Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1980">1980</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1984">1984</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Joseph H. Greene's Letters and Reports from Beijing, 1984-1987, 1984-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: .5 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Letters and monthly reports from Beijing, China from 1984-1987 by Joseph H. Greene who was a Bank of America Vice-President and Representative. The papers report economic, political, and cultural issues in China at the end of the 1980s.

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Bacon Family papers, 1800-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 linear ft. (16 boxes and 1 volume)
Abstract:: Correspondence, diaries and photographs relating to the 20th- century Quakers Edith Farquhar Bacon and Francis Rogers Bacon, their families, forbears, friends and colleagues.

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Stokes-Evans-Cope Family papers, 1713-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.25 linear ft. (6 boxes, 5 volumes, 1 tube)
Abstract:: Correspondence, diaries, legal and business papers, artifacts, printed volumes, scrapbook, account books, marriage certificates, deeds, photographs and photo-album, computer disks, typed transcripts and various misc. papers. Papers are chiefly of the related Quaker families of Stokes, Evans, Cope and Wistar of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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Thomas M. Goldstein papers, 1962-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection is the result of Goldstein's work as a student at Haverford College toward an independent study paper on the Vietnam War protest at the college.

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William Huntington papers, 1932-1984 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 linear ft. (13 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection relates primarily to William Huntington, (1907-1990), a 20th century Quaker peace activist and the ship The Golden Rule which Huntington and others used to protest atomic testing in the South Pacific. Included are correspondence, photographs, conference papers, newspaper articles, memoranda, and minutes.

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Maxfield Parrish papers, 1891-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 linear ft. (4 boxes, and wrapped and framed items)
Abstract:: The papers of artist and illustrator Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) who became enamored of art while a student at Haverford College. The collection consists of letters, original drawings and illustrations, magazines to which he contributed, catalogs, calendars and his famous chemistry notebook created while a student at the college

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George Selleck papers, 1801-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: A collection of some papers of Quaker author George Selleck, inlcuding essays relating to his book Quakers in Boston, 1656-1964: three centuries of Friends in Boston and Cambridge.

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Isaac Sharpless papers, 1876-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Letters, letterbook, photographs, portraits, illustrations, clippings, essays, addresses, lectures, passports, misc. printed items, and academic hood of Isaac Sharpless.

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Smiley family papers, 1885-1983 (inclusive) 1885-1930 (bulk)

Extent:: 55 linear ft. (106 boxes, 7 packages)
Abstract:: In 1883, Quakers Albert Keith Smiley and his brother Daniel Smiley organized the first annual conference to discuss assistance to Native Americans at their estate at Lake Mohonk in New York state. These conferences were widely attended by specialists in various fields, as well as important officials. Only later were Native Americans represented. The concern to "uplift" was also directed at Filipino, Hawaiian, African American and Puerto Rican peoples, though attention at the conferences was primarily focused on Native Americans.

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Elizabeth Gray Vining papers, 1897-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:: 14.5 linear ft. (24 boxes, 8 volumes)
Abstract:: Elizabeth Gray Vining (1902-1999) was an author of children's books and served as the tutor to the crown prince of Japan, Akihito, from 1946 to 1950. The collection consists of correspondence, materials regarding books authored by Vining, articles, lectures and addresses, photographs, and information documenting her and her family's lives.

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