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Rhoads-Evans-Garrett Family Papers
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William Evans Rhoads (1870-1945) was born to a Quaker family, his father was Jonathan Evans Rhoads (1830-1914) and his mother, Rebecca Cresson Garrett Rhoads (1830-1905) in Wilmington, Delaware. He attended Westtown School from 1883 to 1887 and then became a partner in his family's belt making and tanning business, J.E. Rhoads and Son. He married his cousin Ruth Evans (1877-1915) in 1899 and they had six children together: Grace Evans Rhoads Jr. (1900-1991), Philip Garrett Rhoads (1902-1993), Elizabeth Rhoads (1903-1984), Thomas Garrett Rhoads (1907-1928), Richard Harlan Rhoads (1909-2005), and Katherine Biddle Rhoads (1912-1965). He established the family home "Hereshome" in Moorestown, New Jersey, which had a small farm. His wife Ruth died in 1915 from tuberculosis and he remarried to his late wife's sister, Grace Evans Sr. (1874-1959) in 1917 . He was a major contributor to the Westtown Arboretum and made charitable contributions to organizations that aligned with his Quaker beliefs such as the Philadelphia Peace Association of Friends and the Institute for Colored Youth (now Cheney University). He died in 1945.
Ruth Evans Rhoads (1877-1915) (William Evans Rhoads' first wife) was born to William Evans (1835-1919) and Rebecca Carter Evans (1835-?) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended Westtown School from 1891-1896 and went on to teach drawing there from 1898-1899. She married her cousin William Evans Rhoads (1870-1945) in 1899. They had six children together, as listed above. Ruth lived with her husband and children at their family home and farm "Hereshome" in Moorestown, New Jersey. She died at the age of 38, from a short, but serious case of tuberculosis.
Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. (1874-1959) (William Evans Rhoads' second wife) was born to William Evans (1835-1919) and Rebecca Carter (1835-?). She attended Westtown School from 1888-1893 and taught drawing at the same school in 1899. After her sister Ruth Evans Rhoads died in 1915, she married her late sister's husband William Evans Rhoads in 1917 and took on the role of mother for his children and had the nickname "Mother Gray". She continued her life as a homemaker at "Hereshome" in Moorestown, New Jersey and died in 1959.
Grace Evans Rhoads Jr. (1900-1991) was born to William Evans Rhoads (1870-1945) and Ruth Evans (1877-1915) in Moorestown, New Jersey. She was the oldest of their six children. She graduated from Westtown School in 1918 and Bryn Mawr College in 1922 as an English literature major. She became interested in peace and international relations and obtained a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She was involved with many social justice organizations over her lifetime, such as the American Friends Service Committee and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Her work in social justice led to much travel around the United States and abroad. She eventually moved to Paraguay and became involved with the Hutterian Brethren. She died in 1991 in Norfolk, Connecticut.
Philip Garrett Rhoads (1902-1993) was born to William Evans Rhoads (1870-1945) and Ruth Evans Rhoads (1877-1915) in Moorestown, New Jersey. He was the second of their six children. He attended Westtown School, graduating in 1918, and Haverford College, graduating in 1924. He went on to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received a Bachelor's of Science in 1927. In 1933 he became a partner and executive at his family's belt making and tanning business J.E. Rhoads and Sons. He married Josephine Eugenia (Genie) Eckford (1901-1995), teacher, artist, and homemaker in 1933 and they had two children together, Judith (Judy) Jameson Rhoads (1936-?) and William (Bill) Evans Rhoads (1938-?). After Philip's retirement from J.E. Rhoads and Sons he became the business manager and secretary of the Wilmington public school system. He was a member of the Prisoner's Aid Society, and the Kruse School for wayward girls. Philip died in 1993.
Elizabeth (Bet) Rhoads (1903-1984) was born to William Evans Rhoads (1870-1945) and Ruth Evans Rhoads (1877-1915) in Moorestown, New Jersey. She was the third of their six children. Elizabeth attended Westtown School, Mount Holyoke College, and Yale School of Nursing. She was employed for many years as a secretary at the Moorestown Friends School and served as overseer and secretary at the Moorestown Friends Meeting. She died in 1984 in Moorestown, New Jersey.
Thomas Garrett Rhoads (1907-1928) was born to William Evans Rhoads (1870-1945) and Ruth Evans Rhoads (1877-1915) in Moorestown, New Jersey. He was the fourth of their six children. Thomas attended Westtown School and Haverford College. He died young at the age of 21, while in recovery at the Pennsylvania Hospital after a mastoid removal operation.
Richard (Dick) Harlan Rhoads (1909-2005) was born to William Evans Rhoads (1870-1945) and Ruth Evans Rhoads (1877-1915) in Moorestown, New Jersey. He was the fifth of their six children. Richard attended Westtown School, graduating in 1928. He went on to study at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1933 with a Bachelor's degree in merchandising. He partnered with his family's belt making business J.E. Rhoads and Sons, eventually becoming president and chairman of the company. He married Mary Gaunt (1910-?), a teacher and homemaker in 1937 and they had three children together, David Gaunt Rhoads (1938-?), Ruth Evans Rhoads (1940-?), and Winifred Rhoads (1944-?). Richard died in 2005.
Katherine (Kit) Biddle Rhoads (1912-1995) was born to William Evans Rhoads (1870-1945) and Ruth Evans Rhoads (1877-1915) in Moorestown, New Jersey. She attended Westtown school, graduating in 1930 and went on to attend Earlham College. She married Horace Sawin (1910-1965), a professor, in 1933. They had five children together:Frederick Sawin (1934-?), Joan Sawin (1936-?), Elizabeth Sawin (1939-?), Philip Sawin (1942-?), and Thomas Sawin (1944-?). Katherine died in 1995.
Jonathan Evans Rhoads (1830-1915) (William Evan Rhoads' father) was born in 1830 to Joseph Rhoads III (1787-1861) and Hannah Evans Rhoads (1793-1865) in Marple, Pennsylvania. He attended Westtown School from 1844 to 1845 and was recorded as a Quaker minister in 1878. He married Rebecca Cresson Garrett (1830-1905) in 1856 at the Sixth Street Meetinghouse in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. They had eight children together. He was responsible for moving the family belt making and tanning company, J.E. Rhoads and sons, to Wilmington Delaware. He died in 1915.
Rebecca Cresson Garrett (William Evan Rhoads' mother) (1830-1905) was born to Thomas Cresson Garrett (1805-1888) and Frances Biddle (1803-1873) in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. She married Jonathan Evans Rhoads (1830-1915) in 1856 at the Sixth Street Meetinghouse in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. They had eight children together,. Rebecca was a homemaker and active in Quaker meetings. She died in 1905.
Thomas Cresson Garrett (1805-1888) (William Evans Rhoads' grandfather) was born to Philip Garrett (1780-1851) and Rebecca Cresson (1775-1839). Thomas' father Philip had apprenticed for a watchmaker and worked in the jewelry industry, which Thomas also went into, eventually starting his own jewelry business T.C. Garrett and Co. Thomas Cresson Garrett married Frances Biddle (1803-1873) in 1801. There is insufficient information on how many children they had besides their daughter Rebecca Cresson Garrett (1830-1905). Thomas died in 1888.
George Ashbridge Rhoads (William Evans Rhoads' brother) (1860-1937) was born to Jonathan Evans Rhoads (1830-1915) and Rebecca Cresson Garrett Rhoads (1830-1905) in Marple, Pennsylvania. He partnered with his family's belt making and tanning company J.E. Rhoads and Sons where he developed Tannate and served as an executive to the company. He married Frances Canby Tatum (1861-1931) in 1890 and they had seven children together: Thomas Garrett Rhoads (1891-1891), Elizabeth (Elsie) Tatum Rhoads (1892-1928), Rebecca Garrett Rhoads (1895-1939), Eleanor Rhoads (1897-1973), Lucy Richardson Rhoads (1901-1956), Marion Rhoads (1903-?), and John Tatum Rhoads (1907-?). George's wife Frances was a writer, community volunteer and homemaker, but died young at the age of 41 in 1931. George remarried in 1933 to Alice Carter Evans (1872-1955). George was a member of the Indian Committee in the Philadelphia Yearly meeting and an active Quaker. He died in 1937.
