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Helen Wood Bell papers

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

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Call Number:
SC.104
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Helen Wood Bell Papers, 1847-1941.
Date:
1847-1941 (inclusive)
Creator:
Bell, Helen Wood, 1886(?)-1941
Abstract:
This collection includes a journal of Helen Wood Bell of her stay in New York State, and a series of letters written in the last years of her life, describing the progression of her illness. Also included are pictures of the Randolph and other related families.

Helen Wood Bell was the daughter of Thomas Alsop and Elizabeth Dunn Bell. She was born around 1886 and died unmarried in 1941. She was a Quaker and a member of Germantown Monthly Meeting in Philadelphia.

Source of acquisition--Margaret Harper. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1982.

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