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Upsala EventsEntry/Object ID
2017.21.9Scope and Content
Upsala Events:
Invitations for tweltfth thru eighteenth annual Upsala Card Party. List of committee members, message from the committee and list of patronesses, 1956-1962.
Newspaper Clippiings:
The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 11, 1956 "Card Party to Aid Upsala". Article announcing annual card party to benefit Upsala restoration.
Germantown Courier, May 30, 1956, photo of Upsala House with brief description of how F. Mitchell Elliot and the Pennsylvania Company for Banking and Trusts saved the house from destruction in 1943 following a fire in 1942.
Philadelphia Inquirer, July 7, 1957, color reproduction of print of Upsala mansion. Germantown Courier, September 12, 1957 "Guardian of Upsala". Photo and brief description of the iron whippet that keeps vigil over Upsala house.
Germantown Courier, November 14, 1957, "Priceless Doll House Was Prize at Fund-Raising Fete". Article with photos of the 10x14 foot replica of the Johnson House commissioned by Mrs. E. W. Clark and built by a Boston cabinet maker in 1912. It was donated to Germantown Hospital to be auctioned off at its annual fair. Gives history of the doll house since then.
The Evening Bulletin, May 1958 , "Plans Are Started Early for Upsala Fund Party" and Chestnut Hill Herald, May 1958 articles announcing 160th birthday of Upsala House at 14th annual Card Party and fund raiser.
Germantown Courier, November 19, 1959, "Historic Paintings to be Shown at Upsala", an exhibition of paintings , drawings and silhouettes of historic interest before 1860 will be shown by the Women's Committeee. Included will be works by Thomas Birch, Thomas Sully, Peale, Stuart, Eicholtz, waater colors by William L. Breton and silhouettes from the Emerson Greenway collection. Mrs. Henry Stoddard Ritter is exhibition chairman. Philadelphia Inquirer, November 22, 1959 "Art Exhibition at Upsala" discusses same affair as mentioned above.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 6, 1960, "Party Scheduled to Aid Historic Upsala", discusses preparations for the 16th card party for Upsala.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 8, 1961 "Past and Present Combine at Party to Aid Upsala" on preparation for 17th annual card party. Featured will be seeing refurbished drawing room and its furniture restored as well as antiques that are on loan by Robert Stuart, chairman of the Upsala Foundation, the group that saved the house in 1943.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 20, 1962, "Historic Upsala to be Setting of Party Wednesday" on 18th annual card party noting Elliot Room completely refinished. The Germantown Courier, May 17, 1962, "Upsala Committee to Hold Annual Card Party May 23" with photo of Mrs. A. Jackson Sailer and Mrs. J. Bradford Ritter.
Miscellaneous:
Patronesses lists for 1961 and 1962.Collection
UpsalaArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1956 - 1962Archive Items Details
Date(s) of Creation
1956 - 1962