%eadnotat; ]> 4083harn An Inventory of the The Harned (Moylan, Pa.) Records, 1931-1996 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staffEncoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1997 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG The Harned (Moylan, Pa.) Records, 1931-1996 SKM Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1997 Descriptive Summary Records, 1931-1996 RG 4/083 The Harned (Moylan, Pa.) 9 boxes; 4.5 linear feet Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

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

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. The Harned was a non-profit boarding home for the elderly in Moylan, PA, under the care of Media Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. It operated under the direction of The Harned Committee. It was established in 1940 through the bequest of Quaker sisters, Phebe and Katherine Harned, and laid down in 1994. The collection contains minutes and reports, admission and financial papers, and other related information.

Repository:

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

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

Phebe Harned was born October 12, 1841, and died May 3, 1927, and her sister, Katherine S. Harned, was born December 17, 1848, and died November 16, 193 1. The Harned sisters were Orthodox Friends and lived in Springfield Township, Delaware County, PA.

The Harned, a non-profit boarding home for elderly men and women, was established through bequests from Katherine S. and Phebe Harned. A trust fund was initiated upon the death of Katherine Harned in 1931. In their wills, the Harned sister called for the appointment of a committee under the oversight of Chester (later Media) Monthly Meeting. They intended for the Home to be established in their home in Springfield, PA, but allowed for the Committee to have full authority to build or change locations. In February 1938, the Harned Committee, or Board of Directors, was appointed by Chester Monthly Meeting. In April 1940, subcommittees were established, including Advisory and Finance Committee, Admission Committee, and House and Grounds Committee. The first residents moved in during the fall of 1940. It was decided in 1943 that the Committee would buy the “Stellwagen property” in Moylan, PA, and the move was made in 1944.

The Harned was a very small, home-like facility with only eleven residents at full capacity. It was closed in June 1994 due to financial difficulties. The Harned Trust was continued, with income going to three established Quaker retirement homes: Barclay/Friends Hall, Stapeley Hall, and the Estaugh group in NJ (Medford Leas, etc.).

SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

Records of the Harned, 1931- 1996, including legal papers, financial records, correspondence, information regarding guests and historical material.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into five series:

Historical Committee Material Minutes and Reports Financial Records Admission Information and Guest Records Miscellaneous Documents ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Donor: Media Monthly Meeting Harned Committee, 1994, 1996

Access

Parts of the collection are restricted.

Use Restrictions

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.

Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], The Harned (Moylan, Pa.), Records, 1931-1996, RG 4/083, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Processing information

Photos removed and filed in the Picture Collection [see PA 73]. Duplicates and envelopes of returned checks, 1958-1962, were returned to the donors. In 1996, Media Monthly Meeting deposited additional material, including photographs (removed to PA 73), Harned Committee minutes, 1991-1996, and trust accounts according to the wills of Katharine and Phebe Harned. Parts of the collection are restricted.

Index SELECTED SEARCH TERMS Materials catalogued separately

Name/subject: Folder

Allen, Alice: 78; Bacon, Edith: 78; Chester Monthly Meeting: 6; Douty, Mary: 78; Friends Boarding Homes Committee: 21,; 89; Friends Service for the Aging: 90-92; Glaeser, Marion: 78; Harned, Katherine: 1; Harned, Phebe: 1,; 11; “Harned Chronicle”: 81; Harned Trust: 6,; 48,; 76,; 94; Health and Welfare Council and the Retirement Research and Welfare Assoc.: 93; Jeanes Fund: 18,; 47,; 51; Jubilee (50th anniversary): 5; Media Monthly Meeting: 49,; 93; North City Congress: 93; Obituaries: 7; Pennsylvania Bulletin of Personal Home Care: 7; Rouhke, Alberta: 78; Seymour, Melanie: 78; Stephens, Lucie L.: 78;

The photographs that were originally part of this collection have been removed to PA 73.

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:

The Harned (Moylan, Pa.) -- History Old age homes -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County Quakers -- Old age homes -- Pennsylvania Quakers -- Church work with the aged Quakers -- Social services. Moylan (Pa.) -- Old homes Delaware County -- Quakers Pennsylvania -- Quakers -- Charities Nonprofit corporations -- Pennsylvania -- Quakers Philanthropists -- Quaker Charities -- Quaker DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

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

Ser. 1 Historical Material, 1923-1994 Wills of Katherine and Phebe Harned 7/24/1923, 7/19/1927 1

Includes bequests for the foundation of the Harned.

