Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1890">1890</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Kirk Family collection, 1688-1897 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: A collection of legal documents and other papers, including land deeds, wills, and surveys from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, primarily relating to the Kirk family. All the deeded property was in Darby Township, Pennsylvania.

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Morris Evans Leeds papers, 1862-1944 (inclusive) 1862; 1942 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: A collection that focuses on two dates: 1862 & 1942. In the former, Lewis W. Leeds' invention of the window envelope is detailed with contracts, bills, correspondence and samples of the envelope. In 1942, his descendant, Morris E. Leeds corresponds with E. Tudor Gross who has become interested in the invention and ends with the article entitled "The Window Envelope," which appeared in the Collector's Club Philatelist in April of that year.

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Willard E. Mead collection, circa 1852-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Letters written by Western cultural and social leaders of the 19th century to Sir Francis Joseph Campbell, a notable educator of the blind.

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Spencer Family papers, 1729-1905 (inclusive) 1812-1905 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 document box)
Abstract:: The 19th century correspondence and commonplace books of members of the Quaker Spencer family.

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Text Book Association of Friends, 1866-1896 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: The 19th century records of a Philadelphia-based Quaker organization whose aim was to provide textbooks which were aligned with Friends' principles, including not glorifying war.

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Whitall Family papers, 1836-1912 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Legal and business papers of members of the 19th century Quaker Whitall family in Philadelphia and New Jersey.

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William Penn Charter School archives, 1611-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 17 linear ft. (24 boxes, 1 oversized drawer, 150+ books, 24 microfilm reels, 1 box of 3-dimensional objects, 1 box of stereopticon photographs)
Abstract:: The William Penn Charter School archives contain the financial, historical, business, and social records of the school, dating back as far as 1611. Documents signed by William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, and former Philadelphia mayors William Hudson and Edward Shippen, are included as well as a variety of school texts and memorabilia, which illuminate the traditions and history of the William Penn Charter School.

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Stephen Shipley Wilson collection, 1850-1918 (inclusive) 1860s-1890s (bulk)

Extent:: 0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Correspondence primarily between Liberal members or activists in the British government and Henry Joseph Wilson or Alexander Cowan Wilson; mostly the period when Gladstone and Disraeli led the Whig and Tory parties (1860s to 1890s).

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Morris-Shinn-Maier collection, 1720-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:: 78 linear ft. (131 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection spans approximately 200 years, from the late 1700s to the late 1900s, and five generations of the Morris-Shinn-Maier family, which are traced through matrilineal and patrilineal lines. They were prominent Quaker businessmen and lawyers in the Philadelphia area, and a large portion of the collection is dedicated to their legal and business material, as well as a great deal of very detailed financial material. There is also a quantity of personal material, namely diaries and correspondence, and material from philanthropic work done by later generations. Principal individuals include Paul David Irwin Maier, William Morris Maier, Anna Shinn Maier, Levi Morris and Naomi McClenachan Morris. A genealogical chart done by a Haverford student while processing the collection has been printed out and is included in the box 1191 (ovs).

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Taylor Family papers, 1737-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4.75 linear ft. (19 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection traces several generations of the Quaker Taylor family, but centers on Francis R. Taylor (1884-1947) and George Washington Taylor (1803-1891). The former was an attorney and collector of information about his own and related families, as well as local historical information. The latter, who ran a free produce store in Philadelphia in the period before the American Civil War, was connected through his interests in free labor to many correspondents.

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