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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.951.07
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
.1 linear ft. (1 box, 1 oversize box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Maps (HC.MC.950.306), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Date:
1770-1946, undated (inclusive)
Form:
maps (documents)
Abstract:
This collection is comprised of the maps from the Quaker collection.

Quakers are members of the Christian denomination known as the Religious Society of Friends.

This collection is comprised of the maps from the Quaker collection. The majority of the maps depict areas of Pennsylvania, especially the Philadelphia area. All maps depict areas in North America.

See item acquisition note.

Processed by Kara Flynn; completed March, 2016.

Subject
Place

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

Native Reservations, 1874. 1 folders.
Box 9 Folder 1
Scope and Content note

Single printed map of Indian Reservations, published in "The Christian Weekly" on December 12, 1874.

Physical Description

1 folders

North America , Undated. 1 folders.
Box 9 Folder 2
Scope and Content note

Partial photocopies of an early French map of North America, and the Homann Map of North America from 1687.

Physical Description

1 folders

Philadelphia Soup Houses, Undated. 1 folders.
Box 9 Folder 6
Scope and Content note

Four copies of a map entitled "Soup Houses Map shewing the boundaries of the districts of the Soup Societies of Philadelphia," which includes a list of the names of various soup societies, their location, and the names of the officers of the societies.

Physical Description

1 folders

York County, 1770. 1 folders.
Box 9 Folder 8
Scope and Content note

Copy of a map of York County, originally published in 1770.

Physical Description

1 folders

Philadelphia, 1776, Undated. 1 folders.
Box 13 Folder 5
Scope and Content note

Printed map portraying Philadelphia in 1776, though the publication date is this unknown.

Physical Description

1 folders

"A Map of Philadelphia and Parts Adjacent", 1893. 1 folders.
Box 15 (ovs) Folder 5
Scope and Content note

Printed map of Philadelphia, originally created in 1750, and republished in 1893 by Benjamin R. Boggs.

Physical Description

1 folders

"Philadelphia as William Penn Knew It, 1684", 1932. 1 folders.
Box 15 (ovs) Folder 6
Scope and Content note

Map drawn by William Wilson Pollock with collaboration from Albert Cook Myers, in commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the first arrival of William Penn in the U.S. in October, 1682.

Physical Description

1 folders

Warrington Township, 1946. 1 folders.
Box 15 (ovs) Folder 7
Scope and Content note

Printed map of Warrington Township, York County, PA. Depicts the 239 original land grants in the township.

Physical Description

1 folders

Print, Suggest