.

Letter (photocopy) 1899 5mo 25 1 folder 24/129

White’s work as president of American delegation to International Peace Conference at the Hague; possible principles in setting up International Court of Arbitration. Mentions telegram White sent to Philadelphia. Yearly Meeting.

Letter (photocopy) 1899 8mo 23 1 folder 24/129

Wants to publish White’s letter (presumably about Peace Conference) in the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

Letter (photocopy) 1900 8mo 27 1 folder 24/129

Expresses hope that White will remain as ambassador to Germany even if Bryan is elected.

Letter (photocopy) 1900 10mo 5 1 folder 24/129

Family plans for visit; mention of Hague Conference.

Letter (photocopy) 1901 10mo 13 1 folder 24/129

Family plans.

Letter (photocopy) 1901 l0mo 26 1 folder 24/129

House the family is interested in purchasing.

Letter (photocopy) 1905 1mo 1 1 folder 24/129

Plans for Swarthmore College Alumni Assoc. and Alumni Historical Catalogue.

Letter (photocopy) 1905 4mo 14 1 folder 24/129

Thanks for two volumes of White’s autobiography.

Letter (photocopy) 1905 6mo 26 1 folder 24/129

Inquiring name of the person who built and endowed Cornell’s library, quotes the inscription.

Letter (photocopy) 1905 8mo 12 1 folder 24/129

Asking White’s suggestions for securing some Carnegie funds for Swarthmore College

Letter (photocopy) 1905 10mo 5 1 folder 24/129

Descriptive, thanks for visit.

Letter (photocopy) 1905 11mo 9 1 folder 24/129

Recommends use of hearing aid.

Letter (photocopy) 1905 11mo 28 1 folder 24/129

Hearing aid; mention of death of De Whitte.

Letter (photocopy) 1905 12mo 8 1 folder 24/129

Hearing aid; mention of death of De Whitte.

Letter (photocopy) 1905 12mo 18 1 folder 24/129

(handwriting difficult to read) Mention of ? University, George Hoyt?

Letter (photocopy) 1906 3mo 19 1 folder 24/129

Letter to daughter, Helen Magill White. Family matters, visit.

Letter (photocopy) 1906 6mo 19 1 folder 24/129

About a letter from (?) Roberts and a plan to aid Swarthmore College.

Letter (photocopy) 1907 11mo 14 1 folder 24/129

Discussion of his life in retirement and planned trip to Swarthmore to give lecture. Contains autographed frontispiece and portrait plate of book Magill authored.

Series 3 Swarthmore College Papers

Includes Magill’s commencement speeches, annotated programs, faculty salary information and teaching assignments, as well as his remarks on a variety of topics. See also writings and articles in Series 7.

Miscellaneous Papers 1881 1 folder 25/130

Books ordered for the College and Preparative School after the fire; floor plans (for temporary classroom space?)

Miscellaneous Papers 1882 1 folder 25/131

Includes remarks on the College, immediately after the fire of September 1881; Magill’s annotated commencement program and his remarks for 10th commencement, first after the Fire; Needs of the College; number of students and breakdown into members and non-members; appeal to the Temperance Committee, Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting; agreement between Helen Magill & Howard Collegiate Institute regarding her duties as principal; faculty and staff salaries.

Miscellaneous Papers 1883 1 folder 25/132

Includes teachers’ salaries 1883-89; statistics on number of students; duties of the superintendent; schedules of instructors’ work including courses and other duties.

Miscellaneous Papers 1884 1 folder 25/133

Student grades and senior exam schedule; faculty salaries.

Miscellaneous Papers 1885 1 folder 25/134

Includes Magill’s Annual Report of State and Incorporated Institutions for 1884-1885; Cost of Instruction at Swarthmore College with teaching assignments, salaries; Proposed Changes in Appointments for Commencements (hectograph); faculty salaries; student grades; manuscript on The Study of Education in the University of Michigan, Proposed Changes in [Swarthmore College] Catalogue; officers and committees of the Board; list of periodicals in the Reading Room, 1885-1886; Committee on Intoxicating Beverages (Philadelphia Yearly Meeting?), Magill listed

Miscellaneous Papers 1886 1 folder 25/135

Includes Magill’s Annual Report of State and Incorporated Institutions; faculty salaries; list of persons recommended for faculty; examination questions for entrance to Third Preparatory class; statistics on degrees conferred to date; list of students in Phonographic and other courses.

