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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.

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

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.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [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]

Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles Family papers, 1890-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12 linear ft. (22 boxes and 1 photograph in tube)
Abstract:: The papers document the lives of service of Quakers Gilbert Bowles (1869-1960) and Minnie Picket Bowles (1868-1958), Quaker missionaries and ministers in Asia and Hawaii for over 60 years, from 1896-1960.

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

GWEN Project Records, 1985-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7.7 linear ft. (7.7 linear ft.)
Abstract:: GWEN (Ground Wave Emergency Network was a grass roots organization founded in the mid 1980s. Mobilized citizens protested the establishment of a GWEN network, a plan by the U.S. Air Force to build a system of radiotowers around the U.S. for the purpose of maintaining military communications in the event of nuclear war. The GWEN Project was a national organization, headquartered in Amherst, Massachusetts. The co-directors were Nancy Foster and Lois Barber. In 1994, the U.S. Congress refused further funding for GWEN, calling it wasteful and unnecessary.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Marion Bromley and Ernest Bromley Papers, 1920-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:: 20.4 linear ft. (20.4 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Marion Coddington Bromley and Ernest Bromley were active members of the Society of Friends, absolute pacifists, war tax resisters, and worked for racial integration in the United States. They are best remembered as founders of the Peacemakers, and as war tax resisters.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

John Ewer letters, 1772-1776 (inclusive)

Extent:: .2 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Letters of John Ewer, located in London, to Owen Biddle (1737-1799), located in Philadelphia. Ewer was supplying Biddle, a Philadelphian merchant, with fabric of various kinds and patterns. Most of the letters deal with the shipping of this merchandise to Biddle and its payment. There are references to the increasing difficulties between Great Britain and the British colonies that would become the United States in Ewer's letters of 1775-1776.

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

Thomas M. Goldstein papers, 1962-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection is the result of Goldstein's work as a student at Haverford College toward an independent study paper on the Vietnam War protest at the college.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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