Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Subject: Quakers -- History / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1947">1947</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Joshua Sharpless diaries, 1798, 1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.16 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: Entries describe Sharpless's travel to, and time spent in, Cornplanter's village during 1798.

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

"Education of the Freedmen By Philadelphia and Baltimore Quakers During the Civil War and Reconstruction Period", 1947 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.06 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Frank O. Wargny's 1947 master's thesis at John Hopkins University, entitled "Education of the Freedmen by Baltimore Quakers during the Civil War and Reconstruction Period," describes the efforts of Philadelphia and Baltimore area Quakers to provide education to freed slaves during and after the Civil War. It provides a brief history of Philadelphia area Quakers' abolition efforts prior to the Civil War, including the work of Benezet and Woolman, but the majority of the manuscript focuses on the years during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The volume includes the following chapters: Preliminaries, Efforts of Philadelphia Orthodox Friends, Efforts of Philadelphia Hicksite Friends, The Baltimore Association for the moral and educational Improvement of the Colored People, and Teaching the Freedmen.

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

Erica Brooks commonplace books, 1925-1951 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.24 linear ft. (5 volumes)
Abstract:: The commonplace books of Erica May Brooks include poems about nature, history, family, friendship, and World War II, as well as both copied poems and originals written by Brooks.

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American Friends Service Committee papers, 1942-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of a single news letter and the correspondence of the American Friends Service Committee.

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Errol T. Elliott papers, 1849-1966 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the photocopied letters and manuscripts of Errol T. Elliott.

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Charles Anderson Gould papers, 1946-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the clippings, correspondence, and manuscripts of Charles Anderson Gould.

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Benjamin S. Jones papers, 1840, 1938-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:: .05 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:: This collection contains correspondence related to the manuscripts of Benjamin Jones, as well as two of his typed manuscripts.

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Horace Mather Lippincott papers, 1924, 1944, 1940-1967, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: .15 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the papers of Horace Mather Lippincott, and includes copies of his manuscript essays, clippings, and pamphlets related to Quakerism.

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Webb and Price family papers, 1703-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.22 linear ft.
Abstract:: The collection contains photos and genealogical information on the Webb and Price families.

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Walter Penn Shipley Jr. papers, 1913-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the papers of Walter Penn Shipley Jr., and includes materials related to his time at Haverford College, including two trigonometry notebooks, four subject entrance exams, and his personal correspondence.

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