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Haverford College

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Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

T. Vail Palmer manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-144
Overview

This collection is comprised of two typed manuscripts written by T. Vail Palmer Jr. during his time as a T. Wistar Brown Fellow at Haverford College from 1976 to 1977.

Dates: 1976-1977

Edward Rhoads papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-192
Overview

This collection includes six notebooks created by Edward Rhoads, primarily on physics. Also includes a photograph and a book of sketches.

Dates: 1892-1895, undated

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

William G. Rhoads diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-057
Overview

The first pages of William G. Rhoads's diary ask a series of questions concerning moral behavior and manners, which Rhoads subsequently answers in each entry. Entries also detail Rhoads's apprenticeship as a book keeper, social calls, and Quaker meetings he attended.

Dates: 1858

John F. Rich Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-308
Overview

This collection contains two photographs of John Frederick Rich. The first photograph is of his graduation from Westtown School in 1920. The second photograph was taken by Fabian Bachrach in a later, unspecified date.

Dates: 1920, undated

Walter Penn Shipley Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-162
Overview

This collection is comprised of the papers of Walter Penn Shipley Jr., and includes materials related to his time at Haverford College, including two trigonometry notebooks, four subject entrance exams, and his personal correspondence.

Dates: 1913-1983

Daniel B. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-038
Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of the six volumes of miscellany of Daniel B. Smith. The collection includes three school notebooks, and two volumes of library catalogs.

Dates: 1807-1842

Douglas V. and Dorothy M. Steere papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1174
Abstract Douglas and Dorothy Steere were prominent figures of the Quaker movement in the twentieth century, and deeply committed to the causes of peace and spiritual enrichment. This commitment is evident in their involvement with Quaker-led relief work after World War II, Quaker spiritual retreats, international diplomacy, and Dorothy’s work with the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Douglas taught philosophy at several institutions including Haverford College, and published extensively on topics...
Dates: 1896-2003

Updegraff Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1031
Overview

Letters; diaries; genealogical material; land grants signed by Presidents John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, and Franklin Pierce; and other papers of the Updegraff family, mainly those of David B. Updegraff, which provide a picture of Quakerism in 19th-century Ohio.

Dates: 1810-1929; Majority of material found within 1810 - 1896

Charles Wood correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-026
Overview

Charles Wood was born a Quaker and later became a Presbyterian minister. This collection is comprised of eight volumes of his compiled correspondence. Each volume contains personal correspondence from family and friends related to Wood's education, news of his family, and discussions of social outings and cricket.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1862-1869; 1862-1928

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photographs 6
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 5
letters (correspondence) 5
Academic writing 4
Haverford (Pa.) 4
Quakers -- Diaries 4
autobiographies (documents) 4
deeds 4
lecture notes 4
Abolitionists 3
Antislavery movements -- United States 3
Quaker women 3
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 3
Quakers -- Travel 3
Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 3
estate records 3
financial records 3
notebooks 3
scrapbooks 3
Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 2
African American youth -- Education -- Southern States 2
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Death 2
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Freed persons -- Education -- Southern States 2
Health 2
Land titles 2
Mathematics 2
Philadelphia (Pa.) 2
Photographs 2
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Quaker businesspeople 2
Quakers -- Genealogy 2
Quakers in business 2
Religion -- Study and teaching 2
Sermons 2
Society of Friends -- Education 2
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Vacations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century 2
Wills 2
account books 2
biographies (documents) 2
bookkeeping records 2
commonplace books 2
family papers 2
marriage certificates 2
poetry and poems 2
research notes 2
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African American youth -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
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American periodicals 1
Americans -- Travel -- England -- History -- 19th century 1
Art 1
Art criticism -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Art critics -- United States 1
Backlog Camp 1
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Bedford (Westchester County, N.Y.) 1
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Cycling 1
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 1
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Drawing 1
Education 1
Education -- Southern States 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
Finland 1
Food relief -- Germany 1
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