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Elkinton Family Papers
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Joseph Elkinton was born in Salem, New Jersey, in 1794 and settled in Philadelphia where he established a soap manufacturing business which eventually became the Philadelphia Quartz Company. He was involved with the Seneca Indians at the Quaker school at Tunesassa (Quaker Bridge), New York, where his oldest son, Joseph Scotton Elkinton, was born in 1830. The latter was a Quaker minister and involved with the resettlement of the Doukhobors in Canada. His oldest son, Joseph Elkinton, was active in the Society of Friends in the Midwest and traveled to Japan and China on religious visits. His sister, Mary Passmore Elkinton, married the Japanese diplomat, Dr. Inazo Nitobe, in 1891. His son, Joseph Passmore Elkinton, married Mary Russell Bucknell in 1909; after Mary's death in 1929, he married Anna Bassett Griscom, a Hicksite minister, in 1931. J. Passmore also was a Quaker minister. See the notes preceding each series for more detailed information.
Contains the papers of the Elkinton Family, a prominent Quaker family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and its vicinity.The collection contains correspondence, journals, and other papers as well as reference material and papers on various Quaker concerns and early letter books of the Philadelphia Quartz Company.
The collection is divided into twelve series:
The bulk of the collection was given J. Passmore Elkinton beginning in the late 1940s. In 1966, he gave additional Rachel Edgerton Passmore correspondence which he had received from Rachel's granddaughter, Elizabeth Lowry Froelicher. Beginning in the late 1970s, his youngest son, David Cope Elkinton, also a member of Media Monthly Meeting, continued his father's goal of creating a family collection, with deposits up until the time of his death in 2002 and subsequently by his estate.
The collection was received intermittently beginning in 1940, largely from Joseph Passmore Elkinton (1887-1971) with additional deposits by his son David Cope Elkinton (1915-2003) after 1977. The papers were collected by J. Passmore Elkinton and other members of the family and organized by him and David C. Elkinton into family series. The collection includes some handwritten explanatory notes and copies by Martha Gregson who, according to J. Passmore Elkinton, did secretarial work for both Joseph S. and William T. Elkinton, apparently helping them organize the papers. Additions were interfiled or added as new series or sub series, including business papers of Joseph Elkinton (1794-1868) and family journals which were received from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. In the 1990s, parts of the collection were re-foldered and the albums of letters compiled by Joseph S. Elkinton were dismantled due to the condition. In 2009, FHL staff completed a major re-processing, organizing the series into a more logical, basically chronological order, and adding recent gifts from David C. Elkinton. David succeeded his father, Joseph Passmore Elkinton in compiling the family records at Friends Historical Library.
The following material was also given:
- Tape recording made at J. Passmore Elkinton's 80th birthday, 1967, removed to FHL Audio Visual
- Photographs removed to PA 60
- Bound marriage certificates previously stored in FHL Marriage Certificates removed to Series 1 (4/2013).
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Collection Inventory
Note: Contains journals, albums, and some correspondence of Asa Elkinton and other members of the Elkinton family not represented in separate series. Also family genealogical papers compiled by J. Passmore Elkinton and others concerning the early generations of Elkintons in America and collected, bound marriage certificates, 1742-1931.
Research compiled by J. Passmore Elkinton and others on the Elkinton and collateral families. See also Series 11, David C. Elkinton Papers, for additional genealogical papers.
Includes notes and correspondence of Sarah Elkinton and Jos. S. Elkinton
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Typed carbons
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Corrections, additions to Adams' genealogy
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Includes correspondence with J. Passmore Elkinton, 1945
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Bible purchased by Asa Elkinton, 1803
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TL from J. Passmore Elkinton
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Correspondence from (Mary) Helen Pancoast Stone
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Also letter from George Bennett Cock, 1934
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By Gilbert Cope with later annotations, including David Cope Elkinton.
Describes daily discussions, etc. including subject of children born too soon after marriage, many remarks by J. Kersey
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George Elkinton (1832-1894), son of George M. Elkinton (1798-1878). Mentions racial tensions in Barbados
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Fading mimeograph and acid-free copy
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Note that handwriting resembles that of Joseph E. Elkinton.
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Removed from acidic scrapbook by FHL staff probably ca. 1970
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Removed from acidic scrapbook by FHL staff probably ca. 1970. Includes a note from J. Passmore Elkinton, 1956
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Removed from acidic scrapbook by FHL staff probably ca. 1970. Copies of letters by Asa Elkinton at end of volume
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Removed from acidic scrapbook by FHL staff probably ca. 1970
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Friendship album, 1840-1859. Loose items to 1875
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Friendship album
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Daughter of David and Debby Phillips Cope
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Poetry by a range of authors, copied beginning in 1855
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Includes drawings, clippings
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Loose pages, poems, an account of mother's death, and a letter to John Tyler, Salem, NJ., 1830
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Deaths, marriages of Friends and general interest
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Debbie E. Cope and her sister, Jane Cope, were daughters of David and Deby Cope, prominent Friends. The sisters subsequently lived with their uncle, Morris Cope. Album may have been compiled by Jane since it includes death notices of Debbie E. and Morris Cope.
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Debbie E. Cope was a minister, active at Westtown and the Indian Committees
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Previously stored in Chart Case.
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Note: Joseph Elkinton (1794-1868) was the son of Asa and Letitia (Lippincott) Elkinton. . As a young man, he worked with the Seneca Nation at Tunasassa, New York, from 1816 to 1831, and he maintained a lifelong interest in Tunasassa. In 1829 he married Mary Nutt (died 1865) at Concord Monthly Meeting, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. They had four children: Joseph Scotton, Sarah (married Ephraim Smith), Thomas, and Asa. In 1831 Joseph Elkinton established a company to manufacture soap and candles in Philadelphia. In 1855, he was joined in a partnership with his son, Joseph S. Elkinton. Joseph retired in 1862, and the firm became Joseph S. and Thomas Elkinton, and, subsequently, the Philadelphia Quartz Company.
Original deposited at Haverford College, Indian Committee Records. Mimeographed transcript of his trip to Tunasassa in 1816. Partial photocopy in box 4
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Original deposited at Haverford College, Indian Committee Records. Primarily copies of his correspondence
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Original deposited at Haverford College, Indian Committee Records.
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Vol. 1 39-550; Vol. 2: 1-53; Vol. 3: 9-481
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MSS journal. Through Western Pa. with a stop in Harmony, Ohio, Western New York
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Typescript, multiple copies
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Attributed to Asa Elkinton by J. Passmore Elkinton, but more likely Joseph Elkinton (1794-1868). Sections written in fading pencil photocopied onto acid-free paper for legibility.
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MSS journal. Trip related in Journal of William Evans, published 1870. Erroneously dated as 1857 in previous Elkinton inventories.
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Copied for Joseph Elkinton who wanted to submit it to The Friend
Rebecca (1790-1830), sister of Joseph who is at Tunasassa. Long letter with family news
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George (1798-1894) mentions visit to House of Refuge, death of sister Rebecca; their mother joins the Hicksite
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Most are from Joseph Elkinton
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Local news in Philadelphia. She is visiting family in Ohio.
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Excusing for filling orders for tallow since peace testimony doesn't allow profits from materials used in war
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Medical charges 1831-32, including attending births
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Copybook of Sarah Elkinton (1831-1900). Reverse from back contains copies of letters concerning the death of her father, Joseph Elkinton.
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Note: Joseph Scotton Elkinton (1830-1905) was the third child and oldest son of Joseph and Mary (Nutt) Elkinton. He was born as Tunasassa; his middle name was given in honor of Robert Scotton a colleague of his father. In 1856 he married Malinda Patterson (1836-1920) of Ohio. They had four children: Mary Patterson, Joseph, William Tilman, Alfred Cope, and Thomas (who died in infancy). Together with his brother Thomas, Joseph S. worked in the manufacturing company established by his father. And like his father, he worked extensively with the Indians of New York State. A Quaker minister, he also took a keen interest in the Doukhobors, African-Americans, Quaker schools, and changes in the Society of Friends. He was active on the Indian Committee and Willets Trust. In 1866 he was acknowledged as a Quaker minister, and in the early 1870s, he passed most of the business responsibilities of the family company to his brother, Thomas, and later to his son, William Tilman Elkinton. His memoirs and diary begins with recollections up to 1854 and conclude with his death in 1905. Some business, family and world events are mentioned but the diary is most interesting in its minutia of the life of a Quaker minister - details of his visitations to meetings and individuals, supplications and testimonies during meetings and elsewhere by him and others, and concerns and changes in Society of Friends. On a personal issue, there is a one year gap in the diary, supposed destroyed, during the time that his daughter married the prominent Japanese diplomat, Inazo Nitobe, in 1891 against the wishes of the family. Elkinton was involved with the prominent Friends of his day, particularly Orthodox and Conservative, but he also visited other denominations and held special meetings in various venues. The Series also contains significant family correspondence, including the Patterson and Walton branches from Ohio.
Detailed memoirs of his early life, education, with visits and comments on prominent Friends - William and Elizabeth Evans, Mary Kite, Elizabeth Gurney, and many others. Of particular interest are the detailed accounts of meetings for worship and the quarterly and yearly meetings and the discord in Ohio Yearly Meeting, including controversies concerning the Meaders and Wilbur.