Information and correspondence related to the laying down of the Harned 1989-1994 1 Pamphlets and newspaper clippings regarding the Harned 11/1986-4/1994, n.d. 1

Also includes map with directions.

Rough drafts for information pamphlets and applications to the Harned n.d. 1 Material related to the preparation for the Jubilee, the Harned's 50th anniversary celebration 1-2/1990, n.d. 1

Photos removed and filed in PA 73

Miscellaneous papers 2/1938-5/1940, n.d. 1 some copies

Records of Chester Monthly Meeting minutes regarding the foundation of the Harned; copies of the minutes of the Harned Committee regarding the Harned Trust and the discussion as to the location of the Harned.

Miscellaneous papers 1985-1993, n.d. 1

Includes the 1991-2 Reports of the Director, the 1987 Census of Service Industries, lists of Harned Committee members, 1985, 1988, 1991-2, information pamphlets and promotional correspondence, newspaper articles related to members of the Harned community, job descriptions, 1988, census information, 1990, obituaries about and writings by Harned residents, and the 1991 Pennsylvania Bulletin of Personal Home Care regulations.

Ser. 2 Harned Committee Minutes and Reports, 1937-1996 Minutes and Papers 11/1937-1/1943 1

Also includes the 1940-2 Annual Reports of the Harned Committee

Minutes and Papers 2/1943-11/1949 1

Also includes the 1943-5 and 1947-9 Annual Reports of the Harned Committee, the 1946 Annual Report of the Treasurer, miscellaneous financial papers, and correspondence.

Minutes and Papers 2/1950-11/1957 1

Also includes the 1950-1 and 1953-6 Annual Reports of the Harned Committee, and the 1950-6 Annual Reports of the Treasurer.

Minutes and Papers 1/1958-11/1963 1

Also includes the 1957-9 and 1961-3 Annual Reports of the Treasurer, the 1957, 1959 and 1962 Annual Reports of the Harned Committee, and excerpts from the will of Phebe Harned.

Minutes and Papers 1/1964-11/1969 1

Also includes the 1963-4 and 1966 Annual Reports of the Harned Committee, and the 1964-9 Annual Reports of the Treasurer

Minutes and Papers 1/1970-5/1977 2

Also includes the 1974 and 1976 Annual Reports of the Harned Committee, the 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1976 Annual Reports of the Treasurer, miscellaneous financial papers, and correspondence

Minutes and Papers 9/1977-11/1982, n.d. 2

Also includes contracts and advertisements, correspondence, the 1977 and 1979 Annual Reports, monthly income and expenses and other financial papers, 4/1978-8/1982, and poetry.

Minutes and Papers 9/1983-11/1987, n.d. 2

Also includes the 1983 Annual Report, monthly income and expenses and other financial papers, 11-12/1981 and 11/1982-12/1987, and correspondence. Photos photocopied and originals filed in PA 73.

Minutes and Papers 1/1987, n.d. 2

Also includes sketch of floor plans, 12/1986

Minutes and Papers. [rough] 1987, n.d. 2

Also includes monthly income and expenses, 12/1986-12/1988 (incomplete), correspondence, 1987, and the 1986 annual report.

Minutes and Papers 1/1988-12/1990 2

Also includes monthly income and expenses and other financial papers, 1/1988-12/1990, correspondence, Jeanes Fund application, 1988, and information about the Harned and the Harned Committee.

Minutes and Papers. [rough] 1988, n.d. 2

Also includes monthly income and expenses and other financial information, 1987 and 1/1988-1/1989, and correspondence, 1988.

Minutes and Papers. [rough] 1990, n.d. 2

Also includes monthly income and expenses and other financial information, 3/1989-4/1990, the 1988-89 Annual Report and correspondence, 1989-90.

Harned Committee minutes 1/1991-5/1993 2

Also includes reports, financial papers, and correspondence.

Harned Committee minutes 7/1993-4/1996 2

Also includes reports, financial papers, and correspondence.

Annual Report 3/1990-4/1991 2

Also includes Friends Boarding Homes Committee Minutes, 10/1991, and the Annual Treasurer's report, 1990.

Ser. 3 Financial Records, 1927-1993 Trust accounts according to the wills of Phebe and Katherine Harned 11/1927-8/1932 3 Guest's Boarding accounts?. Restricted. bound 1/1949-1/1959 3

Arranged alphabetically.

