Call Number:

MC.950.128

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

.15 linear ft. (3 folders)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Joseph Mendenhall papers (HC.MC.950.128), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1882-1903 (inclusive)

Creator:

Mendenhall, Joseph

Form:

Poems, Photographs, and Correspondence

Abstract:

The collection consists primarily of lively letters by Joseph Mendenhall, a Quaker bachelor, to his cousin. They are written from Lawrence, Kansas, between 1882 and 1903, on topics ranging from Quaker ministers, the possibility of less plainness in meetinghouses, and many details about episodes in his or others' lives.

Joseph Mendenhall (1829-1904) was born in the Philadelphia area in 1829, the son of John Mendenhall and Hannah Sharpless. They were members of Chester (Pennsylvania) Meeting. He moved to Lawrence, Kansas, no later than 1892. Mendenhall states that he never married and refers to his Quaker connections.

The collection consists primarily of lively letters by Joseph Mendenhall, a Quaker bachelor, to his cousin. They are written from Lawrence, Kansas, between 1882 and 1903, on topics ranging from Quaker ministers, the possibility of less plainness in meetinghouses, and many details about episodes in his or others' lives.