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Detailed memoirs cover his marriage to Malinda Patterson in 1856, visits to Ohio, attendance at yearly and other Quaker meetings. Sister Sarah's call to Indian School and other problems at Tunasassa.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Describes attending local meetings, the sermons of traveling ministers such as John Henry Douglas and Sarah Linton. More controversy in the Society of Friends with visits from Joshua Maule, Martha Gould to Philadelphia in 1862 at the time of the yearly meeting and a separation in Ohio. In 1863, pressure of the draft/fee increased with some Quakers incarcerated. Westtown and other Quaker school affected. Joseph S. Elkinton was drafted in 1863 and appealed; in February 1864 he was notified that had non-combatant status. Points of the Discipline debated at 1865 yearly meeting.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Death of Nathan Kite in 1867. Joseph Elkinton travels to visit Indians in New York State in November, dies in January 1868. Episode at a Quaker meeting where person leaves nosily in protest. Visited Indians in 5 mo 1868 and served on grand jury in June. His problem with the death penalty. Much illness in the City and death of their baby, Thomas. November 1868 fire on Market Street, Philadelphia. Records of Select School destroyed in James Smedley's business place.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Impact of the "Great Revival" on Friends. On Select School committee, attends many funerals, comments on Gurneyites. Visit to Woodbury meeting where both Orthodox and Hicksites met, tension between groups. Debate with a clergyman while traveling in New Jersey in 1871. Smallpox scare. Luke Woodard (1832-1925) and John Henry Douglas (1832-1917), Quaker revivalist ministers. Rufus King and the Beans also visit, 1872. Due to dwindling numbers, his meeting, Philadelphia, Southern District, laid down 11/1872. Members merged with Arch Street meeting
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Continued tensions in the various Quaker yearly and subordinate meetings as well as Quaker homes. Baptism a major issue. 1877 attends Quarterly Meeting in Rhode Island, visits the Fosters. Visits the Seneca Tribe in New York State. In 1875 visited England with Malinda.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. On committee to visit Indians on Allegheny reservation in 1878, Indian concerns in 1879. Many visits to Quaker meetings, especially Ohio Yearly Meeting.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Extensive visit by Elwood Dean, (1816-1890), Conservative Ohio Quaker minister.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. visit by Elwood Dean, (1816-1890), Conservative Ohio Quaker minister. Met with Emily Rodney Williams, African-American preacher, who was impressed with Dean's sermon. Took his cousin Margaretta Walton to meeting with him at Fallowfield. Visited Long Island and the Bowne House, Glen Cove College where Stephen Hicks, a director, introduces Elkinton to his mother, an Orthodox among Hicksites.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Stayed at Chalfonte House, Cape May, and chatted with Henry Sawyer. Attended conference of African American bishops with William Still. Visited Indian School temporarily located on Lancaster Pike near Eagle Station. Rents a country home in Malvern. Significant earthquake in Philadelphia, August 1884. Visit with Indians on Cornplanter tract, attended funeral, many meetings, leasing of land for oil drilling. Visits Roman Catholics in Western Pa. Also to Tunasassa. Returning to Philadelphia, visits African American services, schools, and missions, and visits with William Still.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Deeply involved with African American churches and schools in Philadelphia. Friends with William Still. Attends black Pentecostal services. Visits Tunasassa and travels to Washington, DC, on behalf of the Indians. Elwood Dean and wife arrive for an extended visit mid 1886.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Deans continue their visit. In November travels to Tunasassa, Indian concerns. Visited the Mennonite communities in Bucks County in 1887 with a traveling minute.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Ann Branson and others visit. Elkinton attends funeral in Camden of the mother of Jennie Morris, an African-American who sometimes attended meeting. Visited with Sioux Indians who were performing in Philadelphia. October, in Washington, DC, for meeting with Sioux.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Very busy in the ministry, most time spent visiting meetings and individuals in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. 4 mo describes use of petroleum in his factory, cleaner and more efficient than coal. Bemoans the celebration of Washington's inauguration with military and religious elements. Hurricane hits the Jersey shore in 9 mo. Speaks at the Free Methodist Church, Dutch Reformed Church in Philadelphia.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Notable in its omission, the entries from 4/8/1890-4/1/1891 are missing and presumed destroyed, although they are mentioned in David Elkinton's book. Elkinton's oldest child, Mary Patterson Elkinton married Inazo Nitobe under the care of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting on 1/1/1891 against the wishes of her parents. After 4/1891, travels with Jonathan E. Rhoads to Delaware, Maryland, and elsewhere, some visiting with other denominations, including Methodist, African-American. Also some encounters with Roman Catholics.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Interesting description of early mummer's parade in Philadelphia on New Year's Day - he's appalled. In Jan. 1892, daughter Mary had a son who only survived a week; devastated and ill, she returns to the U.S. later in the year to recuperate. Proposal approved by the Yearly Meeting not to discipline members who attend marriage of non-members done in the manner of Friends; he worries about diluting the rights of membership. Visits Ohio Yearly Meeting with Joseph Walton. Discussion about the temporary conversion in revival meetings. Visitation to New England and stays in John Greenleaf Whittier's bedroom (Whittier at his summer home). Mentions that Whittier indignant at the treatment of Joel Bean by Iowa Yearly Meeting. Attended meeting in Poughkeepsie where hat was passed for a subscription and doxology sung. 6mo a letter from Sapporo relating fire threatening home of Mary Nitobe, a common occurrence. Visited West Philadelphia meeting and very pleased; children from the Shelter brought in to worship meeting. July mentions demonstration at City Hall in support of workers at Carnegie Steel. Terrible heat wave end of July into August. Daughter Mary comes home for a visit. In November Elkinton visits Tunasassa.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Visited Sing Sing Prison and Eastern Penitentiary. New England and the Yearly Meeting, trip to the South. Visited Clara Barton who was working to alleviate the sufferings from the hurricane that ravaged the Sea Islands in South Carolina. Mentions various discussions about the Red Cross and its relief work. Meets with J. Leonard Levy and others of various denominations in Philadelphia.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Attends Methodist Conference, Young Men's Christian Association, various denominations including Roman Catholic and Mennonite. Visits to Ohio and Western Yearly Meeting and Tunasassa in company of William Bishop. Mentions influence of music encouraging the martial arts, distressed by music at Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Visits to Mennonites and River Brethren, prison in Lancaster County, Pa. Extensive travels in New Jersey with Jonathan Rhoads, often preaching. Visits to schools, insane asylum, prisons. Goes to Washington, DC, with memorial to President and Cabinet regarding Spain and Cuba. Sympathy for son William, president of the family business which is supporting six families (and Joseph S. Elkinton in his ministry).
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Visits the Doukhobors in January in company of Job S. Gibleys and subsequently makes four additional visits to Canada.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Makes three more visits to the Doukhobors. Also to Tunasassa in 4/1900 to attend closing ceremonies of the Friends school. In summer of 1901 made a religious visit to northern N.J. counties and Dutchess Co., NY. 9mo 8, 1901-12 mo 22 not included; see four original journals (rough).
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Ms diaries. These four rough journals were not included in the transcribed bound volumes.
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. His final visit to the Doukhobors. Visits N. Carolina Yearly Meeting and Tunasassa. (A detailed diary of a trip in 1903 to visit Indians bound separately.)
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence, bound separately. Extended visit to the Indians of Long Island, Nova Scotia, and parts of Canada south of the St. Lawrence River, commencing 10 mo. 1903 in company of Zebedee Haines
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Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Joseph S. Elkinton continued in the ministry until his death, with visitations and attendance at the Yearly Meeting. He died at his summer home in Malvern, Pa., surrounded by family.
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Published as the chapter entitled "Doukhobor Migration" in 1913 in volume Selections from the Diary of Joseph Elkinton, published privately for the family, Leeds and Biddle Co., Philadelphia.
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Copy of his diaries when traveling in the ministry
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Joseph S. Elkinton abbreviated as JSE
Concerning cholera outbreak in Philadelphia
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Marriage of Joseph S. Elkinton and Malinda Patterson, dinner at Tilman Patterson's house, Somerton, OH
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5 ALsS sent during trip to England
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9 ALsS and a poem by Malinda, 9 mo 1879
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7 letters, 2 partly typed. Mentions supporting House of Industry by purchases
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Expressing respect for Society of Friends
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Concerning William Green
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1 ALS
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Typed letters, daily accounts
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These family letters were collected in a leather bound album by Joseph S. Elkinton, likely when he was reviewing materials for his Memoirs. There are notes by JSE and his copyist on some letters indicating that the contents were extracted by R.W. A note dated 1850 by JSE says he had reviewed to that date. The letters were arranged roughly in chronological order, but also by size. The letters were removed from them deteriorated album and have been arranged by recipient.
Ms index (photocopy). Also miscellaneous scraps and FHL note concerning the original album
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1 ALS, loose in album. Charles Elkinton (1796-1815)
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1 ALS with advice
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In 1816, Joseph Elkinton became a teacher at the Quaker school at Tunasassa. 8 ALsS describe his travels and the school.
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2 ALsS, fellow member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Northern District
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7 ALS. In 1826, Mary Hathaway transferred to Alum Creek Monthly Meeting, Ohio, with her brother Caleb and family. Her letter of 1846 mentions long distances Friends in Ohio must travel, life in Milan. Her nephew Peter Hathaway was disowned in 1832, but makes acknowledgement in 1846. His wife and daughter also join. Mary recounts how she and her siblings came under the care of Friends after the death of her mother and wrestles with the divisions in the Society.
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1 ALS. Hannah Gillaspy Davis was the daughter of Asa's second wife Lucia/Lucy and her first husband, John Davis.
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Mary Nutt, a member of Concord Monthly Meeting, Pa., was granted a minute to teach the Indians at Tunasassa, where she taught with Joseph and her cousin Abigail Walton, 1825-1830. Most of the letters are from family and friends from home.
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11 ALsS from her sisters Sarah Nutt and Anna Monks and cousin Lydia Sharpless
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2 ALsS describe yearly meeting
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1 ALS, describes trip on Eric Canal
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1 ALS, life in Tunasassa
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1 ALS
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6 ALsS, trips to Upstate NY
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1 ALS on trip to Washington, DC
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1 ALS from Joseph S. at Westtown, 3 ALsS from Joseph Elkinton
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2 ALsS and report card from Westtown School
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8 ALsS on trip to upstate NY and Canada (Long, oversized ALS from JE photocopied - fragile)
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3 oversized ALsS (photocopied) from Joseph, 2 ALsS from home while Joseph in NY and Canada
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3 ALsS. The two letters of 1847 are addressed to Joseph in Cape May where Asa was to join him but was too ill to travel.
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7 ALS
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1 ALS from Boston. With note explaining by JSE that his father arranged for him to take a sea voyage to Boston with Alfred Cope and Moses Brown and his son
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1 ALS from Baltimore
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2 ALsS. Note by R.S. that extracted for JES
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15 ALsS, trip to Ohio, Indiana, and west
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14 ALsS, trip to Ohio, Indiana, and west
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1 ALS to her mother, mentions a Native American will be staying with them for a day or two
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18 ALsS from Joseph and others. Joseph and Mary travel to Tunasassa. Mary stays behind to help the Woods who are in residence. She becomes ill, followed quickly by death of Susanna Wood, teacher at the Indian School and wife of John Wood. Joseph and daughter Sarah travel to Tunasassa.
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11 ALsS. Sarah stayed at Tunasassa to help, but does not enjoy teaching - student attendance is weak and irregular, parents withdraw their children. John and Susanna's daughter, Phebe Jane, dies in July, and Sarah wants to be released from duty at the school.
