Haverford College
Organization
Found in 4 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
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
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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- correspondence 3
- manuscripts (documents) 3
- Diaries 2
- Haverford (Pa.) 2
- Quakers 2
- deeds 2
- diaries 2
- family papers 2
- lecture notes 2
- letters (correspondence) 2
- photographs 2
- Abolitionists 1
- Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- Agriculture 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States 1
- Bedford (Westchester County, N.Y.) 1
- Bird watching 1
- Death 1
- Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Health 1
- Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Land titles 1
- Land titles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Miscellanies 1
- Mount Kisco (N.Y.) 1
- New Hampshire -- Quakers 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Photographs 1
- Physicians 1
- Prison reformers 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quaker women -- Religious life 1
- Quakers -- Family relationships 1
- Quakers -- Genealogy 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Religion 1
- Reports 1
- Sermons 1
- Sheep 1
- Travel 1
- Wills 1
- academic addresses (documents) 1
- account books 1
- annual reports 1
- autobiographies (documents) 1
- awards 1
- bookkeeping records 1
- business records 1
- commonplace books 1
- estate records 1
- financial records 1
- genealogical tables 1
- geological maps 1
- letter books 1
- maps (documents) 1
- marriage certificates 1
- obituaries 1
- pamphlets 1
- photograph albums 1
- poems 1
- poetry and poems 1
- portraits 1
- prayers (documents) 1
- scrapbooks 1
- trade catalogs 1
- travel photography 1 + ∧ less
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