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Haverford College

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Cope-Evans Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1170
Overview

Letters (with accompanying poetry, acrostics, drawings, clippings, etc.), marriage certificates, photographs, friendship book, estate related papers, account books, and computer disks. Primarily letters of the closely related Quaker families of Cope and Evans of Germantown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); other families include Brown, Drinker, and Haines.

Dates: 1732-1911

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

Taylor Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1233
Overview

This collection traces several generations of the Quaker Taylor family, but centers on Francis R. Taylor (1884-1947) and George Washington Taylor (1803-1891). The former was an attorney and collector of information about his own and related families, as well as local historical information. The latter, who ran a free produce store in Philadelphia in the period before the American Civil War, was connected through his interests in free labor to many correspondents.

Dates: 1737-1999

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Abolitionists 3
Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 3
Antislavery movements -- United States 3
estate records 3
Haverford (Pa.) 2
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Philadelphia (Pa.) 2
Quaker women 2
Quakers 2
Wills 2
account books 2
clippings (information artifacts) 2
correspondence 2
deeds 2
diaries 2
family papers 2
African American youth -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
African American youth -- Education -- Southern States 1
Americans -- Travel -- England -- History -- 19th century 1
Antislavery movements -- History 1
Business 1
Business ethics 1
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
Death 1
Drawing 1
Education 1
England -- Description and travel 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- Photographs 1
Farm life 1
Freedmen 1
Freedmen -- Education -- Southern States 1
Freedmen -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Health 1
Land titles 1
Mental Illness 1
Mental health 1
Photography 1
Physicians 1
Psychiatric hospital care -- History -- Sources 1
Quaker abolitionists 1
Quaker businesspeople 1
Quakers -- Education 1
Quakers -- Family relationships 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Germantown (Philadelphia) 1
Quakers -- Travel 1
Quakers -- Virginia 1
Quakers in business 1
Sermons 1
Slave labor 1
Society of Friends -- Doctrines 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Vacations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century 1
Wilmington (Del.) 1
biographies (documents) 1
bookkeeping records 1
commonplace books 1
financial records 1
genealogical tables 1
genealogies (histories) 1
letters (correspondence) 1
manuscripts (documents) 1
marriage certificates 1
military passes 1
obituaries 1
photographs 1
poetry and poems 1
prayers (documents) 1
school records 1
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