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William Wistar and Connie Comfort materials

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
MC.1348
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
7 linear ft. (11 boxes, 7 volumes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
William Wistar Comfort Papers (HC.MC 1348) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Date:
1773-1970 (inclusive)
Creator:
Comfort family, Comfort, William Wistar, and Comfort, Howard
Form:
Correspondence
Abstract:
Collection of letters by Members of the Comfort Family, with most records covering WIlliam Wistar Comfort and William Wistar Comfort II. Topics include William Wistar Comfort's time as president of Haverford College, communications about his books and Quakerism, personal letters of William Wistar Comfort II. Includes a series of letters and small manuscript covering the Comfort Family's time in France during the start of World War One.

William Wistar Comfort II (1938-2016) was a professor of mathematics, Quaker and graduate of Haverford College. William Wistar Comfort (1874-1955) was a professor of classics and later president of Haverford College. His work included visits to Quaker missions in China and Europe.

Collection contains letters, booklets and documenting relating to the lives of WIlliam Wistar Comfort and William Wistar Comfort II, there are volumes on genealogy of Quaker families in Pennsylvania, including the Comfort family. Letters cover a range of topics, including: schooling of William Wistar Comfort II, trips of the Comfort family to France at the start of the first World War, trips by William Wistar Comfort to Italy as an employee of the US embassy, job applications and picnic invitations of William Wistar Comfort II, letters between William Wistar Comfort II and 'Syl'.

The collection is arranged in 8 series, as follows: Series 1: Correspondence, Subseries: Howard Comfort, William Wistar Comfort (d. 1955), William Wistar Comfort (d.2016), Howard Comfort, Various; Series 2 Family papers; Series 3: Genealogy, subseries: Comfort, Fales, Foulke, Hooker, Lawton, Ray, Various, Wistar; Series 4: Haverford College; Series 5: Miscellaneous; Series 6: Photographs; Series 7: Primary education; Series 8 Published works, subseries: 'Academic, Published by William Wistar Comfort (d. 1955)' , Government, Howard Comfort, newspapers, History, Book reviews.

Gift from the Estate of Wis and Connie Comfort, June 2021

Processed by Maxwell Champlin, completed July 2023

HC.MC.1195 William Wistar Comfort materials

Subject

Publisher
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Maxwell Champlin
Finding Aid Date
July, 2023
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)

Collection Inventory

Archival Resource Key. Howard Comfort letters to Grandmother, 1910-1917.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters from Howard Comfort to his grandmother. Discussing life updates

Archival Resource Key. Howard Comfort Letters, 1912.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters regarding the death of Howard Comfort (d. 1912) sent to his widow and the board of Bryn Mawr College.

Archival Resource Key. Letters, 1914.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters sent by Howard Comfort and "Polly" from France and England to Howard's father and grandmother. Also includes post cards and newspaper clippings. These letters cover topics including travel, the war

Archival Resource Key. Letters from Howard Comfort, 1914.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters sent by Howard Comfort to his father and grandfather while he was studying at Oxford.

Archival Resource Key. Letters to William Wistar Comfort, 1895-1908.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar Comfort and Mary Comfort, including marriage invitation for the marriage of William Wistar Comfort and Mary Comfort.

Archival Resource Key. General Letters 1, 1898-1917.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar Comfort and his wife Mary Comfort most concern his family life, some concern his time at Cornell University.

Archival Resource Key. General Letters 2, 1901-1917.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar Comfort and his wife Mary Comfort. many congratulating his appointment as president of Haverford. Some are family related. Includes letter sent by R. Menéndes Pidal to William Wistar Comfort (d. 1955).

Archival Resource Key. Comfort family letters, 1911-1954.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters sent within the Comfort Family about family matters and updates.

Archival Resource Key. Letters from France, 1914.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letter sent by Mrs William Wistar Comfort to her father from the town of Villerville France, near Le Havre. Letter documents the wartime changes in life that were enacted shortly following the start of WW1.

Archival Resource Key. Comfort Family in World War I, 1914.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters and a book documenting the time of the Comfort family in France. The Comfort Family had engaged on a vacation in the town of Villerville in 1914, before the war and was in the town for the prewar mobilization and then in England for the opening stages of the war, includes reports on the treatment of Americans in France during the war.

