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Franklin D. Edmunds papers
Franklin Davenport Edmunds received his undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1897. He worked as an architect both independently and for the Philadelphia Board of Public Education. In 1913, he wrote and published the multi-volume work: "The Public School Bu...
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| Collection: | Franklin D. Edmunds Papers |
| Collection Number: | 2164 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Edmunds, Franklin D. (Franklin Davenport) |d 1874-1948 |e creator | |
| 245 | 1 | |a Franklin D. Edmunds papers |f 1913-1947 | |
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| 520 | |a Franklin Davenport Edmunds received his undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1897. He worked as an architect both independently and for the Philadelphia Board of Public Education. In 1913, he wrote and published the multi-volume work: "The Public School Buildings of the City of Philadelphia." While quite politically active in the Borough of Millbourne, Pa., Edmunds also belonged to many clubs and boards with architectural, historical and Quaker concerns in the Philadelphia area. In particular, he served as President of the Board of Trustees of the Friends' Home for Children, which sheltered orphans and other children without caretakers, trying to find permanent homes where the children would not only be cared for, but also trained in useful occupations. Papers, 1913-1947, consisting of correspondence relating to the administration of the Friends' Home, including its charter, by-laws, reports and list of committees and to Edmunds' architectural practice, n.d., 1920-1947; receipts; legal papers; photographs of children at Friends' Home Camp, (Gilbertsville, Pa.), 1933; 35 floor plans of Philadelphia public school buildings for Edmunds' book: No.1-3 by James C. Sydney; No. 4012, 14-15, 17-34 by Lewis H. Esler; No. 13 by Edwin Forrest Durant; No. 18 by John Stewart and No. 108 by George S. Bethell. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of Henry R. Edmunds, II.; 1977 acquired | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Friends' Home for Children--Philadelphia |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Orphanages--20th Century |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a School Buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Franklin D. Edmunds Papers |l 2164 | ||