Organization: Haverford College / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1933">1933</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Wistar Family papers, 1861-1950 (inclusive) 1861-1900 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection contains letters and cards exchanged between various family members, including Elizabeth (Bettina) Vaux Wistar, Mary Emlen Wistar, and Frederic Vaux Wistar. Many of the letters were sent from Europe between 1893 and 1894. There is also an assortment of financial and legal papers. The section "Travel and Sightseeing Materials" is particularly noteworthy. It contains a journal written by Emma F. Wistar in which she recounts her 1866 trip to Niagara Falls, making special note of botanical specimens, including dried plant and flower samples. Additionally, there is a brief account by B.V. Wistar about his experience at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The collection contains formal photographs taken by Philadelphia photography studios.

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

Benjamin Cadbury papers, 1884-1945

Extent:: .3 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the papers of Benjamin Cadbury, and includes Cadbury's correspondence, photographs, school records.

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

Everett Society records, 1858-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 linear ft. (42 volumes and 1 box)
Abstract:: The collection contains materials that reflect the activities of the Everett Society. Materials included in the collection are the Society's constitution and by-laws, meeting minutes, adminsitrative and financial records, events and addresses, as well as the Society's published work, The Bud.

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

Walter Penn Shipley Jr. papers, 1913-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the papers of Walter Penn Shipley Jr., and includes materials related to his time at Haverford College, including two trigonometry notebooks, four subject entrance exams, and his personal correspondence.

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

George A. Dunlap, Spike's Diary, 1916-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: Spike's Diary is a memoir written in the third person by George A. Dunlap (Class of 1916) about his experiences with various staff and faculty members during and after his time at Haverford.

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

Wilmer J. and Mildred Binns Young Papers, 1909-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Wilmer J. Young (1887-1983), a Quaker teacher and peace activist born in Iowa, was involved in post World War I reconstruction in France and Poland. He married Mildred Binns in 1922, and together they worked with AFSC work camps and cooperative farms until he began to teach at Pendle Hill in 1955. The collection contains primarily journals and correspondence from his time in France.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Gaylord P. Harnwell Papers, 1889-1992 (inclusive) 1924-1982 (bulk)

Extent:: 30 cubic feet
Abstract:: Gaylord P. Harnwell was a physicist and president of the University of Pennsylvania from 1953 – 1970. The Gaylord P. Harnwell Papers document various aspects of his personal and professional life.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

Morris Evans Leeds papers, 1757-1952 (inclusive) 1880-1952 (bulk)

Extent:: 3.5 linear ft. (8 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of Morris Evans Leeds (1869-1952), a Philadelphia Quaker who graduated from Haverford College and became president of Leeds & Northrup Company, manufacturers of precision instruments. He was also an inventor and developer. Leeds was a member of the Board of Haverford College and active on the School Board of Philadelphia.

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

James P. Magill papers, 1911-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of James P. Magill (b. 1885), a Quaker investment banker and philanthropist, dedicated to his alma mater, Haverford College, and with a great interest in the arts in the Philadelphia area. His circle of acquaintances included archaeologists, authors, and artists.

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

L. Hollingsworth Wood papers, 1903-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:: 21.5 linear ft. (44 boxes, 1 volume)
Abstract:: Primarily correspondence related to Wood's activities in areas of peace, civil rights, African American education, and Quaker education. Wood was founding member of American Civil Liberties Union, American Friends Service Committee, and National Urban League. He was president of the Urban League for 26 years; elected in 1917 to Fisk University Board of Trustees; and a member of Haverford College Board of Managers. Correspondents include Jane Addams, Roger N. Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Rufus M. Jones, Thomas Elsa Jones, Oswald Garrison Villard, Booker T. Washington and many others.

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

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