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Edith Verlenden Paschall 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.
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Edith Verlenden Paschall (1881-1961) was a Quaker genealogist and historian from Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
The collection contains correspondence, legal papers and marriage certificates (chiefly photocopies), wills, genealogical notes, miscellaneous memorabilia, and pictures collected by Paschall and relating to the Paschall family and other Quaker families. Includes material relating to the history and settlement of Darby, Pa., the development of Darby Monthly Meeting, and historic houses and brickmaking in the Delaware Valley, Pa.
The collection is divided into six series:
- Biographical
- Correspondence
- Writings
- Memorabilia
- Pictures
- Reference material
Gift of William Verlenden Paschall, 1962
Processed by FHL staff prior to 1967.
The following materials, originally part of the collection, have been removed and recatalogued:
- 6 bills for merchandise and services, 1736-1765. Those billed were Jonathan Adams, Commissioners for Indian Affairs, Wm. Davis, John Franks, Glover Hunt, Obadiah Johnson, Edward Waldron. (negative photostats) MISC. MSS.
- Marshall House brief of title, 1682-1865. (typewritten) MISC. MSS.
Marriage certificates (negative photostats) removed to Chart Case A:
- Jos. Drinker to Hannah Hart, 1760, Phila.
- Geo. Painter to Elinor Musgrave, 1680, Haverford.
- John Smith to Elizabeth Bartram, 1715, Darby.
- Wm. West to Sarah Ennis, 1753, Phila.
- Wm. Nest to Hannah Shaw, 1767, Phila.
Other materials:
- Agreement between Wm. Priest of Darby and John Blunston, re. fence, 11mo 9 1713-14. (negative & positive photostats) MISC. MSS.
- Agreement between Geo. Wood and John Blunston, 9mo 27 1636. (negative photostat) MISC. MSS
- Drawings and descriptions of plots of land. (some negative and some positive photostats) Owners: 1703, John Biunston; 1704, John Bethel; 1709, Martha Bizalion, Moses Coombs, James Letort, Robt. Wilkins, Thos. Wilkins, 1721, John West; n.d, Peter Dicks, Wm. Worrall; 2 unidentified. MISC. MSS.
People
Organization
Subject
- Genealogists -- United States
- Historians -- United States
- Women genealogists -- United States
- Women historians -- United States
- Brickmaking -- Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
- Historic buildings -- Delaware River Watershed (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Darby
- Quakers -- Social life and customs
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania
- Historic sites -- Delaware River Watershed (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Place
- 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
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Collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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Some of the items in this collection may be protected by copyright. The user is solely responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns to reuse, publish, or reproduce relevant items beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to the law. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/.
Collection Inventory
Typed biographical manuscript by May B. Schwalm submitted in 1962 for publication in Philadelphia Inquirer.
By various authors, and having to do largely with genealogical research. Also includes:
Advising Edith that she had been named as one of the Honorary Curators of the Friends Historical Library.
handwritten copy
Regarding Christianity and war; written during the Civil War.
Physical Descriptionhandwritten copy
Includes list of silversmiths.
Listing checklist available with collection
negative photostat
mainly photographs
printed
typed carbon