Research Support

Funding Opportunities

• Moore Research Fellowship: The Margaret W. Moore and John M. Moore Research Fellowship provides a research stipend to promote research that uses the resources of the Friends Historical Library and/or the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
• Funding for Student Researchers: The Moore Student Fellowship (a $500 stipend to complete a 30 hour fellowship) supports research on a topic of your choice in the College Archives, Friends Historical Library, or the Peace Collection.
• Quaker Research Fellowships and Libraries: Discover additional research resources from this list maintained by the Friends Historical Association.

General Research Help

Researchers at the Library are our priority, but if you are off-site and need help, we will be happy to:

• Answer questions of a general nature or about things for which we may readily find the answer.
• Refer you to an independent researcher or genealogist experienced using Quaker resources.
• Create and provide low or high resolution images of our materials. (See more details on off-site requests for copies and scans, below.)

Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity to do research for off-site patrons

Copies and scans in the Reading Room

• Photographs: Personal devices may be used to photograph our materials. There is also an iPad patrons may use at no charge for taking photographs.
• Photocopies: Researchers may use the photocopier at no charge, but since may of our materials are too fragile to be copied, staff must give permission.
• Microfilm Readers + Printing: A microfilm e-reader and an analog reader with a printer are both available for patron use at no charge.

Off-site requests for copies and scans

Use this form to find detailed information for requesting high resolution scans for personal use or publication. We suggest a $25 donation for the scans (via this page with the relevant collection in the designation field) and if applicable, a complimentary copy of your publication.