Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1830">1830</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Dorothy Merriman Schall papers, 1686-1897 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 linear ft. (12 boxes)
Abstract:: A view of 18th-century Philadelphia with especial emphasis on legal matters in which Burd, Hubley, Patterson, Schall and Shippen family members participated. The main protagonists were Edward Shippen, Sr., Edward Shippen, Jr., and Edward Burd.

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Updegraff Family papers, 1810-1929 (inclusive) 1810-1896 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.0 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Letters; diaries; genealogical material; land grants signed by Presidents John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, and Franklin Pierce; and other papers of the Updegraff family, mainly those of David B. Updegraff, which provide a picture of Quakerism in 19th-century Ohio.

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The Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances records, 1800-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 linear ft. (4 boxes and 3 packages)
Abstract:: Records of a women's charitable Quaker organization based in Philadelphia spanning the 19th and 20th centuries

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Jacob R. Elfreth Sr. diaries, 1814-1870 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.5 linear ft. (46 volumes)
Abstract:: Jacob R. Elfreth Sr. was a teacher and a bookkeeper for the Leigh Navigation Company. The majority of entries detail family news, Quaker meetings, Elfreth's work with the Leigh Navigation Company, and births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community,

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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.

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Bernard Barton letterbook, 1822-1837 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.16 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection includes of the single letterbook of Bernard Barton, as well as correspondence related to the history of the letterbook, dated 1942. The letterbook contains personal correspondence from friends and family, and letters are often related to personal and family news, Barton's poetry and writings, and literature in general. Letter writers include Charles Lamb, Thomas Campbell, Elizabeth Fry, Charles Lloyd, Andrew Ritchie, Robert Southey, John Scott, Horatio Smith, Mary White, and John Chandler.

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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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Images of Friends Meeting Houses, slides and oversized, 1674-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 linear ft. (31 boxes)
Abstract:: Images, mostly glass slides and oversize images, of Quaker meetinghouses from the US and around the world.

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Quaker Objects Collection, 1747-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12 linear ft. (11 boxes)
Abstract:

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Tract Association of Friends collection, 1816-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 15.75 linear ft. (24 boxes and 27 volumes)
Abstract:: This is the collection for the Tract Association of Friends of Philadelphia.

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