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Leeds Family papers
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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Barclay R. Leeds (1834-1918) was the child of Daniel Leeds and Rebecca Lake. In 1867, he married Mary Maule Leeds (1841-1914), who was the child of Margaret Evans and Benjamin Maule. They were members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, and had three children, including Arthur Newlin Leeds (1870-1939) and Morris Evans Leeds (1869-1952).
Arthur Newlin Leeds (1870-1939) became a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting - Northern District, and died as a member of Frankford Monthly Meeting.
Morris Evans Leeds (1869-1952) married Hadassah J. Moore, and had two daughters. He was a member of the Haverford Corporation and served on the Board of Managers, including as President of the Board from 1928 to 1945. He was a member of Germantown Monthly Meeting (Orthodox).
Half of the collection is photographs, especially of trips to various places in the northeast. The other half is predominately correspondence written between family members.
This collection has two series: Correspondence and Photographs. Correspondence has subseries by person. Photographs have been arranged by place, and then chronologically.
Processed by Mary A. Crauderueff; completed April, 2018.
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- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- Mary A. Crauderueff
- Finding Aid Date
- April, 2018
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research use.
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Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Collection Inventory
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1883-1892.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence and photographs, 1900-1910.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Letters from after his death, 1927-1938.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Prints and Illustrations, undated.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Collected poems, undated.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Photo, letters, biography, undated.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Comly's grammer book, 1841.
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Archival Resource Key. Estate Tax Return, 1918.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Financial materials, 1850-1860.
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Archival Resource Key. Diary, 1852-1854.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1857-1859.
Box 1
Scope and Contents
From a "western trip"
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence and financial materials, 1860-1870.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence to Mary Maule, 1866-1868.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1870-1890.
Box 1
Scope and Contents
Includes published Memoir of Thomas H. Powers, 1878
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence - handwritten copies, 1876-1896.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence and financial materials, 1890-1900.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence and financial materials, 1900-1920.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1860-1880.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Family expense book, 1868-1898.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1880-1900.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Ciographic notes and photographs, 1882-1944.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1900-1910.
Box 2
Scope and Contents
Also includes photographs
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence folder 1 of 2, 1910-1914.
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Archival Resource Key. Correspondence 2 of 2, 1910-1914.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Wedding materials, 1926.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence from Westtown and Mohonk, 1881-1885.
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Archival Resource Key. Correspondence with Arthur L Leeds, 1890-1893.
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Archival Resource Key. Correspondence with Arthur L Leeds, 1920-1929.
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Archival Resource Key. Correspondence from trip to Europe, 1892-1893.
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Archival Resource Key. Family correspondence, 1900-1907.
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Archival Resource Key. Family correspondence, 1910-1919.
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Archival Resource Key. Family correspondence, 1930-1939.
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Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1931-1949.
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Archival Resource Key. Account of expenses, 1927-1952.
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Archival Resource Key. Menus, 1928-1952.
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Archival Resource Key. Menus, 1949-1966.
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Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous, undated.
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Archival Resource Key. Miller-Leeds Families Association, 1949.
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Archival Resource Key. Morris-Leeds genealogical materials, 1800s-2000s.
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Archival Resource Key. Book of household expenses, 1868-1949.
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Archival Resource Key. Book of household expenses, 1942-1953.
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Archival Resource Key. Adirondacks, 1909.
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Archival Resource Key. Avalon, 1895.
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Archival Resource Key. Back Log camp, 1905.
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Archival Resource Key. Berkshire, 1911.
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Archival Resource Key. Berkshire Bicycle trip, undated.
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Archival Resource Key. Big Pocono, 1916.
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Archival Resource Key. Blackwater Virginia, 1907.
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Archival Resource Key. Blackwater, 1908.
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Archival Resource Key. Blackwater, 1909.
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Archival Resource Key. Boardwalk photo, 1926.
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Archival Resource Key. Broadwater, 1903.
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Archival Resource Key. Broadwater, 1904.
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Archival Resource Key. Buck Hill Falls, 1924.
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Archival Resource Key. Camden South Carolina, 1910.
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Archival Resource Key. Camera tests, 1926.
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Archival Resource Key. Cape Cod, 1928.
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Archival Resource Key. Cove Island, Fires Eddy, 1904.
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Archival Resource Key. Delaware Bay and Beach Haven, 1900.
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Archival Resource Key. Eaglesman, 1912.
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Archival Resource Key. "Early Efforts about Home", undated.
