Form: letters (correspondence) / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1895">1895</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1899">1899</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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.

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

Thomas Chase papers, 1843-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:: .75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Correspondence, portraits, photographs, clippings, articles, addresses, lecture notes, diary, and miscellaneous papers related to Thomas Chase (1827-1892), his family, and his years at Haverford as professor and president of the College.

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

Cope-Evans Family papers, 1732-1911 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.25 linear ft. (9 boxes, 3 volumes)
Abstract:: Letters (with accompanying poetry, acrostics, drawings, clippings, etc.), marriage certificates, photographs, friendship book, estate related papers, account books, and computer disks. Primarily letters of the closely related Quaker families of Cope and Evans of Germantown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); other families include Brown, Drinker, and Haines.

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

Edward Drinker Cope papers, 1848-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Letters, notebooks, notes, and sketches related to Cope's work in paleontology and related natural sciences. Also sketches of birds, reptiles, and amphibians, some colored. Letters on various scientific subjects from Alexander Agassiz, Louis Agassiz, Alexander Graham Bell, Pliny Earle Chase, Havelock Ellis, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Arnold Henry Guyot, Joseph Henry, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Thomas Henry Huxley, Maria Mitchell, Sir Richard Owen, Robert Edwin Peary, Herbert Spencer, and others.

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

Scattergood Family papers, 1681-1909 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.5 linear ft. (1 box, 9 volumes)
Abstract:: Chiefly the correspondence of Thomas Scattergood (1748-1814) with family and friends discussing spiritual matters and his travels in Great Britain, New England, North and South Carolina, Virginia, etc. Correspondents include Jonathan Binns, Josiah Bunting, John Cox, William Dillwyn, Henry Drinker, William Forster, Susanna Horne, Rebecca Jones, John Pemberton, Joseph Scattergood, Rebecca Scattergood, Rachel Smith, and others.

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

William W. Cadbury and Catharine J. Cadbury collection, 1893-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:: 21.5 linear ft. (86 boxes)
Abstract:: The principal creators in the collection are Quakers William Warder Cadbury (1877-1959) and Catharine Jones Cadbury (1884-1970) who spent most of their lives in China. William Warder Cadbury came to China as a medical missionary in 1909.

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]

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]

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]

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