Call Number:

MC.975.04.015

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.2 linear ft. (1 oversized volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Elizabeth U. Willis scrapbook (HC.MC.975.04.015), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1850-1898 (inclusive)

Creator:

Willis, Elizabeth U.

Form:

letters (correspondence), clippings (information artifacts), and Photographs

Abstract:

Elizabeth U. Willis's scrapbook includes photos and clippings about her and Sarah F. Underhill, photos of the Underhill family, clippings, illustrations, and portraits of Quakers, meeting houses, and Quaker birthplaces. Quaker autographs and letters are included as well. Letter writers include Samuel Fothergill, Anne Mott, David Sands, William Allinson, William Dillywn, William Rickman, J. Stephenson, George Jones, Lindley Murray, Richard Mott, and John Barrow. Confederate money, fractional currency, colonial money, excerpts of prayers and testimonies, and embroidery and cross stitch samples are also included.

Elizabeth Willis (1831-1897) was born on September 29, 1831, in Pennsylvania. She married John Willis in Columbiana, Ohio, on October 5, 1854. The couple had ten children: Allen (1855-1932), Cynthia Ann (1856-1946), Mary Margaret (1858-1928), Simon (1861-1928), Ephraim (1862-1930), Benjamin (1864-1941), Elmer W. (1867-1926), Franklin (1869-1929), Joseph (1871-1955), and Leland (1874-1908). Elizabeth Willis died February 17, 1897.

This collection is comprised of the single volume scrapbook of Elizabeth U. Willis. The volume includes photos and clippings about Elizabeth U. Willis and Sarah F. Underhill, photos of the Underhill family, clippings, illustrations, and portraits of Quakers, meeting houses, and Quaker birthplaces. Quaker autographs and letters are included as well. Letter writers include Samuel Fothergill, Anne Mott, David Sands, William Allinson, William Dillywn, William Rickman, J. Stephenson, George Jones, Lindley Murray, Richard Mott, and John Barrow. Confederate money, fractional currency, colonial money, excerpts of prayers and testimonies, and embroidery and cross stitch samples are also included.