Haverford College
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas Wistar Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1321
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, letter books, diaries, scrapbooks, account books, deeds, marriage certificates, genealogical material, and miscellaneous manuscript and printed items of, or about, Thomas Wistar Brown (1826-1916), his father Moses Brown (1793-1878), his mother Mary (Wistar) Brown (b. 1807), his brother Moses Brown (b. 1829), his wife Mary (Farnum) Brown, his son John Farnum Brown (1873-1894) and others. Under correspondence, there are four letters from Eliza Paul (Kirkbride) Gurney to...
Dates:
1701-1917
Sarah Wistar Rhoads family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1211
Abstract
The Sarah Wistar Rhoads family papers indicate strong relationships and family ties that spanned the 19th and 20th centuries. Sarah Wistar Rhoads (1839-1920) married William Gibbons Rhoads (1838-1880) on November 28, 1866. At that time, the Rhoads, Gibbons and Wistar families began corresponding, the result being an outstanding collection illustrating family support, friendship and love. These papers include correspondence, financial records, diaries and journals, memorabilia, classwork and...
Dates:
Bulk, 1824-1930 1824-1963; Majority of material found within 1824 - 1930
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- Abolitionists 1
- Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States 1
- Bird watching 1
- Death 1
- Diaries 1
- Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Haverford (Pa.) 1
- Health 1
- Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Land titles 1
- Land titles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- New Hampshire -- Quakers 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Physicians 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quaker women -- Religious life 1
- Quakers 1
- Quakers -- Family relationships 1
- Quakers -- Genealogy 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Reports 1
- Sermons 1
- Wills 1
- account books 1
- annual reports 1
- commonplace books 1
- correspondence 1
- diaries 1
- estate records 1
- family papers 1
- genealogical tables 1
- geological maps 1
- letter books 1
- letters (correspondence) 1
- maps (documents) 1
- marriage certificates 1
- obituaries 1
- photographs 1
- poems 1
- poetry and poems 1
- prayers (documents) 1
- scrapbooks 1 + ∧ less
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