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Pritchard, Robert |
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RG1.B5.F1 - Biography
This folder contains a short biography of Samuel Culbertson as well as a photograph of his petition to the Chester County Court in 1775 to keep a public house of entertainment at Yellow Springs.
Record Type: Archive
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RG1.B9.F1 - Research materials
This folder includes information collected by Jeanne DuFour who was one of the original members of Historic Yellow Springs in 1974 and possibly a member of the Yellow Springs Association before. Included are: advertisements for stagecoaches to the Yellow Springs, copies of letters mentioning coming to Yellow Springs, clippings, maps and extensive bibliographies especially of the Revolutionary War era. Also are: reports and excerpts on the Rev...
Record Type: Archive
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RG2.B1.F24 - Manuscript
This folder contains a piece written about the Yellow Springs Spa for the Chester County Day News. It describes the yellow water used by the Iroquois and Lenape Indians and later the early settlers in America. It tells of Washington's stay here and the establishment of the military hospital. It contains several quotes about the property and the springs.
Record Type: Archive
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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...
Record Type: Archive
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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...
Record Type: Archive
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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 ...
Record Type: Archive
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RG2.B1.F37 - Journal article
This is a photocopy of an article that appeared in "Philadelphia Medicine" published semimonthly by the Philadelphia County Medical Society. The history of Yellow Springs is given with a segment on the Yellow Springs Spa. The treatment at the spa is described in the words of John Knight who visited the spa in 1847.
Record Type: Archive
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RG2.B2.F14 - Journal article
This journal article discusses the baths and watering places of Colonial America from 1669 and the American Indian belief in the curiative powers of the mineral water up to the Revolutionary War. The Boston, Virginia and PA spas are described with detail on costs, plans and layouts, entertainment and living conditions. Out of this period grew a gentry class of wealthy individuals who frequented the various spas. In addition to the mineral wate...
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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.
Record Type: Archive
