Haverford College
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
James E. Baker papers
Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-054
Overview
James Estes Baker, Haverford College class of 1956, enjoyed a lengthy career as a member of the United States diplomatic corps, including a period of service for the United Nations. The collection offers insight into Baker’s life and diplomatic career, with a large quantity of materials relating to the media scrutiny occasioned by his appointment as the first Black US diplomat to serve in South Africa during Apartheid. Collected materials include biographical information, personal...
Dates:
1972-2011
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
Thomas Chase papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-965
Overview
Correspondence, portraits, photographs, clippings, articles, addresses, lecture notes, diary, and miscellaneous papers related to Thomas Chase (1827-1892), his family, and his years at Haverford as professor and president of the College.
Dates:
1843 - 1947
Cope-Evans Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1170
Overview
Letters (with accompanying poetry, acrostics, drawings, clippings, etc.), marriage certificates, photographs, friendship book, estate related papers, account books, and computer disks. Primarily letters of the closely related Quaker families of Cope and Evans of Germantown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); other families include Brown, Drinker, and Haines.
Dates:
1732-1911
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
James Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1218
Abstract
James Wood (1839-1925) was “interested in education, philanthropy, in the various branches of agriculture, in archaeology, history, Indian lore, anthropology, science, in prison reform and above all, in the Bible and religion,” (ABS, 2). He was also a business man, serving as President of the Genesee Salt Company in Piffard, New York. The James Wood papers are divided into twelve series: “Biographical Material:” “Agriculture;” Business and Financial Material;” “Collected Quaker Material;”...
Dates:
Bulk, 1865-1921 1865-1964; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1921
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- Quakers 2
- Quakers -- Family relationships 2
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- estate records 2
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- marriage certificates 2
- photographs 2
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- scrapbooks 2
- travel photography 2
- Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- African American youth -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
- African American youth -- Education -- Southern States 1
- Agriculture 1
- Americans -- Travel -- England -- History -- 19th century 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States 1
- Apartheid -- South Africa 1
- Bedford (Westchester County, N.Y.) 1
- Bird watching 1
- Business 1
- Business ethics 1
- Drawing 1
- England -- Description and travel 1
- Europe -- Description and travel 1
- Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
- Europe -- Description and travel -- Photographs 1
- Farm life 1
- Freed persons 1
- Freed persons -- Education -- Southern States 1
- Freed persons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
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- Mental Illness 1
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- Miscellanies 1
- Mount Kisco (N.Y.) 1
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- Prison reformers 1
- Psychiatric hospital care -- History -- Sources 1
- Quaker abolitionists 1
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- Quaker women 1
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- Quakers -- Education 1
- Quakers -- Genealogy 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Germantown (Philadelphia) 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Quakers -- Travel 1
- Quakers -- Virginia 1
- Quakers in business 1
- Religion 1
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- Sheep 1
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- annual reports 1
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- genealogical tables 1
- geological maps 1
- letter books 1
- maps (documents) 1
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- pamphlets 1
- photograph albums 1
- poems 1
- portraits 1
- prayers (documents) 1
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