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Leeds, Morris Evans

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1869 - 1952

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Leeds and Maule family genealogy

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-10-004
Scope and Contents

This collection is composed of one original book and a set of photocopied indices. The book is handwritten, and along with the genealogy includes many glued in photos, newspaper obituaries, and several genealogies or family trees of Leeds families. The set of indices is presented as an index for the family genealogy, and was compiled in 1947 by Morris Leeds.

Dates: 1947, undated

Morris Evans Leeds papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1014
Abstract

A collection that focuses on two dates: 1862 & 1942. In the former, Lewis W. Leeds' invention of the window envelope is detailed with contracts, bills, correspondence and samples of the envelope. In 1942, his descendant, Morris E. Leeds corresponds with E. Tudor Gross who has become interested in the invention and ends with the article entitled "The Window Envelope," which appeared in the Collector's Club Philatelist in April of that year.

Dates: 1862-1944; Majority of material found in 1862; 1942

Morris Evans Leeds papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1127
Abstract

The papers of Morris Evans Leeds (1869-1952), a Philadelphia Quaker who graduated from Haverford College and became president of Leeds & Northrup Company, manufacturers of precision instruments. He was also an inventor and developer. Leeds was a member of the Board of Haverford College and active on the School Board of Philadelphia.

Dates: 1757-1952; Majority of material found within 1880-1952

Morris-Shinn-Maier collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1191
Abstract This collection spans approximately 200 years, from the late 1700s to the late 1900s, and five generations of the Morris-Shinn-Maier family, which are traced through matrilineal and patrilineal lines. They were prominent Quaker businessmen and lawyers in the Philadelphia area, and a large portion of the collection is dedicated to their legal and business material, as well as a great deal of very detailed financial material. There is also a quantity of personal material, namely diaries and...
Dates: 1720-1975

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Quaker businesspeople 2
Quakers -- Family relationships 2
Agriculture -- United States 1
Art critics -- United States 1
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