Call Number:

MC.883

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Joseph Meyers correspondence (HC.MC.883), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1877-1924 (inclusive)

Creator:

Meyers, Joseph E. (Joseph Elkinton), 1858-1937

Form:

Correspondence and letters (correspondence)

Abstract:

Joseph E. Meyers entered Westtown School at the age of 15 in November of 1873. The letters in the collection are from classmates at Westtown, discussing life events, mutual friends, and reminiscence of the Westtown days and are dated from his graduation from the school in 1877 until 1924.

Joseph E. Meyers entered Westtown School at the age of 15 in November of 1873, after attending Friends School, Muncy. His father, William Meyers, was a resident of Wolf Run, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Joseph Meyers graduated from Westtown in 1877 and stayed on as an assistant teacher until 1878. This collection of letters sent to Meyers follows him from the year he graduated Westtown until 1931, ages 19 to 73.

There are over 100 letters in this collection from 14 different correspondents. Most of the letter writers were Meyer's classmates at Westtown School. The letters contain mostly life events, discussions of mutual friends, and reminiscence of the Westtown days. Many of the correspondents mention each other or their families in one letter or another, and it is clear that they are all familiar, likely through Westtown. The majority of the letters are from one William B. Kirkbride, Meyer's school friend and his mother's fourth cousin. Kirkbride's letters span from their graduation from Westtown until less than one month before Kirkbride's death. The non-correspondence materials include invitations to Haverford College events from 1879-1882 (especially relating to D.H. Forsythe, W. Leeds, E. Jones, C. Gause Jr.) and Meyer's report cards from Friends School, Muncy from 1868-1872.

Letters are arranged by correspondent and then date.