Alice Carter Evans (William Evans Rhoads' sister-in-law) (1872-1955) was born to William Evans (1835-1919) and Rebecca Carter (1835-?) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She had four siblings, Charles Evans, William Bacon Evans (1875-1964), Grace Evans Sr. (1874-1959) and Ruth Evans (1877-1915). Alice attended Westtown School and married John Biddle Rhoads (1865-1911) in 1894. They had four children, Mary Harlan Rhoads (1898-1983), Charles Edward Rhoads (1903-1989), George Ashbridge Rhoads (1907-1977), and Hannah Carter Rhoads (1911-?). Alice's husband John died in 1911 at the age of 46 and Alice remarried to her late husband's brother, George Ashbridge Rhoads (1860-1937). Both of Alice's husbands (John Biddle Rhoads and George Ashbridge Rhoads) were brothers of William Evans Rhoads and Alice was sister to both of William Evans Rhoads' wives (Ruth Evans Rhoads and Grace Evans Rhoads Sr.). Alice served on many Friend meeting committees and was active in the Peace Movement. She died in 1955.
William Bacon Evans (1875-1964) (William Evans Rhoads' brother-in-law) was born to William Evans (1835-1919) and Rebecca Carter (1835-?) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Columbia University in 1913 with Bachelor's degrees in Science and Education and in 1929 from Rollins College. He served as a Quaker minister, teacher and writer throughout his life. He taught French at the Westtown school between 1908 and 1917. William worked in research for fifteen years on "The Dictionary of Quaker Biography" at Haverford College and also authored twelve books on subjects ranging from ornithology to poetry. He served as a staff member for the Daniel and Emily Oliver Orphanage in Ras el Metn, Syria, for eleven years and went on to live at the Friends Center on Arch St. in Philadelphia. William died in 1964.
J.E. Rhoads and Sons (1702-2009) was the longest continually run business in the United States, operating for 307 years. The company was founded in 1702 by Joseph Rhoads I (1680-1732) in Marple, Pennsylvania as a commercial tannery. Over time it came to specialize in leather belts used in mechanical applications. After the American Civil War the company relocated to Wilmington, Delaware while keeping its headquarters in Philadelphia. In 1993 a majority of the company's shares were sold outside of the Rhoads family and in 2009 the company went out of business.
The Rhoads-Evans-Garrett Family papers collection contains letters, financial material, deeds, photographs and more related to William Evans Rhoads, his children, spouses, siblings, cousins, and previous generations. William Evans Rhoads was born in 1870 in Wilmington, Delaware to a prosperous Quaker family that owned J.E. Rhoads and Sons, a belt making and tanning company. William and several of his brothers, sons and family members took on executive positions in the company over the generations. William married his cousin Ruth Evans Rhoads in 1899 and they established their family home and farm "Hereshome" in Moorestown, New Jersey. The farm at Hereshome didn't sustain the family financially, William and Ruth liked the idea of raising a family on a farm and using it as an opportunity to raise responsible children. The collection contains a series of material on the establishment of Hereshome, including plans for the garden, a visitor log and a notebook kept by Agnes Killarney, a Hereshome servant.
William and Ruth had six children, Grace Evans Rhoads Jr., Philip Garrett Rhoads, Elizabeth Rhoads, Thomas Garrett Rhoads, Richard Harlan Rhoads and Katherine Biddle Rhoads. The collection contains many letters written between William and his children and amongst the children over the course of their school days up into adulthood. William's wife Ruth contracted tuberculosis in 1915 and died after a short but serious illness, leaving William with six children to raise on his own, the youngest being only three years old. William remarried two years later in 1917 to Ruth's sister, Grace Evans Rhoads Sr., who took on her late sister's role as wife and mother to William's children. The collection contains a great deal of William Evans Rhoads' financial records including tax information, estate planning, and receipts from a wide range of local companies.
William Evans Rhoads' eldest son Philip Garrett Rhoads is the most well represented out of his children in the collection, with letters from all of his siblings from his childhood through adulthood, weekly letters from his father through his school years at Westtown school into his adulthood, and school materials from high school through his college education at M.I.T. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Many of the Rhoads children attended Back-Log camp during the summer, and wrote letters home, including Philip. There are also years worth of correspondence exchanged between Philip and his wife Eugenia and their children, Judy and Bill Rhoads. Philip Garrett was a favorite of the siblings and received many letters from his brothers and sisters throughout his lifetime.
The collection also contains material from previous generations of the Rhoads family, most notably that of William Evans Rhoads' grandfather Thomas Cresson Garrett. Thomas Cresson Garrett owned T.C. Garrett and Co., a jewelry business in Philadelphia. The collection contains many receipts, letters, and financial records from the daily operations of the business. There are also photos of and letters from prior generations of the Rhoads family including Rebecca Carter's relatives (William Evans Rhoads' mother-in-law). Extended family members are also represented in the collection including Frances Tatum Rhoads' (WER's sister-in-law) household journal, William Bacon Evans' (WER's brother-in-law) papers, and notebooks on work with Indigenous peoples by J. Edgar Rhoads (William Evan Rhoads' nephew).
The collection is organized into series by family member name and then into subseries by genre of material such as letters, financial, papers, etcetera. The remaining series are broken down by genre of material including genealogy, artwork, photographs and more.
Gift of Katherine Obbard and family, 2019
Processed by Janeen Lamontagne and Ella Culton, completed February 2023.
Organization
Subject
- Quaker businesspeople
- Quaker women -- Correspondence
- Quaker women -- New Jersey
- Quaker youth
- Quakers -- Family relationships
- Quakers -- New Jersey
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey -- Burlington County
- Quaker deeds
- Quaker philanthropists
- Agriculture
Place
- Publisher
- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- Ella Culton and Janeen Lamontagne
- Finding Aid Date
- February, 2023
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research use
- Use Restrictions
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Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)
Collection Inventory
Includes photograph of the hearth at New Home, with a short verse about William Evans' decision to change the name of Larchknoll Farm to Hereshome.
Letters and receipts for checks from family members to William Evans Rhoads
Notices of payment for the tuition of Grace, Philip, Elizabeth, and Thomas, children of William Evans Rhoads.
Employment Agreement with Walter Roberts related to the Moorestown home. Roberts and his family lived in a home owned by William Evans Rhoads while he worked for the Rhoads family.
Notices of payment for the tuition of Grace, Philip, Elizabeth, and Thomas, children of William Evans Rhoads.
Receipts for tuition, books, etc. at Westtown School for William Evans Rhoads students.
Includes investment inventory, correspondence between William Evans Rhoads and Girard Trust Company, William Evans Rhoads securities at Girard, List of Bonds, List of Investments, etc.
Includes daily records, stock, bonds, insurance, due dates, real estate, etc.
Ruth Evans Rhoads' parents
George A. Rhoads (1860-1937). Brother of William Evans Rhoads.
Mother of William Evans Rhoads.
Letters from family members including brothers Joseph, John, George, sister Bessie, and father Jonathan Evans Rhoads. Letters of condolence on event of wife Ruth's and son Thomas' deaths. Bulk dates: 1878-1879, 1987-1888, 1891-1892, 1899-1901, 1915, 1928
Letters from aunts, uncles, cousins, neices and nephews, including uncle John Garrett, cousin Hannah Rhoads, nephew Charles Rhoads, aunt Martha Garrett, cousin Rebecca Evans, Caroline Rhoads, aunt Hetty Garrett, cousin Eleanor Elkinton, uncle Charles Rhoads, aunt Alice Carter, niece Mary Rhoads, cousin Sarah Carter, and nephew J. Edgar Rhoads. Includes discussion of wife Ruth's illness, condolences after her death and congratulations on his 2nd marriage to Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. Bulk dates: 1878, 1886, 1892, 1896-1900, 1902, 1905, 1907, 1909-1912, 1914-1916, 1928
Letters from William Evans Rhoads addressed to his family circle, mother, brother Edward and cousin Alice. Bulk dates: 1875, 1879, 1886, 1903-1904, 1912, 1915-1916, 1926
Miscellaneous letters to and from members of the Evans and Rhoads families.
Letters to William Evans Rhoads from his best friend Fred Stone. Letters written to William while he was at Westtown boarding school, discussion of school work.
Joseph E. Rhoads (1857-1936). Brother of William Evans Rhoads.
Edward G. Rhoads (1863-1926). Brother of William Evans Rhoads. On his wife Margaret Paxson Rhoads (1863-1949).
John B. Rhoads (1865-1911). On his wife Alice Carter Rhoads (1872-1955).
Elizabeth Rhoads (1872-1948). Sister of William Evans Rhoads. Married Robert Tatnall.
Letters from Frances Rhoads to her brother William Evans Rhoads. Bulk dates: 1887, 1896-1900, 1903, undated
Letters to William Evans Rhoads and Ruth Evans Rhoads from Mother Rebecca. One letter 1916 from "Mother Evans".
newspaper clippings in may 15, 1890 letter envelope
Letters from Ruth Evans Rhoads to William Evans Rhoads before their marriage. Includes locks of hair, paintings, pressed leaves and photographs.
Letters to William Evans Rhoads from his best friend Fred Stone.
