Form: letters (correspondence) / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1891">1891</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Allinson Family Papers, 1710-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.5 linear ft. (13 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection spans more than two centuries and includes most notably members of the Allinson and Taylor families. There are also letters from Joseph Bonaparte, Sarah Moore Grimke, Julia Ward Howe and George Washington. Prominent material types include correspondence, diaries, financial, legal and property papers, maps, photographs and poetry. The richest subject veins are anti-slavery, including the Free Produce Association of Friends, the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia and settlement of land in New York.

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

Joseph Meyers correspondence, 1877-1924 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Joseph E. Meyers entered Westtown School at the age of 15 in November of 1873. The letters in the collection are from classmates at Westtown, discussing life events, mutual friends, and reminiscence of the Westtown days and are dated from his graduation from the school in 1877 until 1924.

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

Arthur H. and Esther Willits Thomas Correspondence, 1888-1945, 1888-1945 (inclusive) 1891-1899 (bulk)

Extent:: 3.3 linear ft.
Abstract:: A collection of correspondences between Arthur H. Thomas and Esther E. Willits and assorted family and friends of the couple. Topics include daily life, courtship, marriage, illness, and business.

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

Shipley-Strawbridge Family Papers, 1890-1996 (inclusive)

Extent:: 17.80 linear ft.
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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Edward Morrill Pope collection, 1886 - 1935 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: The collection contains a copy of "Knack and Knowledge", an essay by Edward Morrill Pope. It also contains materials pertaining to his death, including a classmate's recollection of him from 1935 and a written account of his death.

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

Ecroyd and Starr family correspondence, 1835-1921 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection primarily contains correspondence to Ellie (Eleanor) Starr Ecroyd and Sarah Parvin Starr.

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

Taylor family papers addition, 1870-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:: 11.46 linear ft. (14 boxes and 7 volumes)
Abstract:: The Taylor Family Papers Addition primarily contains correspondence, other printed materials, and photographs related to William Nicholson Taylor who was born June 22, 1882 to Frank Hendrickson Taylor (1855-1943) and Rebecca "Bessie" Nicholson Taylor (1857-1944) and his family. The collection includes materials belonging to his wife, Gertrude Christine Duret de Brie (1897-1983), their three children, Constance Alix (1921), Benjamin de Brie "Brie" (1923), and Marie-Celine "Mimi" (1925), and other family members.

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

George Fox's 'Book of Miracles', 1881-1974 (inclusive) 1948-1974 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (1 item)
Abstract:: This collection contains a 1948 copy of George Fox's 'Book of Miracles' as well as various corresponding items. This includes a letter from Douglas G. Lister to Henry J. Cadbury, multiple letters from Janet F. Rice of the Cambridge University Press Subsidiary Rights Department confirming that Cadbury will recieve two complimentary copies of the reprinted book once published in 1973, a letter directly from Octagon Books's Editor-In-Chief Henry G. Schlanger, and many more materials related to Henry J. Cadbury and/or George Fox. This collection also contains a revised list of Haverford Meeting attendees and members in 1898 by Mary Rhoads Garrett, and an 1881 copy of "How To Enter Into Rest."

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

Correspondence, 1656-1974, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.0080 linear ft.
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of correspondence from various Quakers.

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

Bacon Family papers, 1874-1909 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of a single volume diary, as well as correspondence from various members of the Bacon family.

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

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