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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.F31 - Magazine articles
"Mineral Springs In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: A Field Study" discusses the field work done to locate the spas and springs in Pennsylvania. The Yellow Springs Spa is included. Using the survey, water samples, lab examinations and evaluations, Doctors Kornblueh and Piersol comment on the 29 spas identified over the past 200 years. Tables of these springs are shown and a lengthy reference list provides information for further research. ...
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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.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.
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RG2.B2.F10 - Booklet
This booklet details the contributions of Philadelphia to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The medical reference (pp. 7-11) is of importance as it gives detail to the medical world in Philadelphia at that time. There was interest in botany, anatomy, natural history an surgery. Some, including Thomas Jefferson, feared medicines. Lewis Meriwether's mother was an herb doctor in Virginia and he had acquired much of her knowledge. William Clark ha...
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RG2.B2.F11 - Excerpts
This is a photocopy from the History of Chester County describing the settlement of East and West Pikeland Townships and its first settlers. The Yellow Springs Spa is located in West Pikeland Township. It gives some detail of the spa as well as updated information on the area.
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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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RG2.B2.F16 - Excerpts
This photocopy from Lady Luxborough Goes to Bath describes taking the waters at Bath in England in 1752.. Lady Luxborough suffered and was ill so consequently visited the spa. The bathing costume is described as is the Pump Room with its musical intertainment. Rules for Bath are listed. The Yellow Springs Spa in America can be said to follow this form without the formality of the English spa.
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RG2.B2.F19 - Excerpts
This photocopied excerpt of the Mineral Springs of the United States and Canada, Chapter 1, describes history o the origins of water cures with the Greeks and moves on to the Romans. Pliny tells of the springs and the bathing taking place. As the Empire spread throughout Europe many spas were formed. Bathing became a chief enjoyment and many spent hours in the water. Glorious marable halls were built, athletic exercises pursued, libraries and...
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RG2.B2.F20 - Excerpts
This photocopy of the preface to Mineral Waters of the United Sstates and American Spas discusses medicinal hydrology and how medical students need this knowledge but it is not being taught. In this book, Fitch proposes to discuss the known springs in the United States, describe them and tell of the analyses of the waters. He gives a brief history of waters going to the Egyptians and later the Romans, French, Spanish and others. He will discu...
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RG2.B2.F21 - Magazine
This is a photocopy of a magazine article describing the spa life at the Ballston Spa in New York. The development of this spa is a parallel to the growth of the Yellow Springs Spa. Fine dining, dancing, bathing and drinking of the water, lovely buildings and beautiful lush landscapes. Major American dignitaries came here but the spa was to diminish in the late 1880's.
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RG2.B2.F22 - Magazine article
This article describes the spas north of the Thames River in London. Discussed are the gardens, gazebos, restaurants, dance hallls and card rooms. Leafy walks, tea parties and balls complete the spa scene. From London spas to the spas of Yellow Springs, one can find the same landscape and activities.
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RG2.B2.F23 - Magazine articles
This series of newspaper and magazine articles discuss the spas of Europe. Descriptions of Baden-Baden, Spa, Vichy, Carlsbad and Bath are given and illustrate how the Early American settlers fashioned their spas after this Euopean model. The inns and restaurants, the gardens, games of chance, the tea parties can all be seen at the Yellow Springs Spa. A daily schedule of the day at a spa is listed. One could escape the city life and meet old f...
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RG2.B2.F27 - Excerpts
Selected photocopies are from "Letters Descriptive of The Virginia Springs - the Roads Leading Thereto; and the Doings Thereat - 1834-1836. These letters describe life at the spa and describe the bathing outfit, amusements such as the ten-pin alley, walks, horses, the coaches to transport, the diseases the waters "cured". The buildings are pictured in detail with ballrooms, springhouses and lodging facilities. The food was delicious, music ex...
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RG2.B2.F28 - Excerpts
This photocopied excerpt details life at the Virginia Springs in the early 1800's. A cholera epidemic sent people to the springs and they like what they experienced and the spa era evolved. It was an opportunity to miss with one's social class, find suitable marriages for daughters and partake of the waters. The landscape was luscious. The experiences at the Virginia spas are similar to those given for the Yellow Springs spa. Cures for disea...
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RG2.B2.F30 - Report
This photocopy of a term paper gives the historic perspective by Yellow Springs including the Yellow Springs Spa.
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RG2.B2.F33 - Newspaper clippings
This folder contains a collection of newspaper clippings that describe the spas of Virginia and West Virginia. From the early Warm Springs, VA, and Berkeley Springs, WV, the bathing methods and massages are described. Also mentioned are The Homestead, Greenbrier, Blue Sulphur and Red Sulphur. The architecture is described and appears very similar to the Yellow Springs Spa. Photographs are included.
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RG2.B2.F35 - Advertisements/Brochures
This is a collection of brochures, advertising pieces and a guide to Yellow Springs, Ohio. Yellow Springs in Ohio began as health spa. In 1803 the first cabin was built and a trading post established with a general store. Many dignitaries came to take the waters. Antioch College, an alternate educational institute, was founded there in 1853. This Yellow Springs has a similar history to the Yellow Springs Spa in PA. Today Yellow Springs, OHI...
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RG2.B2.F4 - Excerpts
This photocopied excerpt is from John Bell's book On Baths and Mineral Waters. On selected pages, he gives the history of mineral waters and spas from early Egyptians times, the Greeks, Romans, French and English and all of Europe. Bell highlights the early mythology associated with mineral water; the chemists who sought the composition of the water; the physicians who looked to its curative nature for the human body.
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RG2.B2.F5 - Documents
This folder contains a collection of letters, drawings and descriptions of the bathing costume for women worn at the Yellow Springs Spa in 1845. Dr. Igho Kornbleuh did some of the research and the drawing was done by Miss Hunsicker of the Library of the University of Pennsylvania. Other references to the costume are included.
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