Letters from friends to William Evans Rhoads, including letters of condolence upon his wife Ruth's death, letters between William and friend Edith Moon re. a proposition for her to take care of his children after Ruth's death, letters of congratulations upon his engagement to Grace Evans Rhoads Sr., a letter of condolence on the death of his son Thomas. There are also photographs of friends and of the Rhoads family. Bulk dates: 1896-1899, 1909-1912, 1915-1916, 1928, undated
Letters from Fred Stone's wife Bertha Linton Smith to William Evans Rhoads
Letters to William Evans Rhoads from his sister-in-law and cousin Alice Carter Rhoads. Includes discussion of Ruth Evans Rhoads death.
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. to William Evans Rhoads before Ruth Evans Rhoads' death and after Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. and William Evans Rhoads's marriage
Letters to William Evans Rhoads from his father Jonathan Evans Rhoads
Letters of congratulations from family and friends to William Evans Rhoads on his engagement to Ruth Evans Rhoads
Letters from Ruth Evans Rhoads to William Evans Rhoads before their marriage. Includes lock of hair
Letters from Ruth Evans Rhoads to William Evan Rhoads before their marriage
Letters from Ruth Evans Rhoads to William Evans Rhoads after their marriage. Includes love letters, drawings, and news of children. Removed candy hearts.
Need to determine whether "mother" refers to William Evans Rhoads's mother or mother-in-law. Note: The letters before 1905 seem to be from William Evans Rhoads's mother, and after that point are his mother-in-law, "Mother E"
Letters to William Evans Rhoads from his best friend Fred Stone.
plant sample on sep 21 1904 letter?
Letters from Ruth Evans Rhoads to her husband William Evans Rhoads after their marriage. Includes love letters, drawings, and news of family and children.
On his wife, Harriet Masters Rhoads (1858-1955).
Letters to William Evans Rhoads from his best friend Fred Stone.
Letters from Elizabeth Rhoads Tatnall to her brother William Evans Rhoads
Letters from Ruth Evans Rhoads to her husband William Evans Rhoads after their marriage. Includes love letters and news of family and children.
Letters William Evans Rhoads wrote to friends
Letters from Ruth Evans Rhoads to her husband William Evans Rhoads after their marriage. Includes love letters and news of family and children.
Letters to William Evans Rhoads from his best friend Fred Stone.
Letters from Ruth Evans Rhoads to family with updates on travel, family and farm life. Includes photos of children Philip, Grace and Elizabeth.
Previously had dried plant materials in 11 July 1915. Letter April 13, 1914 most likely misdated year (should be 1915).
Letters written to Grace Evans Rhoads while she was at Westtown boarding school from her father William Evans Rhoads
Correspondence and financial records regarding a trust for Elizabeth Tatnall
Letters to William Evans Rhoads from his best friend Fred Stone. Discusses effects of WWI on business.
Letters written to Grace Evans Rhoads while she was at Westtown boarding school from her father William Evans Rhoads
Letters written to Grace Evans Rhoads while she was at Bryn Mawr college from her father William Evans Rhoads
Correspondence between William Evans Rhoads and his daughter Elizabeth Rhoads, includes some of her responses
Correspondence between William Evans Rhoads and his brother Edward Rhoads
Letters written by William Evans Rhoads to his brother, sister, cousin, father and aunts Hannah and Hetty
Correspondence regarding finances for Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. by William Evans Rhoads
This deposit was completed through Benjamin Cooper for Walter E. Wright and his son
Correspondence between William Evans Rhoads and his son Richard Rhoads while he was at Westtown boarding school. Includes much discussion of grades.
Letters written to Grace Evans Rhoads from her father William Evans Rhoads while she was at Bryn Mawr college and a Quaker hostel in Switzerland. Also includes financial records.
Correspondence between William Evans Rhoads and his sons Richard and Thomas Rhoads while they William Evans Rhoadse at Westtown boarding school. Discussion of school and grades.
Correspondence between William Evans Rhoads and his brother Joseph Rhoads
Correspondence between William Evans Rhoads and his sister Margaret Rhoads
Correspondence between William Evans Rhoads and his nephew Charles E. Rhoads
Includes accounts, correspondence related to William Evans Rhoads and Philadelphia/Massachusetts banks, and various letters to and from Jessie Carter.
Correspondence between William Evans Rhoads and his son Richard Rhoads while he was at Westtown boarding school and the University of Pennsylvania
Correspondence between William Evans Rhoads and his cousin J. Snowdon Rhoads
William Evans Rhoads's correspondence regarding the Westtown Arboretum that he was involved with managing
Correspondence regarding finances between William Evans Rhoads and Grace Evans Rhoads Sr.
Correspondence between William Evans Rhoads and his daughter Elizabeth Rhoads, includes some of her responses
Correspondence between William Evans Rhoads and his nephews Joseph Rhoads Jr. and John Rhoads
Letters from Richard Rhoads to his father William Evans Rhoads with updates on family and business
Editorials from the Wilmington Paper sent to William Evans Rhoads by Fred Stone. Written by Fred Stone (as the observer).
Correspondence regarding Rebecca Rhoads' late residence
Letters from William Evans Rhoads to his daughter-in-law Eugenia Eckford Rhoads (married to Philip Rhoads) and his grandchildren Judy and Billy Rhoads
Correspondence between William Evans Rhoads and his granddaughter Judith Rhoads (Philip Rhoads' daughter)
Letters from Richard Rhoads to his father William Evans Rhoads with updates on family and business
Correspondence between WIlliam Evans Rhoads and his nephew Dr. Jonathan Rhoads on family and
Materials include miscellaneous letters (copies) from earlier generations, financial correspondence, correspondence with his siblings and children, as well as letters to his wife Ruth Evans Rhoads.
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads Jr. to her father William Evans Rhoads while she was attending Westtown School.
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads Jr. to her father William Evans Rhoads while she attended Westtown School, January-May 1916
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads Jr. to her father William Evans Rhoads while she attended Westtown School, June-December 1916
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads Jr. to her father William Evans Rhoads and stepmother Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. ("Mother Gray") while she attended Westtown School.
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads Jr. to her father William Evans Rhoads and stepmother Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. ("Mother Gray") while she attended Westtown School and Bryn Mawr College.
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads Jr. to her father William Evans Rhoads and stepmother Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. ("Mother Gray") while she attended Bryn Mawr College.
Letters from various friends and relatives expressing condolences on unexpected death of Thomas G Rhoads.
Correspondence between William Evans Rhoads and relatives related to deed modifications, property, etc.
Includes receipts and occasionally correspondence for charitable contributions to Anti-Militarism, Anti-Saloon League of New Jonathan Evans Rhoadssey, Bible Association in America, Christian Association of the University of Pennsylvania, Christian League of Philadelphia, Efficiency Society, Friends Institute Receipts, Friends Sudan Committee, Friends Temperance Association of Philadelphia, Home Missionary Society, Howard Institution, and Moorestown Improvement Association.
Includes receipts for charitable contributions to North House Association, Pennsylvania Prison Society, general Philadelphia Charitable Contributions, Philadelphia Daily Vacation Bible School, Philadelphia Juvenile Court and Probation Association, Philadelphia Peace Association of Friends, The Institution for Colored Youth, and Yearly Meeting Week Suppers Receipts.
William Evans Rhoads grades at Westtown Boarding school and summer sessions
Health records for life insurance company filled out by William Evans Rhoads on his medical history. YMCA booklet with measurements
Various members of the Rhoads family give written responses to the question of whether it is appropriate to take young children to Quaker meetings
Automobile licenses and roadside assistance membership card for William Evans Rhoads
William Evans Rhoads' daily schedule while wife Ruth was in hospital with tuberculosis
"A Lesson from a Bed Quilt" children's book given to William Evans Rhoads from his Aunt Fanny. Drawing of William Evans Rhoads by his son Thomas.
List of family vacations and other trips listed by year
Contains materials related to son Philip Garrett Rhoads, Grace Evans Rhoads Sr., Ruth Evans Rhoads, Emma Cadbury, and William Evans Rhoads vacation plans, bills, etc.
1887 volume includes QandA to Philosophy, reading assignments, and related questions. Also included is Topics in English Literature volume (undated)
Songbook given to William Evans Rhoads in 1892. Inside inscription reads "Wm E Rhoads from sister FTR"
Materials include Rebecca Cresson Garrett (William Evans Rhoads mother) religious diary, correspondence from William Evans Rhoads after the death of Ruth Evans Rhoads (related to her illness), family obituaries, back log camp materials, Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. school materials, etc.
Calendar/diary datebook written by William Evans Rhoads for his daughter Grace Evans Rhoads Jr.
