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  Case Collection Finding Aid

  Paige Harris

  The Case Collection consists of rare and unique books on a variety of subjects.

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  College Collection Finding Aid

  Paige Harris

  Whittier College was founded in 1887 as Friends’ College by a group of Quakers, also known as the Religious Society of Friends. In 1895, the first classes were taught under the official name “Whittier College”, and the College was accredited in 1900. In 1904 the first commencement was held. The College Collection consists of a wide variety of materials, including object artifacts, photographs, papers, and more, covering a period of time beginning just before the founding of the school and continuing until the present day; the collection is continuously being developed.

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  College (including sub-collections) Collection Cabinet Files

  Paige Harris

  These files are papers and photographs that have not yet been digitized or cataloged in detail but can nevertheless be requested by visiting researchers. When making a request, please refer to the file exactly as it is named on this list. The list is subject to change as cataloging efforts continue.

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  Jessamyn West Collection

  Whittier College

  The Jessamyn West Collection contains materials relating to author Jessamyn West (1902-1984). The collection includes West's manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, diaries, reviews, publications, and personal library.

  Collection period: 1920-1990

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  Jessamyn West Collection Cabinet Files

  Paige Harris

  These files are papers and photographs that have not yet been digitized or cataloged in detail but can nevertheless be requested by visiting researchers. When making a request, please refer to the file exactly as it is named on this list. The list is subject to change as cataloging efforts continue.

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  J.G. Whittier Collection Cabinet Files

  Paige Harris

  These files are papers and photographs that have not yet been digitized or cataloged in detail but can nevertheless be requested by visiting researchers. When making a request, please refer to the file exactly as it is named on this list. The list is subject to change as cataloging efforts continue.

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  John Greenleaf Whittier Collection Finding Aid

  Paige Harris

  Whittier was generally regarded as the most well-known Quaker in America, prompting the founders of Whittier city to select him as the namesake of their new town. The Collection emphasizes the poet’s life as a demonstration of one particularly well-known Quaker mode of living and how it may have influenced the aspirations of the founders of Whittier city and Whittier College.

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  Lola Hoffman Collection Finding Aid

  Paige Harris

  Lola B. Hoffman was a Whittier College alumna from the class of 1923 and the author of the popular children’s book, California Beginnings (1933), among others. The Hoffman Collection is made up of Hoffman’s personal library, revealing her wide array of interests on a variety of subjects

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  Quaker Collection Cabinet Files

  Paige Harris

  These files are papers and photographs that have not yet been digitized or cataloged in detail but can nevertheless be requested by visiting researchers. When making a request, please refer to the file exactly as it is named on this list. The list is subject to change as cataloging efforts continue.

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  Quaker Collection Finding Aid

  Paige Harris

  The Quakers, also known as the Religious Society of Friends or simply Friends, are a religious group that emphasizes individual relationships with God, abolitionism, pacifism, international volunteer work, and other socially progressive causes. On April 4, 1887, a group of Friends in Pasadena and Los Angeles established a new city in the Puente Hills/Los Nietos Valley that they called Whittier. The Quaker Collection is an extensive grouping of personal papers, novels, non-fiction books, periodicals, and artifacts of daily life developed by Whittier College for purposes of understanding this Quaker heritage.

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  Richard Nixon Collection

  Whittier College

  Collection includes various materials pertaining to Nixon’s College years, Congressional, Senatorial, Vice Presidential and Presidential offices; an eclectic collection of campaign ephemera, political cartoons, memorabilia, general correspondence, appearances, invitations, foreign trips, gifts, newspaper clippings, photographs, souvenirs, brochures, audio visual, periodicals and monograph publications.

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  Richard Nixon Collection Cabinet Files

  Paige Harris

  These files are papers and photographs that have not yet been digitized or cataloged in detail but can nevertheless be requested by visiting researchers. When making a request, please refer to the file exactly as it is named on this list. The list is subject to change as cataloging efforts continue.

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  William Somerset Maugham Collection Finding Aid

  Paige Harris

  William Somerset Maugham was a queer playwright and author known for his raw depictions of wartime and working-class life. He served as an ambulance driver during World War Two and was a member of the British Secret Service. The W. S. Maugham Collection consists of books written by William Somerset Maugham, as well as papers written by and pertaining to him.

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  Zilpha Snyder Collection Finding Aid

  Paige Harris

  Zilpha Snyder was a 1948 alumna of Whittier College best known for her authorship of children's books, including The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid, and The Witches of Worm. The Snyder Collection consists of copies of books she authored.