Miscellaneous Papers 1887 1 folder 25/136

Includes Magill’s annotated commencement program, with remarks; faculty salaries; lists of subscribers to endow professorships; sub-committee members; memorandum notebooks (2); typescript of Magill’s article on athletics at Swarthmore College

Miscellaneous Papers 1888 1 folder 25/137

Miscellaneous Papers n.d. 1 folder 25/138

An Act relating to the Status of teachers in the Public Schools, who have received their Education in the Chartered Colleges of the Commonwealth, together with signed petitions from several colleges; Petitions circulated to express support for House Bill No. 283, concerning discrimination against college graduates teaching in public schools and establishing standards for teachers

Miscellaneous Papers 1889 1 folder 25/139

Includes manuscript (draft) on Swarthmore College, Its Origin, Constitution and Government; tribute to Benjamin Hallowell, by Edward H. Magill, for Friends Intelligencer.

Miscellaneous Papers 1890 and undated 1 folder 25/140

1890 Commencement notes conferring of degrees with Magill’s remarks on his retiring from the presidency of the College; C.S. Dolley’s reply to Pres. Magill’s request for opinion as to conduct of students’ behavior; signed fragment of the letter of Lydia Maria Child expressing her “ultra-rational” point of view.

Series 4 Reference Material

Contains mostly printed material from educational institutions as well as some Swarthmore College forms and bulletins, presumably compiled by Magill as a reference source. Typed report at the front of the box lists materials removed from the collection and transferred to more appropriate files or Library catalogue.

Reference file n.d. 1 folder 26/141

Printed article: Results at a College for Both Sexes by Edward H. Magill (photocopy added to folder 189, Printed Articles)

Reference file 1880-1881 1 folder 26/142

(1881) Leaflet in Germantown Friends’ School; laws and regulations of Vassar College; leaflet on Phi chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Yale.

Reference file 1882 1 folder 26/143

Officers & Committees of the Board; printed letter on Scholarships, 6-1-1882; program of 9th Field Meeting of the Athletic Association of Swarthmore College; clipping on Samuel Willets’ bequests; Laws of Haverford College; leaflet on Friends’ Graded School, W. Chester, Pa.; leaflet on Girls’ Latin School, Boston; Regulations of the Faculty of Harvard College; Smith College regulations; Students’ Manual, Vassar; The Laws of Yale College; Yale regulations.

Reference file 1883 1 folder 26/ 144

Rules of Swarthmore College Relating to Students; leaflet advertising course of lectures at Friends’ Institution for Young Men; Educational Committee of Philadelphia. Yearly Meeting of Friends; Samuel Willets, A Memoir, 2-10-1883; brochure on Howard Seminary, Bridgewater, Mass.; Laws & By-Laws of the Univ. of Mich.

Reference file 1884 1 folder 26/145

16th Annual Report of the Schofield Normal & Industrial School; Harvard College, Studies of Freshman year Regulations for Intercollegiate Athletic Sports, Univ. of Penna.

Reference file 1885 1 folder 26/146

14th Annual Field Meeting of Swarthmore College; The Church and the Friends, an essay by the Rev. Oliver Owen; Gwynedd School District course of study; Programme of exercises of Friends’ Literary & Library Assoc., 1885-6; Proceedings of the Third Annual Meeting of the Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indians; leaflet & reports of Women’s National Indian Assoc.; bulletin of the Wm. Penn Charter School; closing exercises of Howard Collegiate Institute (Marion Magill student participant); 250th Anniversary of Boston Latin School; History of the Olio; circular for Moore’s Mills Institute, 1885-6; George Elliott’s Two Marriages, an essay by Chas. G. Ames; bulletin, Univ. of Toronto; A Woman Suffrage Catechism, by Lucy Stone.

Reference file 1886 1 folder 26/147

Announcement of four endowed professorships at Swarthmore College; 14th Annual Report of The Educational Home; The Friends & the Indians, report of Barclay White; Friends’ Intelligencer. & Journal for 10-23-1886, marked copy containing article on The Indian Conference at Lake Mohonk; 20th Annual Report of the Lincoln Institution; Among the Poncas, by Levi K. Brown & Jos. J. Janney; circulars regarding Friends’ Union for Philanthropic Labor; regulations of the Faculty of Harvard College.