Includes correspondence from Moorestown Field Club, Constitution and By-Laws, and "Four Score and Twenty Years of the Moorestown Field Club. William Evans Rhoads was a member.
Includes William Evans Rhoads voting records, memories of William Evans Rhoads as a young child, and William Evans Rhoads character analysis completed in 1916
Correspondence related to William Evans Rhoads will and estate prior to his death.
Inventory and Appraisement of Personal Property, Last Will and Testament of Willliam E Rhoads, photocopy of William Evans Rhoads's Will attached to Philip Garrett Rhoads's estate tax filing, and related correspondence to William Evans Rhoads relatives.
Receipts for newspapers and publications Thomas Garrett subscribed to.
Receipts from the tailor Thomas Thorne to Thomas C Garrett.
Receipts for jewlery related items Thomas Garrett bought for his business T.C. Garrett and Co.
Receipts for food, clothing, and household items bought by Thomas Garrett.
Note written by Thomas Cresson Garrett reads: "Letters J.M.V. "
Letters from people whose last name begins with M-N
Letters from people whose last name begins with O,P,Q,R
Note written by Thomas Cresson Garrett reads: "CDEJ Letters".
Receipts for jewlery related items Thomas Garrett bought for his business T.C. Garrett and Co. Receipts from companies that start with "E and F".
Receipts for jewlery related items Thomas Garrett bought for his business T.C. Garrett and Co. Receipts from companies that start with "E and F".
Receipts for household items, appliances, clothing and food bought by Thomas Garrett
Receipts for jewlery related items Thomas Garrett bought for his business T.C. Garrett and Co.
Receipts for jewelery and watch related items bought from Robbins Brothers, F.C. Richard, RoGrace Evans Rhoadss Brothers MFG., Osmon Reed, Richardson and Hicks Co.
Receipts for jewlery related items and repairs Thomas Garrett bought for his business T.C. Garett and Co., receipts from businesses ending in "K, L, and M"
Receipts for jewlery related items Thomas Garrett bought for his business T.C. Garrett and Co., receipts from companies that start with the letter D including Deutz and Wintzel, Francis Dubosq and son, and DrEugenia Eckford Rhoads and Sears
Includes notes, notes paid, bank notes, "Settlement with Farmers and Mechanic's Bank", and settled receipts "S".
Letters from family, friends and customers to Thomas Garrett. Bulk dates: 1839, 1851, 1855, 1862, 1864
Letters from customers and business partners to T.C. Garrett and Co.
Letters regarding the Moorestown Improvement Association. Constitution and by-laws of the Moorestown Improvement Association. Village Improvement newspaper.
Correspondence with Vulcanite Jewlery Company, Office of Mineral Point Mining Company, and other business interests.
A permit from the Philadelphia License Clerk's Office for Thomas Garrett to contract a drain on the west side of Tenth street
Materials include indenture to buy out business partner Eden Haycock in 1855, receipts, business notice, "Brief of Title to Lots of Ground belonging to Thomas C Garrett", and Land Transfer deed of Thomas C Garrett estate in Grace Evans Rhoadsmantown, PA to Edward G Rhoads and William Evans Rhoads (estate trustees for several of the Garrett daughters).
Information on will of Thomas C Garrett (1805-1888), trust(s) established by the will, and net income of trusts. Includes correspondence to William Evans Rhoads, the substituted trustee of Thomas C Garrett estate after the death of his wife and children.
Philip Garrett Rhoads check stub books from Haverford years, expense account book at Westtown
Includes correspondence related to financial matters, a bank book from 1902-, and in 1959, transferring stock to Philip Garrett Rhoads's children.
Documents pertaining to Philip Garrett Rhoads's fitness for work as well as a poem about Philip Garrett Rhoads (character sketch) and correspondence about a scholarship.
Bound book titled "Inventory and Appraisement of Furniture and Furnishings in the Residence of Philip G. Rhoads 108 School Road Alapocas Wilmington, Delware"
Philip Garrett Rhoads lent Bill 25K at the time of his divorce/separation from Cro[ne?] Betts
Loan to Judy (JRO) $25,000 in 1978 for C+P college
Yearly expenses from 1941 to 1967 written by Philip G Rhoads. Expenses are broken up into categories like Household, Contributions, Taxes, Personal, Medical, and Subscriptions.
Letters from Philip Garrett Rhoads to his father William Evans Rhoads
Weekly letters written to Philip Rhoads from his father William Evans Rhoads while Phil was at Camp Tunkhannock, Westown boarding school and Haverford college with updates on family, home and farm life.
Letters from Philip Garrett Rhoads to his father William Evans Rhoads
Letters from Philip Garrett Rhoads to his father William Evans Rhoads
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. ("mother gray") to Philip G. Rhoads (step son) and his family, including wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads and their children Judy and Billy Rhoads.
Letters from Elizabeth Rhoads to Philip G. Rhoads (her brother)
Letters from Philip Garrett Rhoads to his father William Evans Rhoads
Letters to Philip Rhoads from his father William Evans Rhoads while William was away at Westown School. Updates on home and family life.
Letters from G.E.R. Jr. to P.G.R. (her brother)
Weekly letters written to Philip Rhoads from his father William Evans Rhoads while Phil was at Haverford college with updates on family, home and farm life.
Letters written by Philip Garrett Rhoads to his father and sisters during his European trip
Letters written by Philip Garrett Rhoads to his brother Thomas Garrett Rhoads
Weekly letters written to Philip Rhoads from his father William Evans Rhoads while Phil was living in Boston, MA.
Letters from Richard H. Rhoads to his brother Phil and parents
Weekly letters written to Philip Rhoads from his father William Evans Rhoads with some responses from Philip
Letters written to Philip Rhoads from his father William Evans Rhoads on family and business matters
Letters from friend Don Wilbur to Philip G. Rhoads, Don was Phil's best man at his wedding.
Letters to Philip Rhoads from his friend Charlotte Stick
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. ("mother gray") to Philip G. Rhoads (nephew) and his family, including wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads and their children Judy and Billy Rhoads.
Ethel Reynolds was a friend of Phil and Eugenia Rhoads, she also lived at Mrs. Thatcher's boarding house.
Letters from Philip Rhoads to his wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads
Letters from Philip Rhoads to his wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads
Letters from Philip Rhoads to his mother and sisters-in-law
Letters from members of the Rhoads family to Eugenia Rhoads (married to Philip Rhoads). Bulk dates: 1932-1934, 1936-1939, 1949, 1970
Letters from Philip Rhoads to his wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads
Letters to Philip Rhoads from his father's best friend Fred Stone.
Postcard from Ruth Rhoads to Philip and Eugenia Rhoads (son and daughter in law)
Letters from Philip Rhoads to his wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads
Letters from Philip Rhoads to his wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads
Letters from Philip Rhoads to his wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. ("mother gray") to Philip G. Rhoads (nephew and stepson) and his family, including wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads and their children Judy and Billy Rhoads.
Letters from Philip Rhoads to his wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads and their children
Letters from Philip Rhoads to his father William Evans Rhoads
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. ("mother gray") to Philip G. Rhoads (nephew) and his family, including wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads and their children Judy and Billy Rhoads.
Letters from Philip Rhoads to his wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads and their children
Letters to Judy Rhoads Obbard from members of the Rhoads family Bulk dates: 1946, 1948, 1966, 1984-1985
Letters from Philip Rhoads to his wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads and their children
Philip G. Rhoads' financial correspondence regarding the sale of Hereshome
Letters from Philip Rhoads to his daughter Judy and her husband Pete
Letters from Philip Rhoads to his wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads
Letters from Philip Rhoads to his sister Elizabeth Rhoads
A letter from Eugenia Eckford Rhoads to her husband Philip G. Rhoads
Letters and notes from Philip Rhoads to his wife Eugenia Eckford Rhoads
Photos, postcards, map, daily planner, and Grace Evans Rhoads list from Philip's trip to Europe
250th anniversary booklet and interview of Philip Garrett Rhoads by Priscilla M. Thompson in 1980.
In their old age, Eugenia Eckford Rhoads and Philip Garrett Rhoads move to Faulk Manor North. Documents include estate settlement dispute, poWilliam Evans Rhoads of attorney, division of furniture between their children, as well as Philip Garrett Rhoads's final illness and death arrangements.
Transcription of interview with Philip G. Rhoads, J. Edgar Rhoads, Daniel FrysinGrace Evans Rhoads, Richard Rhoads, and Mary Rhoads by Priscilla M. Thompson conducted in connection with a history of Jonathan Evans Rhoads and Sons. Photocopies of some of the pages of the interview that especially have to do with family and family history. Full transcript and finished work at Hagley Museum and Archives.
Philip Garrett Rhoads Summer Camp in 1916, aged 14. Illustrations by Philip? of family.
