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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.

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

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Faculty Women's Club records, 1928-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Abstract:

The Faculty Women's Club records contains by-laws, meeting minutes, correspondence, and report. Additionally the records include receipts, newspaper articles, surveys taken by the members of the club describing various possible actives, and accounting/budgeting notes.

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Distinguished Visitors Program records, 1952-1957 (inclusive)

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0.15 linear ft. (1 box)

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Ira De Augustine Reid papers, 1949-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:

0.1 linear ft. (1 box)

Abstract:

These papers consists primarily of correspondence between Haverford College Professor of Sociology Dr. Ira De Augustine Reid and various individuals regarding the forced surrender of his passport by the U.S. Department of State in 1952 due to Reid's suspected affiliation with the Communist Party.

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Richard Tapper Cadbury papers, 1867 - 1894 and undated (inclusive)

Extent:

0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)

Abstract:

The collection contains various materials associated with Richard Tapper Cadbury's connection to Haverford.

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Juwan Usang Ly collection, 1917 - 1936 (inclusive)

Extent:

0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)

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The collection contains information about the accomplishments of Juwan Usang Ly, newspaper clippings and his letters to Haverford College president, W.W. Comfort.

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Lucy T. Shoe Meritt papers, 1888-2003 (inclusive)

Extent:

28 boxes

Abstract:

Lucy T. Shoe Meritt (1906- 2003) was an acclaimed archaeologist, scholar, teacher and editor who received her B.A, M.A, and Ph.D degrees from Bryn Mawr. During her life time, Shoe Meritt taught at Mount Holyoke College and the University of Texas at Austin, was a fellow at the American Academy of Rome, and served as the Editor of Publications for the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. Additionally, she was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study and the American Institute of Archaeology. She received the Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement in 1976. The collection is largely comprised of Shoe Meritt's correspondence with her family and notable scholars who were her contemporaries. It also includes diaries, publications, academic and professional papers, as well as photographs, postcards and scrapbooks.

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Karl D. Jessen papers, 1872-1980 (inclusive) 1890-1917 (bulk)

Extent:

6.2 linear ft. (13 document boxes, 3 items)

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Karl Detlev Jessen (1872-1919) was a professor of German Literature at Bryn Mawr College from 1910 to 1919. He was involved with the Socialist movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Karl D. Jessen papers house the records of Karl D. Jessen. This collection dates from 1872 to 1980, with bulk dates of 1890 to 1917. This collection consists mostly of correspondence between Jessen and his family, friends, and colleagues, in addition to manuscripts and manuscript drafts, clippings, scrapbooks, bibliography cards of Jessen's research, and other ephemera.

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Thomas Wistar Brown papers, 1701-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:

1.5 linear ft. (1 box, 13 volumes)

Abstract:

Correspondence, letter books, diaries, scrapbooks, account books, deeds, marriage certificates, genealogical material, and miscellaneous manuscript and printed items of, or about, Thomas Wistar Brown (1826-1916), his father Moses Brown (1793-1878), his mother Mary (Wistar) Brown (b. 1807), his brother Moses Brown (b. 1829), his wife Mary (Farnum) Brown, his son John Farnum Brown (1873-1894) and others. Under correspondence, there are four letters from Eliza Paul (Kirkbride) Gurney to Elizabeth W. Wistar. Included under miscellaneous manuscripts are extracts from the Minutes of Dover [N.H.] Monthly Meeting, 1701/2-1785, the will of William Brown of Dover, N.H., 4mo. 19 1833, and a poem by Joseph John Gurney, 1838. The collection also contains the Wistar Family tree.

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Emma Cadbury papers, 1894-1963 (inclusive)

Extent:

.75 linear ft. ((2 boxes))

Abstract:

The papers of Emma Cadbury (1875-1965), a Quaker social worker, consist of correspondence, programs, essays, notebooks, and clippings. These papers were kept by Cadbury while attending Quaker Women's Yearly Meetings and summer schools at Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges and the George School (Pennsylvania), during the early 20th century.

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