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Biddle family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-177
Overview
This collection contains the papers of Philadelphia Quaker Owen Biddle (1737-1799), his son, Clement Biddle (1778-1856), and numerous descendants. Owen Biddle, a scientist and merchant, was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and helped in the establishment of Westtown School (1799). Owen Biddle's papers, 1772-1793, (Series 1) include correspondence, and journals, some of which relate to his Revolutionary War activities. Three of his letterbooks, 1778-1779, have been microfilmed. The...
Dates:
1793-1951
Elkinton, Waring Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1239
Overview
This collection includes information about multiple generations of the Elkinton and Waring families. It is concentrated on two generations: firstly, that of Howard West Elkinton (1892-1955) and Katharine Wistar Mason Elkinton (1892/3-1961), his wife, and secondly, that of their daughter, Theodora Elkinton (1927-) who married Thomas Waring (1921-2001). It is a story of life choices made by these Quakers: for Howard and Katharine Elkinton, to serve under the American Friends Service Committee in...
Dates:
1815-2006
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- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
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- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
- Biddle, Owen, 1737-1799 1
- Biddle, William Canby, 1864-1942 1
- Civilian Public Service 1
- Elkington, Peter W. 1
- Elkinton family 1
- Elkinton, Howard W. (Howard West), 1892-1955 1
- Elkinton, Katharine Wistar, 1892-1961 1
- Haverford College 1
- Hollingsworth, H. (Henry), 1737-1803 1
- James, Dorothy Biddle 1
- Lewis, Lucy Biddle, 1861- 1
- Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 1
- Nitobe, Inazō, 1862-1933 1
- Parke, Thomas, 1749-1835 1
- Relief Missions of the Society of Friends 1
- Richardson, Thomas, 1816-1867 1
- Rickman, Lydia Cooper Lewis, -1885 1
- Stirling, Anne Biddle, -1857 1
- Swarthmore College 1
- Waring, Bernard Gilpin 1
- Waring, Theodora Elkinton 1
- Waring, Thomas 1
- Westtown Boarding School 1
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Congress (1st : 1915) (The Hague, Netherlands) 1
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Geneva, Switzerland (International Office) 1
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