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence received, 1915-1917.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Letters of congratulation (Folder 1), 1917.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar Comfort (d. 1955) congratulating him on his appointment to be the president of Haverford College

Archival Resource Key. Letters of congratulation (Folder 2), 1917.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar Comfort (d. 1955) congratulating him on his appointment to be the president of Haverford College

Archival Resource Key. Letters of congratulation (Folder 3), 1917.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar Comfort (d. 1955) congratulating him on his appointment to be the president of Haverford College

Archival Resource Key. Letters of congratulation (Folder 4), 1917.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar Comfort (d. 1955) congratulating him on his appointment to be the president of Haverford College

Archival Resource Key. David Fales Letters, 1926-1928.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters to and from David Fales regarding WIlliam Wistar Comfort 1926 trip to China as well as the difficulties had by Quaker missions in China; family updates and genealogy.

Archival Resource Key. General Letters, 1937-1940.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Household Letters to the Comfort Family. Covering topics such as talks at Friends Meetings, School trip authorization for school children, Letters from family. Most in English some in German and Spanish. Includes letter from Maurice Estrabaud requesting employment in the United States so he could escape the Nazi Regime in France.

Archival Resource Key. Religious letters, 1938-1952.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar Comfort regarding religion.

Archival Resource Key. General Correspondence, 1941-1955.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters to WWC. Topics range from christmas cards to family photos and letters from vacation.

Archival Resource Key. Tributes to books, 1947-1957.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters and newspaper clippings regarding book tributes to and from WWC. Includes a letter sent by WWC on a trip to visit Friends in China in 1947.

Archival Resource Key. Letters of condolence after William Wistar Comfort death (Folder 1), 1955-1957.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters of condolence sent to Mary Comfort, including letters from the American Friends Service Committee.

Archival Resource Key. Letters of condolence after William Wistar Comfort death (Folder 2), 1955.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Letters expressing grief after the death of WWC

Archival Resource Key. Letters of condolence after William Wistar Comfort death (Folder 3), 1955.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Letters expressing grief after the death of WWC

Archival Resource Key. Letters of condolence after William Wistar Comfort death (Folder 4), 1955-1956.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Letters of condolence sent to Mary Comfort, Including letters by Ira de A Reid, Jane Rittenhouse from the Friends Mission in Tokyo.

Archival Resource Key. Tributes, 1956.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Tributes to William Wistar Comfort and letters sent to Mary Comfort around his death.

Archival Resource Key. Letters from Friends Missions, undated.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Letters sent from Friends missions from around the world, including China, Japan, India Most in English some in Mandarin, French, and German

Archival Resource Key. Letters from "Wistar Boys", 1938-1940.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to and from the "Wistar Boys" while they were away from home at National Parks.

Archival Resource Key. Letters from William Wistar Comfort (Folder 1), 1940-1950.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Letters from William Wistar Comfort (1933-2016, Grandson of William Wistar Comfort 1874-1955) to his parents during his time at school at the Westtown School and Haverford College.

Archival Resource Key. Letters from William Wistar Comfort (Folder 2), 1945-1952.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Letters from William Wistar Comfort (1933-2016, Grandson of William Wistar Comfort 1874-1955) to his parents during his time at school at the Westtown School and Haverford College.

Archival Resource Key. Letters from 'Syl' Folder 1, 1950-1952.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar 'Wis' Comfort (d. 2016). Includes discussion of 'Syl's' time at Radcliffe College; birthday and valentines cards sent to 'Wis'.

Archival Resource Key. Letters from 'Syl' Folder 2, 1952.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar 'Wis' Comfort (d. 2016). Includes discussion of 'Syl's' time at Radcliffe College.

Archival Resource Key. Letters from 'Syl' Folder 3, 1952.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar 'Wis' Comfort (d. 2016)

Archival Resource Key. Letters from 'Syl' Folder 4, 1952.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar 'Wis' Comfort (d. 2016)

Archival Resource Key. Letters from 'Syl' Folder 5, 1952.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar 'Wis' Comfort (d. 2016)

Archival Resource Key. Letters from 'Syl' Folder 6, 1952-1953.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar 'Wis' Comfort (d. 2016)

Archival Resource Key. William Wistar Comfort Letters, 1953.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar Comfort (d. 2016) covering topics such as: the actuarial exam, employment, scholarships at Haverford College, planning of events at Haverford and the running of the Founders Club.

Archival Resource Key. Letters to William Wistar Comfort in Holland, 1954.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to William Wistar Comfort in Holland.

Archival Resource Key. General Correspondence, 1954.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Letters cover a number of subjects relating to William Wistar Comfort (d. 2016) and his preparations for travel in Europe, his life insurance and letters from his mother. Includes newspaper excerpts related to traveling cheaply in Europe.

Archival Resource Key. William Wistar and Howard Comfort Letters, 1870-1910.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Letters sent between William Wistar and Howard Comfort.

