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Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent records, 1765-1956 (inclusive) 1838-1956 (bulk)

Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:
This collection includes various documents relating to the The Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian descent, including business correspondence (chiefly on financial matters), treasurer's accounts and reports, receipts, bills, inventories, trustees minutes. Also a printed copy of will of Samuel Emlen and deed to land in Warminster, Bucks Co., 1765 (recorded 17[8]7).

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Philomathian Society records, 1787-1788 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.09375 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:
This collection contains one volume, labeled Philomathian Society Minutes Vol 2. It includes minutes from the society's meetings, detailing conversations and debates held within the meetings. From notes in the minutes, Thomas Pim Cope was the group's secretary during this time.

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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.

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Calliopean Society records, 1822

Extent:
.2 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:
The Calliopean Society is a literary and debating society founded at Yale College in 1819. This collection is comprised of the correspondence related to the society, "The Constitution of the Calliopean Society" (1822), and original handwritten meeting minutes.

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"Some Account of Baltimore Yearly Meeting 1825", 1825

Extent:
0.067 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:
This collection is composed of the single, handwritten document by an unknown author. It reads similiarly to minutes that may have been taken. It also includes a note on the inside that "The Individuals to whose names the * is attached in the following sheets were acive and influential "Hicksites" at the time or afterwards" [Emphasis theirs].

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Haverford Loganian Society records, 1834-1905 (inclusive)

Extent:
9 linear ft. (76 volumes, 2 boxes, and 1 item)
Abstract:
The collection is comprised of a variety of different records that pertain to the overall operations of the Haverford Loganian Society at Haverford College. The collection includes the Society's constitution and by-laws, membership registers, meeting minutes, the Collegian account books, and paper pertaining to garden, museum, and library projects.

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Friends' Reading Room Association records, 1835-1886

Extent:
0.15 linear ft. (1 volume)
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The Friends' Reading Room Association was founded in 1835, and dissolved in 1842. Its Constitution, included in the minutes, states its purpose: "An Institution in a central part of the city, which shall be furnished with a judcious selection of books, maps and periodical publications, calculated to promote moral and religous improvement, a knowledge of the principles and history of the Society of Friends and an acquiantance with the arts, science and general literature." This volume contains the minutes of the Friends' Reading Room Association, from 1835 - 1842, from the organization of the association, until its resolution and a register of members of the Western District Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, from 1814 - 1886.

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Rhetorical Society of Haverford College records, 1838

Extent:
.083 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:
This collection contains one volume with the records of the Rhetorical Society of Haverford College in the year 1838. It includes the constitution, bylaws, minutes, rules of order, and letters of resignation.

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Haverford College Alumni Association records, 1839-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:
11.66 linear ft. (24 boxes, 10 volumes)
Abstract:
This collection contains records created by and about the Haverford College Alumni Association. A large portion of the collection consists of the meeting minutes and reports of the Alumni Association as well as its two core groups, the Alumni Association Executive Committee and the Alumni Council. The collection also contains materials pertaining to class reunions, alumni affinity groups, events, awards and prizes, publications, and guides.

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Dorcassian Society of Burlington records, 1843-1860 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.042 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:
The Dorcassian Society of Burlington, New Jersey was founded in 1839, and appears to have dissolved at the end of the minute book, in 1860. The mission of the Dorcassion Society was to provide relief work to the poor, in particular clothing. This collection is comprised of one volume of minutes and attendence lists from 1843 - 1860.

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China, Maine Monthly Meeting records, 1852-1860 (inclusive)

Extent:
.01 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:
Correspondence between members of the China, Maine Monthly Meeting and Friends in Nova Scotia; a single volume of meeting minutes for China, Maine Monthly Meeting.

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