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1 ALS
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4 ALsS. Smith, a teacher at Westtown, married Sarah Elkinton in 1867 under the care of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Southern District
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3 ALsS from Tunasassa where she is teaching, finds it unlikely to get to Ohio for his wedding to Malinda Patterson
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33 ALsS, some from children. Joseph's mention problems in getting teachers for Tunasassa
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6 ALsS. In 10 mo 1858 Joseph writes from Tunasassa
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13 ALsS. In 1862 Joseph visits Tunasassa and Mary visits Ohio. Letter of 9 mo 1862 from Thomas mentions visit of Joel and Hannah Bean in Philadelphia.
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9 ALsS. Most from Joseph in Ohio
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4 ALsS. Joseph in Tunasassa
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7 ALsS. In 9 mo Worth proposes a visit to the Indians. Elkinton's letter home.
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8 ALsS. Most from Thomas or Melinda
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11 ALsS, including letters from children at Barnesville and letter from Melinda
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Typed note at front dated 10/12/1917 by Martha Gregson to Wm. Tilman Elkinton (son of Jos. S.) explains that copied letters are prior to 1883. May have been copied by Joseph S. Elkinton for his memoirs. Begin with letters 1864 to JSE, but later in volume are copied letters from the Pattersons in Ohio as early as 1839. Inserted at end are letters of 1900-1901 to JES and sons Joseph and Wm. Tilman Elkinton
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2 ALsS, 1 mss copy letter from E. H. Varney (d. 1915), prominent minister if Ontario, Canada. Loose in back of copybook of letters.
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Bound volume, dismantled by FHL
Elkinton's 1966 letter with Patterson genealogical information
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Brief memoirs of her family and early life in Ohio, death of her children
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Note in Joseph S. Elkinton's hand explains that the account was written when she was visiting him in her old age. Christiana (b. 1809) was a first cousin of Rachel Edgerton Patterson.
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Rough account, written on Elkinton Soap Manufacturers price lists, after husband Tilman's death (1880)
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Original letters and extracts. Letter from Sarah Elkinton to (Aunt) Rachel Patterson notes how Mary, the daughter of Joseph and Malinda is doted on by the whole family.
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ALsS and copies. Undated ALS describes her first visit to Philadelphia and Arch St. meeting after Malinda and Joseph S. are married. A
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Letter written shortly after his 74th birthday, mentions that Rachel away from home, comments that some in meeting are rejecting memorials of Thomas Gould, J. Wilbur, and J. Foster for the meeting library, but he disagrees
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Poetry and prose by Rachel Patterson, including anniversary poems for her long marriage to Tilman; Correspondence
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Letters to her children and other family members, account of her husband's death
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Correspondence with children, poetry. She moved to Philadelphia after Tilman's death
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Correspondence and poetry, including a poem on the 5th anniversary of Tilman's death
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Correspondence and poetry
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Brief diary notations and letters written on stationary from 322 Union St., Philadelphia
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Brief diary notations and letters, family information
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TLS with birthdates of Patterson children provided by Elizabeth Lowry Froelicher, descended from Deborah Patterson Lowry who lived with her mother. Also note by FHL staff noting that letters were given by Anna Walton (1859-1954) to David Elkinton.
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3 ALsS from Somerton, OH, to the Waltons. Sarah Edgerton was Rachel's sister, married Samuel Walton in 1854. Their daughter, Anna Walton moved to PMM (O) in 1882. These and the subsequent letters in this series are Anna.
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Expecting a visit from his daughter Malinda. Family news in Somerton
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1869 letters relate death of Rachel Patterson (1850-1869), daughter of Tilman and Rachel
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Family news
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Family news after the death of Tilman Patterson
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ALS mentions that the engagement of Mary P. Elkinton to Inazo Oto Nitobe "is the wonder of the Society." Elizabeth Dunn was a minister of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting (O)
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Most undated from Rachel Patterson
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Letters from Ohio with family matters (pressures of parenting) and tensions in meeting. 1 AL may be from Joseph S. Elkinton to his father.
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8 ALsS. The 1864 ALS, mentions Rachel P. Elkinton in supplication at Stillwater Monthly Meeting. 1867 ALS notes that Hosea Doudna expressed a concern to Tilman and Rachel that Rachel was a bad influence on her husband.
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News from Barnesville, Ohio
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News from Barnesville. Samuel remarks on the success of the Gurneyite evangelical ministry, notes that a testimony in preparative meeting was about tale-bearing, was not directed towards him, but he has always wanted to be free in apprising JSE. on discussions in meeting. Issue of bounty collecting and taxes are vexing concerns.
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Samuel not happy with Tilman and Rachel's move to Iowa and the debt incurred.
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Most from Anna Walton, commiserating as one invalid to another
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Most from Sarah J. and Samuel Walton. Their daughter Abby is with the Elkintons while Joseph's son Arthur is at Barnesville where he contracts typhoid. 1884 mentions problems of Abigail Vail at the meeting at Coal Creek. Letter from Samuel 1895 describes visit of evangelist Samuel W. Small, temperance leader
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undated correspondence
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Jonathan E. Rhoads (1830-1914), Quaker minister of Wilmington, Delaware. 1881 letter describes attending a Hicksite meeting,, other letters concerned with finding venues for public meetings. Interesting request for financial assistance for Mary Ann Smith to travel in the ministry, 1885.
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ALsS. Most are brief notes coordinating local visits and public meetings. Letter of 1902 5mo 7 addressed to Elkinton in Canada on a visit to the Doukhobors
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Pencil note from Martha Ann Gregson concerning letters and letter books
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4 ALsS from Asa and a brief biography by his brother, Joseph S. Asa (1833-1850) suffered for three years from what was diagnosed as scrofula, tuberculosis of the skin. He was treated by the German specialist, Dr. George Ellizer, a homeopathic physician.
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ALsS dealing mostly with business, some family concerns
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ALsS dealing mostly with business, some family concerns
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ALsS dealing mostly with business, some family concerns
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ALsS with business, affectionate letters of wife Rebecca
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ALsS dealing mostly with business, some family concerns. Includes 3 ALsS addressed to sister Sarah while visiting in Ohio.
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ALsS with business. Mentions the pressures of the business, interesting things in science happening in Philadelphia which he wished he had time to pursue.
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ALsS with business, family. TLS of 1890 10 mo 13 mention improved furnace which they plan to introduce
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ALsS dealing mostly with business, some family concerns
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10 ALs from Rebecca, who married Thomas Elkinton (brother of Joseph S.) in
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9 ALsS from Sarah to her father Joseph and brother, Joseph S. Elkinton. Most from Tunasassa where she taught. Also an extract of a letter to Mary Wood from Tunasassa in which she looks forward to being replaced at the school.
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Most are letters to Joseph S. and Malinda who are in England. Family and business news. Ephraim's detailed description of funeral of Wm. Edwards, 1875
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Most are letters to Rebecca and Thomas Elkinton
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Letters to Rebecca and Thomas Elkinton; many of Ephraim's report on business
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Sarah died suddenly in 1900.
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Brief description of John Cox, Jonathan Evans, Joseph Whitall, Samuel Bettle, John Letchworth, and Stephen Garrett [at Yearly Meeting?]. Note from M.G. 1921 recommends filing with Smith correspondence since written on Ephraim Smith letterhead
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Copies and extracts of letters, most from Rebecca E. Patterson. Note from J. Passmore Elkinton in file, dated 1957, indicates that "These letters evidently were copies for either my grandfather Jos. S. Elkinton or my Uncle, William T. Elkinton, for both of whom she did secretarial work, by Martha Gregson."
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Includes letters from Rachel and Tilman Patterson, Joseph Elkinton, William Evans
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Most are Joseph S. Elkinton or Rachel Patterson. 1861 9mo 15 from JSE. describes rebellion at Falsington
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Joseph S. Elkinton, Rachel Patterson. Describe visiting ministers, meeting concerns, local events of interest
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Most are excerpts from Rachel Patterson's letters, some Joseph S. Elkinton
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Copies and extracts. Joseph and Malinda's baby Thomas died unexpectedly in July 1868, Atlantic City. Describes marriage of son Joseph to Sarah Passmore in Concord in 1884
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Copies and extracts. Describes marriage of son Joseph to Sarah Passmore in Concord in 1884. Copy of J.S.E.'s diary in 1893, death of Rachel Patterson
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Copies and extracts. Interesting letter (copy) from Mary [Elkinton] Nitobe after tsunami in 1896. Was unaware of the magnitude. An ALS from Joseph to Malinda when in Washington, DC, 1903, 2mo, to speak with senators.
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Compiled by Jos. S. Elkinton ca. 1897, containing original and copies of letters which he decided to leave to his descendants to decide where they should be kept. Pasted in chronologically, both copies and originals. Removed from album by FHL staff circa 1990. The original letters are separately foldered, sorted by correspondent.
MS note and his index to letters
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ALS
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12 ALsS
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7 ALsS. Copy of extract of a letter to R. E. Patterson
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AL addressed to "My Dear Teacher"
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1 ALS
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ALS to Elkinton in Tunasassa, describes trying times at Baltimore Yearly Meeting and visits from Quakers including Elias Hicks and Isaac and Anna Braithwaite.
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Typed copy
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ALS, glad that Ann Branson will make a visit in the ministry
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3 ALsS; 1863 concerns draft of his son Joshua, arrest, and then release from service
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ALS from Cornplanters. Death of her daughter and spiritual misgivings
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ALS. A Friend in Belfast
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ALS. David Hall (1683-1756), English Quaker minister
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Copies (in JSE's hand). Sarah (Richards) Harrison (ca. 1746-1812) is traveling in the ministry to Ireland and England with Sarah Benson
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Account of last visit of Christopher Healy with Ruth Ely
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ALS concerning visit from Ellwood Dean
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ALS from Barnesville
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At his deathbed (copy)
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3 ALsS, one copy of a letter of visits to Ohio meetings. Mounted under Lydia King in JSE's album
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Extract of a letter
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ALS, bemoaning how many had fallen away from the Society of Friends in Chester and Delaware Counties
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ALS concerning their brief encounter and how much he was impressed, not being familiar with Quakers
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Ms copy of a testimony written 3 days before his death
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ALS, with yearly meeting minutes
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Her dying expressions of (1725), copied by E. Smedley
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Ms extract
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Copy of extracts from a letter describing incident, carriage falling through ice, Moorestown, NJ
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4 ALsS. Includes ALS from Tunasassa, describes Indians' efforts to get whites off reservation, various missionary endeavors of several denominations.
