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Morris Family Items
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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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Isaac C. Jones (1814-1895), a broker, married Sarah W. Noodneff (1820-1900) in 1840, Pennsylvania. The Quaker couple had 3 children: Woodruff Jones, Sarah Jones, Hannah Jones.
Hannah Perot Morris (1854-1931) was a Quaker minister, appointed in 1909, and member of Germantown Monthly Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Morris was a delgate of the Meeting of the State Federation of Churches in Harrisburg, as well as the first woman to be appointed to the Germantown Representative Meeting. In 1907, she wrote a biography on her father, "Glimpses of the Life of Samuel Morris." Morris advocated for woman's suffrage and aided in the assimilation of Italian immigrants. She was the daughter of Haverford College alum Samuel Morris and Lydia Spencer Morris.
This collection contains a Golden Wedding commemoration booklet, with poetry written by Thomas Wistar, marking the 50th anniversery of Isaac C. Jones and Sarah W. Jones in 1890. In addition, the collection also features Hannah Perot Morris's journal from her voyage to England and France in 1904 with her father, Samuel Morris.
This is one folder
Gift of Independence National Historical Park, August 2016.
Processed by Sakina Gulamhusein, completed November 2022
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- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- Sakina Gulamhusein
- Finding Aid Date
- 1890-1904
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The collection is open for research use