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Elizabeth Cadwallader papers

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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
MC.950.188
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
.25 linear ft. (9 folders)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Elizabeth Cadwallader papers (HC.MC.950.188), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Date:
1835-1865 (inclusive)
Creator:
Comfort, Elizabeth Cadwallader
Form:
Cookbooks, clippings (information artifacts), Commonplace books, Correspondence, and Diaries
Abstract:
This collection is comprised of the papers of Elizabeth Cadwallader Comfort, and include certificates of removal, clippings, correspondence, diaries, extracts, recipe books, wills, and miscellaneous items from various members of her family.

Elizabeth Cadwallader Comfort (1823-1864) was born on February 3, 1823. in Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania. She married Jeremiah Comfort (1816-1887), and the couple had seven children: Ezra Comfort (1847-1933), Sarah Cadwallader (1849-1943), Charles Williams (1851-1911), Harvey S. (1852-1935), Benjamin C. (1856-1873), Isaac Roberts (1860-?), and Alfred Comfort (1864-1865). Elizabeth Cadwallader Comfort died March 24, 1864, in Falls, Pennyslvania.

This collection is comprised of the papers of Elizabeth Cadwallader Comfort, and include certificates of removal, clippings, correspondence, diaries, extracts, recipe books, wills, and miscellaneous items from various members of her family.

The Elizabeth Cadwallader papers were donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 1984 by Elizabeth and Stephen Cary.

Processed by Kara Flynn; completed March, 2016.

Subject

Publisher
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Kara Flynn
Finding Aid Date
March, 2016
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Collection Inventory

Certificates of removal, 1846. 1 folders.
Box 40 Folder 1
Scope and Content note

Certificate of removal for Elizabeth C. Comfort, addressed to Gwynedd Monthly Meeting.

Physical Description

1 folders

Clippings, 1865. 1 folders.
Box 40 Folder 2
Scope and Content note

Newspaper clippings.

Physical Description

1 folders

Commonplace books, 1835-1838. 1 folders.
Box 40 Folder 3
Scope and Content note

Includes three bound volumes and three unbound volumes of commonplace books, which are comprised of copied poems.

Physical Description

1 folders

Correspondence, 1836-1864. 1 folders.
Box 40 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 folders

Diaries, 1838-1858. 1 folders.
Box 40 Folder 5
Scope and Content note

Includes a single bound volume and loose diary pages.

Physical Description

1 folders

Extracts, 1840-1852.
Box 40 Folder 6
Scope and Content note

Single folder of loose, single page copied extracts, largely extracts of poetry.

Recipe books, 1859. 1 folders.
Box 40 Folder 7
Scope and Content note

Single volume notebook of recipes and directions for preparing certain broad food types, such as vegetables. Appears to have been a note book for a cooking class.

Physical Description

1 folders

Wills, 1832. 1 folders.
Box 40 Folder 8
Scope and Content note

Includes a single handwritten copy of an informal will of Maria Reeve.

Physical Description

1 folders

Miscellaneous, 1864. 1 folders.
Box 40 Folder 9
Scope and Content note

Includes an embroidered envelope and a report card from Westtown Boarding School for Sarah Comfort.

Physical Description

1 folders

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