Walcott, Mary Vaux, 1860-1940
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
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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- Agriculture -- United States 1
- Art critics -- United States 1
- Backlog Camp 1
- Cadorus farm 1
- Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Indians of North America -- Government relations 1
- Land tenure -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Quaker businesspeople 1
- Quaker lawyers 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers 1
- Quakers -- Family relationships 1
- Reports 1
- West (U.S.) 1
- Yellow fever -- History 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- correspondence 1
- financial records 1
- negatives (photographs) 1
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