Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Form: Financial records / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1881">1881</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Whitall family financial records, 1849-1913 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.83 linear ft. (12 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the financial records of the Whitall family: Israel Franklin Whitall, J.F. Whitall, Mary C. Whitall, John Mickle Whitall. The volumes of account books generally record deposits, withdrawals for payments for goods and services, and account balances.

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

Financial records, 1700-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10 folders
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the single folder collections of financial records.

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

Ellis Family papers, circa 1798-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.44 linear ft.
Abstract:: This collection includes letters, deeds, surveyors' maps, wills, accounts, other; mainly the papers of William Cox Ellis (1787-1871) and Charles Ellis (1800-1874), pertaining to administration of family affairs.

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

Morris/Engle Family Papers, 1820-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Although the central figure in this collection is the Philadelphia Quaker businessman and philanthropist, T. Wistar Brown (1826-1916), it also includes materials relating to his father Moses Brown, mother Mary Wistar Brown, and wife Mary Farnum Brown, along with other members of the Brown family. Among the papers are correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks and deeds.

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

Records of the West Philadelphia Medical Book Club Records, 1870-1976 (bulk)

Extent:: .6 linear feet (1 document box, 1 half document box)
Abstract:: The Records of the West Philadelphia Medical Book Club is a collection of books and memorabilia related to the West Philadelphia Medical Book Club. Club bylaws, two books of club meeting minutes, and a book of club finances comprise this collection. Also included is a folder containing histories of the book club, memoria, and club bylaws. This collection was discovered during a survey in the summer and fall of 2015.

Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

Jones Family Papers, 1881-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:: 11 linear feet (8 document boxes, 1 half document box, 1 post card box, 81 volumes, and 1 oversized folder)
Abstract:: The Jones Family Papers, spanning from 1881 to 1968, documents parts of the family practice and life as a family where the patriarch is a country doctor. The collection contains 45 rpm records, photographs, correspondence, financial records in the form of patient cards and ledgers, notebooks, patient records and personal records. The Jones Family Papers focus on several of country doctors from West Virginia. William Notly Jones is the first doctor of the family, but is not well represented with this collection. The materials mainly focus on the later generations of men: Andersen Porter Jones, Latimer Porter Jones, and James Porter Jones.

Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

Office of the Controller Records, 1769-2009 (inclusive) 1921-2009 (bulk)

Extent:: 70 boxes and 173 volumes
Abstract:: Established in 1920, the Office of the Controller is responsible for the preparation of the University's annual audited financial statements, as well as financial and tax reports to several government agencies including the Internal Revenue Service. Consists of records produced by the Office of the Controller that document University financial matters.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

German Society of Pennsylvania Agentur records, 1854-1938 (bulk) 1847-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10.0 linear feet (52 boxes)
Abstract:: 72 volumes of handwritten ledgers, indexes, logs, reports, and letter books, recording the efforts of the Agentur to help needy German immigrants and Philadelphia residents of German origin over a period of a hundred years. Valuable biographical information for local history, social history, labor history, immigration research, genealogy.

Held at: German Society of Pennsylvania: Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library [Contact Us]

Conner family papers, 1832-1856 (bulk) 1832-1856 1816-1903 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.0 folders
Abstract:: Susan Dillwyn Physick was born on June 22, 1803, in Philadelphia, the second of four children. Her parents were Elizabeth Emlen, whose family was one of the wealthiest in Philadelphia, and Philip Syng Physick, the prominent physician. In 1824 she met naval Master-Commandant David Conner, and the two married on June 25, 1828. The Conner family papers consist primarily of 23 journals kept by Susan Dillwyn Physick Conner from 1832 to 1856. The collection also includes her unfinished autobiography with amendments by her son, a scrapbook, two notebooks, two journals by her son, one journal by Philip Conner’s wife, two letters (one by Mary Lewis, one by Philip Conner), three account books, two published books owned by Susan Physick Conner, and notes and drafts by Arthur Hale, Philip Conner’s son-in-law.

Held at: Independence Seaport Museum, J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library [Contact Us]

John E. Hand & Sons Co. records, 1865-2002, undated [bulk dates: 1900-1980]

Extent:: 26.0 linear feet
Abstract:: The John E. Hand & Sons Company was founded in Philadelphia in 1873. The Hand Company built navigational equipment for all varieties of floating vessels, and operated a chain of retail outlets with “service stations” in numerous port cities, including Baltimore and New Orleans, until 1956. Service stations sold Hand instruments as well as other nautical paraphernalia and provided compass adjusting services. The collection documents the business activities of the John E. Hand & Sons Company from its institution in 1873 to 1997, when the company was sold. The collection boasts a wide breadth of material that includes legal documents, financial records, patents, correspondence, contracts, reports, catalogs and other ephemera, photographs, and engineering plans. Together, the records provide a thorough account of the firm’s operations.

Held at: Independence Seaport Museum, J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library [Contact Us]

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