Philip Garrett Rhoads took basic accounting class/seminar. Potentially in relation to managing his own finances and acting as Business ManaGrace Evans Rhoads of Wilmington Public School without any formal college accounting.
Friends Academy
Friends Academy
Letters to Ruth Evans Rhoads friends and family including Mother R, Anna Darnell, Elizabeth Rhoads Tatnell, Alice Mary, Aunt Hetty, Uncle John Garrett, cousin Rebecca Evans, Eleanor Evans Garrett, Aunt Martha Garrett, Alice Carter, and Mary Haines. Bulk dates: 1896-1897, 1900-1901, 1904, 1910-1914, undated
Letters from Ruth Evans Rhoads to her family and sisters. Bulk dates: 1902, 1904-1905, 1908, 1912
Letters from William Evans Rhoads to his wife Ruth Evans Rhoads. Includes news about their children.
Letters sent to Ruth Evans Rhoads at Pennsylvania Hospital when she was ill before she passed away. Includes poems, drawings, postcards, clippings and notes from friends, family and her children.
Letters sent to Ruth Evans Rhoads at Pennsylvania Hospital when she was ill before she passed away. Includes poems, drawings, postcards, clippings and notes from friends, family and her children.
Letters sent to Ruth Evans Rhoads at Pennsylvania Hospital when she was ill before she passed away. Includes poems, drawings, postcards, clippings and notes from friends, family and her children.
Includes detailed descriptions of pressed plants.
Most likely given to Ruth Evans Rhoads at the time of her wedding in 1899
Used for recording purchases of seeds, plants, and plantings
Sporatic entries from Ruth Evans in 1885 related to her family and notable events.
Includes notes related to Ruth Evans Rhoads's death as well as "Recognition of Women in the Affairs of the Church," possibly written by Ruth Evans Rhoads.
Both Grace and Ruth Evans had song books they wrote out, and took on trips.
Ruth Evans Rhoads estate settlement and correspondence; cause of death included.
Bills and receipts to doctors and hospitals related to Ruth Evans Rhoads's illness.
Notable letters include Maggie Standslooking (Sioux girl, 1/19/1883), and letter written to her future self (9/12/1886). Plant material in 7.5.1885, Previously had plant material in 4.28.89 letter.
Letters from "Mother" sent to Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. and her sister Alice Evans Rhoads. Bulk dates: 1888-1889, 1892, undated
Various memorabilia items found with Grace Evans Rhoads letters.
1890s invitations received by Grace Evans
Letters from friends to Grace Evans Rhoads
Also includes undated letters; several letters damaged.
Grace Evans and William B Evans
A notebook with handwritten copies of information about John Bellows, Quaker businessman and philanthropist. A notebook with copies and quotations on Quaker faith.
Thanksgiving cards with photos of William Evans Rhoads with Grace Evans Rhoads Sr.?
Children's story written by Grace Evans Rhoads Sr.
Two volumes of Grace Evans Rhoads while she attended Westtown School, including "Notes on Milton and Paradise Lost" and a ledGrace Evans Rhoads.
Letters from Alice Rhoads to Grace Evans Rhoads Jr.
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads jr's father William Evans Rhoads, grandfather Jonathan Evans Rhoads, mother Ruth Evans Rhoads, and step mother Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. Includes letters about brother Thomas' mastoid operation that ended up killing him. Bulk dates: 1908-1910, 1916, 1928, 1952
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads Jr. to her mother Ruth Evans Rhoads, her father William Evans Rhoads, her grandfather Jonathan Evans Rhoads and her aunt Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. Bulk dates: 1908-1909, 1911-1912, 1915-1916
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads Jr. to her sister in law Eugenia Eckford Rhoads, married to Philip G. Rhoads. Bulk dates: 1935-1936, 1940, 1943-1944, 1946, 1950-1951, undated
Letters from Grace Evans Rhoads Jr. to her brother Philip G. Rhoads. Discusses family news and her travels abroad. Bulk dates: 1940, 1944-1945, 1947, 1951, 1962, undated
Papers include birth notice, Friends Academy and Westtown grades, tailor fabric samples and order forms, and documents related to her death and biography- "Grace Rhoads- Her Life Story".
A newsletter by Grace Evans Rhoads Jr. with updates about her Quaker work trip travels around the United States
Biographies of Grace Evans Rhoads Jr.'s life. Details her childhood and religious calling to Paraguay.
Correspondence between Judy Obbard and Historical Society of Moorestown on her aunt, Grace Evans Rhoads Jr.
Letters between Elizabeth and her parents, William Evans Rhoads, and Ruth Evans Rhoads
Letters written by Elizabeth Rhoads to her father William Evans Rhoads and her aunt
Letters from Elizabeth Rhoads to her brother Philip G. Rhoads' family including his wife Eugenia and their children Judy and Billy
Includes Westtown grades and papers related to Elizabeth Rhoads death (obituary and gravestone).
Letters from Thomas G. Rhoads to his parents and brother Philip G. Rhoads
Letters and notes of remembrence of TGR from schoolmates at Westtown, Haverford, and from family members.
Short writing essays of Thomas G Rhoads as a child.
Record of property, bank balance books, correspondence and notices of withdrawing Thomas' bank balance after he died, and William Evans Rhoads bond of indemnity with the Burlington County Trust Company.
Includes correspondence with Ephraim Tomlinson about Thomas Rhoads' estate, letter from the doctor who operated on Thomas, notes on his surGrace Evans Rhoadsy and death, and obituary notice in The Quarterly Meeting MessenGrace Evans Rhoads.
Obituary for Richard H. Rhoads, son of William Evans Rhoads and Ruth Evans Rhoads. Letters sent by Richard to his wife and family during his time working with the American Friends Service Committee in Cairo, Egypt, newsletters from the AFSC.
Letters from Katharine B. Rhoads to her brother Philip G. Rhoads and his family. Bulk dates: 1923, 1925-1926, 1928, 1930-1939, 1950, 1956, 1982, 1984
Letters from Katherine Rhoads to her brother Philip G. Rhoads' family including his wife Eugenia and their children Judy and Billy
Letters from Katherine Rhoads to her mother Ruth Evans Rhoads
Includes obituary for her husband Horace Sawin and New Yorker profile of her son-in-law Robert Wilson
A self published book of original poetry titled, "Wur Words and Other Verses" by Kit Sawin (Katherine Rhoads Sawin).
Typed copy of Elizabeth Satterthwaite correspondence from 1913 to 1962- includes only her letters, not WIlliam Bacon Evans.
Letters to brother William and unknown.
Bulk dates: 1951, 1956, 1959, 1964, 1970, undated
Articles, letters, paintings, poems and puzzles by William Bacon Evans. Correspondence with Phillip G Rhoads related to loans and state of WIlliam Bacon Evans business. Bulk dates: 1951, 1958, 1960-1963, undated
A story titled "A Legend in His Own Time" about William Bacon Evans, by a grandchild, possibly Judy Rhoads Obbard
Letter from William Evans Rhoads to his father Jonathan Evans Rhoads
Letters to Jonathan Evans Rhoads from Rebecca Evans, granddaughter Elizabeth Rhoads, and sister Mary Haines.
Letter from Jonathan Evans Rhoads to his daughters Elizabeth and Ruth
Letter from Jonathan Evans Rhoads to family circle, religious
Letters from Rebecca Evans to her cousin Rebecca Rhoads. Bulk dates: 1887, 1891, 1902-1905
Copies of "Reminiscences of Rebecca G Rhoads" and related correspondence
Mother of William Evans Rhoads, lived from 1830-1905. Materials related to the death of RGR, including will, death notice, family correspondence, and final day medical history.
Will of GAR's uncle George Rhoads.
Letters from prior generations of William Evans Rhoads, a manuscript copy of a poem, a death announcement of John Learoyd and a document titled "Order of Exercises at the Examination of the Colored Infant School". Bulk dates: 1794-1795, 1811, 1808, undated
Letters from Philip Garrett, Rebecca Garrett, etc.
Includes letters from Philip Garrett, William Evans, Edward Garrett, etc.
Includes letters from John Carter, Mary Haines, Cousin Francis etc.
Westtown School receipt for Joseph Rhoads paid by Jonathan E Rhoads
Includes personal correspondence/materials (including guardianship of Samuel [Cresfson] children and obituaries), Charitable organizations, business correspondence, financial, land deeds/leases materials.
Original will of William Evans written in 1913 with amendment to include children of Ruth Evans Rhoads (deceased) in 1924.
