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Joanna Wharton Lippincott Correspondence

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Call Number:
RG5.295
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Joanna Wharton Lippincott Papers, RG5/295, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1877-1938 (inclusive)
Creator:
Lippincott, Joanna Wharton, -1858, Wharton, Anna Lovering, 1830-1914, Lippincott, J. Bertram (Joshua Bertram), 1857-1940, Wharton, Mary Lovering, 1862-1923, Morris, Anna Wharton, 1868-1957, and Wharton, Joseph, 1826-1909
Abstract:
Joanna Wharton Lippincott (1858-1938) was the eldest daughter of Joseph Wharton, prominent Philadelphia Quaker businessman and philanthropist. She was a lifelong Quaker and served on the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College. The collection consists primarily of family correspondence, and the majority of the correspondence is from Anna Lovering Wharton, her mother.

Joanna Wharton Lippincott was born on December 16, 1858, to Joseph Wharton and Anna Lovering Wharton. Joseph Wharton (1826-1909) was a prominent businessman and philanthropist in Philadelphia. He was a founder of Swarthmore College and established the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Joanna was the eldest of three daughters. Her sisters were Anna W. Morris, who married Harris S. Morris, and Mary L. Wharton. Joanna Lippincott served on the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College from 1894 to 1933 and spent most of her life in Pennsylvania.

She married Joshua Bertram Lippincott in 1885. He was born on August 24, 1857, and worked with Joseph Wharton. He also inherited J.B. Lippincott Company, a Philadelphia publishing house founded by his father, Joshua Lippincott, and became president of the firm in 1911. Joshua Lippincott was a close friend of Joseph Wharton and was involved in the establishment of Swarthmore College and served as a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. J. Bertram Lippincott died on January 19, 1940. The couple had four children: Joseph Wharton Lippincott (1887-1976), Marianna Lippincott O'Neill (1890-1949), Sarah Lippincott Biddle (1894-1962), and Bertram Lippincott (1897-1985). Joanna Wharton Lippincott died on May 16, 1938 and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Her younger sister, Mary Lovering Wharton, was born on September 27, 1862. She was sickly as a child and suffered a nervous breakdown at the age of nineteen from which she never fully recovered. She lived with her parents and became the beloved Aunt Polly to her nieces and nephews. She died on July 22, 1923, and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

The collection primarily consists of family correspondence. The majority of the letters received by Joanna W. Lipipincott are from Anna Lovering Wharton, her mother. The collection also includes correspondence with her sisters, Mary L. Wharton and Anna W. Morris. Miscellaneous correspondence includes a letter from Swarthmore College and Isaac Clothier.

The correspondences is arranged in three series:

  1. Series 1: Correspondence sent by Joanna W. Lippincott
  2. Series 2: Correspondence received by Joanna W. Lippincott
  3. Series 3: Other Correspondence - correspondence written and received by other family members

Gift of Marianna O'Neill Crawford

Acc. FHL.2010.007

An inventory of the papers was prepared in 2010 by Harrison M. Wright, a cousin of the donor. Correspondence not directed to or from Joanna Wharton Lippincott was added to Joseph Wharton Papers.

Joseph Wharton Family Papers, RG 5/162

Yates, W. Ross. Joseph Wharton: Quaker Industrial Pioneer (1987).

Anna Wharton Morris Papers, RG 5/106

Joseph Wharton and Anna L. Wharton documents and correspondence to person outside of Joanna W. Lippincott's immediate family was removed and added to Joseph Wharton Family Papers, RG 5/162.

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Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
2014
Access Restrictions

The 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

To Joseph and Anna L. Wharton, parents, 1897-1911.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes a poem for father on his birthday (1902)

Physical Description

1 folder

To Mary L. Wharton, sister, 1906.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

To Friends of Swarthmore, 1917.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Written as her father's representative for excercises at Wharton Hall, Swarthmore College. She mentions that since he was not blessed with sons to help, he hoped to be of service to other boys.

Physical Description

1 folder

To J. Bertram Lippincott, husband, n.d.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1878.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1885.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1886.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1887.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

From J. Bertram Lippincott, fiancee, 1887.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1888.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1889.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1890.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1891.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1892.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1893.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1894-1895.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1896-1897.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1898.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1899.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1900.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1901.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1902, 1904.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1905-1906.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1908-1909.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, 1910-1912.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna L. Wharton, mother, n.d.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

From miscellaneous, 1877, 1927, n.d.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

From Elisa N. C. Ma, E.L. Van Pelt, cousin Lovering, Susan L. Pemberton thanking Joanna for Aunt Anna's pin, Krupp

Physical Description

1 folder

From Anna W. and Harrison S. Morris, sister and brother-in-law, 1878,1886,1888,1895,1929,1930,1938.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence between G. H. Lewis and Harrison S. Morris regarding the sale of South Jersey lands (forwarded by Anna W. Morris)

Physical Description

1 folder

From Joseph Wharton, father, 1886, 1893, 1900.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence from Paris with poem "Stewardsons' Yarn"; poem "Swarthmore in Winter" for Swarthmore students as suggested by President Birdsall

Physical Description

1 folder

From Mary L. Wharton, sister, 1886, 1901-1908, 1915, 1916.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Some from London, includes photographs: 2 woman portraits, winter sceneries, three women on ice

Physical Description

1 folder

From The American Iron and Steel Association, 1909.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Response to Joseph Wharton's poems sent by Joanna W. Lippincott

Physical Description

1 folder

From Nicholas and Sarah L. Biddle, daughter and son-in-law, 1912,1914,1915,1931.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

From Isaac H. Clothier, 1919.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Enclosing a letter to Isaac from Joseph Wharton written in 1907 which mentions inviting Carnegie to visit Swarthmore College at the library dedication.

Physical Description

1 folder

From Marianna Lippincott O'Neil, daughter, 1920.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

From cousin Mrs. William Redwood Wright, 1923.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of consolation after the death of Mary L. Wharton

Physical Description

1 folder

From Joseph W. Lippincott, son, 1928.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Regarding Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and its success

Smith was a professor of Economic Geography

Physical Description

1 folder

From Frank Aydelotte, President of Swarthmore College, 1930.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

With thanks for on-going donations to the endowment of the observatory

Physical Description

1 folder

From J. Bertram Lippincott, 1890,1904,1906,1910,1911.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

To Anna L. Wharton (mother-in-law) and Mary L. Wharton (sister-in-law)

Physical Description

1 folder

Anna L. Wharton to Joseph W. Lippincott, grandson, 1891.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

To J. Bertram Lippincott, 1892,1913.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

From Anna Wharton (mother-in-law) and Sarah L. Biddle (daughter)

Physical Description

1 folder

To Joseph and Anna L. Wharton, 1903,1904,1906,1908,1913.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

From Sarah L. Biddle (granddaughter); Anna W. Morris (daughter); Marianna L. O'Neil (granddaughter) from England, Lucerne, Berlin; Joseph W. Lippincott (grandson) from Ireland, Geneva, St. Moritz, English coast, Munich

Physical Description

1 folder

To Mary L. Wharton (Aunt Polly) from Joseph Wharton Lippincott, nephew, 1906,1907,1910,1913.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Switzerland, London, and Atlantic Ocean; includes photographs of a man hunting (1909), dinner table, and family

Physical Description

1 folder

To Mary L. Wharton from Mary Schuyler Mills, n.d.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Invitation to the wedding of her daughter, Elizabeth Schuyler, and Joseph W. Lippincott, son of Joanna W. Lippincott

Physical Description

1 folder

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