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Kemble, Fanny |
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RG1.B7.F4 - Research materials
This folder contains a wealth of information about the women of Yellow Springs. Researched by archivist Priscilla A. Waggoner, Ph.D., Waggoner saw these women as visionaries and called them the "Women of Vision". Women from the Revolutionary War period, the spa period, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts as well as the Good News era and the current HYS period. Included is a geneaology and a map of the Pikelands. The prospect of an exhib...
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RG2.B1.F26 - Magazine article
This copy of an article written by HYS archivist Carol Shiels Roark details the Yellow Springs Spa from 1722 before the Revolutionary War and details ownership through the Civil War. She provides quotes that describe the beauty of the spot, gives information on the health treatments and entertainment here and the politics of the time. Roark gives a brief history of the spa beginning with Egypt, through Greece and Rome. It appeared in the P...
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RG2.B1.F27 - Journal article
This folder contains the article about the Yellow Springs Spa written by Carol Shiels Roark in 1974 for Pennsylvania Folklife as it appeared in the Picket Post, a journal issued by the Valley Forge Historical Society. Additional materials include photographs of the Rubicam painting of the building of the Revolutionary War Hospital, the Revolutionary War Hospital, the ruins of the hospital, the Inn at Yellow Springs, the gazebo and an interior o...
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RG2.B1.F29 - Excerpts
This folder contains a collection of photocopied pieces that mention the Yellow Springs Spa. Descriptions are given of the beauty of the landscape plus the qualities of the mineral waters found here. The buildings are described. A dash of romance and imagination give rise to the flowing details of this site. Quotes are from the 1810 Port Folio, Fanny Kemble's book, letters in the Argus of the 1850's, and John Bell's manual of Mineral Springs ...
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RG2.B1.F30 - Newspaper article
This folder contains biographical information on two visitors to the Yellow Springs Spa. They include the singer Jenny Lind and the actress Fanny Kemble.
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RG2.B1.F33 - Magazine
This is a copy of PENNSYLVANIA FOLKLIFE, Autumn 1974, which contains an article "Historic Yellow Springs: The Restoration of an American Spa" by Historic Yellow Springs archivist Carol Shiels Roark. She details the Yellow Springs Spa from 1722 before the Revolutionary War and details ownership through the Civil War. She provides quotes that describe the beauty of the spot, gives information on the health treatments and entertainment here and ...
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RG2.B1.F39 - Excerpts
These pages are excerpted from the biography: Fanny Kemble: A Performed Life. They detail her visit to the Yellow Springs Spa when her husband sent her and the children here to excape the extreme heat in Philadelphia. It outlines her behavior here and gives a description of the spa landscape and amenities. The book is by Deirdre David written in 2007 and published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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RG2.B1.F40 - Newspaper clippings
This column appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer and gives a history of the marriage ot English actress Fanny Kemble to Pierce Butler in 1834.
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RG2.B1.F6 - Excerpts
This folder contains excerpts from the book "Records of Later Life" printed in 1882. These excerpts are letters that Fanny Kemble wrote to various people from the Yellow Springs spa. She details her stay, the property and the mineral springs. Also included are two pieces re a Fanny Kemble program in celebration of Women's History Month at the Rosenbach Musuem and Library in Philadelphia and the review of a one-woman show featuring Fanny Kemble...
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RG2.B2.F12 - Booklet
This booklet was written to preserve the story of West Pikeland for its citizens. It details the West Pikeland community focusing on the village of Yellow Springs (Chester Springs). The Revolutionary War Hospital is described and the Yellow Springs Spa is described as well. The churches, farms, mills, mines, and taverns are listed. The railroad lines, roadways, trees, Underground Railroad, and hunting and fishing are discussed. A view of ev...
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RG2.B2.F15 - Journal
This photocopy is a parody of Fanny Kemble's Journal. Kemble is the famous English actress who visited the Yellow Springs Spa and writes about it in her book. She married Pierce Butler in 1835.
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RG4.B10.F37 - Excerpts
This folder contains the research materials used by Priscilla A. Waggoner to write the Painting Sites Trail. It includes photocopies of the site, a description of the school and living conditions here. She includes descriptions by artists of their experience here and contracts to reproduce photographs from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The complete catalaogue of the exhibit "The Country School at Chester Springs Revisited" art by ...
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RG4.B39.F1 - Booklet
Title: Painting Sites Trail (Historic Yellow Springs) Handbook This is the accompanying handbook for the audio recording of this content. Information was written by Priscilla Waggoner. Below is the transcript for the casette tapes associated with this guide booklet. Here is a transcription of the content of this recording. Note that this transcription was made using the Adobe Podcast Studio software. -- **Welcome to the Pennsylvania Ac...
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RG6.B93.F8 - Booklet
This booklet and galley proofs include a brief history of the village of Yellow Springs including illustrations and photographs. Booklet primarily covers the history of the Revolutionary War and the spa eras.
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RG6.B95.F1 - Booklet
title: The History of Historic Yellow Springs (guide book)
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