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Extent:: 8 linear ft. (16 boxes)
Abstract:: J. Wilmer Lundy (1869-1966), Quaker businessman and writer, was the son of Joseph and Mary Evans Lundy of Rancocas, New Jersey. He graduated from Trenton Business College in 1889 and in 1900 formed a partnership with Elmer J. Shinn. In 1895 he married Bessie Morris Roberts, daughter of Stacy and Harriet Roberts. They had one daughter, Elizabeth, who married an Indian businessman and took the name Kamela Nimbkar. J. Wilmer Lundy died in Newtown in 1966 at the age of 97. The collection contains genealogical files, correspondence, speeches and writings, business, financial, and legal records, pictures, and other memorabilia of J. Wilmer Lundy and other members of the Lundy family of New Jersey.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Extent:: 2.3 linear ft. (2 boxes, 16 volumes)
Abstract:: Emma Thompson was a Brooklyn and Philadelphia socialite and Quaker woman in the late 19th and early 20th century. This collection consists of diaries (both daily and travel).

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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