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Bacon Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-012
Overview
This collection is comprised of a single volume diary, as well as correspondence from various members of the Bacon family.
Dates:
1874-1909
Francis Bacon diaries
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-004
Scope and Content note
This collection is composed of the two original, handwritten diaries of Francis Bacon, kept during the years 1841-1843, and 1858-1862. Entries describe Bacon’s daily life, including descriptions of the weather, Quaker meetings he attended, business transactions, social calls with friends and family, and the births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community.
Dates:
1841-1862
George Bacon diaries
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-005
Scope and Content note
This collection is composed of seventeen, handwritten volumes of George Bacon's diaries from 1813-1829. All of Bacon's diaries were written in "the Gentleman's Annual Pocket Remembrancer," which, in addition to Bacon's daily entries, includes an almanac, lists of members of the U.S. government, and a list of the Army and Navy for each year. In addition to the seventeen original volumes of diaries, the collection includes a folder of partial transcripts of Bacon's diaries, some typed, some...
Dates:
1813-1829
Joshua L. and Theodate L. Baily diaries
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-006
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes 43 original, bound, handwritten volumes of Joshua Baily’s personal diaries, spanning the majority of his adult life. Baily began keeping diaries at the age of nineteen and continued to write daily entries throughout his life, though diaries for the years 1857-1878 are missing.
As a young man, Baily was very involved in the Philadelphia community, and many of his early entries describe his attendance at both religious and secular lectures, and his attendance at...
Dates:
1845-1916
Esther A. and Lloyd Balderston papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1185
Overview
Materials documenting the life of Esther Balderston Jones during her time as a missionary in Japan (1914-1924) and from her father, Lloyd Balderston, about family history and geneology.
Dates:
1885-1961
Florence Bascom papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-1980-01
Abstract
Florence Bascom (1862-1945) was a noted American geologist, specializing in petrography. She attended the University of Wisconsin, receiving her BA degree in 1882 and her MA degree in 1884, and was the first woman to be granted a PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1893. From 1895 to 1928, Bascom taught at Bryn Mawr College, where she established the Geology Department. In 1896, she became the first woman appointed to the United States Geological Survey.The Florence Bascom papers,...
Dates:
1883 - 1938
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Joel and Hannah Bean Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-012
Overview
Joel Bean (1835-1914) and his wife, Hannah Elliott Bean (1830-1909), were prominent Quaker ministers in Iowa Yearly Meeting in the mid-nineteenth century when Quaker settlements were expanding in Iowa. Joel Bean was born in Alton, New Hampshire, in 1825, the son of John and Elizabeth Hill Bean, and educated at Friends Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island. He migrated to Iowa in 1853, and taught school at West Branch, Iowa, from 1850 to 1861. In 1859, he married Hannah Elliott Shipley in...
Dates:
1825-1914
Eugenie Benezet journal
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-007
Scope and Content note
This collection is composed of the typed extracts of the diary of Eugenia Benezet, with entries dating between 1843-1849. Entries describe family news, Protestant and Catholic beliefs, and her work at a Friend's school in France. In later entries, Eugenie discusses the possibility of moving to England or the United States.
Dates:
1843-1849
Edward Bettle papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-022
Overview
This collection contains papers of the Bettle family, primarily Edward and Jane Temple Bettle.
Dates:
1824-1911
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
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