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A letter "Dear Cousin" describes meetings in Pennsylvania, mentions "My Abigail"
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Westtown School
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Biographical account by his grandson
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Letters from executors concerning, article in the Philadelphia Press on the sale of the house
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Joseph S. Elkinton, Berwyn, Pa.
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Includes a list marriages, members and other miscellaneous papers
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Ms in student exercise book. At end is genealogy of the Peele family. Rachel Patterson's grandmother was a Peele
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Ms copy of an article containing description by John Bellows
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Author unknown
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Manuscript for article (by Joseph S. Elkinton?)
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Translation by Emma Almanofsky under direction of Joseph S. Elkinton
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Thomas Elkinton (1836-1901) was the younger brother of Joseph Scotten Elkinton. He joined the family firm in 1857, and he and Joseph S. Elkinton succeeded their father in the family soap and candle business. Thomas developed the use of sodium silicate and received a patent for a new type of silicate furnace in 1863. The firm prospered and diversified. In 1864 the brothers began a partnership to produce silicates with John Greacen, Jr., and Samuel Booth known as the Philadelphia Quartz Company. In 1868, Thomas and Joseph S. Elkinton became sole owners of the business. Thomas assumed primary responsibility for the firm when Joseph became a minister, committed to extended travel. Thomas married Rebecca Sharpless in 1863 under the care of Chester Monthly Meeting. A concerned Friend, he was a quietly generous philanthropist. In additional to individual acts of charity, he donated parkland to Chester City - he was the trustee of the Sharpless estate on the Chester riverfront, the site where a company plant was established after the turn of the century. These papers were preserved by his nephew, William T. Elkinton, who succeeded Thomas as chief financial officer of the company. William joined the firm in the 1879, with his brother Alfred C. Elkinton soon to follow. The company was incorporated in 1904, and William served as president beginning in 1907. Under his leadership, the firm continued to grow. The business letter books date from 1875-1902 and, according to a spine label, were "Preserved for reference if needed. Wm. T. Elkinton" in 1917/18. Primarily dealing with finances, they include correspondence related to the family business, estates, and schools and organizations such as Westtown School and Pennsylvania Hospital. A folder on the history of the company is stored in this series since it was under Thomas and William T. Elkinton's leadership that the company expanded. William T. Elkinton was succeeded by his son, Thomas W. Elkinton, who guided the firm into the mid-20th century. Thomas's personal letters to his brother, Joseph S. Elkinton, were deposited with the Joseph S. Elkinton Family Papers, Series 3.
1856 journal by Thomas Elkinton to Ohio to attend marriage of Joseph E. and Malinda Patterson Elkinton. Transcribed and distributed by great-nephew Thomas W. Elkinton in 1952.
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David Elkinton notes that the binder was given to him when he retired from PQ Corporation. Likely compiled by Wm. T. Elkinton who succeeded his uncle as chief financial officer. It was dismantled by FHL staff when processed
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From Tunasassa
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"Partnership formed between Asa and Thomas Elkinton"
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Thomas Elkinton received 1st Prize for his plan to establish a professional fire department in Philadelphia
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Tax bills for 118 Pine Street residence
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Note from Wm. T. Elkinton that probably refers to offer to go into business with another brother-in-law, John Sharpless
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Improved canopy chair
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Letters from Aunt Rebecca about Thomas's health issues.
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For Thomas Elkinton with notice of his bequests
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"copied from penned notes by AHP." Probably written after the death of Thomas in 1901 by JSE and WTE
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Addressed to Jos. S. and Wm. T. Elkinton and Philadelphia Quartz Company
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Sent from the Netherlands
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1892 letters mention Pinkerton and labor strife
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Penciled note that resigned.
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Wills of Thomas and his wife Rebecca S. Elkinton, correspondence concerning legacy left to Chester Preparative Meeting for care of the burial ground
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Histories of the company; name was changed to PQ Company in 1978
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Copies of his correspondence which cover all topics from business to financial support of persons in the meeting
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Mostly financial, some meeting, estate businesses
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Joseph Elkinton (1859-1920) was the eldest son of Joseph S. and Malinda Elkinton. Like his father, he devoted much of his energy to Quaker concerns and the ministry. He was born March 16, 1859, and joined his father and uncle in the family soap and candle business. He taught at the Westtown School for a year where he met Sarah West Passmore, daughter of Benjamin West Passmore, who became his wife in 1884. They had five children, four of whom lived to maturity: Joseph Passmore, Mary Cope, Rebecca (died young), Howard West, and Frances Deborah. He was recorded as a minister by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), and together with his father, worked with the Yearly Meeting on behalf of the Doukhobors. After his retirement from the Philadelphia Quartz Company in 1905, he and his wife traveled widely, including trips in the ministry to Japan and China. Joseph was a founder of the Pocono Lake Preserve. He died in London in June 1920, after beginning a religious mission that would have taken him to Great Britain, Ireland, the Continent, and eventually Palestine. Some of the early letters are annotated by J. Passmore Elkinton, 1957. The letters from Asia are particularly rich with description. For Inazo Nitobe correspondence and additional letters by Mary E. Nitobe, see RG 5/, Inazo Nitobe Papers. Passmore family papers, including correspondence and Pennock Passmore's commonplace book and essays on family members, are included in this series.
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Records daily events, work, social, Quaker meetings
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Records daily events, work, social, Quaker meetings, births of his children. Mentions the family tension when Inazo Nitobe and his sister married in 1891.
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Typed carbon. An address before the Divinity Club, Harvard University. Also printed copy
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Mimeographed typed essay
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Typed carbon. An address to the students at Westtown
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MS account of a spiritual epiphany, Joseph Elkinton
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Diary inspired by his preparing his father's autobiography
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Typed carbon, description of his trip to England and stay at Woodbrooke
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Typed mimeograph, incomplete
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MS draft essay
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"To the Young and Middle Aged Members of Muncy" and "The Discipline"
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Pennock Passmore (1790-1857) was the grandfather of Sarah West Passmore Elkinton. In 1822, he married Sarah West. Pennock Passmore served as superintendent at Westtown School and Sarah as matron. She was an elder at Goshen Monthly Meeting. Also in the volume, following Pennock Passmore's commonplace entries, is an account of a visit in the ministry to North Carolina Yearly Meeting in 1851-1852 by Mary Kite of Birmingham Monthly Meeting, accompanied by Mary Passmore and Pennock Passmore. A preface by Benjamin West Passmore notes that the memoranda of the religious visit was kept by Mary Passmore and copied by him from her journal.
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Compilation of biographical notes begun by Pennock Passmore and added to by his descendants in a bound volume.
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Typed carbon, compilation of notes and sketches of Pennock Passmore and family.
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Sledding at Westtown
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From his aunt Sarah Elkinton Smith and grandmother Patterson
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Family correspondence. Letter from Joseph to his uncle Morris Cope describes his visit to London Yearly Meeting in 1883
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Letter from Joseph 2, 23, 1886, related a story told to him by Clarkson Sheppard about Lucretia Mott's dying words. In another letter he mentions the dangers of mingling with others.
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Most are letters from Elkinton. Impressed by a visit to Muncy Monthly Meeting
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Given to Joseph Elkinton to preserve
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From London Yearly Meeting. ALS of 2mo 1901 describes funeral of Queen Victoria
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Includes letter from John Dillingham, a New England Quaker, condolences for death of B. W. Passmore
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2 ALsS from John Bellows, England
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Letter from Gertrude Cartland 1900 mentions his work with the Doukhobors and the kindness of his letters to Joel Bean
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Most written from Canada
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Elkinton was on the committee for the 2nd Annual Convention of the Religious Education Assoc.
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To family and friends, from Media to California
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To family and friends, from aboard ship to first days in Japan
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To family and friends, from locations in Japan
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To family and friends, from Japan to Shanghai and Peking
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To family and friends, back in Japan where visits with his sister Mary and her husband Inazo Nitobe
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To family and friends, in Japan and then onto Honolulu
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Returns to the US, with visit to Canada before returning to Media at the end of the month
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Some from trip to Europe. Letter to mother mentions Nitobe's assignment to Formosa
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Letters to the Scattergoods and from Charles Cuthbert Hall, President of Union Theological Seminary in reply to Elkinton's invitation for him to invest in Pocono Lake.
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Many from Pocono Lake. Letter to Albert Votaw, 1912, refers to his African American friend Booth of Alabama who lectured at Westtown School. Also copy of the 1913 travel minute from Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for his mission to Europe and Great Britain accompanied by his wife Sarah and daughters Mary Cope and Frances.
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Letters in January are from his cottage in Orlando, FL. In May, he traveled to Europe. They were in Norway when war broke out.
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In January, Elkinton began a trip with stops in the Midwest and Whittier College before heading to San Francisco and then
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From Japan
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From Japan to China. Includes ALS from Isaac Mason, traveling with Joseph
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Description of steamer travel up the Yangtze River. Letters of May 13, 16, 22 have typed transcriptions
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Traveling through Szechwan province, to Chunking
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Ichang Gorge and other sites. Comments on Chinese people and history. Letters of July 6 and 8 have typed transcriptions
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Includes two letters from his sister Mary Nitobe mentioning his recent visit with them in Tokyo
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Isaac Sharp, who had recently resigned as long-time clerk of London Yearly Meeting. He died 10mo 9, 1917
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Most to his mother, from California and Orlando
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In April he was in Tunasassa; in November he was preparing to travel to Canada.
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Travel to Canada via Buffalo, NY
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Travel to British Columbia and then California
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Travel from California, through Ohio to Pennsylvania
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Most to "My dear Edward [Stratton]," from Moylan, Pocono Lake, Tunasassa. Letter Dec. 1919 from National Committee of the YMCA of China urging him to visit
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Most from Aiken, S.C. Mentions of Jacob and Rachel Maule. 4/16 he and Sarah are in NYC, ready to sail to Europe
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In mid April, the Elkintons, Joseph, Sarah, and daughter Frances, sailed for Ireland where Joseph attended the yearly meeting. His health deteriorated until his death in London in June at age 62.
