Haverford College
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
Updegraff Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1031
Overview
Letters; diaries; genealogical material; land grants signed by Presidents John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, and Franklin Pierce; and other papers of the Updegraff family, mainly those of David B. Updegraff, which provide a picture of Quakerism in 19th-century Ohio.
Dates:
1810-1929; Majority of material found within 1810 - 1896
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- Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 3
- Quakers 3
- Abolitionists 2
- Haverford (Pa.) 2
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 2
- Quaker women 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Wills 2
- correspondence 2
- deeds 2
- diaries 2
- estate records 2
- family papers 2
- Agriculture -- United States 1
- Antislavery movements -- History 1
- Baptists 1
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
- Diaries -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Education 1
- Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Ohio -- Description and travel 1
- Physicians 1
- Quakers -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Family relationships 1
- Quakers -- Ohio 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs 1
- Sermons 1
- Slave labor 1
- Society of Friends -- Doctrines 1
- Wilmington (Del.) 1
- account books 1
- biographies (documents) 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- commonplace books 1
- financial records 1
- genealogical tables 1
- genealogies (histories) 1
- manuscripts (documents) 1
- military passes 1
- obituaries 1
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- prayers (documents) 1
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