Reference file 1887 1 folder 26/148

Joint Committee of Philadelphia. Yearly Meeting on Temperance & Intoxicating Beverages; An Address of the Representatives of the Religious Society of Friends on the Subject of War; Program of Girls’ Daily Exercises, Westtown Boarding School, summer; Young Friends’ Review, Nov.; The Cornell Sun, 10-10-1887; periodical, The Safe Ballot, 6-2-1887.

Reference file 1888 1 folder 26/149

Form for sale or transfer of capital stock of Swarthmore College; The Eastern Cherokees, a report by C.C. Painter, Indian Rights Assoc.; The Indian Legislation of 1888, by Miss Kate Foote; leaflet of Women’s National Indian Assoc.; Boston Herald, 4-21-88, marked fragment, article on Fallacy of Free Trade; circular on “Phonography”.

Reference file 1889 1 folder 26/ 150

Announcement of Swarthmore College lecture series for ‘88-’89;The Parabolic Semaphore, by Prof. C. Herschel Koyl of Swarthmore College, reprinted from Journal of the Franklin Institute; Friends’ Intelligencer. & Journal, page presenting an excerpt from autobiography of Benj. Hallowell; extract from minutes of Philadelphia. Yearly Meeting of Friends, regarding evils of intemperance; Baltimore American, 5-7 & 5-8, accounts of opening of Johns Hopkins’ Hospital; Penna. House Bill #283, relating to status of teachers in public schools; The Sunday Press, Phila., 3-3-’89, fragment containing (U.S.) Presidents’ Portraits; Wellesley College circular.

Reference file Undated 1 folder 26/151

Series 5 Post Office Records Accounts: business papers, correspondence: 1871-1888 Account books (11) 1 folder 27/ Records of T.J. Dolphin’s salary payments as assistant postmaster 1885-1889 1 folder 27/152 Correspondence 4-21-1871 to 12-31-1878 1 folder 27/153 Correspondence 2-8-1879 to 3-19-1888 1 folder 27/154 Duplicates of Quarterly Reports, Nos. 1-74 1-1-1871 to 6-30-1889 1 folder 27/ Nos. 1-16. 1-1-1871 to 12-31-1874 1 folder 28/155 Nos. 17-32. 1-1-1875 to 12-31-1878 1 folder 28/156 Nos. 33-40. 1-1-1879 to 12-31-1880 1 folder 28/157 Nos. 41-52. 1-1-1881 to 12-31-1883 1 folder 28/158 Nos. 53-60. 1-1-1884 to 12-31-1885 1 folder 28/159 Nos. 61-74. 1-1-1886 to 6-30-1889 1 folder 28/160 Papers relating to commission of postmaster and deputy “P.O.L.” accounts, 1875-1878

Nos. 1-300 (arranged numerically), which appear to be a record of the uses, for the benefit of the College, to which Magill put the salary received as postmaster (letters indicate that he kept none of it for personal use).

Papers relating to the commission of Magill as Postmaster and his deputy 1877, 1878 1 folder 29/161 P.O.L. accounts, nos., 1-100 1875, 1876 1 folder 29/162 P.O.L. accounts, nos. 201-300 1877, 1878 1 folder 29/163 Misc. forms and circulars 1870-1883, and undated 1 folder 29/164 Misc. blank forms n.d. 1 folder 29/165 Used “Record of Transit” registered packages. n.d. 1 folder 29/166 Registered Mail Forms, 1874-1881 Registered letter bills 1874-75 1 folder 29/167 Registered letter bills 1876-77 1 folder 29/168 Registered letter bills 1878-79 1 folder 29/169 Return regis., letter bills 1874-76 1 folder 29/170 Return regis., letter bills 1877-79 1 folder 30/171 Receipts for registered packages 1874-1877 1 folder 30/172 Receipts for registered packages 1878-1881 1 folder 30/173 Misc. regis., mail forms 1874-78 1 folder 30/174 Registry bills and receipts 1882-89 1 folder 30/175 Duplicate of orders for stamps, postal cards, stamped envelopes, etc, 1872-1889. Duplicate of orders for stamps 1872-1873 1 folder 31/176 Duplicate of orders for stamps 1874-1875 1 folder 31/177 Duplicate of orders for stamps 1876-1877 1 folder 31/178 Duplicate of orders for stamps 1878-1879 1 folder 31/179 Duplicate of orders for stamps 1880-1881 1 folder 31/180 Duplicate of orders for stamps 1882-1884 1 folder 31/181 Duplicate of orders for stamps 1885-1889 1 folder 31/182 Series 6 Published Articles and Speeches

See Series 3 additional speeches and articles concerning Swarthmore College.