Guests' boarding accounts Restricted. bound 5/1973-4/1984 3

Also includes lists of contributions made in memory of guests, n.d. Loose papers removed, see folder 24.

Loose papers removed from book of guests' boarding accounts 5/1973-4/1984 3

Includes contributions made in memory of guests, n.d.

Guests' monthly boarding accounts Restricted 6/1984-1/1991 3 Guests Boarding accounts and room rental information Restricted. 1987-94 3 General Ledger Restricted. 1/1950-12/1959 3

Subdivided into categories of expenses

Harned House Accounts (weekly) 1957-1987 Harned House Account 12/1957-12/1963 3

Original folder titled “Harned House Reports.” (monthly)

Harned House Account Restricted. 1-12/1982 bound 4

Also includes payroll information.

Harned House Account 1-12/1983 bound 4 Harned House Account 1-12/1984 bound 4 Harned House Account 1-12/1985 bound 4 Harned House Account bound 1-12/1986 4

Loose papers removed (see folder 38).

Harned House Account bound 1-4/1987 4

Loose papers removed (see folder 41).

Combined House and Harned Accounts (monthly), 1983-1986 Combined House and Harned Accounts 1-12/1983 bound 4 Combined House and Harned Accounts 1-12/1984 bound 4 Combined House and Harned Accounts 1-12/1985 4 Combined House and Harned Accounts 1-12/1986 4

Removed from folder 33.

Monthly income and expenses, 1985-1993 Monthly income and expenses 5-12/1985. 4 Monthly income and expenses (summary) 5-11/1986 4 Monthly income and expenses 1-12/1987 4

Removed from folder 34.

Monthly income and expenses 1-12/1988 4 Monthly income and expenses 1-12/1989 4 Monthly income and expenses (summary). 1-12/1990 4

Also includes proposed monthly budget and savings account summaries, 5-12/1990.

Monthly income and expenses (summary) 1-12/1991 4

Also includes proposed monthly budget, 1-8/1991, and comparison of projected budgets, 1987-91

Monthly income and expenses (summary). Restricted. 1-12/1992 4

Also includes landscaping contract (copy), 1992, proposed monthly budget, 11/1991-1/1993, and W-3 tax form, 1992.

Monthly income and expenses (summary)Restricted. 1-12/1993 4

Also includes record of the Harned's use of the Jeanes Grant, 1993, correspondence regarding employee tax deductions, 1993, and payroll record, 11-12/1993.

Treasurer's Report 1956-63, 1967, 1976 4

Also includes bank statements of the Harned trust, 1963-5, and miscellaneous correspondence

Treasurer's Report 5-12/1993 4

Also includes proposed budget, 11/1992-2/1993, and letter sent to Media Monthly Meeting, 1992

Proposed monthly budgets 1-9/1987 4 List of uses of the Jeanes Grant 4-11/1993 5 Check stubs, 1960-1993

Many stubs are restricted access.

Check stubs Restricted 4/1958-12/1960 bound 5 Check stubs Restricted. 12/1960-11/1963 5 bound

"Harned House Reports,” 1957-63, were removed and filed separately. (see folder 28)

Check stubs Restricted 1-12/1982 5 Check stubs Restricted 1/1984-12/1985 5 Check stubs Restricted 1/1986-12/1987 5 Check stubs Restricted 1-12/1988 5 Check stubs Restricted 1-12/1989 6 Check stubs Restricted 1-12/1990 6 Check stubs Restricted 12/1990-1/1992 6 Check stubs Restricted 1-12/1992 6 Check stubs Restricted 1-12/1993 6 Payroll records, 1979-1988 Payroll records Restricted. 1-12/1979 bound 7

Also includes wages and tax records for 1980.

Payroll records Restricted. 1983 7 Payroll recordsRestricted. 2/1984-1/1985 7 bound Payroll recordsRestricted. 1/1985-12/1988 7 bound Tax returns Restricted 1959-1961 7 Tax returns Restricted 1962 7 Paid bills, 1958-1963 Paid bills 1958 7 Paid bills 1959 7

Originally in folder with paid bills from 1958

Paid bills 1960 7 Paid bills 1961 7 Paid bills 1962 8 Paid bills 1-6/1963 8 Paid bills 7-12/1963 8 Miscellaneous financial documents and related correspondence 1938-55, n.d. 8

Includes Harned trust fund statements and related correspondence, budgets, reports of the treasurer, and more.