Archival Resource Key. Postcards, 1885-1935.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Postcards sent from Europe to Howard Comfort. Letters written in English, German and French.

Archival Resource Key. Mary Fales Letters, 1901-1902.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to and by Mary Fales, including wedding invitation for the marriage Of Mary Fales and William Wistar Comfort (d. 1955).

Archival Resource Key. General Letters, 1901-1905.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Letters sent to Mr or Mrs. Howard Comfort. Letters are sent by H Milnlhs?, Ellen E. Farnham, Frank D Watoon, and others with only first names listed.

Archival Resource Key. Fales Letters, 1908-1912.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Letter to and from Mary Comfort to members of the Fales Family.

Archival Resource Key. Letters to Robert Fales, 1910-1917.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Letters to Robert Fales about family life and a brief report on WW1 in France.

Archival Resource Key. Letters to Susan Comfort, 1914.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Letters from David Falls to Susan Comfort, including bill from telegrapher.

Archival Resource Key. Letters from J.N. Ratcliffe, 1941-1953.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Letters from John Ratcliffe, topics mostly cover family updates

Archival Resource Key. Letters to MacGregor.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Letters documenting life as well as a trip to Holland and meeting of a student in Fribourg

Archival Resource Key. George Flagg and James Henderson Wills, 1773-1826.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

WIlls of George Flagg (1826) and James Henderson (1773). Including disposition of their property and monetary assets, including enslaved people who were released and inherited.

Archival Resource Key. Deeds and Wills, 1842-1873.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Booklet of travel, 1872.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Booklet of travel written in 1872 which documents a trip from Philadelphia to Cresson Pa. using the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Archival Resource Key. Personal documents, 1874.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Birth Certificate of William Wistar Comfort.

Archival Resource Key. Wills, 1884-1914.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Wills of Susan Comfort and Howard Comfort

Archival Resource Key. Journals, 1884-1886.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

William Wistar Comfort Journal

Archival Resource Key. Finance book, 1898-1907.
Volume 1
Scope and Contents

Book of financial records of Howard Comfort.

Archival Resource Key. Finance book, 1908-1919.
Volume 2
Scope and Contents

Book of financial records of Howard Comfort.

Archival Resource Key. Verses for Edward B. and Margaret Yarnall, 1888.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Booklet of poems for Edward B. and Margarett Yarnall

Archival Resource Key. William Wistar Comfort Marriage Certificate, 1902.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Marriage certificate for William Wistar Comfort and Mary Fales.

Archival Resource Key. Guest list, 1904-1955.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Booklet of guests received by the Comforts including names and signatures as well as words regarding the events attended by guests.

Archival Resource Key. Special Meeting of the Home Missionary Society, 1912.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Special meeting of the Home Missionary Society of Philadelphia after the death of Howard Comfort, expressing bereavement to the family of Howard Comfort.

Archival Resource Key. William Wistar Comfort Diary, 1931-1941.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Diary of William Wistar Comfort (d. 1955) called "The Record"

Archival Resource Key. Actuarial job applications, 1951.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Job applications sent to William Wistar Comfort (d. 2016) after his completion of the mathematical actuarial exam.

Archival Resource Key. Furniture and Antique appraisal, 1952.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Appraisals, and certificate of authenticity of appraiser.

Archival Resource Key. Retrospect and Reflections By William Wistar Comfort, 1976.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Book of family and personal history of WWC.

Archival Resource Key. Last will and testament of Howard Comfort.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Copy of the last will and testament of Howard Comfort.

Archival Resource Key. Marriage Certificate of Jeremiah Comfort and Sarah Cooper, Undated.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Certificate of marriage of Jeremiah Comfort and Sarah Cooper, including guest list from both the Cooper and the Comfort families.

Archival Resource Key. Speech advertisements, Undated.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Speech at the coronation of a british monarch, and the Sunday Evening lecture series by William Wistar Comfort.

Archival Resource Key. Epitaph of Simon Ray.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Epitaph and notes regarding Simon Ray.

Archival Resource Key. Howard Comfort lineage, 1904.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Comfort Family Genealogy, 1908-1967.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Comfort Family Genealogy, 1885-1902.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Records of the Comfort Family, 1902.
Volume 3
Scope and Contents

Book of records of the Comfort family

Archival Resource Key. Fales Family Genealogy, 1946-1952.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Letters and records regarding the genealogy of the Fales family. Also includes photographs of family members.

Archival Resource Key. Fales records, 1894-1912.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Records held by the Fake family, including pamphlets from the Chicago Theological Seminary, letters received advising against protests at prudential and papers by William Wistar Comfort.

