Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1880">1880</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.

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

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.

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

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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Mitchell Family letters, 1830-1911 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: The papers of the Mitchell family, Quakers in 19th century Philadelphia.

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William Penn papers, 1673-1987 (inclusive) 1673-1925 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: A collection of letters and deeds of William Penn (1644-1718), along with biographical and historical material, graphic representations of Penn and photographs of pages from published works.

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Walter F. Price papers, 1878-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (1 box and 3 volumes)
Abstract:: Materials relate to Walter F. Prices' Haverford College graduating class of 1881 over time and some of his architecture; work as a member of the firm Price & Walton.

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Rhoads Family papers, 1822-1955 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Nineteenth century letters and papers primarily of the Quaker Gibbons and Rhoads families, often relating to abolition and the Free Produce Association.

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Margaret Jenkins journals, 1875-1912 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.54 linear ft. (3 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of three volumes of the travel journals of Margaret Jenkins. The first volume describes Jenkins's voyage from New York to San Francisco, and her voyage home from San Francisco to New York via Liverpool. The remaining two volumes describe Margaret Jenkins's trip to the Himalayan Mountains in 1911 and 1912, to visit her cousin, who was a missionary there.

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Bristol Friends' School Minutes, 1875-1880 (inclusive)

Extent:: .2 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection contains one minute book from the Bristol Friends' School for Girls and Boys, in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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Comfort family financial records, 1803-1912 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.13 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of two volumes of the financial records of the Comfort family.

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