Call Number:

MC.975.01.081

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Emma Waln diary (HC.MC.975.01.081), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1890-1891 (inclusive)

Creator:

Waln, Emma

Form:

Diaries

Abstract:

Emma Waln's diary entries detail her active social life, including descriptions of attendance of various social events, including whist parties, women's clubs meetings, lectures, and parties, as well as more informal social calls from friends and family. Waln's diary also describes attending classes and lectures at Swarthmore College.

Emma Waln (1869-1936) was born in Waln's Mill in Monmouth County, New Jersey, the daughter of Nicholas Waln and Mary B. Kirby. Waln married Charles E. Hires at the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Arch Street in December of 1911. Emma Waln died in 1936, in Philadelphia, at the age of 67.

This collection is comprised of the single handwritten diary of Emma Waln. Entries detail Waln's active social life, including descriptions of attendance of various social events, including whist parties, women's clubs meetings, lectures, and parties, as well as more informal social calls from friends and family. Waln's diary also describes attending classes and lectures at Swarthmore College. Individuals mentioned in Waln diary include Caleb Middleton and Mary Paxson.