Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Form: Correspondence / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1973">1973</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Herbert Nicholson papers, 1949-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:: .2 linear ft. (4 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the papers of Herbert Nicholson. It includes sections of a manuscript, letters to Herbert Nicholson from individuals he met in Japan, photographs of Herbert Nicholson and others, and Nicholson's research notes related to Japanese internment.

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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.

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James E. Baker papers, 1972-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:: .26 linear ft. (1 box, 1 volume)
Abstract:: James Estes Baker, Haverford College class of 1956, enjoyed a lengthy career as a member of the United States diplomatic corps, including a period of service for the United Nations. The collection offers insight into Baker's life and diplomatic career, with a large quantity of materials relating to the media scrutiny occasioned by his appointment as the first Black US diplomat to serve in South Africa during Apartheid. Collected materials include biographical information, personal correspondence, periodicals and official reports related to Baker's diplomatic work, photographs, and a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings pertaining to his South Africa appointment. A majority of the materials are dated from 1972 to 1973, at the beginning of his appointment to the Pretoria, South Africa embassy.

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Fay Ajzenberg-Selove papers, 1947-1950; 1991 (inclusive) 1947-1950 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.21 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: The collection consists of the 1947-1950 correspondence between Fay Ajzenberg-Selove and Louis Leprince-Ringue pertaining to her translation of his book "Les Rayons Cosmiques" (The Cosmic Rays) and a 1991 copy of Ajzenberg-Selove's memoir typescript.

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Louis Craig Green papers, 1931 - 1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection consists of four distinct series, which contain documents pertaining to Haverford professor Louis Green's activity in academia. These include materials related to his research, consisting of his 1937 PhD. dissertation from Princeton University, his Solar and Stellar Pulsations book manuscript, calculations, and lab journals; student assignments and examinations; lecture notes; and materials related to Haverford College policies.

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C. C. Morris Cricket Library Association records, 1968 - 2011 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: The collection primarily contains the Cricket Library newsletters from the years 1970 - 2010. Included also are correspondence regarding the library's activities, such as invitations to annual meetings and brochures which describe the history of the affiliated cricket team.

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Bacon family papers, 1725-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 linear ft.
Abstract:: Included are letters to the Bacons from family and friends; biographical and genealogical materials; travel letters; Margaret Hope Bacon's diaries of her trip to China under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee, 1972; to Australia, 1989 and Galapagos, 1992; to Costa Rica and Friends World Committee for Consultation, 1988; and Egypt, 1990; Margaret Hope Bacon's letters; Allen Bacon's letters; stories by Norman Borchardt (M.H. Bacon's father); Francis Bacon in Germany.

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Cadbury-Brown Family papers, 1804-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6.25 linear ft. (13 boxes)
Abstract:: 19th-century papers of the interrelated Cadbury and Brown Quaker families.

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Taylor and Nicholson family papers, 1869-1944 1810-1999 (inclusive) 1869-1944 (bulk)

Extent:: 10.75 linear ft. (21 boxes and 2 rolled items in a tube) and 21 containers and 3 rolled photographs
Abstract:: The Taylor and Nicholson family papers contain the records of these two families from the late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. The two focal points of this collection are William Nicholson Taylor (1882-1945), and his mother, Rebecca Morgan Nicholson Taylor (1857-1944). William graduated from Harvard in 1903 and afterwards spent considerable time abroad studying architecture. He also served as an officer in the United States Military from 1916 to 1917, and worked in diplomacy after the war. Rebecca was a noted writer and poet during this time period. The strength of this collection is the collected materials related to William's time in the military, as well as his sketchbooks related to architecture and Harvard. Researchers interested in the works of Rebecca Morgan Nicholson Taylor or Quaker women, should also consult Rebecca's notebook and correspondence. There is extensive correspondence between the various members of these two families from the 1880s to 1940s.

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Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton papers, 1859-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 26 linear ft. (57 boxes and 2 rolled objects)
Abstract:: Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton were 20th-century Quaker educators and prolific authors whose areas of expertise included the physical sciences and the Classics. Notably, they also worked for the American Friends Service Committee in Europe, for Friends Center in Tokyo, Japan, and as directors of Pendle Hill, an adult study center in Wallingford, PA. They were both recorded ministers in the Religious Society of Friends. This collection also contains materials of other Brinton, Bean, Cox and Shipley Family members.

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