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Robert Proud manuscripts, Undated.

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the single folder collection of Robert Proud's manuscripts. The majority of the collection is comprised of notes on Robert Proud's life, presumably written by a descendant. The most significant item is titled "Notes & memorandums by Robert Proud of Philadelphia respecting his early turn of mind, education etc., anno 1786." There is also information in another hand about other Proud family members, a Robert Proud signature, and some fragments.

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

Thomas Elsa Jones papers, 1936-1946, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.44 linear ft.
Abstract:: This collection contains materials relating to the South African apartheid, including correspondence, notes, draft reports, reports, essays, and other materials related to apartheid, racial justice, and Quaker involvement in these movements.

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

Rosalie Regen scripts, 1952-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the scripts, generally for one-act plays, written by Rosalie Regen. Each play focuses on Quaker history, and particularly important Quaker individuals, including Elizabeth Fry, John Woolman, William Penn, Rufus Jones, George Fox, Mary Fisher, and John Greenleaf Whittier.

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

Kelsey Family papers, 1872-1934 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.88 linear ft.
Abstract:: This collection contains materials relating to Rayner Kelsey and his father, Asa Kelsey.

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

Leeds and Tatum family collection, 1829-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.44 linear ft.
Abstract:: The collection consists primarily of photographs depicting various Tatum and Leeds family members, including Sarah Mickle Tatum and Lewis L. Tatum, and also Daniel Leeds and a picnic at the Joseph Sturge First Day School. In addition, there are commonplace books of Sarah M. Tatum, at least one kept while she was a student at Westtown Boarding School in Westtown, Pennsylvania, and of Lewis L. Tatum.

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

Pike family papers, 1769-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear ft.
Abstract:: Collection contains letters, memorials, commonplace books, and miscellaneous items of the Pike family, especially Sarah Pike, and letters of Thomas Scattergood to his son, Alfred Scattergood.

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

Edward Rhoads correspondence, 1865-1871 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.22 linear ft.
Abstract:: Letters written to Edward Rhoads, a Quaker physician and Haverford College graduate. Letters writers include Edward Rhoads's parents (Samuel and Anne Gibbons Rhoads), Thomas Chase, Josiah Forster, Anna Harrison, Sophie and John Pease, Elisabeth and Henry Crosfield, William Pepper, M.A. and William Longstreth, James Carey Thomas, the Yarnall family, and others. The letters generally offer friendly regard.

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

Webb and Price family papers, 1703-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.22 linear ft.
Abstract:: The collection contains photos and genealogical information on the Webb and Price families.

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

Esther Willits Thomas correspondence, 1891-1896 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.22 linear ft.
Abstract:: The collection contains several groups of letters, all written to Esther Willits (Hettie), an assistant teacher at Westtown School.

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

Walter Penn Shipley Jr. papers, 1913-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the papers of Walter Penn Shipley Jr., and includes materials related to his time at Haverford College, including two trigonometry notebooks, four subject entrance exams, and his personal correspondence.

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

Sharpless family papers, 1891-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains materials of the Sharpless family, related to the Anna T. Jeanes and Joseph Jeanes Fund and the George School.

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

Thomas P. Cope estate settlement papers, 1908-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains materials related to the settlement of Thomas P. Cope's estate. Included are letters and documents of Edward Evans, Walter Penn Shipley, and members of the United States Treasury and United States District Attorney's office.

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

Stanford Monthly Meeting certificates of removal, 1819-1830 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains handwritten certificates of removal (letters of transit for a person or family that is leaving one meeting and seeking to join another) addressed to the Stanford Monthly Meeting.

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

Irene Wales papers, 1939-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of two folders of Irene Wales's papers. It includes a single folder of her correspondence with Thomas E. Drake, curator of the Quaker Collection at Haverford College, and a folder of materials related to Wales's research on 18th century Quaker history.

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

Walking Purchase records, 1735-1738 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection consists of materials related to the 1737 fraudulent seizure of land in Pennsylvania from the Lenape or Delaware Nation.

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

Wood family papers, 1839-1885

Extent:: .2 linear ft. (5 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the papers of the Wood family, and includes primarily sketches made by various family members, and engravings of Quaker leaders, though it also includes a single letter to Richard D. Wood, two unidentified photographs and the Will of Julianna R. Wood.

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

Lippincott family tree, Undated.

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (5 items)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the five pieces of the large illustrated Lippincott family tree, which at one time belonged to Charles Lippincott.

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

Haines and Bunting family papers, 1682-1863 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (5 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the papers of the Bunting and Haines families, and includes clippings, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and marriage certificates of the family. While the majority of materials focus on Samuel Bunting Haines, other members of the family are represented among the materials as well.

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

Stokes family papers, 1839-1887

Extent:: 0.2 linear ft. (4 volumes)
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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

"John Comly and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1827-1828", Undated.

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the single typed volume entitled "John Comly and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1827-1828." The manuscript was copied from the original by one of Comly's grandsons. The original manuscript was written for "Rupp's History of the Religious Denominations of the United States" in Byberry Friends' Library.

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

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