Organization: Haverford College / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1945">1945</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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