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Jessamyn West photographs
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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.
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Mary Jessamyn West (1902-1984) was an American author of short stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945). A Quaker from Indiana, she graduated from Fullerton Union High School in 1919, and Whittier College in 1923. There, she helped found the Palmer Society in 1921. She died following a stroke in 1984 at the age of 81.
This collection contains two photographs taken in 1981 of Jessamyn West, Max McPherson, and Harriet Terrell.
This collection is arranged in a single folder.
Unknown.
Processed by Alexandra Stern; completed April, 2019.
- Publisher
- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding Aid Date
- April, 2019
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).