Vaux, George, III, 1909-1996
Person
Found in 2 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 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
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- Commemorative postage stamps 1
- Indians of North America 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 on postage stamps 1
- Reports 1
- Tortola (British Virgin Islands) 1
- West (U.S.) 1
- correspondence 1
- financial records 1
- letters (correspondence) 1
- negatives (photographs) 1
- newsletters 1
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