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Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Kendal at Longwood is a Quaker-sponsored retirement community located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. The Kendal Residents' Association Collection includes records of the History Committee and copies of the Kendal Reporter.

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399

Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

In 1963, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting appointed a Committee on the Care of Aging Friends to examine Quaker facilities for the elderly. Four years later, the first Quaker-sponsored lifecare community in the Delaware Valley was built by Gwynedd Friends Meeting at Foulkeways. Kendal at Longwood was the third such Quaker-sponsored project. Under the auspices of Friends Hall at West Chester, a committee met to investigate sites, and were able to purchase 77.6 acres at Longwood in Kennett Square in 1971. They formed a new corporation, Kendal at Longwood, in 1973. The first residents moved into their apartments in October that same year. The Kendal at Longwood Residents Association was founded a month later, on November 28, 1973, when 200 people met to adopt a constitution and elect officers.

Contains the records of the Kendal Residents' Association, an organization of people who live at Kendal at Longwood, a Quaker-sponsored retirement community. Includes records of its History Committee and copies of The Kendal Reporter, an in-house newsletter that was published in 1972 and 1973 before and just after its opening.

Organized into series: 1. History Committee; 2. Publications.

Donor: Kendal Residents' Associaion, 1996.

Collection is open for research.

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Kendal Residents' Association Records, RG4/118, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Kendal Residents' Association (Kennett Square, Pa.) Kendal at Longwood (Kennett Square, Pa.) Society of Friends - Pennsylvania. Life care communities - Pennsylvania. Older people - Long term care - Pennsylvania.

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

Series 1. History Committee

Most if not all of the History Committee materials were accumulated by Ruth Malone for her 1995 book on Kendal History, and include earlier efforts.

Minutes of the Ad Hoc Committee on Kendal History 1994 1 folder 1

Minutes of June 23, 1994.

Correspondence of Ruth Malone with Frank C. Roe 1991-1993 1 folder 1

Frank C. Roe wrote a history of the Kendal land in 1991. He provided information to Ruth Malone for her later history, The Story of Kendal at Longwood, published in 1995.

A History of this Kendal Land by Frank C. Roe 1991 1 folder 1 Miscellaneous Correspondence of Ruth Malone 1993 1 folder 1

Ruth Malone also corresponded with Lawton A. Burrows, son of Lawton Burrows Sr.

Notes on the History of Kendal and copies of primary documents 1975-1995 1 folder 1

Includes photocopies of the original deeds, maps, and other histories that mention Kendal or Longwood.

Photographs and illustrations 1995 1 folder 1

Photo and photocopied illustrations for the history of Kendal.

Other Anniversary Celebrations 1983-1993 1 folder 1

Includes the text of the 1983 celebration, a brief history written in 1988 (2), and the program for the 20th anniversary dinner party in 1993.

Series 2. Publications The Kendal Reporter 1972-1973 1 folder 1

The first newsletter of Kendal at Longwood.