Main content
Elliston P. Morris materials
Notifications
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
Elliston Perot Morris (1980-1899) was the son of Marriott C. Morris and a graduate of Haverford College (class of 1922). He worked with the American Friends Service Committee after World War I, and was a conscientious objector during World War II. In 1942, he declined to register for the military draft, and was sentenced to prison for a year and a day. Morris lived in Feasterville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and was a member of the Religious Society of Friends. He died in 1980.
This collection includes miscellaneous Haverford archives items, including materials related to the Haverford Alumni Fund and Haverfordania, pamphlets on Rebecca and Sarah Nicholson and Daniel and Emily Oliver, obituary clippings on J.S. Stokes, and a picture showing Jordans Meeting House.
This collection is arranged in a single folder.
The Elliston P. Morris materials were donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 1978 by Elliston P. Morris. Accession # 3734.
Processed by Alexandra Stern; completed April, 2019.
- Publisher
- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding Aid Date
- April, 2019
- Access Restrictions
-
The collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
-
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).