Search

Start Over Subject Health Language English

Main content

Rebecca Singer Collins papers, 1824-1886 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 document box)
Abstract:
Letters and diaries of Rebecca Singer Collins (1804-1892), a nineteenth-century Quaker well known for her religious philanthropic work.

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

Main content

Real Food Challenge collection, 2013

Extent:
0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:
The collection contains email printout with information about updates pertaining to the club's mission.

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

Main content

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.

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

Main content

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]

Main content

Thomas Hamm Collection of Letters, 1807-08-15-1879-07-20 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:
This collection consists of five letters, donated by Thomas Hamm, written by Quakers around the East Coast of the United States: a majority of who are from Pennsylvania. The first letter is addressed to Susannah B. Habers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1807 and is from a child of Habers. The second letter, from James to Thomas Kimber in 1820, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, updates Kimbers about James's infant. In the third letter, Alfred Cope, owner of a prominent Philadelphia shipping company, writes to his daughters (addressed to Elizabeth W. Cope) in Chester County, Pennsylvania, about the conditions of his sick father, Thomas Pim Cope. In the fourth letter, addressed to Haverford College Class of 1861 John G. Thomas in 1860, Haverford College alum Frank Richardson requests news of Haverford College, his alma mater, especially after the release of the "Collegian," a publication from the Longian Society, a student group for academic advancement and exploration. In the fifth letter,...(see more)

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

Main content

Friends Medical Society and Reproductive Rights, 1967-2017 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:
This collection contains various materials on the Friends Medical Society as they relate to reproductive rights and abortion rights between 1967 and 2017. It also contains corresponding letters, journal excerpts, and newspaper clippings relating to general reproductive rights and abortion rights by Quakers and non-Quakers.

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

Main content

Richard T. Cadbury collection, 1780-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 document box)
Abstract:
Letters of English and American Friends written at the end of the 18th century on topics relating to travel in the ministry in England and the northeastern United States, Friends, and health. Almost all the letters are directed to Quaker minister, James Thornton.

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

Main content

Winston-Clark Family papers, 1814-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:
Approximately 500 letters (also a few clippings, poems and other items) of the related Clark and Winston families of Virginia and Indiana. Letters discuss family and friends, the small schools that many members of these families began in the Midwest, as well as comments on politics, slavery, religion, education, the Civil War and friends/family fighting in the Confederate army, and other topics.

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

Limit your search

more »

more »

more »

more »

Current results range from 1701 to 2017

View larger »