Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1869">1869</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Joseph S. Elkinton collection, 1731-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: .75 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: A collection of various materials including papers of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers (1794-1846), a writer on antislavery topics, and miscellaneous Quaker documents, as well as some relating to the Institute for Colored Youth (now Cheyney University).

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Elfreth, Morris, Satterthwaite families, 1820-1924 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 linear ft.
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Jones Family papers, 1821-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6.5 linear ft. (13 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of Eli and Sybil Jones, 19th century Quaker missionaries, most notably to the Middle East where they established missions on Mt. Lebanon and in Ramallah, Palestine; the correspondence of Charles and Ellen Jones, also 19th century Quaker missionaries in Ramallah; and the letters of Quaker James Parnell Jones, son of Eli and Sybil Jones, who fought in the Civil War.

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Richard Mead Atwater papers, 1862-1922 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: Richard Mead Atwater (1844-1922) was the son of Stephen Atwater and Mary Weaver, both of whom were Quaker. This collection is comprised of Atwater's diary, 1862; letters concerning Brown University; club memberships and letters concerning the memberships and autobiographical remarks written in 1917 as well as an earlier biographical sketch.

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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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Amelia Mott Gummere papers, 1681-1961 (inclusive) 1899-1937 (bulk)

Extent:: 2.5 linear ft. (5 document boxes)
Abstract:: Amelia Mott Gummere (1859-1937) was a noted writer on Quaker subjects. Her published works include The Quaker: a Study in Costume, 1901; The Journal and Essays of John Woolman, 1922; Witchcraft and Quakerism, 1908; and several other works. She was editor of the Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association and President of the John Woolman Association.

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Enoch Hoag papers, 1865-1883 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection includes correspondence, financial papers, and an account book concerning the finances of the Central Superintendency and Quaker work involving Native Americans.

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Morris Family papers, 1715-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.8 linear ft. (14 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of two prominent Philadelphia Quaker families, Morris and Sansom, spanning more than two centuries, from the colonial period into the 20th century. Topics include cultural and religious life and social and economic development.

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The New York Colored Mission records, 1865-1964 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.5 linear ft. (6 boxes)
Abstract:: The records of a Quaker organization from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries, with social and training offerings in New York, particularly to the African American community, and based on the principle of obtaining jobs and decent housing for African Americans.

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Perot Family papers, 1684-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: A history across several generations of Quaker brewers beginning with Anthony Morris in the 17th century. As well, there is genealogical and biographical information on the Perot, Marshall, Morris, Gomey, Siter, Powell, and Wilcox families.

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