Miscellaneous financial information, Restricted 1958-76 8

Includes Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate, 1958-72, salary information for the W-2, 1974, employer's quarterly report of employment and total wages, 1974-5, and account of monthly income, expenses and distribution, 1-12/1974. Also includes miscellaneous financial documents 1/1991-4/1996--See Harned Committee Minutes, 1/1991-4/1996, folders 96, 97

Ser. 4 Admission information and Guest Records, 1947-1986, n.d. Applications, additional forms and correspondence of residents Allen, Alice. Restricted. 8 Bacon, Edith. Restricted 8 Douty, Mary. Restricted 8 Glaeser, Marion. Restricted 8 Roulike, Alberta. Restricted 8 Seymour, Melanie. Restricted 8 Stephens, Lucie L. Restricted 8 File of residents and emergency information 1966-86, n.d. 8

Alphabetized

File of residents and emergency info 1944-77, n.d. 8

Not alphabetized. Also includes miscellaneous business cards, contracts and advertisements.

Ser. 5 Miscellaneous documents, 1938-1992 Cards, poems and stories for and by members of the Harned community 9/1961-5/1986, n.d. 8

The original folder was marked “The Harned Chronicle”.

“The History of our Grandfather Clock,” written by Lee Seremba 1/1982 9 Miscellaneous property papers 2/1938-2/1945, n.d. 9

Includes information regarding alterations made to the Harned facilities, and related contracts, correspondence and receipts.

Miscellaneous property papers 1961-63 9

Includes information regarding alterations made to the Harned facilities, and related contracts, correspondence and receipts. Also includes blueprints, 7/1962, the 1961 and 1963 Annual Reports of the Treasurer, and fire safety information, 1962.

Miscellaneous papers Restricted. 1974-80, n.d. 9

Includes 1974 Annual Report, letters regarding employment, and sewer regulations, and correspondence with the architect.

Information regarding other boarding homes in the area 1939, n.d. 9 Work schedules and dining table arrangements 1-2/1989, n.d. 9 Job descriptions and related correspondence 2-3/1993 9 Friends Boarding Home Committee Papers 1986-1987, n.d. 9

Includes information and application packets for each home, minutes of 10/1986 and 4/1987, the 12/1986 Newsletter of the Friends Committee on Aging, a FCA Boarding Home Survey of the local homes, 1985-6, and a list of Friends retirement facilities in the U.S., 11/1986.

Friends Service for the Aging Papers 1991 9

Includes FSA Staff Directory, Minutes and Reports, FSA Directory of Member Facilities (Southeast PA, NJ), notes and information on the Harned, and 3-4mo/1991 monthly income and expenses of the Harned.

Friends Service for the Aging Papers 1992 9

Includes FSA Directory of Member Facilities, minutes, reports and announcements.

Friends Service for the Aging Papers 12/1992-1994 9

Includes FSA Staff Directory, 1992, a `Study to assist FSA in deciding whether or not to increase the services they provide to inquirers,' 12/1993, FSA's three-year Strategic Plan, 1/1994, minutes and announcements, 1993-1994.

Publications of interest and standards for the Harned 1955-92, n.d. 9

Includes Media MM Directory, Fall 1992, a series of articles from The Christian Century on “the Church and Older People,” 1955, information from the Health and Welfare Council and the Retirement Research and Welfare Association, information on tax exemption, 1958-9, fire safety regulations for building standards, 1968, and articles on the leadership in the black community by the North City Congress, 1968.

Fire Safety information and related correspondence 5/1960-8/1961 9

Also includes bank statements for the Harned Trust, 5/1955 and 5/1959.

Building standards and estimates, and related correspondence 8/1959-6/1979 9 Sketches and blueprints of the Harned, 1959-1981, n.d. Sketch done of the Harned 1981 Oversize 1 item, oversize Blueprints (approved) of the Main Building and Annex 3/1959-7/1962 7 items, oversize Oversize Architectural drawings (2) and landscape designs (1) 6/1959, n.d. Oversize Blueprints of the Harned 11/1975-12/1979 Oversize 5 items, oversize Blueprints of the Harned 12/1980 12 items, oversize Oversize

Includes related correspondence, 4/1991

Harned kitchen stencil design n.d. 2 items, oversize Oversize Rough blueprints of plans for the Harned kitchen n.d. 1 item, oversize Oversize