Archival Resource Key. Faulk and general Pennsylvania genealogy., 1898-1947.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Book and documents relating to the Faulke family history, 1947 publication of the Pennsylvania genealogical society, letter and photographs regarding the Tatnall Family.

Archival Resource Key. Edward and Eleanor Foulke: Their Ancestry and Descendants: 1698-1898: A Memorial Volume, 1898.
Volume 4
Scope and Contents

Memorial book of Edward and Eleanor Foulke, documenting the history of the Foulke family.

Archival Resource Key. Foulke Genealogical Tables, 1898.
Volume 5
Archival Resource Key. Hooker/Vowell Family tree, Undated.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Program of performance at Haverford College, family tree of the Hooker/Vowell family of Devon, England.

Archival Resource Key. Polly Lawton, undated.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

A paper on Polly Lawton, written about her during her early life and briefly mentions her later life.

Archival Resource Key. Ray Family Papers, 1730-1790.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Copies of documents pertaining to the Ray family.

Archival Resource Key. Copy of sketch sent to Joseph John Mills by Thomas Comfort, 1876.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Sketch on Quaker life in pennsylvania by Thomas Wistar (d. 1876) and obituary of Thomas Wistar from the Philadelphia Bulletin.

Archival Resource Key. Howard Wistar Letters, 1836-1872.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Howard Wistar, topics mainly cover marriage of the Comfort and Wistar Families.

Archival Resource Key. Family records - Wistar, 1895-1926.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

History of the Wistar family, applications for admission to the Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames.

Archival Resource Key. Wistar Family History, 1898.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Booklets on the history of the Wistar / Wister family.

Archival Resource Key. Susie S. Wistar Book, 1863.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Memorial book of Susie S, Wistar written by Margaret S. W. Haines

Archival Resource Key. Haverford College Publications, 1920-1970.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Publications by Haverford College, Including cutouts of the Haverford 1920-21 Record, Horizons Magazine from 1970, and a cutout from an Unnamed Haverford publication labelled "now and then" which is a discussion of teaching with James Coleman Howard Comfort and other newly retired Haverford Professors.

Archival Resource Key. Haverford awards and lectures, 1922-1950.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Howard Comfort's varsity Letters for football and cricket. Award of entering the Founder's Club of Haverford College. Lectures and talks at Haverford given by Howard Comfort on classical subjects.

Archival Resource Key. Haverford College, 1929-1967.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Letters and documents relating to Haverford college, including letters from the Corporation of Haverford college, pay amounts, and commencement speech copy.

Archival Resource Key. Haverford Administration, 1933-1940.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Papers and documents relating to the administrative functioning of Haverford College. Including finances, athletics and faculty relations.

Archival Resource Key. Haverford Centenary, 1933.
Volume 6
Scope and Contents

Volume 1 of the Haverford Centenary Scrapbook by William Wistar Comfort, then President of the College.

Archival Resource Key. Haverford Centenary, 1933.
Volume 7
Scope and Contents

Volume 2 of the Haverford Centenary Scrapbook by William Wistar Comfort, then President of the College.

Archival Resource Key. Footnotes for a centennial, 1936.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Book of poems in honor of Haverford College's centennial celebrations. By Christopher Morley

Archival Resource Key. General university papers, 1938-1939.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Most documents undated. This collection covers records of various aspects of higher education including numerous commencement speeches by WWC and a number of document relating to management of colleges and the secularization of education.

Archival Resource Key. Haverford Volume 4, 1942-1955.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Diary of William Wistar Comfort (d. 1955) called "Haverford V. IV".

Archival Resource Key. Haverford Music Program, 1978.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Program of memorial music for William Nelson West, with opening words by Howard Comfort.

Archival Resource Key. Haverford Horizons and Friends Academy, Locust Valley NJ., 1979, 1987.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Haverford Horizons 1979 and cutouts of the Friends Academy Magazine 1987.

Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous, 1775-1955.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous Items including British Shillings from 1775, a collection of stamps from the 1800s and a series of envelopes.

Archival Resource Key. FBI Reports, 1936.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Reports by James Edgar Hoover at two national police conventions regarding the impacts of crime and modern police management.

Archival Resource Key. Touristic Guide to France, 1947.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Book on the history and postwar recovery of France with a focus on promoting Tourism.

Archival Resource Key. Peach Blow Silk.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Peach Blow Silk from a wedding dress.

Archival Resource Key. Delaware County Tuberculosis association 25th anniversary, 1944.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Booklet with event plans and brief history of anti-tuberculosis efforts in the united states.

Archival Resource Key. Paris Metro map, 1949.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Map of the Paris metro and the urban and suburban busses. Includes the Pre-RER B Sceaux line.

