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Deborah Fisher Wharton commonplace book, 1808-1814 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.02 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: Deborah Fisher Wharton (1795-1888) was an American Quaker minister, suffragist, and social reformer, as well as one of the founders of Swarthmore College. Wharton's commonplace book volumes include poetry and prose.

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

Margaret White commonplace books, 1780-1833 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: Margaret White's commonplace books include poetry, prayers, and newspaper clippings.

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

Emma C. Yarnall commonplace book, 1878

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume, 1 folder)
Abstract:: The commonplace book of Emma C. Yarnall includes quotations on religious subjects, excerpts of letters, and excerpts of poetry and literature.

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

Elijah Coffin scrapbook, Undated.

Extent:: 0.2 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Elijah Coffin's scrapbook includes his handwritten notes, typed materials, and published clippings. It features published materials on the history of westward expansion and pioneers, and the history of Indiana, as well as typed excerpts from a history of Kentucky (by Scudder), a history of Virginia (by Cooke), and Daniel Boone. In addition to material focusing on the history of the American West, the scrapbook includes excerpts from histories of Mesopotamia, Russia, Babylonia, Sumeria, Palestine, and Jerusalem.

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

James A. Babbitt scrapbooks, 1894-1910, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (4 volumes)
Abstract:: James Babbitt's scrapbooks are comprised of pamphlets and clippings related to collegiate sports and a variety of organizations that Babbitt belonged to.

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

Lydia Swain Hinchman letterbooks, 1867-1916 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.39 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: Each volume of Lydia Swain Hinchman's letterbooks includes both business and personal correspondence. Letters are addressed to both Lydia Swain Hinchman and her husband, Charles Shoemaker Hinchman. Generally, personal correspondence is addressed to Lydia Swain Hinchman, while business correspondence is addressed to Charles Shoemaker Hinchman.

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

Anonymous scrapbooks, 1894

Extent:: 0.66 linear ft. (5 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of five volumes of anonymous scrapbooks from the Quaker Collection.

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

Anna Mary Woodward scrapbook, 1896-1923 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.16 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Anna Mary Woodward's scrapbook includes clippings related to Quaker history and Quaker meeting houses, clippings from The Friend, post cards of meeting houses, a Quaker calendar for 1911, clippings about Quaker ministers, materials of the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the reunion of two historic societies, and information about Friends' missions in Japan, China, and Ramallah.

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

Thomas Fisher signature album, Undated.

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Thomas Fisher (1801-1856) was a Quaker poet, a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, and the author of books on science and mathematics. This collection is comprised of his single volume signature album. The note on the inside cover reads: "The undersigned have examined Mr. Thomas Fisher's Diagrams for Generalizing and Simplifying Mathematical Principles; and believing them to be Novel and useful, subscribe in order to promote their publication." At the back of the volume there is a facsimile list of subscription to the Nonimportation Resolutions.

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

"Apologie de la Vraie Theologie Christienne", Undated.

Extent:: 0.63 linear ft. (4 volumes)
Abstract:: Robert Barclay's "Apology for the True Christian Divinity," translated into French by Georges Liens, summarizes the early Quaker theological concerns of the beliefs of Friends as Barclay heard them preached by George Fox and other influential Friends.

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

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