Call Number:

08

Repository:

Millbrook Society

Extent:

1.4 linear feet

Language:

English

Date:

1791-1993 (inclusive)

Creator:

Yerkes family

Abstract:

The Yerkes family in Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, dates back to the early 1800s. They were retail merchants, preachers, politicians, lawyers, hotel owners, medical doctors, farmers, and teachers. The Yerkes family papers, 1791-1993, contains deeds, speeches, correspondence, marriage certificates, newspapers and clippings, an account book, and photographs.

The Yerkes family in Hatboro dates back to the early 1800s. They were retail merchants, preachers, politicians, lawyers, hotel owners, medical doctors, farmers, and teachers. The family was influential in creating the Union Library of Hatboro, one of the earliest libraries in Pennsylvania.

Amy B. Yerkes was a local educator and principal of Loller Academy.

Bibliography:

Leach, Josiah Granville. Chronicle of the Yerkes Family: With Notes on the Leech and Rutter Families. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1904.

This collection contains deeds, speeches, correspondence, marriage certificates, 19th-century local newspapers, newspaper clippings, an account book from 1816, and photographs (many identified), circa 1870-1960.

A sizeable proportion of the collection comes from Carrie Conard, nee Yerkes (1890-1993). This series includes papers relating to her participation in the Philadelphia Flower Show, ribbons from local fairs, "The Neighbors" association pamphlets, certificates on the occasion of her 100th birthday, and her bible.