Glass negative showing Thomas Chase's classroom in Founder's Hall at Haverford College (founded 1833). Pupil's desks arranged in rows and a larger desk piled with books sits at the front of the room on a small dais. Behind this desk is a blackboard. A small stove sits in the left corner of the room. A map of Rome hangs on the wall behind the stove. Founders Hall, built in 1833, was the first building of the Haverford School, later College. It served as the only living and learning quarters of the College until 1877 when Barclay Hall was built. Chase was a professor of Greek and Latin at Haverford College from 1855 to 1875, and then became president from 1875 to 1886. In 1887, he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society., Time: 3:55, Light: Sun not out, pretty fair., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
February 26, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.507]
