Vaux, George, III, 1909-1996
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Tortola Quaker Stamp Celebration
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-300
Abstract
This collection contains various letters and corresponding items from the Tortola Quaker Stamp Celebration in 1973. This includes a program of the individuals who made the Quaker stamps possible, a letter from George Vaux on behalf of the Friends Historical Association, and multiple Tortola Quaker stamps on letters belonging to Henry J. Cadbury.
Dates:
1973
Vaux collection of correspondence, documents and graphics
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1167
Abstract
The collection provides insights into several issues important within the history of Quakerism, such as the abolition of slavery, education and Native American rights, as well as graphics depicting American travel views, Native American sites, Haverford College, Quaker individuals and places associated with Quakers.
Dates:
1659-1978
Vaux Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1217
Abstract
The Vaux family was deeply involved with Quaker and Native American affairs throughout much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. George Vaux, Sr. was involved in Quaker activity through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other Quaker meetings throughout the world (including Antigua and London). Both George Vaux, Jr. and Mary Morris Vaux Walcott, his sister, served as commissioners for the U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners. This organization was established by the United States Congress in...
Dates:
1708-1995; Majority of material found within 1912-1932
George Vaux Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-238
Abstract
The Vaux family was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family active in a number of charitable concerns, particularly as relate to the education of African-Americans. This collection includes papers from three George Vauxes: 1832-1915, 1863-1927, and 1908-1996, spanning a little over a century from the 1890s to the 1990s. There are administrative documents from the Institute of Colored Youth (later known as the Richard Humphreys Foundation), FriendsÂ’ FreedmenÂ’s Association, and the Emlen...
Dates:
1885-1995
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- Indians of North America 2
- clippings (information artifacts) 2
- photographs 2
- African American universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania 1
- Associations, Institutions, etc. -- Pennsylvania 1
- Commemorative postage stamps 1
- Indians of North America -- Government relations 1
- New York (N.Y.) 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Postage stamps 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers 1
- Quakers -- Barbados 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- Tortola 1
- Quakers on postage stamps 1
- Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Reports 1
- Society of Friends -- Education 1
- Society of Friends -- History 1
- Tortola (British Virgin Islands) 1
- West (U.S.) 1
- correspondence 1
- financial records 1
- letters (correspondence) 1
- negatives (photographs) 1
- newsletters 1 + ∧ less
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