Call Number:

MC.950.177

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.22 linear ft.

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Esther Willits Thomas correspondence (HC.MC.950.177), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1891-1896 (inclusive)

Creator:

Thomas, Arthur Henry, 1872-1942 and Thomas, Esther Willits, 1875-1975

Form:

Correspondence

Abstract:

The collection contains several groups of letters, all written to Esther Willits (Hettie), an assistant teacher at Westtown School.

Esther Willits Thomas (1874-1975) graduated from Westtown School in 1891, and then became an assistant teacher there. She married Arthur Thomas.

There are several groups of letters, all written to Esther Willits (Hettie). The first group (1891-1892) is from Harriet Bailey about daily and personal issues. Another group of letters (1892-1894) is from Mabel Wistar to Esther Willits about herself and Edward Lippincott, his illness and death; another group of letters (1894, 1896) is from Arthur Thomas to Esther Willits relating events of daily life, friends and family, and his bicycle trip through New England in 1896. There is also a group of letters (1892-1893) from a variety of people: David Richie, Laura Shearman, Dora Smedley, Rebecca Evans, and Phebe.