Call Number:

SC.051

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (8 folders.))

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Elizabeth F. Haines Papers, 1838-1872.

Date:

1838-1872 (inclusive)

Creator:

Haines, Elizabeth F. ((Elizabeth French)), 1826-1864 and Kimber, Emmor, 1775-1850

Abstract:

This collection contains the papers of Elizabeth French Haines, relating to Kimberton Boarding School. Included are her piecebook and copybook, letters she wrote to her father and brother while at school, a Kimberton catalogue, and letters written by Emmor Kimber to the Haines family. Also included are letters from Elizabeth to her aunt describing her work as a school teacher, letters from Kimberton friends, a family deed, and a daguerretype of Elizabeth Haines later in her life.

Elizabeth French Haines was the daughter of Stokes Haines of Burlington Co., N.J. She attended Kimberton Boarding School in Chester Co., Pennsylvania, from 1841 to 1843. In 1852 she married Albert Allen. She died in 1864.