Archival Resource Key. Alcohol brand cards.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Cards of various brands of alcohol.

Archival Resource Key. theater sheet and Playbill, 1954.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Theater information on the Japanese theater of paris and a playbill from a musical at a high school in new jersey.

Archival Resource Key. Photographs, Undated.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

2 photographs of Susan and Edward Comfort.

Archival Resource Key. Photos of Statues, Undated.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Statues likely taken by Howard Comfort while he was working at the American Embassy in Rome in 1950.

Archival Resource Key. Photographs, Undated.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Photographs of landscaping as well as Haverford College.

Archival Resource Key. Wedding photos, Undated.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Wedding photos sent to Mrs. Mary Comfort. Unknown date or participants.

Archival Resource Key. Picture of William Wistar Comfort, 1884, 1971.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Picture of William Wistar Comfort (1884) sent to WIlliam Wistar Comfort (d.2016) in 1971.

Archival Resource Key. Photograph by Merrin Balban.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Photograph of unnamed man by Merrin Balban.

Archival Resource Key. Spanish Academic papers, 1876-1899.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Papers on Spanish history and literature, written in both Spanish and English.

Archival Resource Key. French Journal, 1886.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Journal by William Wistar Comfort, in French. Includes photograph of two unnamed women.

Archival Resource Key. School notes, 1950.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

School notes of William Wistar Comfort (d. 2016)

Archival Resource Key. Elizabeth Comfort School Notebook, c. 1792.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

School notebook which was used by Elizabeth Comfort. The notebook also has an inscription from Moses Comfort dating it to 1792, however it is unclear when Elizabeth Comfort used the notebook.

Archival Resource Key. Comfort Schoolbook and sports league table, Undated.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Schoolbook with a sports league table and notes for courses. Other courses have sections but do not contain notes or information.

Archival Resource Key. School work, Undated.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Two written works by William Wistar Comfort (d. 2016) about a ring and a Christmas story, and works by Mary L. Comfort

Archival Resource Key. Life at the old home, Undated.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Booklet and paper on the history of the Faulkes family and their home. Includes agenda of family reunion of Edward and Eleanor Foulke. One copy of "Foulke Genealogical Tables"

Archival Resource Key. European talks and papers, 1950-1952.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Talks and papers by Howard Comfort while abroad in Italy and Switzerland. Advertisements for talks in this folder are in German, however the names of the talks are in English, these are labelled "Einladung".

Archival Resource Key. History Papers, Undated.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Papers on medieval and ancient history, with German language notes on first page of some

Archival Resource Key. Byzantine papers by Howard Comfort, 1933-1936.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Papers published in English, French and Italian on Byzantine history.

Archival Resource Key. articles by William Wistar Comfort in newspapers, 1899-1914.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Articles by William Wistar Comfort in newspapers. Articles focus on Quakerism and Quaker efforts during WW1.

Archival Resource Key. articles by William Wistar Comfort in student newspapers, 1905-1916.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Articles by William Wistar Comfort in student newspapers, including the Westonian and the Haverfordian.

Archival Resource Key. Paper on history, Undated.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Paper on 17th century spanish history. Assumed to be by William Wistar Comfort.

Archival Resource Key. General Writings (folder 1), 1937-1938.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

General Academic writings by WWC, topics cover history and Quakerism.

Archival Resource Key. General Writings (folder 2), 1938-1939.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

General Academic writings by WWC, topics cover history and Quakerism.

Archival Resource Key. Prison industries reorganization report, 1936.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Paper by Howard Comfort working as a consultant for the New York state Prison Industries Reorganization Committee.

Archival Resource Key. In Memoriam, Howard Comfort, 1912.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

Memorial booklet and letter from the Saving Fund Society of Germantown.

Archival Resource Key. The Quaker persuasion, 1955-1956.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

Letters,documents and advertisements for "The Quaker Persuasion".

Archival Resource Key. Newspaper clippings, 1910-1939.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

Newspapers covering a variety of Topics from Howard and William Wistar Comfort.

Archival Resource Key. Newspaper clippings, 1917-1925.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings and copies of the Friends Bulletin, friends journal, and L'echo des Amis (French language)

Archival Resource Key. Memoir of Samuel Cope, 1876.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

Memoir of Samuel Cope.

Archival Resource Key. Published tributes, 1955-1956.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

Published tributes of WIlliam Wistar Comfort, including obituaries in national Newspapers, transcript of the speech given at his funeral and obituaries in Quaker' and medical magazines.

Archival Resource Key. Book reviews, 1941-1942.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

Reviews of books written by William Wistar Comfort

Print, Suggest