Subject: Scrapbooks / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1900">1900</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1904">1904</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Isaac Sharpless presidential papers, 1877-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear ft. (3 volumes, 1 folder)
Abstract:: Isaac Sharpless's papers consist of several publications by and about Sharpless, two letter books containing copies of his outgoing correspondence as President of Haverford College, and a scrapbook containing newspaper and journal articles by and about Sharpless.

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

Joseph C. Turnpenny scrapbook, 1833-1926 (inclusive)

Extent:: .25 linear ft.
Abstract:: The scrapbook has an embossed cover titled Joseph C. Turnpenny and contains a collection of approximately 60 mostly loose 19th century engravings, lithographs, full-sized silhouettes, photographs, post cards, and other prints, primarily of Quaker and Philadelphia scenes. It is labelled on the first page "Elizabeth Bunting Scrapbook," but the contents indicate that Joseph C. Turnpenny, a member of Spruce Street Monthly Meeting, was a collector, perhaps together with Elizabeth Bunting and later Joseph T. Bunting. The first page which has an 1833 newspaper clipping glued to a page with a mounted engraved copy of a George Washington letter, 1785, marked "Engraved for the Port Folio -- JE Hall." The contents include portraits of well-known Quakers including Elizabeth Fry, Benjamin Lay, and Isaac Hopper, as well Fred Harvey lithographs of Arizona and amateur silhouettes of Joseph Turnpenny and his wife Elizabeth dated 1892. Also included is a Centennial Certificate (Thos. Jefferson...(see more)

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Naaman K. Ployd scrapbooks, 1901-1912 (bulk) 1849-1912 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Naaman K. Ployd (1840-1918) was a Civil War veteran, newspaper columnist, and local historian who lived in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Naaman K. Ployd scrapbooks, 1849-1912, consist of ten scrapbooks relating largely to the Civil War and Germantown history.

Held at: Germantown Historical Society [Contact Us]

Pottstown Historical Society manuscript volumes collection, 1808-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.0 linear feet
Abstract:: The Pottstown Historical Society manuscript volumes collection, 1808-1990, consists of eight scrapbooks, five ledgers, and three volumes of doctor's records. The doctor's records are a highlight of the collection, and were created by Dr. George Van Buskirk circa 1808-1823

Held at: Pottstown Historical Society [Contact Us]

Esther A. and Lloyd Balderston papers, 1885-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)
Abstract:: Materials documenting the life of Esther Balderston Jones during her time as a missionary in Japan (1914-1924) and from her father, Lloyd Balderston, about family history and geneology.

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

Stokes-Evans-Cope Family papers, 1713-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.25 linear ft. (6 boxes, 5 volumes, 1 tube)
Abstract:: Correspondence, diaries, legal and business papers, artifacts, printed volumes, scrapbook, account books, marriage certificates, deeds, photographs and photo-album, computer disks, typed transcripts and various misc. papers. Papers are chiefly of the related Quaker families of Stokes, Evans, Cope and Wistar of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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

Josiah W. Leeds scrapbooks, 1872-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 linear ft. (22 volumes, 1 box)
Abstract:: Twenty-two scrapbooks of correspondence (circa 2,000 letters) of Josiah Woodward Leeds (1841-1908) with persons involved in the social reform movements of the late 19th century as well as tracts and clippings of articles and editorials written by Leeds and articles on topics of interest to him.

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]

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]

Historical Society of Montgomery County scrapbooks collection, 1839-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:: 42.0 linear feet
Abstract:: The Historical Society of Montgomery County scrapbooks collection, 1839-1982, consists primarily of scrapbooks compiled by various individuals, along with some compiled by HSMC staff and volunteers. The majority have a local focus and consist primarily of newspaper clippings. There are scrapbooks devoted to prominent local citizens, nearby regions, or national events; and there are also numerous scrapbooks by named individuals with items of personal interest.

Held at: Historical Society of Montgomery County [Contact Us]

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