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Frank Evans collection

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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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Call Number:
MC.1311
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
1.71 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Frank Evans collection (HC.MC.1311), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Date:
1776-1978 (inclusive)
Form:
daguerreotypes (photographs) and Business records
Abstract:
This collection contains materials collected and donated by Frank Evans, spanning the years 1776-1978. Included in the collection are the letters, inventories, business documents, stories, geneological records, photographs, and daguerreotypes of prominant Quaker families, the Smith, Evans, Carter, Cope, Waring, and Whiteall families.

Charles Evans (1802-1879), the son of Jonathan and Hannah (Bacon) Evans, was born December 25, 1802, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Evans was a physician and was active in the Quaker community. Evans attended the 1827 meeting that planned the Orthodox/Hicksite seperation, and he was an attendant physician at Friends Asylum for years. Evans served on the editorial committee of The Friend, and wrote conservative editiorials for the publication. In 1861, Evans visitied England and Ireland, a journey in part taken due to an affection of the throat. Evans married Mary Lownes Smith, the daughter of Robert Mith III, the first editor of The Friend, in 1836. The couple had no children. He died April 21, 1879.

Henry Carter (1804-?) was born April 18, 1804 in Rock Run, Maryland, the son of John and Rebecca (Harlan) Carter. He married Mary Ann Jackson and the couple had ten children: Kate, John Isaiah (b. 1826), Evan Morris (b. 1828), Alice Anna (b. 1830), Anna Maria (b. 1833), Henry Harlan (b. 1835), Edith Rebecca (b. 1838), Sarah Ann (b. 1840), Joel Jackson (b. 1843), and Amelia Katherine (b. 1846). Henry Carter died April 1, 1896 in Fulton, Pennsylvania at the age of 91.

John M. Whitall (1800-1877) was was a prominent sea captain, businessman, and philanthropist in New Jersey and Pennsylvania involved in the spice and silk trade, glass-making, and missionary work. Whitall purchased a beach house in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1856, where the family gathered in the summer. From his days as a sailor and even more as a married man with a family, Whitall was quite a reverent man. The family held Friends Meetings at their house and enjoyed inviting other summer residents to join them. In 1872, a Friends meeting house was built in Atlantic City which served well for many generations of Quakers. Whitall began speaking in Meeting from 1858, and continued this activity until near his death in 1877.

This collection contains materials collected and donated by Frank Evans, spanning the years of 1776 to 1978. Included within the collection are the letters, inventories, business documents, stories, geneological records, photographs and daguerreotypes of prominant Quaker families, the Smith, Evans, Carter, Cope, Waring, and Whitall families.

The collection is arranged in nine series: Carter Family, Evans Family, Smith Family, Tidewater Shook Co., Bernard Waring, Whitall Family, Miscellaneous, Photographs, and Oversize.

Processed by Alexandra Stern; completed November, 2018.

  • HC.MC.1242 Cope-Evans Family papers
  • HC.MC.1007 Evans Family papers
  • HC.MC.1006 Charles Evans papers
  • HC.MC.1252 Hannah Bacon Evans papers
  • HC.MC.1020 William Bacon Evans papers
  • HC.MC.1285 Waring Family papers
  • HC.MC.1239 Elkington, Waring papers
  • HC.MC.1119 Whitall Family papers
  • HC.MC.975.08.034 Whitall Family financial records
  • HC.MC.975.07.095 James Whitall manuscripts

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Publisher
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Alexandra Stern
Finding Aid Date
November, 2018
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Collection Inventory

Archival Resource Key. Aunt Hannah's Stories, 1962.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Autobiography of Henry Carter, undated.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Henry Carter and his Descendants, 1972.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Sarah Carter, Account of a visit to Richmond, VA, 1866.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Some notes regarding the Carter Family,, 1906.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Materials, 1805.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Deed from John Elliot and Wife to John Carter, List

Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous, 1888-1967.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Some Notes Regarding the Carter Family (1906), Harlan Family Tree (1914), Assorted papers, Letter from Morris Cope to cousins (1882), Letter from Charles S. Carter to his Uncle Henry Carter (1888), Note with Carter family tree (handwritten), List of signitures (1967), Marriage document between Samuel Carter and Ruth Taylor

Archival Resource Key. Charles Evans diaries, 1892-1895.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

(2 vols)

Archival Resource Key. Ancestors of Hannah R. Evans, undated.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Henry Evans correspondence, 1976-1987.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letter from Jack to Henry Evans soliciting donations to Haverford College (1984), Letter from Win Leeds with updates from the class of 1926 and handwritten comments (1986), Letter from Win Leeds with updates from the class of 1926 (1984), Letter from former student Bill White to Henry Evans (1974), Letter from Robert Stevens to Henry Evans apologizing for error in Haverford Horizons (1982), Christmas letter from Bob and Lenore Haines to the Evans' (1980), Letter from Haverford classmate Schuy Baldwin (1982), Letter from John to Henry Evans (1982), Two personal letters from Haverford classmate Win Leeds (1982), Personal letter from John (1982), Letter from Robert Haines (1976), letter from George Austin with scientific articles by George Austin (1985), 2 letters from John E. Meschter (1982), 1 letter from John E. Meschter (1987), letter from Earl J. Ball III regarding scholarship endowment at Penn Charter (1982)

