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Elizabeth Shinn Haines Papers

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
RG5.054
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Elizabeth Shinn Haines Papers, RG5/054, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1836-1882 (inclusive)
Creator:
Haines, Elizabeth Shinn, 1823-1883
Form:
albums (books)
Abstract:
Elizabeth Shinn Haines (1823-1883) was a Philadelphia Orthodox Quaker. She married Henry Haines in 1845. The collection contains diaries, commonplace books, and albums.

Elizabeth Shinn Haines was born December 12th, 1823, the first-born of eight children of Earl and Sarah (Comfort) Shinn of Philadelphia. Her younger sister, Lydia Comfort Shinn, married Richard Cadbury, who was active in the anti-slavery movement. Her youngest brother, Earl Shinn, was a prominent art critic and historian. Elizabeth Shinn married Henry Haines (1819-1905), son of Job and Phoebe Haines, on October 1st, 1845, under the care of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), and they had one surviving child, Henry Haines. Elizabeth Haines died in 1883.

Contains diaries (1850-1881) and commonplace books (1836-1882) of Elizabeth Shinn Haines, a Philadelphia Quaker housewife.

Donor: Unknown, prior to 1967

Bound diaries, albums, and piece books were organized, put in document boxes, and placed in RG 5 before 1967.

See also:

  1. See Richard Tapper Cadbury Papers, RG 5/025, for correspondence of Elizabeth Shinn Haines.

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Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
Before 1967
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.

Collection Inventory

Diaries, 1850, 1855, 1858-1881.
Box 1
Physical Description

26 small volumes

Poems from friends of Elizabeth Shinn, 1836-1844.
Volume 1 Box 2
Album presented to Elizabeth Shinn from her mother, 1841.
Volume 2 Box 2
Scope and Contents

Contains poems from friends of Elizabeth Shinn, 1841-1851.

Elizabeth Shinn's Souvenirs, 1843.
Volume 3 Box 2
Scope and Contents

Contains poems and pressed leaves and flowers presented by her friends, 1843-1847.

Elizabeth Shinn from her sister Lydia, 1844.
Volume 4 Box 2
Scope and Contents

Contains poems and other writings copied by Elizabeth Shinn Haines.

Elizabeth S. Haines, copies of poems, 1850.
Volume 5 Box 2
Elizabeth S. Haines, copies of poems, 1857-1882.
Volume 6 Box 2

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