Call Number:

RG5.314

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

1.75 linear ft. (4 boxes: 3 full sized hollinger boxes, 1 slim)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Edwin C. Tyson Research Papers, RG5/314, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Date:

1898-1945 (inclusive) and 1920-1945 (bulk)

Creator:

Tyson, Edwin C. (Edwin Comly), 1864-1945 and Myers, Albert Cook

Abstract:

The collection contains research and writings concerning the history of Menallen Monthly Meeting, research correspondence, Tyson family genealogical research, and some Meeting correspondence assembled by Edwin C. Tyson before his death in 1945. It includes his correspondence with genealogists and local historians regarding Quaker families and property in Adams and York Counties, Pennsylvania.

Edwin Comly Tyson, an Adams County, Pennsylvania, fruit grower and supplier, was a long-time and active member of Menallen Monthly Meeting, serving as treasurer and trustee. He was descended from Krefeld immigrants Reynier Tyson and Margaret Streipers. Edwin Comly Tyson (1864-1945) was the son of Charles John Tyson and Maria Edith Griest, and he married Mary Willis Hawxhurst (1862-1941) in 1887. His grandparents were E. Comly Tyson and Susan Griffith Tyson. E. Comly Tyson was the son of John Tyson and Sarah Comly Tyson.

The collection contains research and writings concerning the history of Menallen Monthly Meeting, research correspondence, Tyson family genealogical research, and some Meeting correspondence assembled by Edwin C. Tyson before his death in 1945. It includes his correspondence with genealogists and local historians regarding Quaker families and property in Adams and York Counties, Pennsylvania.

The collection retains its original order as arranged by compiler.

Book 1 Old Meeting Records and Names 1 Book 1 150th Anniversary: Menallen Newberry 2 Book 1 Newberry 3 Book 1 York Historical Society 4 Book 1 Yoder re: Griest, Cox, etc. 5 Book 1 Miscellaneous 6 Book 1 Hinshaw 7 Book 2 Warrington Sadsbury Newberry 8 Book 2 Newberry 9 Book 3 Warrington History 10 Book 4 Long Island 11 Book 4 Tyson 12 Book 4 Tyson 13 Book 4 Tyson 14 Book 5 Meeting Histories 15 Book 5 Griffith 16 Book 6 Peters Family 17 Book 6 Underwood 18 Book 7 Researcher Aimee Divine Sanders Various Families 19 Book 7 Beals, Steadman, etc. 20 Book 8 Edmundson 21 Book 9 Updegraf-Hussey 22 Book 9 Bowen 23 Book 9 Dix-Hammond 24 Book 9 Eshelman Correspondence re: Harris-Thomas 25 Book 10 Miscellaneous correspondence 26 Book 10 Miscellaneous correspondence 27 Book 11 Miscellaneous correspondence 28 Book 11 Miscellaneous correspondence 29 Book 12 Miscellaneous correspondence 30 Book 12 Miscellaneous correspondence 31 Book 13 Varied Correspondence 32 Book 13 Varied Correspondence 33 Book 14 Miscellaneous correspondence 34 Book 14 H P Marine Meeting Records 35 Book 15 Correspondence Albert Cook Myers 1929-1945 36 Book 16 Malinda Miller, D.M. Yoder, A.C. Myers, etc. 37 Book 16 [Correspondence] 38 Book 16 [Correspondence] 39 Book 16 [Correspondence] 40 Book 16 [Correspondence] 41 Book 17 [Correspondence] 42 Book 17 [Correspondence] 43 Book 17 [Correspondence] 44 Book 18 Deeds 45 Book 18 Drafts 46 Book 18 Miscellaneous Printed Material 47 Book 18 Miscellaneous Letters 48