History of the Organization and Proceedings of the First Convention of the College Association of Pennsylvania. 1887 1 folder 32/183

Magill proposed the organization, served as vice president 1887-1888, and is often quoted in this booklet.

French bulletin, Union pour l’Action morale. 1894 1 folder 32/184

No apparent contributions from Magill, but he spent several years in France.

Typed biography, written while he was writing his autobiography, Sixty-five Years in the Life of a Teacher 1905 1 folder 32/185

Edward Hicks Magill, A.M., LL.D, article in The Phonographic Magazine. The article expands on the typescript and describes his interest in phonography.

Press notices 1907 1 folder 32/186

Press notices of his marriage to Sarah E. Gardner in 1901 and press notices and letters concerning his autobiography on Sixty-Five Years.

Draft of constitution for the Swarthmore Union for Social Service, to meet in Swarthmore Hall n.d. 1 folder 32/187

Mission was social service of all types and serve as a forum for discussion on wide-ranging topics.

Translations n.d. 1 folder 32/188 Published articles March 8, 1882. 1 folder 32/189

Co-Education of the Sexes, Educational Institutions in the Religious Society of Friends, The New Method in Modern Language Study, Swarthmore College, Course of Study, Disciplines, Etc., an address delivered before the Friends Social Lyceum at Swarthmore College, 1869; Results at a College for Both Sexes, published in Our Continent.

Series 7 Writings and speeches

Includes texts for speeches given before various organizations. See also Series 3 which includes remarks made at Swarthmore College.

Writings and speeches 1903 1 folder 32/190

Magill manuscripts concerning Swarthmore College. Includes history of Swarthmore College written for the Halcyon, 1903, with a note explaining Magill’s relationship to the Jacksons of Darby; Some Reminiscences of the Founders of Swarthmore College; typed history of Swarthmore College, mss for the Lewis Publishing Co., N.Y.; Testimony concerning Thomas H. Hall at Swarthmore meeting

Writings and speeches 1 folder 32/191

Magill manuscripts concerning Swarthmore College: Address on the Graduates of Swarthmore of the first twenty classes; Swarthmore and Swarthmorians of the Early Days; two letters to the editor of Friends Intelligencer concerning College

Writings and speeches 1886, 1893 1 folder 32/192

Talks: When Men were Sold, the Underground Railroad in Bucks Co., an address before the Bucks Co. Historical Society, 1893; The Electric Telephone, given before the Scientific Society of Swarthmore, 1886;

Writings and speeches 1 folder 32/192a

Peace Topics: International Arbitration in the 19th and 20th Centurie, (typed); Gradual Development of Universal Peace, (typed); eace and Arbitration,(typed). The latter two manuscripts probably by other authors.

Writings and speeches 1 folder 32/192b

Religious topics and miscellaneous: Answers to questions of the Culture Club of the People’s Church, of Jamesville, Wisconsin (explains the beliefs of the Society of Friends); essay/speech Aaron M. Powell as a Religious Teacher; Peculiarities of Dress and of Address of the members of the Religious Society of Friends; introductory remarks concerning Edward Everett

Writings and speeches 1 folder 32/193

Translations of Schiller’s The Maid of Orlean; Victor Hugo’s Tragedy of Hernani (typed copy, with correspondence), and Hugo’s Ruy Blas (typed copy)

Series 8 Lecture Notes Lecture Notes n.d. 1 folder 33/194

On The Misanthrope by Moliere 1636

Lecture Notes n.d. 1 folder 33/195

On Telemaque by Fenelon, on Montaigne the Moralist, on French Dramatic Master Pieces Vol. I Athalie by Racine. Englished and Interpreted by Edward H. Magill 1903 (his introduction), on Topics of Lecture XVIII-XXIII in outline form.