Letters from extended family circle or unidentifiable authors. Letter from Jonathan Evans Rhoads to son Joseph Evans Rhoads, letter from Elizabeth R. J. to Aunt Martha, letter to sister R from sister F, letter from Frances Rhoads to mother, letter to brother William from unknown author, letter from "M" to dear sisters, letter to sister Alice from unidentified author, letter from Elizabeth Tatnall Rhoads to mother, letter from Henry Leeds to Rebecca Evans, letter from Ruth to J. Edgar Rhoads, letter to Joseph Rhoads from mother, family circular from Martha Garrett, letter from Hannah Garrett to Joseph Rhoads, letter to mother Fan from Elizabeth, letter from Alice to mother, letter to nephew from aunt Fanny, letter to Thomas Rhoads from Aunty S
Postcards between family members Grace Evans Sr., Grace Evans Jr., Rebecca Evans, William Evans Rhoads, Thomas Rhoads, Elizabeth Rhoads, Philip Rhoads and Jonathan Evans Rhoads
Wedding invites for Hannah Carter and Joseph Mahon, Mary Harlan and Herbert Fox, Ruth Chambers and Thomas Cooch, Frances Margaret and John Rhoads
Receipts for household items, food, clothing, and applicances bought by John Carter
Likely related to Carter Evans family.
Rhoads family cousin- William Evans Rhoads as well as William Evans Rhoads and Ruth Evans Rhoads's children are listed.
Phillip G Rhoads was appointed executor of Hannah F Carter's estate.
Includes 1822 Will and Family Bible pages (Marriages, Births, Deaths)
Includes Jonathan E Rhoads, Jonathan E Rhoads MD (1907-2002), Ruth Evans Rhoads, siblings of Jonathan Evans Rhoads, George Ashbridge Rhoads, etc.
Childhood scrapbook/baby book for Rebecca G Rhoads Jr.. Includes diary-like entries as well as photographs.
Correspondence related to Young Democracy conference invitation.
Includes death notice, correspondence, and other related materials.
Wedding Notices of Anne Tatnall, Jonathan R Pennock, Laura A Rhoads, and Eleanor Rhoads; death notice of Frances Rhoads Tatnall Evreinow.
Includes correspondence from Esther B Rhoads to family, genealogical information, and obituary. Esther B Rhoads was the niece of William Evans Rhoads.
Obituaries for the children of J Edgar Rhoads.
A book self published by Richard H. Rhoads. Includes family tree, obituary, historic photographs, writing and biographies on family members. Differs slightly from 1994 edition, more photos.
A book self published by Richard H. Rhoads. Includes photos, family stories, family tree chart, and family biographies
A book self published by Richard H. Rhoads. Includes family tree charts and index of early ancestors back to the 1500s.
A book self published by Richard H. Rhoads. Includes family tree, obituary, historic photographs, writing and biographies on family members
Lists of various branches of the Evans, Rhoads, Garrett, and Carter families with names, birth and death dates, mainly recorded in memorandum diary. Dates back to the early 1800s.
Early Rhoads family in America; excerpts from "History of Delaware County Pennsylvania" provided by Judy Obbard
Includes Rhoads side of family stretching back to early 1800s
Includes Rhoads and Carter family members stretching back to 1600s
Includes Jonathan Evans Rhoads' property
William Evans Rhoads's copy of "Family of Owen Biddle", written in 1842 by Anne Biddle Tatum. Owen Biddle served with George Washington.
Includes family member recollections from three generations of the Rhoads family- William Evans Rhoads, William Evans Rhoads's children, and memories of William Evans Rhoads's parents.
Family history recorded by various family members.
Includes "Family History of Evans Family" written by Hannah Evans (1862), "Evans Family history" by Elizabeth R. Evans, Rebecca Carter Evans on William Evans travel to Indian Territory with Thomas Wistar in 1873, Letters from Hannah Bacon Evans and Jonathan Evans Jr to William Evans at Westtown, and Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. stories of her Evans family childhood.
Includes typed copies and photocopies of letters from Carter/Harlan/Cope family members, and other genealogical materials.
Includes correspondence with a Rhoads family second cousin and granddaughter of John Cresson related to common ancestors and ancestry.
Brother of John Carter, ancestor of the Rhoads famioly.
Copy of "Some Descendants of Philip Garrett, Son of Thomas Garrett and Sarah Price" by William Biddle Jr.
Includes recollections and copies of letters from various Tatum family members.
Includes Rhoads family coat of arms, "The Rhoads Family in America" volumes in 1919/1920, "Ancestry of Alice Rhoads Hart", earliest references in America for Quaker immigrant J Rhoads, and other genealogical materials.
Includes Family memories written by Rebecca G Rhoads (handwritten and copy), Frances Biddle Garrett Tributes, Martha H Garrett memories,Recollections of Mary Rhoads Garrett Williams, Family memories of Philip Garrett, and general memories of Garrett family home and family members.
Includes two dozen small signettes of the children of John and Rebecca Carter. The stories are set approximately in the 1840s.
"Descendants of Solomon Cresson and Anna Watson, copy of Sarah Hooton Cresson will (mother of Rebecca Cresson Garrett), tracings of Cresson family signatures, Notes on Pierre and Jaques Cresson, and Notes on the Cresson Family.
Originals of stories dictated/told by Hannah Carter age 89 to Elizabeth Rhoads in 1937.
Includes notes from 1625 Rhoads Bible, Early Rhoads Family in America, Ashbridge genealogy chart, ancestor chart for Samuel Rhoads, descendants of William Evans Rhoads, 1988 family information, etc.
Article in the Philadelphia InquiRuth Evans Rhoads "Bicentennial Journal"
Includes handwritten document and copy of selected pages from "Stokes, Cope, Emilen, Evans Genealogy" by Francis Joseph Stokes Jr.
Correspondence written by Margaret Sheppard potentially to William Evans Rhoads about the Price/Garrett family history.
Drawings, paintings and cartoons by members of the Rhoads family. Includes a painting from 205 E. Central Ave. Moorestown NJ, sketches of William Evans Rhoads and Rebecca Evans, drawings and paintings by Grace Evans Rhoads Jr., a collage by Frances Rhoads, drawings by Ruth Evans Rhoads, drawings of Quaker meetings, a drawing by William Evans Rhoads, and magazine made by a child, possibly Mary Sharp Owen.
Calendar of Friends meetings issued by PYM, a statement by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends, a letter from the PYM of Women Friends to the children under its care, a statement fromo the Friends' Peace Committee on the present war situation, a book of meetings on the particular meetings composing the PYM
May have worked for the Rhoads
Includes a photo of Larchknoll Farm, noted to be taken by N. N. Dewees on 9/20/1911, and the specefications for the Tenant House for Rhoads Brothers to be erected at Larchknoll Farm in Moorestown, undated, signed by Leda Baldwin as to Rhoads Brothers and Maurice Boyer as to P. Rogans Co (?) and Althius B. Rogans (?).
Includes correspondence with the Department of Commmerce regarding the registry of the Hereshome nursery in the 1930 census.
Log of visitors to the Hereshome estate, including their place of residence, for the years of 1932 through 1951.
Includes correspondence with the Department of Commmerce regarding the registry of the Hereshome farm in the 1940 census.
Includes materials from after the closure of the camp, including chronologies of the Camp, recollections from alumni, and notice of the closing of the Camp.
Financial records and settlement sheet for house at 1100 W. 10th st. Wilmington Delaware, owned by Philip G. Rhoads and sold to Alfred Majeski
Lease for a 3 story cotton factory, tenements and land in Upper Darby Pennsylvania from Thomas Garrett to Dennis and Charles Kelly
Lease agreement for 21 E. Oak Ave between John Collins and William Evans Rhoads (house before Heresehome), letters William Evans Rhoads wrote to landlord, plan for garden
Lease and correspondence regarding William Evans Rhoads's role as trustee over Elizabeth Tatnall's property at 908 Franklin St. Wilmington Delaware, accounting information for upkeep done to property
Lease for 144 E. Oak Ave, Moorestown New Jonathan Evans Rhoadssey. Leased by William Evans Rhoads to Benjamin DeCou. Also includes correspondence.
Includes copy of deed for Marple property (1699), photos of interior and exterior of house, photos of land, map of historic Marple PA, booklet on history of Marple 1684- with page on Rhoads' home.
Deed from Rosanna Phillips to James Galliard, Deed from George Negee Esq. High Sheriff to George Fling, Partition of the real estate of the late Daniel Hess among his children (not related to the Rhoads family)
Relates to Thomas Garrett, 5350 -52 Mamin St. and rear
Papers and deed related to premises on South East side of Maplewood Avenue 574, 4 3/4 South West of Green St., bought by John Mcneil
2 Bachelors diplomas from Columbia, 1 from Rollins College
Life membership certificate for William Evans Rhoads from The Zoological Society of Philadelphia
No name in book
Refers to allowances for Fanny and Bessy, and tuition for William. Found amongst Rhoads papers.