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Sarah writes that Joseph's knee is limiting him, phlebitis
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Mimeographed for distribution, describes his final illness and death. Also clippings, article in The Friend (London)
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Condolence letter
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Spiritual advice
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Copied by Sarah W. Elkinton. Finley was the brother of architect Addison Hutton, and the correspondence began with Addison's death
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Reception at home of her brother and sister-in-law, William and Eleanor Elkinton, Philadelphia
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From Sapporo; mentions prison concerns
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From New York State in August, Philadelphia in December
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Describes visits to temples, numbered pp 30-33
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From Sapporo, describes Inazo's lecture
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From Joseph James Elkington of London, and from Mary to her brother with extracts from J.J.'s letters
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Written after her father's death; does not plan to return to Malvern to live, invites her mother to visit
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From Alexandria, VA, with a mathematical problem
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Re-acquainting and updating him on his school and personal matters. Pennock Passmore was the grandfather of Sarah West Passmore who married Joseph Elkinton in 1844.
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Mostly family letters. Benjamin West Passmore was the son of Pennock and Sarah West Passmore.
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Sympathy on death of his father, Pennock Passmore, with affectionate memories of time spent at Westtown.
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Concerning higher education for members of Society of Friends
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Letters of advice; ALS from her mother reflects hesitation about photographs
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Benjamin West Passmore was the father of Sarah West Elkinton
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Includes invitation to dine with the Nathan Yarnalls, copy of Will of Pennock Passmore, and inventory of the estate of Sarah West Passmore.
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"For Papa from little J"
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From Philadelphia Monthly and Quarterly Meetings. Responses for Chinese and Japanese Friends
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Research compiled by Sarah W. and Joseph Passmore Elkinton and Gilbert Cope
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Includes an account of the life of Jane (Morris) Cope (1760-1834, his mother and a minister of Bradford Monthly meeting
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Joseph Passmore Elkinton (1887-1971) was the oldest child of Joseph and Sarah West (Passmore) Elkinton. He was born in Philadelphia, but the family moved to Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in 1893 where he attended Media Friends School. After the Westtown School and Haverford College, he married Mary Bucknell (1885-1929) and the family settled in Moylan where his parents and other Quakers built homes on 13 acres. He worked for the family company, PQ Corporation, until his retirement in 1949 and was recorded as a minister by Chester Monthly Meeting (held in Media, now Media Monthly Meeting) at the age of 35. He was active in founding the All-American Friends Conference. After the death of his first wife in 1929, he married Anna Bassett Griscom (1889-1974) in 1931. A graduate of Swarthmore College, she also was an committed Friend, active in Young Friends, Friends General Conference, and the American Friends Service Committee. Both were active in Friends World Conference and Friends World Committee. They died at Foulkeways, a Quaker continuing care facility in Gwynedd, Pa. Anna Griscom Elkinton donated some of her papers to Friends Historical Library in 1962, and these were catalogued separately as Anna Bassett Griscom Papers, RG 5/053.
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Typed essays on events and people in his life
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Types essays on Quaker topics. Also autobiography at end
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Typed essays on events and people in his life
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Types essays on Quaker topics. Also autobiography at end
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3 volumes
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3 volumes
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Memo books (3)
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Student at Westtown, visits St. Louis Worlds Fair
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Record some daily events, same date over six years
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Record some daily events, same date over five years
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Typed carbon, some family notes and personal notes, commentary on her Quaker activities
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Day book
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Arizona and California (2)
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England, Scotland, Wales
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England, Scotland, Wales
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England, Scotland, Wales. Conference of All Friends
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Canadian Rockies and Glacier National Park
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New England
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All Friends Conference, Oskaloosa, IA
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California
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Europe, on behalf of Friends World Conference
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Europe, carbons of typed excerpts of her letters
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Europe, notes and addresses
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California and Arizona
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Cuba and Jamaica
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England and Ireland (2 typewritten copies). Also Old Woodbrookers Reunion material
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Florida, Cuba, Jamaica
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West Coast
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England and Scandinavian countries (2)
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Japan (8)
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Italy, Switzerland, Germany (4)
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Itineraries of J. Passmore and Anna G. Elkinton
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Note: Correspondence was arranged in folders by J. Passmore Elkinton in three categories: Chronological, topical, and a final group of topical letters added to the collection. In 2008, overly-filled folders were divided and described, and a folder of family letters, 1892-1959, integrated into the first group of correspondence, arranged chronologically. The two topical groups were integrated for ease of access.
Most to his grandfather and from Westtown
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His account of receiving a very negative review of his poetry from his mother, with a cover memo written 1959
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Family letters, from Haverford College and attending meetings
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Correspondence with Wm. C. Sproul, Isaac Sharpless, and others concerning the Progressive Party, temperance and peace stances.
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Congratulatory letters on birth of son, Russell
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ALS from his mother while in England, and clippings concerning Quakers and war
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Written from Indiana where attending meetings
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Including typed copy of letter from Sarah W. Elkinton returning Joseph's travel minute
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Typed copy of a letter from Geneva, describing the Assembly and other events
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Of London Yearly Meeting concerning lectures
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Concerning controversy in Detroit Meeting, Oscar Moon
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Mostly concerned with organizing an All Friends meeting and reaching across the schism
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Quaker concerns, especially effects of revivalism, communication between meetings, Cleveland and College Park Meetings. Correspondents include Levi Pennington, long-time president of Pacific College.
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Elkinton's correspondence to organize All Friends Meeting. Particularly controversial in Kansas Yearly Meeting. Correspondents include Wilbur Thomas, George Wise. Some feel threatened that this is an effort towards unification.
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Charitable and Quaker concerns - peace, Indians, child welfare, Japan mission, etc. Includes some secondary material from organizations supporting these efforts
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Loving letter for his 42nd birthday
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Charitable and Quakers concerns, especially planned All Friends Meeting and who speaks for and represents the Society of Friends
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Charitable and Quakers concerns, All Friends Meeting
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Letters of condolence on death of his wife, Mary, on . Also charitable and Quaker concerns
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Charitable and Quaker concerns including prison reform, great tension with North Carolina Friends over the nomination of John J. Parker for the Supreme Court.
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Charitable and Quaker concerns. Elkinton proposes representatives of PYM Joint Race Committee visit N.C. to ease the breach, but Samuel Haworth advised a less direct approach.
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Quaker and personal concerns. Reactions to proposals to open board of Haverford College to non-members. Sympathetic letter to Aunt Mary Nitobe. Correspondence with Linden L. Hobbs of Guilford College
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Charitable and Quaker concerns, including Anti-Saloon League. Letters from Tokyo from Hugh Borton, mentions of civil war in China and future of ministry in Japan.
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Family correspondence and correspondence concerning his engagement with Anna Griscom, a Hicksite, announced July 18. Also letters from Aunt Mary Nitobe
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Friendship to courtship letters, and 2 affectionate ALsS from Anna, 1933
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On her engagement. Seen as a symbol of unity of the two branches. Correspondents include the William I. Hulls, Platts.
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Quaker concerns, with congratulations on his engagement. Is hopeful of a reunion of the two branches of Friends, but remarks that there is a strong evangelistic group among Orthodox who are against it. Hopes for dual membership
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Includes: Typed description of a somewhat typical day, 1940; letter to his children describing Army taking over Atlantic City hotels; trials and tribulations of find good help.
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Family letters, very affectionate between Passmore and Anna
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In sympathy for the miscarriage that Anna suffered earlier that year
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Typed carbon describing death of her son, Yoshio Nitobe
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Family and friends, most to Anna. Interesting letter to Passmore from William Richie, with a prayers for his religious errors
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Family and Quaker concerns. Passmore's letter to William Richie, with prayer for him in reaction to Richie's support of the war effort
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Family letters, children and grandchildren
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Quaker concerns, including correspondence with A. J. Muste and T. Noel Stern
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Written while she was at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, MI
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Family correspondence
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General correspondence; list in front with his listing of typical correspondence sent
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General correspondence
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General correspondence
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General correspondence
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General correspondence
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General correspondence
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General correspondence
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General correspondence
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General correspondence
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General correspondence
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General correspondence
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General correspondence
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Three groups of later correspondence organized topically by the donors were received at different times: The first was labeled J. Passmore Elkinton and deposited by him, containing both his and Anna's correspondence, 1940-1971. Two other topical groups were deposited by David C. Elkinton, one labeled J. Passmore Elkinton and the other Anna Griscom Elkinton, (final group, given in 1975). Since all three groups covered the same date span and overlap, they were merged in the 2008 finding aid. Earlier inventories are available.
Indexes to the J. Passmore Elkinton and Anna Griscom Elkinton correspondence deposited by son, David C. Elkinton. Arranged alphabetically by the donor.
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General correspondence
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Anna was a member of the sorority, 1907, which held a number of reunions
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Elkinton served 12 years on the Board and was a strong supporter, even as some Friends were critical of the organization
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Ayusaw attended Haverford College, graduated 1914
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Typed copy of letter from Anna
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Anna owned a farm New Jersey, gifted to her niece Amary Griscom Colgrove in 1960
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Co-partner in Yeadon Real Estate Development
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Anna's friend in Winchester, VA
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Typed translations of letters from Bruckner, attended FWCC in 1958
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English Friends
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Brochures
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Indian active in FWCC
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Sent by the Elkintons
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Canadian Friends
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Carbon copy of a typed letters from Anna
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Elkinton corresponded with CPS men during the War, most from Media and Providence Monthly Meetings. Photocopies of his typed letters, photocopies and originals from CPS men.
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Elkinton corresponded with CPS men during the War, most from Media and Providence Monthly Meetings. Photocopies of his typed letters, photocopies and originals from CPS men.
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Elkinton corresponded with CPS men during the War, most from Media and Providence Monthly Meetings. Photocopies of his typed letters, photocopies and originals from CPS men.
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Elkinton corresponded with CPS men during the War, most from Media and Providence Monthly Meetings. Photocopies of his typed letters, photocopies and originals from CPS men.
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Elkinton corresponded with CPS men during the War, most from Media and Providence Monthly Meetings. Photocopies of his typed letters, photocopies and originals from CPS men.
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Elkinton corresponded with CPS men during the War, most from Media and Providence Monthly Meetings. Photocopies of his typed letters, photocopies and originals from CPS men.
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Elkinton corresponded with CPS men during the War, most from Media and Providence Monthly Meetings. Photocopies of his typed letters, photocopies and originals from CPS men.
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Elkinton corresponded with CPS men during the War, most from Media and Providence Monthly Meetings. Photocopies of his typed letters, photocopies and originals from CPS men.
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Elkinton corresponded with CPS men during the War, most from Media and Providence Monthly Meetings. Photocopies of his typed letters, photocopies and originals from CPS men.
