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Parvin Family Genealogical Papers

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

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
RG5.116
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Parvin Family Genealogical Papers, RG 5/116, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1891-1947 (inclusive)
Creator:
Parvin family
Abstract:
The Parvin family was a Quaker family of Berks County, Pennsylvania. The collection contains papers of the Parvin and allied Brinton, Kirk, Smith, and Starr families, including list of burials in relocated Friends burying grounds of Exeter Monthly Meeting, and account of families affiliated with Maiden Creek Meeting.

The Parvin family was a Quaker family of Berks County, Pennsylvania

The collection contains papers of the Parvin and allied Brinton, Kirk, Smith, and Starr families, including list of burials in relocated Friends burying grounds of Exeter Monthly Meeting, and account of families affiliated with Maiden Creek Meeting.

Donor: Pearl D. Parvin, 1958

Donor: Wayne E. Homan, 1974

Donor: Ellen S. Brinton, 1940

Processed by FHL staff in 1958. At that time, the Maiden Creek material by Caroline B. Kirk was combined with the papers given by Pearl D. Parvin. In 1974, Homan gift was added to the collection.

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Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1969
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.

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Collection Inventory

Genealogy manuscript: Correspondence and rough notes; Parvin, Starr, Wright, Willits, Pearson, Lightfoot, Wily, Davies.
Box 1 Folder 1
Exeter Monthly Meeting burials: Alphabetical list of burials in relocated burial ground of Exeter Monthly Meeting.
Box 1 Folder 2
Kirk family: Genealogical notes.
Box 1 Folder 3
Maiden Creek Meeting: "Glimpses of Maiden Creek," by Caroline B. Kirk and typescript and old photocopy of portions; news clipping of burials in graveyard; magazine article "An Indian Massacre in 1763," by John E. Eshelman; handwritten descriptions of family farms; photographs of Maiden Creek meeting, school, bridge.
Box 1 Folder 4
Parvin family: Genealogy notes.
Box 1 Folder 5
Parvin family: Genealogy notes.
Box 1 Folder 6
Starr family: Genealogy notes and A. Pearson, family notes.
Box 1 Folder 7

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