Financial LedGrace Evans Rhoads kept by P.C. and J.B Garrett on behalf of four sisters (unnamed)
Financial LedGrace Evans Rhoads kept by P.C. and J.B Garrett on behalf of four sisters (unnamed)
Trustee account book kept by P.C. and J.B Garrett
Trustee account book kept by P.C. and J.B Garrett
Cash Book kept by E.G. and W.E. Rhoads, trustees
LedGrace Evans Rhoads kept by trustees on behalf of Elizabeth Rhoads (expenses paid by William E. Rhoads), Grace E. Rhoads (expenses paid by William E. Rhoads), Ruth E. Rhoads, Horace J. Sairin (gifts or expenses, etc. paid by William E. Rhoads), Katharine R. Sairin (gifts or expenses, etc. paid for by William E. Rhoads), Elizabeth R. Satwall (trust of Francess Garrett).
LedGrace Evans Rhoads kept by E.G. and W.E. Rhoads, trustees
Journals kept by J. Edgar Rhoads (?) detailing work with U.S. government's "Indian Department" and different groups of Indigenous peoples including the Shawnees, Cheyenne, Kickapoo, and others. Includes discussion of distribution of land and moving of Indigenous peoples, building of schools for Indigenous peoples, meetings between Indigenous peoples and Quakers. Journals are from Washington D.C. and Kansas.
Day diary by unidentified author, includes news of Quaker meetings and social relations. Accounting section in back of book. The diary was found inside a thank you letter to Dr. James E. Rhoads.
Journals kept by J. Edgar Rhoads (?) accounting his trip to meet with the Indigenous people on the Cattaraugus reservation of the Seneca Nation and a trip to Indiana. Also includes information about Kickapoo school house
Includes records of purchases made for Ruth Evans Rhoads' wedding
Portion of Rhoads family bible with family birth and death dates
Portion of Trotter family bible with family birth and death dates
Scrapbook of obituary clippings for family friends of the Rhoads
Includes Rhoads, Evans, and probably Castros.
Book owned by Philip G. Rhoads, written by Oliver Evans.
Book titled "An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, with an Account of Sufferings of Her Surviving Officers and Crew" by James Riley. Book owned by Philip Garrett.
Journal kept by Frances Tatum Rhoads, includes news of family, newspaper clippings, letters and photos.
Baby book for Philip, Elizabeth, Thomas, James, and Katherine Rhoads. Includes photos, obituary for Thomas, letters, and lists of childhood ailments with dates.
Likely created by Mary Lownes Smith Evans, wife of Charles Evans (brother of William Evans Rhoads).
Black and White photographic reproductions of painted portraits of Thomas Garrett and his wife Frances Biddle Garrett, includes short biography on back. William Evans Rhoads' maternal grandparents.
Portraits of William Evans, father of Ruth Evans Rhoads and Grace Evans Rhoads Sr.
Silhouttes of William Evans, Elizabeth Evans, Ruth Evans, Alice Carter Evans, William Bacon Evans, Grace Evans Sr., Charles Evans, Hannah Evans, Hannah Evans Jr., Abigail Evans, John T. Evans, Joseph Evans, Jonathan Evans, and Mary Evans
A photo titled "Bodies Bearing the Name of Friends". Includes list of those pictured including John Garrett and William Evans.
Photos of Rebecca Carter Evans (1835-1919) , ancestor of the William Evans Rhoads family. Photos of other Carter family members Sarah Carter, Hannah Carter, John P. Carter, John D. Carter, Alice Carter, William Carter, Mary P. Carter, Patience E. Carter, William Evans Carter, Charles S. Carter, John E. Carter, Caroline Carter Warren, and Ellen Carter. Includes black and white photos, negatives, cyanotypes, and silhouettes. Bulk dates: 1861-1862, 1864, 1866, 1868, 1880, 1885-1886, 1889, 1895, 1897-1900,1903-1907, 1910, 1912, 1920, 1926-1927
unlabelled
Black and white photo portraits of extended members of William Evans Rhoads's family including Elizabeth H. Tatum, Mary K. Rhoads, Joseph Harlan, Hannah Rhoads, Frances Rhoads, Ruth Evans Rhoads, Mary Harlan, Charles Rhoads, Elizabeth R. Tatnall, Mary Tatnall, Edward Tatnall, Alice C. Evans, John P. Carter, Mary P. Carter, Marjorie Rhoads, Baulah Rhoads, Harriett M. Rhoads, Joseph Rhoads Jr., William Biddle, Katie Rhoads, Ellie Rhoads, J. Snowdon Rhoads, George Morris, Katherine Rhoads, Elizabeth H. Tatum. Bulk dates: 1864, 1871, 1878, 1887, 1895, 1897, 1902, 1909, 1912, undated
Photos from the Evans family branch, not direct ancestors of William Evans Rhoads family, but siblings and cousins. Includes photos of Charles Evans M.D., Mary L. Evans (married to Charles Evans), Hannah Evans, Thomas Evans (assisted in preparing Friends' Library), and Catharine Evans (married to Thomas Evans)
Photos of William Evans' family including his wife Rebecca Carter and their children Alice Carter, Ruth, Grace, Charles, and William Bacon. Bulk dates: 1872, 1884, 1892, 1918, undated
Photos of William Evans Rhoads from childhood through adulthood. Bulk dates: 1874, 1883, 1891, 1893, 1917-1918, 1928, 1938
Photos of William Bacon Evans, brother of Ruth Evans Rhoads from childhood through old age
Portraits and candid photos of Ruth Evans Rhoads childhood until a year before her death or tuberculosis.
Black and white photo 10"x7.5" of Thomas C. Garrett and his children, labelled with initials
Photos of Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. in childhood and young adulthood
Photos of Alice Carter Evans, sister of Ruth Evans Rhoads and Grace Evans Rhoads Sr.
Photos of Joseph Edgar Rhoads from childhood through adulthood, brother of William Evans Rhoads. Bulk dates: 1887, 1891, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1927, 1973, 1976, undated
Includes photos of Gilbert Bacon, M. Barth, Charles Rhoads, Charles Rhoads Jr., Margia Vailtch, William Rhett, Edith Rhoads, Jonathan Rhoads, Joseph Rhoads, Elizabeth Brown, Nancy Rhoads Mahon, Mary H. Rhoads, Katherine Nicholey, Dean E. Nicholey, Emma Nicholey, Elizabeth Rhoads, William Evans Rhoads, Jessie Gidley, George Rhoads, J.J. Thompson, Dean Palmer, Grace Evans Rhoads, Edith Rhoads, Philip G. Rhoads, Frances Rhoads, Anna Wickle, Susan Dewus, Mary Pearson, Tom Pearson, Marguerite Rhoads, Donald Wilbur, Russel Schmidt, Parke Reed, W. Morris Hires, John C. Abbott, Thomas Rhoads, Baseball team at camp Pocono (Curtis Dohan, Wesley Heilman, John Caldwell, Henry Groves, Paul Dohan, Richard Abbott, John Grey), Adaline Beach, Mary J. Levik, M. C. Baum, Mary Lightport, Katie Adams, Mary Luick, Margaus Luick, Elizabeth Warren, Jean Craig Warren, Sarah B. Leeds, Lucy M. Leeds, Margaretta Leeds, Elizabeth Chace, Fanny Rhoads, Hannah Carter, Ruth Evans Rhoads, Grace Evans Rhoads Sr., Martha Garrett, Alice Rhoads, Sarah Carter, Ellen Carter, Hetty Garrett, Bessie Carter, Mary Williams, Henry Williams, Nathan Bartlett, Sarah Abbott, William Stokes, Anna Hood, J. Allen DEugenia Eckford Rhoadsy, Emmy Jelley, Lucy Bartlett, Ben DEugenia Eckford Rhoadsy, George Abbott, Susan Allen, Alice Reug, Charles Allen, Alice Makack, Emily Allen, Anna Roberts, Margaret Levick, David Robeck, Bessie Roberts, Emma Makack, Alice Hood, Peal Jelley, William Bacon Evans, Susan Eves, Susan Allen, Rachel Williams, Sue Williams, Mabel Hishar, Hill Evans, Hill Haines, Helen Durgin, Anna S.W. Evans, Richard Rhoads, Margaret Evans, Katherine Rhoads, Mary Rhoads, George Rhoads, Horace Tatnall, Robert Tatnall, Anna Edith, Mary Stokes Evans, Henry Carter Evans, Mary Pim Carter, Esther Carter, Jessie Carter, Katy Stokes, Beth Wilbur, Julian Hill, Don WIlbur, Carter family, Joel Cadbury, Helen Savery Taylor, Max Hayford, Phyllis Hayford, J. Snowdon Rhoads, John B. Rhoads, Stanley Yarnall, Elsie Yarnall. Bulk dates: 1890-1894, 1897-1902, 1904, 1906, 1908-1911, 1913-1914, 1916-1918, 1920, 1922-1923, 1927, 1932-1933, 1937, 1944, 1952, 1954, 1970, undated
6.5"x4.5" black and white photo of Susan Paxson, Sarah B. Devers, and Susan J. Devers sitting in yard
Photos of John B. Rhoads and his wife Alice C. Evans (sister of Ruth Evans Rhoads), and their children Charles E. Rhoads, George A. Rhoads Jr., Nancy Rhoads, and Mary Harlan Rhoads. Bulk dates: 1893-1894, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, undated
Photos of extended family and friends outings, gatherings, and portraits.
