Vaux family
Family
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Vaux Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1217
Overview
The Vaux family was deeply involved with Quaker and Native American affairs throughout much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. George Vaux, Sr. was involved in Quaker activity through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other Quaker meetings throughout the world (including Antigua and London). Both George Vaux, Jr. and Mary Morris Vaux Walcott, his sister, served as commissioners for the U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners. This organization was established by the United States Congress in...
Dates:
1708-1995; Majority of material found within 1912-1932
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- Indians of North America 1
- Indians of North America -- Government relations 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers 1
- Quakers -- Travel 1
- Quakers in business 1
- Reports 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 1
- West (U.S.) 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- deeds 1
- diaries 1
- financial records 1
- negatives (photographs) 1
- newsletters 1 + ∧ less
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