Archival Resource Key. Evans-Gilpen genealogical chart, undated.
Box 1

Archival Resource Key. Smith Family.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters, newspaper clippings, accounts, testimonies

Archival Resource Key. Tidewater Shook Co., 1906-1907.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Weekly Reports (1906-1907), Cost statement (1907)

Archival Resource Key. Berard Waring wallet and memo book, 1906-1959.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Envelope (1908), Simplex papers regarding the Simplex Pipe Clamp (1908), Misc. papers and letters

Archival Resource Key. Bernard Waring circular letter to Westtown classmates, 1900.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Bernard Waring (?) My Trip Abroad, 1905.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Thomas Waring, 1891-1953.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Letters to and from William Waring, 1776-1790.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Other Waring family members, 1892-1954.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Stories of the Waring family, undated.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Waring Family Miscellaneous, 1870-1951.
Box 2

Archival Resource Key. John M. Whitall, 1907.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Misc. clippings and letters

Archival Resource Key. Papers of Mary and John Whitall (1/2), undated.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Papers of Mary and John Whitall (2/2), 1816-1867.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Misc. letters and envelopes

Archival Resource Key. John and Mary Whitall, 1840-1867.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Misc. letters, envelopes, and inventories

Archival Resource Key. Academic essays and poetry [possibly Charles Evans], 1950-1984.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Clippings, letters, postcards, inventories, Program for the dedication of gardens at Haverford, Maps, letters

Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous [Possible Waring family], 1905.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Address book and memorandum book, undated.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. "A Moral Reflection", undated.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Transcript of Esther Tuke's letter to GC, 1974.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Bond subscription book, 1860.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Published materials, 1850-1863.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Mitchell's Map of Pennsylvania (1850), Jingle Party (1890), The Old Franklin Almanac (1863), The Old Franklin Almanac (1862),

Archival Resource Key. John Hare Memorandum book, undated.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

John Hare Memorandum book containing reflections on Thomas Waring (b. 1764) ,son of Joseph and Mary Waring of Ireland, Nathanial Newlin, (d. 1829), Joseph Hoag - spiritual vision, Alice Knight and her dream, C. Healy' visit with an aged and informed Indian woman, Reflections of a young women of 17

Archival Resource Key. Three unidentified darruerrotypes, undated.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Boxed and loose

Archival Resource Key. Thanksgiving Buffet Invitation, undated.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

3 copies

Archival Resource Key. Album with inscriptions, 1839-1844.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Found at Swallowfield

Archival Resource Key. Waring, Bernard, correspondence with William (brother), 1901.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Describes visit to Atlantic City, train excursion, University extension course lecture

Archival Resource Key. Evans, WIlliam -- Friends Asylum for Persons Deprived of their Reason, Membership Certificate, 1871.
Box 4

Archival Resource Key. Bacon Family photographs, undated.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

John Bacon (1779-1859) and Mary Ann Warner (1782-1863) with printed genealogy on verso.

Archival Resource Key. Old Bowne Home, Flushing, L.I., 1903.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

place where George fox preached

Archival Resource Key. Sarah Carter, Hannah Carter and Anna Evans, undated.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Four photographs, Henry Carter cdv

Archival Resource Key. Mary Newlin Smith, Reading, Gilbert Studio portrait, undated.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Waring family photographs, undated.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Colora (Home of Thomas and Anna Waring), Margaret Whitall Waring, b. July 27, 1910, cdv as infant, 6 months with two women; image as girl , Waring boys: one with wagon, toys, tent; family image on steps of home, Waring women, as elderly sitting accross from empty chairs symbolizing loss of husbands, 1889 ,

Archival Resource Key. Whitall family photographs:, undated.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Pearl, Mildred and Helen at Manheim, a celebration in Germantown

Archival Resource Key. Joseph Pennell Etching owned by Martha Barton, undated.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Thomas Waring, undated.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Daguerreotype (boxed and loose)

Archival Resource Key. Thomas Waring, 1908.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Daguerreotype (boxed and loose)

Archival Resource Key. John Michele Whitall, undated.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

daguerreotype (boxed and loose)

Archival Resource Key. Descendants of Jonathan E. Rhoads scroll, undated.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Descendants of William Henry Bacon and Hannah Haines family tree scroll, undated.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Carter, John -- Philadelphia Society for Allieviating the Miseries of Public Prisons Membership Certificate, 1847.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Contains lithograph of Eastern State and a portrait of Bishop White. (oversized, rolled in box, needs flattening and removal)

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