Photos of George A. Rhoads (William Evans Rhoads brother) and his family including wife Frances Tatum, daughters Elsie, Rebecca, and Elizabeth, neices Lucy and Marian Rhoads, Arthur Silver, John R. Tatum, Ashton Tatum, Rebecca Garrett Rhoads
Black and white photos of "Chestnut Bank", Joseph Rhoads III and Hannah Evans' home at Marple, Pennsylvania
Labels from William Evans' paint, drug, and glass store. Later William Evans partnered with his son Charles Evans to continue the business
Black and white photo 6.5"x4.5" of Charles Evans and Anna S.W. Evans wedding party, some names labelled
Photo from William Evans Rhoads and Ruth Evans Rhoads marriage, photos of children from childhood through adulthood, some photos with extended family. Bulk dates: 1899-1902, 1904, 1906-1907, 1914-1915, 1918-1920, 1924-1925, 1927, 1933, 1936, 1940, 1944, undated
Portraits of Edward G. Rhoads and his family including wife Margaret P., and daughters Ruth, Esther and Caroline
Family photo album compiled by Elizabeth Rhoads and given to her father William Evans Rhoads. Includes photographs of William Evans Rhoads, Ruth E. Rhoads, Grace E. Rhoads, Phil G. Rhoads, Elizabeth Rhoads, Thomas G. Rhoads, Richard H. Rhoads, and Katherine B. Rhoads, along with family friends
Photos from a variety of cities, landscapes, and locations around Austrailia. Includes family friend portraits. Photo of "Native Meeting House", a Quaker meeting house for the Indigienous people of Austrailia. Photograph portrait of a group of Tasmanian Indigienous people in Western clothing.
Photographs from visit to Massachusetts and Lake George- includes monuments, photos of meeting houses, nature, etc.
Photos of Charles Evans' children, brother of Ruth Evans Rhoads. Includes photos of Henry C. Evans, Mary S. Evans, Margaret C. Evans
Black and white photo 10"x8" of Yearly Meeting , fourth month. Participants labelled.
10"x8" black and white portrait of Joseph Rhoads family including Joseph Rhoads (William Evans Rhoads' brother), Harriet M. Rhoads (Joseph's wife), J. Edgar Rhoads (Joseph's son), Rebecca Rhoads, and Jonathan Evans Rhoads
Photos of Joseph and Harriet Rhoads' home "Sunnybank" in Moylan Pennsylvania
Photos of Grace Evans Rhoads Jr., daughter of William Evans Rhoads and Ruth Evans Rhoads. Photos from childhood, young adulthood, and adulthood
Photo of friends meeting house Fritehley with list of names of those photographed on reverse, a photo of Arch St. meeting house at yearly meeting time
Photos of Elizabeth Rhoads Tatnall (married to Robert Tatnall), with photos of Mary W. Tatnall, Edward Tatnall, Frances Rhoads, Charles Tatnall, Elizabeth Tatnall, Ann Tatnall, Robert Tatnall Jr.,
Photos of Elizabeth Rhoads, daughter of William Evans Rhoads and Ruth Evans Rhoads. Photos from childhood, young adulthood, adulthood and old age.
Portrait taken of Evans, Rhoads, Carter, Warren, and Borton family members from New Years Eve party at William and Rebecca Evans' home. Names on back. 2 copies.
10"x7" Black and white photo of Bateman, Carter and Evans family members. Names on back.
Photo album of Hereshome and family trips to Vermont, New Hampshire, and South Carolina with family members and family friends
School class photos for William Evans Rhoads' children Philip, Grace, Elizabeth, Thomas, and Richard while at Moorestown Friends' Academy. Most photos have lists of names of the other students on the back.
Photos of Thomas G. Rhoads, son of William Evans Rhoads and Ruth Evans Rhoads. Photos from childhood and young adulthood. Photo of Thomas a few weeks before his death in 1928.
Photos of Katherine B. Rhoads, daughter of William Evans Rhoads and Ruth Evans Rhoads. Photos from childhood, her wedding, and old age.
Photos of Philip G. Rhoads, son of William Evans Rhoads and Ruth Evans Rhoads. Photos from young adulthood with classmates and camping trip
Includes Philip Rhoads, other teammates not labelled
Philip G. Rhoads class photo (probably)
Includes photos of William Evans Rhoads's children and travels
Photos of Philip G. Rhoads, son of William Evans Rhoads and Ruth Evans Rhoads, from young adulthood through old age. Includes photos of wife Eugenia, children Judy and Bill and other family members
Photos of Richard H. Rhoads, son of William Evans Rhoads and Ruth Evans Rhoads. Photos from childhood, teenagehood, marriage and old age.
Includes photos of travel and Philip Garrett Rhoads's young family
Black and white photos of "Chestnut Bank", Joseph Rhoads III and Hannah Evans' home at Marple, Pennsylvania
William Evans Rhoads family photo album, photos of family friends as well
William Evans Rhoads family photo album, photos of family friends as well
William Evans Rhoads's children as adults, includes photos of farm, travel, cousins and children
William Evans Rhoads's children as adults, Philip with his children
Family photo album compiled by Elizabeth Rhoads and given to her father William Evans Rhoads. Includes photographs of William and Ruth Rhoads' children and grandchildren
William Evans Rhoads's children as adults and their children
William Evans Rhoads's children as adults and their children
William Evans Rhoads's children as adults and their children
Photos of Rhoads family members, Katharine B. Rhoads, Phil G. Rhoads, Eugenia Rhoads, Grace Rhoads, Richard Rhoads, Mary Rhoads, Elizabeth Rhoads, Jonathan Rhoads, Pat Rhoads, Caroline Rhoads, Signe Rhoads, Lucy Rhoads, Margaret Rhoads, Winifred Rhoads, Joseph Rhoads, Charles G. Rhoads, Charles E. Rhoads, Esther B. Rhoads, Frances Rhoads, Winifred Rhoads. Extended family and friends Judy Silver, David, Winnie, Arthur Silver, George Silver, Marion Silver, Phil Silver, Pete Obbard, Greg Sawin, Laura Obbard, Ed Engles, Bob Wilson, Teddy, Tommy, Peter Silver, Mary Fox, Eleanor McFarland, Mary Tatnall, Ruth Coach, Marcia PeRuth Evans Rhoadsa, Peter Coach, Eleanor Evans Garrett, RoGrace Evans Rhoads Pennock, Erica Garrett, Keeler Mahon, Hannah Mahon, David PeRuth Evans Rhoadsa, Anna PeRuth Evans Rhoadsa
Childhood photo printed with silver gelatin of Rebecca Carter and younGrace Evans Rhoads sister, in framed box, silver gelatin photo of Rebecca Carter in keepsake box
Black and white photo 7"x9"
9.5"x7" black and white photo of J. Robert James and Dorothy Biddle James' wedding party. Names on back.
9.5"x7.5" Black and white photo of a goup of women and girls, some in costume. Alice Carter Evans near center of photo.
Includes photos of various Rhoads ancestors, including Jonathan E Rhoads and Rebecca Garrett.
Photos of the interior and exterior of Garrett family home in Grace Evans Rhoadsmantown, PA.
Photos of Philip Rhoads as a child with Judy Rhoads Obbard notes and photos as a young adult.
Photos of historic Carter family home built by John Carter in 1804. Letter included relates to Carter family reunion at the home, now owned by a state park.
Photos of 322 Union St, Phila. PA (built by Jonathan Evans in 1788), 325 Pine St, Phila PA (built by Jonathan Evans, later purchased from Evans' children by William Evans, father of Grace Evans Rhoads Sr. and Ruth Evans Rhoads), and Springfield, PA home of Joseph and Grace Evans (photo taken in 1879).
Photos of William Evans Rhoads, Elizabeth Rhoads, John B Rhoads, Edward G Rhoads, George A Rhoads, and Joseph Rhoads