Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Form: clippings (information artifacts) - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Richard Mead Atwater papers, 1862-1922 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: Richard Mead Atwater (1844-1922) was the son of Stephen Atwater and Mary Weaver, both of whom were Quaker. This collection is comprised of Atwater's diary, 1862; letters concerning Brown University; club memberships and letters concerning the memberships and autobiographical remarks written in 1917 as well as an earlier biographical sketch.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Winston-Clark Family papers, 1814-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Approximately 500 letters (also a few clippings, poems and other items) of the related Clark and Winston families of Virginia and Indiana. Letters discuss family and friends, the small schools that many members of these families began in the Midwest, as well as comments on politics, slavery, religion, education, the Civil War and friends/family fighting in the Confederate army, and other topics.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Elizabeth Gray Vining papers, 1897-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:: 14.5 linear ft. (24 boxes, 8 volumes)
Abstract:: Elizabeth Gray Vining (1902-1999) was an author of children's books and served as the tutor to the crown prince of Japan, Akihito, from 1946 to 1950. The collection consists of correspondence, materials regarding books authored by Vining, articles, lectures and addresses, photographs, and information documenting her and her family's lives.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Elfreth family commonplace books, 1820-1853 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.28 linear ft. (5 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of five volumes of the commonplace books of various members of the Elfreth family, including Rebecca P. Elfreth, Jacob R. Elfreth Sr., Jacob R. Elfreth Jr,. and Jane P. Elfreth. The volumes include poetry, extracts, pressed leaves and flowers, and clippings of illustrations.

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Elijah Coffin scrapbook, Undated.

Extent:: 0.2 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Elijah Coffin's scrapbook includes his handwritten notes, typed materials, and published clippings. It features published materials on the history of westward expansion and pioneers, and the history of Indiana, as well as typed excerpts from a history of Kentucky (by Scudder), a history of Virginia (by Cooke), and Daniel Boone. In addition to material focusing on the history of the American West, the scrapbook includes excerpts from histories of Mesopotamia, Russia, Babylonia, Sumeria, Palestine, and Jerusalem.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

James A. Babbitt scrapbooks, 1894-1910, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (4 volumes)
Abstract:: James Babbitt's scrapbooks are comprised of pamphlets and clippings related to collegiate sports and a variety of organizations that Babbitt belonged to.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Anonymous scrapbooks, 1894

Extent:: 0.66 linear ft. (5 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of five volumes of anonymous scrapbooks from the Quaker Collection.

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Anna Mary Woodward scrapbook, 1896-1923 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.16 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Anna Mary Woodward's scrapbook includes clippings related to Quaker history and Quaker meeting houses, clippings from The Friend, post cards of meeting houses, a Quaker calendar for 1911, clippings about Quaker ministers, materials of the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the reunion of two historic societies, and information about Friends' missions in Japan, China, and Ramallah.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Rick DeJesús-Rueff, Documents pertaining to the history of Puerto Rican students at Haverford College, 1970-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: These documents created and collected by Rick DeJesús-Rueff pertain to the history of Puerto Rican Students at Haverford (PRSH), the José Padín Puerto Rican Scholarship, and Haverford College's support of Puerto Rican students in the 1970s.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

George L. Seeley scrapbook, 1929 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear ft. (1 scrapbook)
Abstract:: The collection consists of a scrapbook which contains photographs from Mr. and Mrs. Seeley's work-related travels through South America and newspaper clippings informing about the trip. The photographs are of landscape, cities, national monuments, life on the ship (their mode of transport), George Seeley, his wife and their associates, including John C. Cohill. They were taken in New York, Sao Paulo, Pernambuco, Buenos Aires and Córdoba (Argentina). The collection also contains a letter written by Mrs. Seeley in Buenos Aires addressed to her mother.

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