Williamson College of the Trades - Isaiah Van Sant Williamson History

A four page document titled " A Plan to make a Free Library in Philadelphia" undated. Financial details are discussed, the document is undated.

A receipt for a donation by Mr. Williamson to Swarthmore College's Scholarship fund. It is dated June 23, 1888.

A letter to I.V. Williamson from a stranger, Robert Crawford, who heard about a large charitable donation of Williamson's and asked I.V. Williamson to give him $10,000.

A black and white photograph of the house on Chestnut St. in Philadelphia where I.V. Williamson died. The caption reads "House (next to corner) in which Mr. Williamson died- Chestnut below 19th St."

A thank you note for a Christmas gift from Myra M. Dieter to I.V. Williamson with a date of December 27th but no year. It is written on stationery that has "1709 Locust St." printed as a heading.

The title page and front page of the John Wanamaker biography of his friend I.V. Williamson. This is a 1972 reprint by the Alumni Association of the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades. The original was published in 1928, five years after Wanamaker's death, 20 years after he wrote the book.

A page from the June, 1922 issue of the Williamsonian which shows I.V. Williamson and a group of Philadelphia philanthropists posed on a front porch after inspecting the Cranberry Iron and Coal Properties. The visit was in 1886. The caption is written by J.Chabot, class of 1906.

A set of notes on scraps of paper, originally folded into one sheet of paper. They are notes about various charitable donations written in Williamson's handwriting. They are undated.