Call Number:

MC.950.303

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.1 linear ft. (1 item)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Henry J. Cadbury Letter (HC.MC.950.303), Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1966

Creator:

Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 and London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends)

Form:

Epistles and letters (correspondence)

Abstract:

This collection contains a 1966 letter sent to Henry J. Cadbury by Avis G. Clarke on behalf of the American Antiquarian Society. Clarke and the Society ask Cadbury about information regarding the origin of American "Epistles" printed before 1820.

Henry J. Cadbury was born on December 1st, 1883 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Haverford and earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University. In 1947, he accepted a Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the American Friends Service Committee and the Religious Society of Friends. Cadbury passed away on October 7th, 1974.

Avis G. Clarke was born on July 13th, 1902 in Webster, Massachusetts. She was a cataloger for the American Antiquarian Society in 1966. Clarke passed away December 7th, 1984. The American Antiquarian Society, located in Worcester, Massachusetts, is both a learned society founded in 1812 and a national research library that has been running since 1876.

This collection contains a 1966 letter sent to Henry J. Cadbury by Avis G. Clarke on behalf of the American Antiquarian Society. Clarke and the Society ask Cadbury about information regarding the origin of American "Epistles" printed before 1820.

Single Item.