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Chamounix Hostel dedication
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Correspondence and related papers
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Correspondence and related papers
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Correspondence and related papers
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Correspondence and related papers
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Includes Alfred Hassler, A.J. Muste of Fellowship of Reconciliations, David S. Richie, T. Noel Stern, Charles R. Whittlesey and others
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Includes Alfred Hassler, A.J. Muste of Fellowship of Reconciliations, David S. Richie, T. Noel Stern, Charles R. Whittlesey and others
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Includes Alfred Hassler, A.J. Muste of Fellowship of Reconciliations, David S. Richie, T. Noel Stern, Charles R. Whittlesey and others
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Passmore's cousin
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Poem by Anna for his 60th birthday, letter to Passmore
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Family, genealogical letters
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Letters (carbons) sent by J. Passmore Elkinton to family
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Howard W.Elkinton, J. Passmore's brother, died suddenly in 1955. Family news
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Friends from Finland letter
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Correspondence
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Correspondence between Anna and Eliza Foulke and Anne Foulke Sollenberger
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Correspondence
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RE: proposed Friends work in China
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Booklet on retirement allowances
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Correspondence with Harry Silcock
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Anna's correspondence. Photo in The Friend, 1936. She co-chaired the 1937 meeting
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Annual reports, etc., and thanks for donation
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Donation
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Acquaintances in Denmark
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Correspondence with Anna
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J. Passmore and Anna's correspondence with (possible - Beetem, Elkington, and others) distant relatives
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Carbons of her letters with their letters in German and translated
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Carbons of her letters with their letters in German and translated
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Carbons of her letters with their letters in German and translated
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Carbons of her letters with their letters in German and translated
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Continuing correspondence
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Typed report by Anna concerning her involvement with the Association, beginning in 1915
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Anna's correspondence to Grubb, an Irish Friend
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English Friends
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printed matter
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Danish Friend
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Had visited the Passmore before the War. Carbons of Anna's letters with letters in Japanese and translations
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Cousin, family news
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Japanese Friend
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Contacts, etc.
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Correspondence, reports, concerning mission work
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Cousin, family news
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Correspondence, etc. concerning Friends work in Japan
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Japanese Friends, attended Pendle Hill
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Support stockings for Anna
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Anna was a member of Alpha Beta Chapter, Swarthmore College
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Anna's correspondence
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Anna's correspondence
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Scholar on Nitobe
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German Friend who he met in Bad Pyrmont
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Anna enjoyed books on tape in her later years
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National Council for the Prevention of War
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Christmas updates
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Christmas update
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German Friend whom Anna had sent clothing package
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English Friends, active in FWCC
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President of Hangchow University
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Came to Canada as a child with the Doukhobors
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English Friends
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Friend from Scotland
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Worked in Japan Institute, NYC, in 1941
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McElduff was Delaware Co. director of Civil Defense.
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Cousins
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Correspondence and topics of interest
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Betsy Gatchell was a cousin
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Correspondence re: their note on "Quaking Morals"
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From Japan
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Japanese Friend, clerk of Japan Yearly Meeting
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Donation to school
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Memos on dual membership, in Orthodox and Hicksite meetings. Race Street open to idea, Arch Street (Media Monthly Meeting) opposed.
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Genealogy and family concerns
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Business correspondence
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Business correspondence
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Friends in England
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Letter, 1941, clippings, etc.
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Letters to politicians
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Margaret Broomell was a classmate of Anna, and they were life-long friends. She married Harlan Stubbs Gatchell in 1915.
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Margaret married Herman Pritchard in 1961. Her first husband, Harlan Stubbs Gatchell died in 1959.
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Correspondence with Anna G. Elkinton. S
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Correspondence with Anna G. Elkinton.
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Correspondence with Anna G. Elkinton.
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English Friend
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Includes list of correspondents and their families, small book of quotes kept by Anna
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Japanese businessman
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International Fellowship of Reconciliation
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Nantucket Friends
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The Shaffers directed the Quaker International Center in Paris in 1945-1946. Leslie Shaffer became secretary of FWCC in London in 1946 until his death. Blanche continued to work for the FWCC and subsequently Pendle Hill, then Friends Center in Geneva
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Nantucket and relative from Finland
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Alice worked with the United Nations Children Fund.
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Conscientious objector
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Anna Griscom Elkinton was a trustee. File includes the autobiography of Thomas Howard Shoemaker as dictated to Anna Griscom
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Attended Haverford for one year
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Correspondence with Edward W. Wood, psychic research
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Replaced Anna G. Elkinton on FWCC
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Canadian Friends
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Correspondence and mimeographed travel letters (1967)
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Stockholm
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Concerning books lent to him by the Tamagawas and not returned
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Includes petition to prevent Sheibley, owner of Strath Haven Inn, from using home on Union Avenue to house African-American workers
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Correspondence with Ann from English cousins
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Alumni correspondence concerning donations to FHL and SCPC removed to Accession file
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Great-nephews
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Re: daughter's internship in Philadelphia. Later, Cuban exiles
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Condition of cemetery at Jordans where Joseph Elkinton was buried
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Japanese Friends
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Interested in history of the Doukhobors
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Trip to Asia. Some duplicates of mimeographs in file "Orient," others to family members
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Mimeographed letters describing his trip to Asia, including Hong Kong, Mainland China, Japan, Shang-hai, Korea. Trip ended with a attending Japan Yearly Meeting and a visit with Inazo and Mary Nitobe.
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Letters written from home or from yearly meetings
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Trip to Great Britain, mostly mimeographed "Travelogue"
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Trip to Florida, Jamaica, Doukhobors
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Trip to England and Norway
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Trip to Japan. Letters to sons and general travel letters
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Trip to Europe, some family and also general mimeographed
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Trip to Japan
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Trip to Europe
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Correspondence with Anna
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Oriental Economist
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Correspondence concerning unification of the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings
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Correspondence from Holland
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Daughter of Howard W. Elkinton. She was a librarian, and her husband, Tom, headmaster of Cambridge Friends School.
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Typed copies of travel letters from Tom Waring, the son-in-law of Howard W. Elkinton, J. Passmore's brother. Visits England, Sweden, Finland
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Correspondence from England
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FCNL
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Gifts to the Museum
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Passmore's great-niece, invitation to wedding
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A cousin of Anna
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Correspondence and printed
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Jimmy Yen's Rural Reconstruction Movement
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Correspondence and publications
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From Hong Kong
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Kappa Alpha Theta sisters
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J. Passmore Elkinton was in the class
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Anna Bassett Griscom was in the Class
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"Every home he visited, throughout the USA, he got a signature to certify that he washed the dishes satisfactorily"
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"Crum Oaks" in Swarthmore, and the Kenilworth Apts. after 1962
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Typed carbon
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Bassett, Griscom, Donald Stokes
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Obituaries
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Clippings, childhood recollections of Frances Elkinton Stokes, etc.
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Includes typed carbons of will of Elizabeth Pratt with bequests to Friends Boarding House and Providence Preparative Meeting
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Item list at front of folder
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"Empress Eugenie," Swarthmore history
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Joseph Passmore Elkinton (1887-1971) married Mary Russell Bucknell (1885-1929) under the care of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) on 10 month, 5, 1909. The family settled in Moylan, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, where his parents and other Quakers built homes on 13 acres. She was the daughter of Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell. This series contains the correspondence and other papers of the Bucknell and Russell families, primarily that of Lydia Eastlack Bucknell, the sister of Mary Russell Bucknell. Lydia Bucknell (1887-1976) graduated from the Westtown School in 1906 where she subsequently worked as secretary to the Principal for about fifteen years, with a gap in 1915-1917 when she attended Oberlin College. In 1902, she and her sister, Mary, became members of the Society of Friends at Chicago Monthly Meeting. In 1907, the sisters transferred their membership to Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Two years later, Mary Bucknell and J. Passmore Elkinton were married. In 1910, their mother, Rebecca G. Bucknell, and younger brother became members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1922, Lydia worked in Oberlin until 1926-1927 when she was employed as a welfare worker for the Poor and Hospital Commission in Minnesota, a job she loved. At the time her parents were boarding at Friends Boarding Home in Haddonfield, New Jersey. While in Grand Rapids, she attended the Episcopal Church but retained her membership in the Society of Friends. She subsequently worked as the office secretary for the Mathematical Association of America at Oberlin, Ohio. In the 1940s and 1950s, she lived in Media, Pa., closely associating with the Elkintons. Later in life, she became an active Episcopalian and interested in family history, an interest she shared with her nephew David Cope Elkinton. The series contains correspondence to Lydia from her immediate family and friends and also correspondence among other branches of the Bucknell and Russell families (including the Gaskills, the Rookers, and the Elkintons). The Russells, related to Lydia through her mother Rebekah Russell Bucknell, were important in the settling of the Midwest, especially the Dakotas. Specifically, Benjamin S. Russell, Lydia's grandfather, was president of the Bank of Duluth, and her uncle, Samuel W. Russell (d. 1936) was an early settler in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Lydia's brother Samuel R. Russell (1900-1986) was a noted South Dakota pioneer. Though Lydia's parents, Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell, eventually settled in New Jersey, Samuel Bucknell (1852-1933) worked for a time at the National Stock Yards in Illinois, and his brother Simeon Bucknell worked as an engineer in Indianapolis and other parts of the Midwest and West. The letters of Simeon Bucknell are interesting for their details about the opening of the West and various engineering projects. The collection also contains clippings, genealogical notes and charts, and marriage certificates.
