Subject: Quakers -- Diaries / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1850">1850</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1899">1899</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Jane Maule diaries, 1866-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.66 linear ft. (11 volumes, 1 folder)
Abstract:: Diary entries describe weather, Quaker meetings, family news, and births, deaths, and marriages within the family and Quaker community.

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

Walter Robson journal, 1877-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.083 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Walter Robson's journal is entitled "Voyage to America and travels in the United States." Its entries describe Robson's departure from England and his voyages to and from the United States, including weather, accommodations, and fellow passengers. While in the United States, Robson traveled to various Friends and meetings in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Ohio, Chicago, Iowa, Indianapolis, Baltimore, North Carolina, and New York.

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

Sarah Frances Smiley diaries, 1857-1859 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.083 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: Sarah Frances Smiley was a Quaker minister. Her diary entries describe Quaker meetings, ongoing struggles with her religious conviction, and her dedication to God.

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

Elizabeth Reeve Evans diaries, 1882-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.3 linear ft. (7 volumes)
Abstract:: Diary entries describe social calls, the health of family and friends, the weather, Quaker meetings, and births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community.

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

John S. Haines diary, 1839-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.06 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: John S. Haines's "Farm and Garden" diary entries detail the weather, farm work done each day, harvests, planting, and crops yielded. Entries also describe farm-related business, including the sale of crops and the purchasing of farm equipment.

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

Robert Lindsey journal, 1850

Extent:: 0.0080 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Journal of Robert Lindsey's trip to visit Friends in Iowa. Entries describe the journey, including descriptions of the weather, travel by horse and wagon over the prairies, the dangerous crossing of the frozen Mississippi River, the history of the Quakers in Iowa, Quaker Meetings attended, and visits to various Iowa Quaker families.

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

Achilles Pugh journal, 1869

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Journal entries describe Pugh's travel from St. Louis, Missouri, to Lawrence, Kansas, Quaker meetings attended, meetings with "Indian agents" and officials, and visits to tribes and make payments.

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

Sarah Wistar diary, 1857-1859 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Early diary entries describe Sallie's classes and studies in her efforts to earn her high school diploma, while later entries describe social calls, illnesses in the family, and other family news, as well as Sallie's responsibilities as the eldest daughter living at home.

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

Esther Fisher Wistar diary, 1866-1892 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.06 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Esther Fisher Wistar's diary entries focus on family news, social calls, religious reflection, descriptions of Quaker meetings, and discussions of aging and death.

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

Rowland Greene journals, 1830-1857, 1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.7 linear ft. (10 volumes)
Abstract:: Rowland Greene was a Quaker minister from Rhode Island. His diary entries focus largely on religious visits Greene made throughout New England, as well as Quaker meetings he attended, social calls, family news, deaths within the Quaker community, and passages of religious reflection.

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

Search

Search Constraints

Search Results

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Limit your search

Repository

Record Source

Online Content

Subject

Organization

People

Place

Form

Creator

Language

Year