SFHL/FHL/RG5. Family and Personal Papers
Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:
Cope Family Papers
The Cope family was a Quaker family of Chester County and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore, Maryland. The collection contains family correspondence, genealogical papers and legal papers, a journal (1823) of Ann (Shoemaker) Janney, and other papers of the Cope and related Shoemaker, Yarnell, and Janney families. Individuals represented include Mahlon Day, Joseph John Gurney, and John Janney.
Darlington Family Papers
Emlen Family Papers
Eyre Family Papers
Fell Family Papers
Fisher-Warner Family Papers
Foster-Meyers Family Papers
Foulke Family Papers
George Family Papers
Collected papers of Alice P. Hadley and the Thread and Needle Society
Alice C. Paxson Hadley (1857-1919) was the daughter of Frederick and Lydia Betts Paxson, Philadelphia Hicksite Quakers. She was a founding member of the Thread and Needle Society, a social and charitable club of young Friends. Alice kept a diary that recorded events and meetings of the group 1873 to 1880 which were transcribed by her granddaughter, and she collected memorabilia and speeches she presented.