Subject: Arboretums / Place: Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.) / Creator: Morris, Lydia Thompson, 1849-1932 / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1890">1890</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Subject Arboretums Place Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.) Creator Morris, Lydia Thompson, 1849-1932 Year 1890

Extent:: 9.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The land that is now the Morris Arboretum at the University of Pennsylvania, the official Arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, was previously the private estate of Quaker siblings John Thompson Morris (1847-1915) and Lydia Thompson Morris (1849-1932). The John and Lydia Morris estate papers, 1854-1932, consist of the siblings' papers primarily relating to the adjacent lands they donated to form the Arboretum--Compton and Bloomfield estates. The collection includes financial ledgers, receipts, correspondence, and other primary-source documents, as well as secondary-source copies of Morris family documents held elsewhere and articles on the Morris family.

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