Joseph S. Elkinton scrapbook
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of the single volume scrapbook of Joseph Elkington and includes elegies, extracts of Quaker testimonies, extracts from Quaker letters, and 581 obituary notices.
Dates
- Creation: Undated.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Joseph S. Elkinton (1830-1905) was born April 27, 1830, to Quakers Joseph Elkinton and Mary Nutt Elkinton. He married Malinda Patterson on September 3, 1856, and the couple had five children: Mary Patterson Elkinton (b. 1857), Joseph Elkinton (b. 1859), William Tilman Elkinton (b. 1860), Alfred Cope Elkinton (1863), and Thomas Elkinton (b. 1867). Joseph S. Elkington died May 18, 1905.
Extent
0.29 linear ft. (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The scrapbook of Joseph Elkington includes elegies, extracts of Quaker testimonies, extracts from Quaker letters, and 581 obituary notices.
Acquisition
The Joseph S. Elkinton scrapbook was donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 1934 by Eleanor Elkinton.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed September, 2015.
- Title
- Joseph S. Elkinton scrapbook, undated
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- September, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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