manuscripts (documents)
Found in 245 Collections and/or Records:
"Education of the Freedmen By Philadelphia and Baltimore Quakers During the Civil War and Reconstruction Period"
"Hegel's Theory of Positivity: An Application to Two Quaker Sects"
James Whitall manuscripts
This collection is comprised of two manuscripts collected by James Whitall. The collection includes the manuscript of a memoir or autobiography by Honah Landis, entitled "How Literature Came to Texas," and a French play by Edmond See, translated by Whitall, entitled "A Friend of His Youth."
"From the Wabash to the Delaware"
"Moll Pitcher: A Poem"
John Greenleaf Whittier's "Moll Pitcher: A Poem" describes the clairvoyant and fortune-teller Moll Pitcher, born Mary Diamond (ca. 1736-1813), of Massachusetts, as a witch engaged in sinful work.
Thomas Willis papers
This collection contains a letter by Thomas Willis and a transcribed account of an earlier event.
William M. Wills notes for History of Haverford College
Notes for the History of Haverford College written by William M. Wills.
Norman Wilson articles
This collection is comprised of a single folder of the articles of Norman H. Wilson, typed and xeroxed, many of which focus on education in the United States and abroad. Also includes brochures for the First and Second Annual Normal Wilson Memorial Conferences. The collection also includes an itemized index of each article.
James Wood papers
“From World War One to the Bicentennial: An Autobiography”
This autobiography describes Morris Wistar Wood's early life, his education, his travels in the United States and abroad, his time spent teaching and in academic administration at various schools, including at a school in Lingnan, at the Culver Military Academy, the University of Pennsylvania, Westtown School, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Wood also describes his family life with his wife Evelyn, and their children.
