Subject: Travel writing - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 2.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)
Abstract:: Materials documenting the life of Esther Balderston Jones during her time as a missionary in Japan (1914-1924) and from her father, Lloyd Balderston, about family history and geneology.

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

Extent:: 18 linear ft. (36 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of related Quaker families including Collins, Cresson, Emlen, Morris, Wistar and Wood, consisting of travel letters, diaries, notebooks and photographs. Principals in the collection are Horatio C. Wood, Annabella Cresson Wood, Morris Wistar Wood, Caleb Cresson and Charles Wood.

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

Extent:: .2 linear ft. (1 boxes)
Abstract:: The bulk of this collection consists of about 60 letters written by William Nisbet to his mother and sister during his travels abroad in the 1860s. William F. Nisbet was a retired businessman and travelor from a wealthy New York family. In 1865, at the age of 30, he retired in order to travel. In 1858, he traveled to South America, and from 1865 to 1868, he traveled around the globe. During his travels, he wrote letters and sent artifacts and artwork back home to his family in New York.

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

Extent:: 0.82 linear ft. (2 hollinger boxes)
Abstract:: This collection is primarily 20th century letters from the Benson, Potts, and Rhoads families.

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

Extent:: 3 linear foot
Abstract:: Eileen Simpson (1918-2002) was an American memoirist, author, and psychotherapist. Topics Simpson wrote about include her marriage to poet John Berryman, her experience as an orphan, her struggles with dyslexia, and her experience getting married after 50. The Eileen Simpson papers contain material related to her books, her short works, business papers, correspondence, and articles by others.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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