To "Anne" (Philadephia) from A. Rooker (Baltimore); a poem by [?] "To Edward Gaskill on witnessing his baptism at St. Philips Church Thursday evening March 9, 1813"; to Sam Bucknal (Germantown) from [? Hinton?] with 3mo 14 1829 contract between Sam Bucknal and the Trustees of the Manual Labour Academy of Pennsylvnia for rent of land and dwelling; 3mo 29 1831 bill/receipt? between Sam Bucknall and Dr. Francis A. Latta for Moscow academy; to "Sister" and Rebecca Gaskill from "Elizabeth" (Dove Mill); transcript of receipt/bill between Samuel Bucknall and Francis Latta for Moscow Academy [and?] Female Academy in the Village of Poughkeepsie
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3 ALsS to Misses Gaskill from A. G. Wharton, family friend
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Correpondence received
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Correpondence between Mary (Gaskill) Russell and husband Benjamin S. Russell and others
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Correpondence between Mary (Gaskill) Russell and husband Benjamin S. Russell and others
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Correpondence between Mary (Gaskill) Russell and husband Benjamin S. Russell and others
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To Mary (Gaskill) Russell and Benjamin S. Russell from brother Philip Snyder, R. Vallance, Elizabeth "Libbie" Douglas, and Mary Laird; to "Brother and Sister" [Benjamin and Mary Russell?] from S. Carpenter; to "Sis" from "Rebecca S."; to "My Dear Friend" from Charlotte [Wetherall?] (Phila); set of calling cards of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rooker Bucknell in envelope address to their daughter Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell; bill for jewelry from Samuel Bucknall to C.E. Chevallier, 7mo 10 1851
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Includes letters from Anna Bucknall to [daughters?] "Elizabeth" and "Joanna"; to Samuel R. Bucknell from wife Jeanie Bucknell; from Samuel R. Bucknell to sons Samuel and Simeon E. Bucknell and daughter-in-law Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell; from Mary G. Russell to daughter Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell; to Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell from "Your Aunt E[?]"; from Simeon Bucknell to brother Samuel Bucknell
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Includes to "Our Dear Brother and Sister" from [S. and D.G.?] Carpenter; to Mary (Gaskill) Russell from Benjamin S. Russell and "Matilda"; to Samuel Bucknell from Simeon E. Bucknell (one letter about land speculation in West, another about becoming born-again Christian, also about learning Engineering profession); short note about Philip Snyder's survey work with notation by DC Elkinton
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Includes to Samuel Bucknell from brother Simeon E. Bucknell (describing engineering jobs), parents Samuel R. and Jeanie Bucknell, and May Bucknell; to "Mol" from "Lizzie"; note signed by [E.G.?] Bucknell authorizing J.Russell Bucknell to sign for him; clipped newspaper obituary of Anna Gazzam Bucknall; New York Times clipping, Oct. 19, 1874
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Nine page Mss detailing Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell's childhood, career of her of father, Benjamin S. Russell
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ALS from step-mother of Samuel Bucknell (1852-1903) concerning loan, with note by D. C. Elkinton explaining context. Also letter to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bucknell concerning gift to "Aunt Jennie."
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To "Cousins" from Anna Jones; to "My Beloved Niece" from Anna Maria Bucknell; typed note by Lydia Bucknell explains family relationships; to Joanna Bucknell from [nephews?] Simeon E. and Samuel Bucknell; to "My Dear Child" [Joanna Bucknell?] from Mary Alice [Buklee? Butler?]; to Mary (Gaskill) Russell from daughter Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell; to J.R. Bucknall from A.L. Fisher; to Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell from future husband Samuel Bucknell and mother Mary (Gaskill) Russell; to Dr. J.E. Langstaff from [J.R. Bucknall]; correpondence list
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To parents Benjamin S. and Mary (Gaskill) Russell from Towson Boarding School, Maryland
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Letters from her mother, notice of family deaths
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Correspondence between Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell and future husband Samuel Bucknell (mostly courtship letters, included a hand-painted Valentine); to Rebekah (Russell ) Bucknell from brothers Hamlin, Samuel W., Benjamin, and Ed concerning wedding gift
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Correpondence lists
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From Hamlin Russell to sister Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell, mother Mary Russell, and brother-in-law Samuel Bucknell; telegram from AA Drew to Samuel Bucknell announcing death of Hamlin Russell; copies of Hamlin Russell's obituary
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Photocopy of letter he sent when visiting Lydia and Mary at Westtown. Copy made for David C. Elkinton who sent a copy to Westtown School for its archives
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To Mary Louise Russell from [?] with genealogical information; from Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton to "Grace" and sister Lydia Bucknell; to [?] from Lydia Bucknell; to Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell from brother Hamlin Russell; to Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton, "Darling Puss," and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell from father/grandfather Benjamin S. Russell. 1904 Mexican tax receipt with name Saul Buschuet; 1900 Christmas list with note on back about trees
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Includes Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell from daughter Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton; to "Mother" from J. Passmore Elkinton; newspaper clipping of 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bucknell; invitation list for wedding of Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton and Joseph Passmore Elkinton; pages from "Family Record" with deaths and marriages of Charles Benjamin Russell and Lester Hayer Russell;
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Incomplete and undated correspondence between Lydia Bucknell and parents Rebekah and Samuel Bucknell, sister Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton, and [Lydia Cadbury?]
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Most to Samuel Bucknell. C. Gordon Knox was vice-president of of National Stock Yards in East St. Louis, Ill. and a close friend. Also to Samuel Bucknell from John Shepley, Leonard Merrill, and Edith Knox concerning death of C. Gordon Knox
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Photocopy of a journal, Jan.-June, 1903. Original deposited at Westtown.
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Family correspondence while attending Westtown School
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Family correspondence while attending Westtown School
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Between Lydia Bucknell, parents Rebekah and Samuel Bucknell, and sister Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton; some letters debating whether to join 12th St. or Arch St. meeting in Philadelphia
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Correspondence between Lydia Bucknell, mother Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell, sister Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton, and brother-in-law J. Passmore Elkinton
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Photocopies of Lydia Bucknell's Westtown correspondence and other papers. She graduated from Westtown in 1906 and subsequently worked as secretary to the Principal. Originals deposited at Westtown in 1997 by David Cope Elkinton.
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Telegram to Samuel Bucknell from son-in-law J. Passmore Elkinton; to Lydia Bucknell from Mary Perry concerning genealogy; to Lydia Bucknell from parents Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell
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With parents Rebekah and Samuel Bucknell, and sister Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton
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With parents Rebekah and Samuel Bucknell, and sister Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton
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With parents Rebekah and Samuel Bucknell, and sister Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton) Elkinton
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With parents Rebekah and Samuel Bucknell, and sister Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton
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With parents Rebekah and Samuel Bucknell, and sister Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton; many letters concern an illness epidemic (flu?), also some information on quarantine and war-relief efforts at Oberlin College
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To Lydia Bucknell from parents Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell
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To Lydia Bucknell from parents Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell
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To Lydia Bucknell from sister Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton, parents Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell, and "Edward B.J."
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To Lydia Bucknell from parents Rebekah and Samuel Bucknell
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Postcard to "Friends" from Sarah W. Elkinton; to "Friends" from Frances E. [Stokes?]; Christmas card to Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton from Henrietta Bulla; between Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell and daughter Lydia Bucknell; to Lydia Bucknell from "Morris"; to Lydia Bucknell and Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell from uncle/brother Samuel Russell; to J. Passmore and Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton from father Samuel Bucknell; funeral notice for Mary B. Elkinton; two school essays written by Lydia Bucknell
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Mostly congratulatory letters to Rebekah and Sam Bucknell from friends and family
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Between Lydia Bucknell, parents Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell, sister Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton, brother Samuel K. Bucknell, and brother-in-law J. Passmore Elkinton
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Between Lydia Bucknell, parents Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell, sister Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton, brother Samuel K. Bucknell, and brother-in-law J. Passmore Elkinton
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Correspondence between Lydia Bucknell and "Aunt Polly", WF Wickersham, R.A. Jelliffe and [son?] Rob Jelliffe; biographical notes on her father, Samuel Bucknell; essay "The Beauty of Thy Peace" by Lydia Bucknell under pseudonym "Alice Jelliffe"
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Typed carbons from Lydia Bucknell while working in Minnesota. Also letters from Aunt Polly and T. Morris Longstreth
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Miscellaneous correspondence, Bernice Urban, William J. Alberts, Lydia Cadbury, Peg Huntley, Sue Smedley, Louise Murray, "Laura," "Mr. Laiho," Helen Bell, and Alice Freels; certificate acknowledging gift of stone for Washington Cathedral by Lydia Bucknell on behalf of Benjamin Stillman Russell
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Correspondence between Lydia Bucknell and her parents Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell, sister Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton, brother-in-law J. Passmore Elkinton, and nephew David Cope Elkinton.
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Correspondence with Samuel W. Russell and Aunt "Mamie." Typed carbons of Lydia's letters from Grand Rapids, and letters from Uncle Samuel. (9 mo 10 letter mentions dedication of church window to Grandfather Russell); from Samuel W. Russell to sister Rebekah Bucknell, brother-in-law Samuel Bucknell; includes clippings of Samuel Russell's obituary (1936) and Lydia's account of being laid off from a job in social work that she loved.
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"The Time of My Life" summary by Lydia Bucknell of her 15 months as social worker in Minnesota
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Correspondence between Lydia Bucknell from Grand Rapids, mother Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell, and sister Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton; 1951 highway map of Minnesota with locations discussed in Lydia's letters; clipping from Duluth News Tribune highlighting social workers conference
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Mostly between Lydia and her father, describes her life in Minnesota, concerns about her sister, Mary Elkinton's heart problems
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Between Lydia Bucknell describing her experiences in Minnesota, parents Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell, sister Mary (Bucknell) Elkinton, and nephew David Cope Elkinton
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Many letters have detailed descriptions of Lydia Bucknell's social work activities
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Lydia received notice in April that her job as a welfare worker was being discontinued due to budget contraints
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Most from her parents. Letters from Eleanor Rhoads Elkinton and others concerning death of Mary Bucknell Elkinton in November 1929.
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Between Lydia Bucknell and parents Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell.
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With notes collected from different people and photographs, given to Samuel and Rebecca Bucknell by Lydia.
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Begins with a thank you note from her mother for the calendar with messages. Between Lydia Bucknell and parents Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell
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Includes: Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell from brother and sister-in-law Samuel and Mary Russell, and nephew Samuel K. Bucknell; to Lydia Bucknell from brother-in-law J. Passmore Elkinton, parents Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell, brother Samuel R. Bucknell, cousin Samuel K. Bucknell, ["Marnie L."?] Russell, "Aunt Polly" and "Garrett", and Bertha Balderston; between W.D. Cairns (Mathematical Association of America) and Lydia Bucknell; clipping of Samuel W. Russell's obituary from Sioux Falls Daily Argus (8mo 15 1936); clipping of Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell's obituary (10mo 15 1936); genealogical note by Lydia Bucknell
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Mostly letters to her parents, Samuel and Rebekah (Russell) Bucknell; letter and obituary concerning death of Samuel W. Russell in 1936, her mother's brother.
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Living in Pennsdale, Pa. Includes letters ffrom "Cousin [Gussia?]", Irma R. Bucknell, nephew David Cope Elkinton, Mott Trills, cousin Roger Bucknell, [cousin?] Edith B. Scarlett, cousin [through marriage?] Justine [Bucknell?], and cousin Samuel K. Bucknell; from Lydia Bucknell to Elizabeth Whitacre, "Mrs. Moyer", Alice Freels, and Elizabeth [Plumley?] Flint; genealogical notes; typed carbon of letter from Lydia, Oct. 1946, mentions attending service at Episcopal Church; Friends meeting at Muncy nearly empty since Quakers have moved from the area.
