Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

"Nantucket Quakerism", Undated.

Extent:: 0.16 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: "Nantucket Quakerism," written by Robert Leach, describes Quakerism in Nantucket from 1698 to 1763, and theorizes that the failure to solve the problem of common land ownership lead to the collapse of Nantucket.

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Early Geometry Notebook and Book of Verses, Undated.

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Single volume of Robert Louis Stevenson's early poetry and geometry exercises.

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Alumni course papers, undated

Extent:: .05 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection consists of a single, bound, 89 page paper that is on the topic of religion.

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Caroline Hazard poem, undated. (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.005 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection includes a single poem.

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Penn Treaty Elm Trading Cards/Ads, undated. (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: The Penn Treaty Elm Trading Cards feature illustrations of the storied 1682 meeting between Lenape chiefs and William Penn used to advertise "Indian Chewing Gum" made by the Goudey Gum Company of Boston, and "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral" made by J.C. Ayer & Co of Lowell, Massachusetts

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Free German Youth Broadside, undated. (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: The Free German Youth Broadside, originally written in German with a typed translation included as part of the collection, is titled "Proposal of a Resolution by Knud Ahlborn and Frank Glatzel". The proposal summarizes in the form of a four-point plan the political program of the Free German Youth (FDJ), the youth affiliate to the Communist East German Socialist Unity Party (SED) which ruled East Germany during the era of Soviet control.

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Remembrance of Joseph Hoag, Undated

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: The collection contains a copy of the communication between Isaiah Thorne and his relative, a servant of the Lord Joseph Hoag about his admiration for Joseph Hoag.

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"Among the Red Indians", Undated.

Extent:: 0.02 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Henry Stanley Newman's "Among the Red Indians" provides a narrative of Newman's travels among Native Americans west of the Mississippi River in 1889. The manuscript was prepared for Mary S. Kimber when she was proposing to write a book on the work that American Friends did with indigenous peoples, which was published in 1917 and entitled "Friends and the Indians." Newman's manuscript was never published. The manuscript describes the various settlements that Newman and his wife visited on their travels, the nations they interacted ith, including the Muscogee, and the landscape.

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"Growing Up Quaker", Undated.

Extent:: 0.06 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:: Katherine Paxson's family history/memoir, entitled "Growing Up Quaker," includes vignettes describing various events in Paxson's life, which she recorded to pass on to her family members. Includes biographical entries for her grandfathers, Isaac H. Thompson and Thomas E. Anderson; her grandmothers, Anne W. Hutton Thompson and Nancy Almina Anderson; her father, I. Walter Thompson; and her sister, Ruth Thompson Davidson. Vignettes describe Paxson's "Early Years," "Summer Days," "Twelfth Street Friends Meeting," her mother's influence in her life, "Visiting Grandpa and Grandma in N.C.," "Ecumenical Outreach," and "Westtown School."

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James Pemberton biography, Undated.

Extent:: 0.02 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The biography of James Pemberton includes descriptions of the Pemberton family, their history and genealogical roots, and the early life of James Pemberton, as well as his adult life. The biography includes quoted sections from Quaker meeting minutes.

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