Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Subject: Quakers and Scrapbooks - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Allinson family scrapbooks, 1829-1870 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.26 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: The Allinson family scrapbook is largely comprised of clippings on poetry, temperance, prison reform, reform for juvenile delinquents, and anti-slavery. Many of the anti-slavery clippings discuss the possibility of using Jamaica as a "home for colored emigrants." The end of the volume includes 12 pages of signatures. The volume also includes an obituary for Samuel Allinson.

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Joseph S. Elkinton scrapbook, Undated.

Extent:: 0.29 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The scrapbook of Joseph Elkington includes elegies, extracts of Quaker testimonies, extracts from Quaker letters, and 581 obituary notices.

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Friends' Institute scrapbook, 1881-1909 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.27 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The scrapbook of the Friends' Institute includes materials related to the Friends' Institute for Young Men, particularly for the lectures and events of the organization. Lectures focus on a variety of topics, including business ethics, party politics, early friends and their services in America, the idolatry of culture, and Siberian convicts. Also included are the annual reports of the board of managers.

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Walter G. Heacock scrapbook, 1953-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.19 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Walter G. Heacock's scrapbook is largely comprised of postcards of Quaker meeting houses collected by Heacock, along with typed descriptions of the meeting house featured in each postcard. The majority of the postcards are from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, though there are a few from other states and Canada. The volume also includes newspaper clippings related to Quakers and Quaker history.

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Marriott C. Morris scrapbooks, 1879-1887 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.52 linear ft. (4 volumes)
Abstract:: Marriot C. Morris's scrapbooks are largely comprised of clippings, pamphlets, and brochures related to travel, bicycling, Haverford College, and the history of Philadelphia and Germantown.

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Richard Tangye scrapbook, Undated.

Extent:: 0.13 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: This scrapbook is comprised of reports from Quarterly Meetings, copies of letters and documents concerning marriages, and articles written by George Fox.

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Elizabeth U. Willis scrapbook, 1850-1898 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear ft. (1 oversized volume)
Abstract:: Elizabeth U. Willis's scrapbook includes photos and clippings about her and Sarah F. Underhill, photos of the Underhill family, clippings, illustrations, and portraits of Quakers, meeting houses, and Quaker birthplaces. Quaker autographs and letters are included as well. Letter writers include Samuel Fothergill, Anne Mott, David Sands, William Allinson, William Dillywn, William Rickman, J. Stephenson, George Jones, Lindley Murray, Richard Mott, and John Barrow. Confederate money, fractional currency, colonial money, excerpts of prayers and testimonies, and embroidery and cross stitch samples are also included.

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Eli Jones papers, 1867-1882 (inclusive)

Extent:: .05 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the photographs, certificate of removal of Eli Jones, and a single volume of pressed plants.

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Jonathan Evans scrapbook, 1817

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The scrapbook of Jonathan Evans was originally used as an account book, circa 1775-1782, and was later used as a scrapbook. The volume includes newspaper clippings, which generally focus on poetry, philosophy, and politics, pasted in over the original financial records.

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Elijah Coffin scrapbook, Undated.

Extent:: 0.2 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Elijah Coffin's scrapbook includes his handwritten notes, typed materials, and published clippings. It features published materials on the history of westward expansion and pioneers, and the history of Indiana, as well as typed excerpts from a history of Kentucky (by Scudder), a history of Virginia (by Cooke), and Daniel Boone. In addition to material focusing on the history of the American West, the scrapbook includes excerpts from histories of Mesopotamia, Russia, Babylonia, Sumeria, Palestine, and Jerusalem.

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