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To Lydia Bucknell from cousin Anna McKittrick, Nellie Hale, Martha E. Stewart, cousin Roger Bucknell, Irma Bucknell, William D. Cairns, and William J. Alberts; from Lydia Bucknell to Cairn family and Edith B. Scarlett about family history; short notes on life of S.E. Bucknell; "Deadwood notes"; clipping of obituary of Roger W. Bucknell; clipping of wedding announcement of Betty Ann Krummrich and Roger Bucknell; floorplan drawing for Kansas City Fire and Marine Insurance Company; short note about Green Bank School
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Between Lydia Bucknell and nephew J. Russell Elkinton, "Grace," and Pauline Lutz; obituary of brother Samuel K. Bucknell
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Living in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where she was a church volunteer
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Draft of letter from Lydia Bucknell to "Doctor Rose"; correspondence between Lydia Bucknell and Laura Park; note entitled "visit with L.E.B.;" copy of Russell family crest
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Bucknell genealogy chart l, chronology of her life, initialed MDE 1998
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Lydia's letter to Russell Elkinton
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Bucknell collateral genealogy
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Printed Russell family ancestry
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"Valuables in Safe Deposit, Oberlin Savings Bank Co.," "Book List," "Wardrobe Trunk," "To Ship via Red Ball," "To Media Bank Box," "To L.E.B."
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Marriage certificates of Samuel Bucknall and Anna Gazzam, Benjamin S. Russell and Mary Gaskill, and Samuel Bucknell and Rebekah G. Russell
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Tokens of affection from Mary Gaskill to Benjamin Russell, etc.
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Mary Cope Elkinton (1889-1976), second oldest child and first daughter of Joseph and Sarah West (Passmore) Elkinton, married William Morrison Duguid (1880-1967) under the care of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) on Sept. 24, 1915. He was the son of John and Jane Duguid and a native of Scotland, emigrating to the United States in the spring of 1915. During World War I, William and Mary Cope Duguid served as relief workers with the Red Cross in France and later with the Friends Service Committee. They eventually settled in the Boston area where they operated an inn in Cambridge. Both the Duguids were architects by profession. This small collection of papers contains primarily letters written while serving in France.
Obituary and other informaitoin
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As a British citizen, William Duguid had difficulty in being accepted for service; finally accepted by American Ambulance Hospital in Paris.
Letter written on-board ship describes encounter either with a mine or torpedoe. Describes arrival in Paris and early activities
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Settling into Entremont and Ornans, but not easily finding a role to help
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Describes their activities in Ornans
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In March, the couple vacationed in London and when they returned, found that William had lost position. Moved to Troyes. Mary expresses strong opinions on her desire to be an equitable working partner with William.
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Two letters from Mary
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William Duguid's tax returns submitted in England
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With note, 1992, from David C. Elkinton explaining how list was found.
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2 ALs from Mary Adams to Frances Elkinton Stokes. Mary Adams was a classmate of Mary Duguid and sorry to hear that the Duguids had given up their inn. Also William's death notice, Oct. 24, 1967.
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Howard West Elkinton (1892-1955) was the youngest son of Joseph and Sarah West Elkinton. By profession a purchasing agent for the Philadelphia Quartz Company and subsequently president of the Purchasing Agents' Association of Philadelphia, Inc., he was also active in Quaker concerns and the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation. In October 1916 he married Katharine Wistar Mason. In 1917, the couple worked for the American Friends Service Committee in France with the War Victims Relief Committee of the Society of Friends. In 1938, Howard Elkinton resigned from the Philadelphia Quartz Company to work for the AFSC, visiting the centers in London, Berlin, Omme, and elsewhere, with significant time spent in Berlin in 1938-39 and 1941. During World War II he worked for the AFSC as an educational counselor, visiting CPS camps and enemy internment centers.
Memorials and obituaries on the deaths of Howard W. and Katharine Wistar (Mason) Elkinton
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Contains Elkinston's official documentation for relief work, clippings about the end of the war and badly made peace
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Account book kept by Howard W. Elkinton. Latter part of book includes remarks on the German Occupation, comments and descriptions, statistics, postcards and photographs, publications
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August 1919 issue with article by Katharine Elkinton
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Summer holidays and spring 1934
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Working in Berlin on emigration. Typed transcript (?) describes the desperate final days before the war, as the Reich begins to take Jews from their homes.
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Two typed pages of family reminiscness.
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Typed carbon copy
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ALS from his father, 3/27/1906, with fatherly advice
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Job applications and concerning his marriage. Offered a job by Friends Boarding School, Barnesville
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2 ALsS from France
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Carbons of typed excerpts, letter to home
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Carbons of typed excerpts, letters to home
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Mimeographs of typed excerpts, Jan. 5-Feb. 15, then original ALS through ca. April
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Letter to his mother about the end of the war, published in Feb. 15, 1919, issue
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Carbon of typed letter describing death and burial of her brother, Joseph Passmore, while on a mission in England
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2 ALsS from his mother, Sarah Elkinton
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Miscellaneous correspondence
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2 ALsS from his brother-in-law; one includes a business proposition
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1 TLS from his aunt written in Geneva, Switzerland, describes visit of Chief of Cayuga tribe from Canada
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2 ALsS, one from Howard's uncle Alfred Cope Elkinton and one from the Nitobes' son Iwao Ayusawa after his visit to America during the Chicago International Exposition
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Most pertaining to his decision to resign from Philadelphia Quartz Co. to work for the AFSC . Undated ALS from Clarence P[ickett]
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Notes first sheet of new letterhead with name "Joseph Elkinton and Son." Attached are two articles he wrote reprinted from 1935, Chemical Industries
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Carbons of reports made to Clarence Pickett, AFSC, on his work in Europe
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Howard working for AFSC in Europe. Letters addressed to "Jasper," (JPE) with some typed transcripts describing situation as Hitler stirs up sentiment concerning the Sudeten Germans in Czecholoslovakia
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Including typed abstracts for limited circulation, visits Omen, Berlin, Denmark. Notes death of his aunt Mary Nitobe and of Czechoslovakia as the England and France appease Hitler. Mounting immigration issues.
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Increasing tension in Europe, complacency of most Germans assuming Hitler would not take Germany into a major war and public opinion in England greatly divided.
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ALS describes rough flight from Berlin to London and tense atmosphere in London
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Includes his reports on the situation and changes in Europe
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Mostly requests for information about individuals, aid in immigration.
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Letters to his brother, Jasper (J. Passmore Elkinton) and sister, Frances Stokes, from Ommen and Berlin. One written by Katharine (Kitty) to Frances
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Letters to his brother, Jasper (J. Passmore Elkinton) and sister, Frances Stokes. Includes comments on Hitler's radio speech.
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3 ALsS, to his brother, Jasper (J. Passmore Elkinton) and friend Chester L. Baker, from Berlin
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Letters to his brother, Jasper (J. Passmore Elkinton) and sister, Frances Stokes. Includes comments on Hitler's radio speech.
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Carbon copy of Mary C. Cary's report to "Henry" on diffiulties and attitudes of German Quakers in Germany and typed letter from Howard Elkinton to Chester L. Baker
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Letters to his brother, Jasper (J. Passmore Elkinton) which describe worsening situation in Berlin, much changed from a year before. Also telegrams concerning need for funds. At the end of October, Howard was injured in an auto accident.
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Letters from J. Passmore Elkinton with excerpts on Howard's accident and letters from Howard about his planned return to the U.S. in December.
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Undated letters to Howard Elkinton regarding help for persons in Germany and Austria. Notes on how an event gets transformed in the press.
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ALS from a correspondent in Budepest, written in German
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Copy of typed report on the situation in Germany in May 1941 comments on increased hostility to Americans, closing up of outside resources to aid Jews
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Correspondence, notes for a talk, etc.
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Concerning a German refugee family and Social Order Committee of PYM supporting co-ops
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2 TLSs. 1942 letter written from CPS camp in West Compton, N.H., welcomes David to Philadelphia Quartz Co. and suggests he remove his membership to Arch Street Meeting since the family had long been strong supporters of that meeting. 1953 TLS urges him to send his sons to Westtown.
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Itinerary
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Kenneth F. Morgan and Paul J. Furnas
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Camp #23, Conshocton, Ohio, reports and correspondence
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Camp #111. Mancos, Colorado, reports and correspondence
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Correspondence concerning assignments, etc. Newsclippings.
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Prepared by J. P. Elkinton, Friends Fellowship Council
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ALS written from Germany
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TLS critical of Emil Fuchs view of the West Germany and U.S.
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1 ALS from Howard Elkinton, 1954; the rest letters from Jamerson to Howard and Katharine, concerning Indian affairs, Allegheny Reservation, NY
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School essays, skits, remarks to the Discipline Committee (1924) and other writings
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An essay about the early days of the Philadelphia Quartz Company. Typed transcript made by J. Passmore Elkinton, 1966
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Written for the German-American and The Philadelphia Purchaser
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Typed list, together with the memorial stating that the records were being deposited at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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Joseph Russell Elkinton was the eldest child of Joseph Passmore Elkinton and Mary Bucknell Elkinton, born October 12, 1910. He graduated from Haverford College and Harvard Medical School. A professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania where he helped to create a top research center in blood chemistry and kidney disease, he also edited the Annals of Internal Medicine which became a primary resource for physicians during his tenure. He co-authored a widely used textbook and published many research papers. He also wrote on the ethical and social issues in medicine, with essays on science and religion. In 1940 he married Teresa Sturge. J. Russell Elkinton died April 6, 2002, in Massachusetts. This series is composed entirely of his writings which he first began to bind as a Christmas gift for his parents in 1952. A number of his essays were published in Bird on a Rocking Chair, Cottage Press, Lincoln, Massachusetts, in 1993.
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"Footnotes on the Sands of Time: Personal glimpses of Family Life and the Passing Scene, 1957-1965." A collection of J. Russell Elkinton's informal essays on a variety of topics, bound for the immediate family.
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Article on Joseph Elkinton (1859-1920) by J. Russell Elkinton, published in Friends Quarterly
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Carbon of a typescript
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Photocopy of a typscript and published copy from The Lincoln Review.
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