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Archival Resource Key. Early Susquahanna, undated.
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Archival Resource Key. Egg Harbor, 1906.
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Archival Resource Key. Eichelmens, Christmas, 1895.
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Archival Resource Key. Ephreta and Lititz, fall, 1903.
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Archival Resource Key. Esther Stokes house party, October, 1900.
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Archival Resource Key. Florida, 1919.
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Archival Resource Key. formal portraits, undated.
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Archival Resource Key. Four-way Lodge, 1913.
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Archival Resource Key. Four-Way, 1920?.
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Archival Resource Key. France, 1917.
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Archival Resource Key. Autotrip to Gettysburg, 1913.
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Archival Resource Key. Germantown Hospital Fair, 1912.
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Archival Resource Key. Greenwich CT, 1911.
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Archival Resource Key. Hampton, Blacksburg, and Christiansburg, spring, 1902.
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Archival Resource Key. Harry Hashells house, 1928.
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Archival Resource Key. HC Reeves house party and white mountains, 1893.
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Archival Resource Key. Huntington Valley trip, 1911.
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Archival Resource Key. by JSS, undated.
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Archival Resource Key. Lake Wacamaw, 1915.
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Archival Resource Key. Leeds/ Emlen/ Gregory photos at Four-Way, 1928.
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Archival Resource Key. Maine trip, 1906.
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Archival Resource Key. Margaret Hathaway House party, 1915.
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Archival Resource Key. Maulton, 1903.
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Archival Resource Key. Meadow Farm, 1907.
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Archival Resource Key. Meadow Farm, 1908.
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Archival Resource Key. Meadow Farm House Party, 1911.
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Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous, undated.
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Archival Resource Key. "Miscellaneous architecture Longwood", undated.
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Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous canoeing, camping, bicycling, undated.
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Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous Chatham, 1928-1929.
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Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous photos, 1911.
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Archival Resource Key. Muddy Creek, Thanksgiving, 1895.
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Archival Resource Key. Nepigon Bungalow Camp, 1924.
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Archival Resource Key. Nepigon Bungalow Camp, 1925.
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Archival Resource Key. New Brunswick, Canada - Tobique and Nepisiguit, 1907.
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Archival Resource Key. New England, 1926.
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Archival Resource Key. New Jersey Pines, undated.
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Archival Resource Key. North Carolina, 1898.
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Archival Resource Key. North Carolina trip, 1912.
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Archival Resource Key. Panama Canal, Panama, Jamaica, 1912.
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Archival Resource Key. Parmalee Prentis, 1928.
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Archival Resource Key. pictures from home, 1903.
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Archival Resource Key. Plainfield House, 1928.
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Archival Resource Key. Pleasant Mills, 1925.
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Archival Resource Key. Pocomoke River, 1905.
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Archival Resource Key. Portraits of "mother and father", 1903.
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Archival Resource Key. Sandy Spring Meeting, 1928.
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Archival Resource Key. Sierra trip, 1915.
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Archival Resource Key. Sierra trip negatives, 1915.
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Archival Resource Key. Sierra trip, 1921.
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Archival Resource Key. Snow scenes, Marlton winter, 1904-1905.
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Archival Resource Key. Stokes house party, fall, 1903.
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Archival Resource Key. Summer at Bass River, 1929.
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Archival Resource Key. Susquehanna, 1890.
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Archival Resource Key. Susquahanna with JDC, 1895.
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Archival Resource Key. Susquahanna Walk, 1911.
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Archival Resource Key. Susquahanna Walk, 1911.
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Archival Resource Key. Susquahanna Walk, early summer, 1915.
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Archival Resource Key. Auto trip to Susquahanna, June 1915, 1915.
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Archival Resource Key. The Nanticoke, early April, 1906.
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Archival Resource Key. Trees, undated.
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Archival Resource Key. Tuckerton and Four-Way, fall, 1912.
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Archival Resource Key. Upper Delaware, June, 1903.
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Archival Resource Key. Upper Delaware, 1907.
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Archival Resource Key. Upper Delaware trip, 1915.
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Archival Resource Key. Upper Delaware, 1924.
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Archival Resource Key. Wading River, 1914.
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Archival Resource Key. Walnut Hill, 1906.
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Archival Resource Key. Werner House, 1929.
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Archival Resource Key. Westtown and Swallowfield, 1928.
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Archival Resource Key. Westtown picture cards, undated.
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Archival Resource Key. Yosemite trip, 1915.
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