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Margaret Bacon 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.1312
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
0.63 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Margaret Bacon collection (HC.MC.1312), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Date:
1933-2010 (inclusive)
Abstract:
This collection contains the papers and writings of Margaret Hope Bacon, a 20th century Quaker writer and historian. It includes research compiled on Edward Townsend, William Biddle, and Lucretia Mott, and also includes collections of poems and biographical writings.

Margaret Hope Bacon (1922-2011), the daughter of artist Norman Borchardt, was a graduate of Antioch College. After marrying S. Allen Bacon, she became a Quaker and author of more than a dozen books relating to Quakers and Quakerism-- among the most prized was Mothers of Feminism, but she also wrote biographies of Henry J. Cadbury, Lucretia Mott, and others. She served as assistant director of information for the American Friends Service Committee from 1962 to 1984. She was a T. Wistar Brown Fellow in Quaker Studies at Haverford College and a Friend in Residence at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham, England.

This collection contains the papers and writings of Margaret Hope Bacon. Included within the collection are research materials compiled about Edward Townsend, William Biddle, and Lucretia Mott; documents relating to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the Friends Historical Library, the Fair Hill Board, the Farmington Meeting House, and the Fair Hill Burial Grounds; and personal writings including Memorial poetry, correspondance, and historical writings.

This collection is arranged in two series: Papers and Writings

Processed by Alexandra Stern; completed November, 2018.

  • HC.MC.1226 Bacon Family papers
  • HC.MC.950.010 Margaret Bacon collection on Henry Joel Cadbury
  • SFHL.RG5.276 Margaret Hope Bacon research papers

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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. Fair Hill Board, Farmington Meeting House, 2006-2010.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Oxford Encyclopedia Lucretia Mott, 2007.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Lucretia Mott Materials, 2006.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Purvis Geneology, 2007.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Biddle Swarthmore Connection, 1998-2006.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Fair Hill Burial Grounds, 2003-2008.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Fair Hill Inventory, 2006.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. William Biddle Materials, 2004.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Edward Townsend Materials, 2004.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Fair Hill Correspondence, 2004.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Veterans at Fair Hill, 1986.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Materials relating to abolitionsim, 1998-2005.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Friends Historical Association, 2006.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Women's History Materials, 2001.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 2006.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Women's Way, 2007.
Box 2

Archival Resource Key. Memorial Poems by Margaret Bacon, 2008.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Writings, 1933-1981.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. "Behind Prison Bars" Writings, 2007.
Box 2

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