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Henry H. Albertson collection, 1826-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: .75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Includes letters, many of which are by and to William Hodgson (1804-1878). All or most of the letter writers are Friends; a number of them are British Friends. Topics often include visits to other Friends, attending Meeting, health, religious or philosophical reflections, and because of the period of writing, often refer openly or obliquely to the Wilbur-Gurney controversy.

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Barclay letters, 1688-1794

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 document box)
Abstract:: Primarily letters of Robert Barclay, a Quaker of the 18th and early 19th century, who established a brewery in England, on topics ranging from financial affairs and land transactions to personal matters.

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Douglas Borgstedt cartoons, 1965-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Abstract:: Political cartoons by Douglas Borgstadt, 1965-1982, concerning the United States and world politics of the late 1960's and 1970's. Major themes include communism, diplomacy, war, and government corruption or ineptitude. Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, and Henry Kissinger are frequently featured.

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Thomas Wistar Brown papers, 1701-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear ft. (1 box, 13 volumes)
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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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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.

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Benjamin Coates African Colonization collection, 1848-1880 (inclusive) 1858-1869 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (2 document boxes)
Abstract:: Letters relating to the emigration of free Blacks to the West African colony of Liberia and establishment of Liberian institutions written to American Quaker reformer, Benjamin Coates (1808-1887) whose work toward the abolition of slavery led to a relationship with many well-known people connected to Liberia, a colony established to offer a new home and a fresh start away from slavery to free Blacks in the mid-19th century.

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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.

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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.

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Yearly Meeting Epistles and Extracts, 1668-1944 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.1 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Abstract:: Contemporary copies of epistles and extracts of Yearly Meeting minutes, of Meeting for Sufferings, and of Women Friends, of London, Dublin, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Virginia, Rhode Island from 1698-1944.

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