Haverford College
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas Wistar Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1321
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, letter books, diaries, scrapbooks, account books, deeds, marriage certificates, genealogical material, and miscellaneous manuscript and printed items of, or about, Thomas Wistar Brown (1826-1916), his father Moses Brown (1793-1878), his mother Mary (Wistar) Brown (b. 1807), his brother Moses Brown (b. 1829), his wife Mary (Farnum) Brown, his son John Farnum Brown (1873-1894) and others. Under correspondence, there are four letters from Eliza Paul (Kirkbride) Gurney to...
Dates:
1701-1917
Families of Philadelphia papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1184
Overview
Papers of the Philadelphia families Bloomfield, Coates, Cresson, Emlen, Gumbes, Horner, Howel, Lloyd, Macomb, Moore, Vaux and Wetherill families from the 19th and 20th centuries. Some of these families were Quaker, including Coates, Emlen and Vaux; others had some Quaker family members, including Cresson, other families, including Gumbes and Wetherill, did not remain Quaker.
Dates:
1700-1942
Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1213
Abstract
The Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles family papers house the correspondence of a Quaker family who lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Woodbury, New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware; and other surrounding areas from approximately 1840 to 1882. A majority of the letters were written to or by Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles; her husband, John Smith Hilles; and other Tatum or Hilles family members. There is a small sampling of assorted family papers, dating from 1825 to 1901. Included, among other items, are...
Dates:
Bulk, 1840-1882 1791-1930; Majority of material found within 1840 - 1882
Sarah Wistar Rhoads family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1211
Abstract
The Sarah Wistar Rhoads family papers indicate strong relationships and family ties that spanned the 19th and 20th centuries. Sarah Wistar Rhoads (1839-1920) married William Gibbons Rhoads (1838-1880) on November 28, 1866. At that time, the Rhoads, Gibbons and Wistar families began corresponding, the result being an outstanding collection illustrating family support, friendship and love. These papers include correspondence, financial records, diaries and journals, memorabilia, classwork and...
Dates:
Bulk, 1824-1930 1824-1963; Majority of material found within 1824 - 1930
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- correspondence 3
- diaries 3
- Abolitionists 2
- Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 2
- Antislavery movements -- United States 2
- Haverford (Pa.) 2
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 2
- Quaker women 2
- Quakers 2
- Wills 2
- clippings (information artifacts) 2
- estate records 2
- family papers 2
- manuscripts (documents) 2
- photographs 2
- Bird watching 1
- Death 1
- Diaries 1
- Education 1
- Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Health 1
- Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Land titles 1
- Land titles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- New Hampshire -- Quakers 1
- Physicians 1
- Quaker women -- Religious life 1
- Quakers -- Family relationships 1
- Quakers -- Genealogy 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Quakers -- Travel 1
- Quakers in business 1
- Reports 1
- Sermons 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Wilmington (Del.) 1
- account books 1
- annual reports 1
- biographies (documents) 1
- commonplace books 1
- financial records 1
- genealogical tables 1
- geological maps 1
- letter books 1
- letters (correspondence) 1
- maps (documents) 1
- marriage certificates 1
- military passes 1
- obituaries 1
- poems 1
- poetry and poems 1
- prayers (documents) 1
- school records 1
- scrapbooks 1 + ∧ less
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