Lecture Notes 1905 1 folder 33/196

On Lecture at Swarthmore on the First 20 Graduating Classes 1873 to 1892, letter to Mr. Mabie dated 3/9/1905 and 1 dup. & envelope in which they were contained.

Lecture Notes n.d. 1 folder 33/197

Translation of Victor Hugo’s Tragedy of Hernani Acts IV and V, Lecture II: Victor Hugo and his tragedy of Hernani notes on Magill’s lecture & envelope.

Lecture Notes n.d. 1 folder 33/198

On Moliere- Jean Baptiste Poquelin- 1622-1673- L’Ecole des Maris- 1661- Les Jacheurs- 1661, Pierre Corneille- 1606-1684- Horace-1640, Moliere- Jean Baptiste Poquelin- 1622-1673- Les Precieuses Ridicules- 1659, Pierre Corneille 1606-1684- Rodogunes- 1644- Later Works- His Decline- 1644-1684- Conclusion

Lecture Notes n.d. 1 folder 33/199

Lectures I and II on Victor Hugo and His Tragedy of Hernani & envelope, Swarthmore and Swarthmorians of the Early Days & envelope.

Lecture Notes n.d. 1 folder 33/200

The Masterpiece of Corneille: The Cid (2 copies).

Lecture Notes n.d. 1 folder 33/201

Volume I: Half Hours with the Leading French Dramatists- Translated in English Verse of the Same Metre as the Original, also Volume II... and carbon copy of vol. II, & envelope.

Lecture Notes n.d. 1 folder 33/202

Jean Racine- 1639-1699- His Life and Writings

Lecture Notes n.d. 1 folder 33/203

Some Lectures Omitted in 1901-02: XII, XV The Transition Period from the 17th to the 18th Century, XVII Le Sage: Histories of Two Principle Works, XVIII Charles de Secondat

Lecture Notes 1902 1 folder 34/204

Augustin Eugene Scribe- 1791-1861- Gabriel Jean Baptiste Ernest- Milfrid- Legouve- 1807- Bataille de Dames- 1851- Les doights de fie 1858, Pierre Corneille 1606-1684 Cinna 1640- Pompee- 1643-4, Lecture XXII 1902, Fenelon- La Vie et Les Ecritures 1651-1715

Lecture Notes 1901 1 folder 34/205

No. 1- (1901-02) Lectures in French Lit., No. 2- (1901-02) The Four First Great French Chroniclers, No. 3 (1901-02) Christine de Pisan, No. 4 (1901-02) Margaret of Navarre

Lecture Notes 1901-1902 1 folder 34/206

No. 5- (1901-02) The Salms and Society of the 17th Century, No. 6- (1901-1902) The French Academy 1634-37, No. 7- (1901-02), Pierre Corneille, No. 8- (1902-03) Corneille’s Master Piece: The Cid, No. 9- (1902-03) Two Successes of Corneille

Lecture Notes 1902 1 folder 34/207

No. 10- (1902-1903), No. 11- (1902-03) La Fontaine and Moliere, No. 12- (1902-03) The Misanthrope

Lecture Notes 1901-1902 1 folder 34/208

No. 14- (1901-02 and 1902-03), No. 17- (1901-02 and 1902-03) The Life and Writings of Fenelon & one photograph of Sarah Warner Magill (removed to General Photo. file- Portraits, Magill), No. 18 in 1901-02 and 1902-03)

Lecture Notes 1902 1 folder 34/208a

Lecture XXI: Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1772-1778

Series 9 Financial College Financial Records 1871-1875 1 folder 35/209 College Financial Records 1876 1 folder 35/210 College Financial Records 1877-1878 1 folder 35/211 College Financial Records 1879-1880 1 folder 35/212 College Financial Records 1881-1882 1 folder 35/213 College Financial Records 1883 & 1885 1 folder 35/214 Personal Financial Papers 1877-1881 1 folder 35/215 Personal Financial Papers 1882 1 folder 35/216 Personal Financial Papers 1883 1 folder 35/217 Personal Financial Papers 1884 1 folder 35/218 Personal Financial Papers 1885 1 folder 35/219 Personal Financial Papers 1886 1 folder 35/220 Personal Financial Papers 1887 1 folder 35/221