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SFHL/FHL/SC. Small Collections

 Record Group Term
Identifier: SFHL/FHL/SC
This record group includes small collections that are less than a box-worth of material.

Found in 298 Collections and/or Records:

Caroline Roberts family scrapbook

 Collection — Othertype SC-152
Identifier: SFHL-SC-152
Abstract

Photocopy of a scrapbook compiled by Caroline Roberts, featuring photographs of her family and their residences, with brief genealogical notes.

Dates: [19--]

Collection of John Melchior Ogden papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-171
Identifier: SFHL-SC-171
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of John Melchior Ogden, including newspaper clippings, letters and receipts, as well as notices from charitable associations such as the Carpenters' Company and the House of Refuge. Also included are letters to Charles Smith Ogden regarding the book, In Memoriam John Melchior Ogden, as well as reminiscences of Philadelphia in 1800 by Jesse Ogden, and an engraving of Fairhill Meeting House by Joseph Pennell.

Dates: 1825-1885

Letters from Mildred Binns Young to W. Wendell Clepper

 Collection — Othertype SC-170
Identifier: SFHL-SC-170
Abstract

This collection includes letters from Mildred Binns Young to W. Wendall Clepper. These letters relate to personal and family news, as well as news of the progress and concerns of the Delta Cooperative Farm, on which she was working at the time.

Dates: 1936-1941

Swarthmore Country Week Picnic records

 Collection — Othertype SC-172
Identifier: SFHL-SC-172

Abraham Bonsall family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-167
Identifier: SFHL-SC-167
Abstract

Miscellaneous papers of Abraham Bonsall and his family, 1682-1918. Of note are the marriage intentions of Job Sinkler and Elizabeth Musgrave, 1771, colonial currency, 1756-1777, and a Bonsall family tree, no date.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1682-1918-1699-1793

Daniel Oliver correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-161
Identifier: SFHL-SC-161
Abstract

Photocopies of letters sent to Mr. and Mrs. D. Hebert Way and family, 1946-1949. Include discussion of the events in the Middle East after World War II and the news of his orphanage.

Dates: 1946-1949

Some account of the journeys of Thomas and Elizabeth Robson of Liverpool upon the Continent and elsewhere in 1823-1845

 Collection — Othertype SC-173
Identifier: SFHL-SC-173
Abstract

Bound collection of 29 ALsS, plus 3 typewritten items. Includes a genealogical chart of the Robson family and a summary account of a journey to the Continent in 1831, in part a transcription of the original journal. Also includes silhouettes of members of the Crewdson and Robson families.

Dates: 1823-1909

Jesse Kersey papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-199
Identifier: SFHL-SC-199
Abstract

Includes letters, sermons, and manuscript fragments, as well as an 1824 printed epistle from London Yearly Meeting. The papers provide important insight into Kersey's faith and his thoughts on the Separation in the Society of Friends.

Dates: 1824-1841

George Newbold Correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-194
Identifier: SFHL-SC-194
Abstract

Contains business and family correspondence received by George Newbold.

Dates: 1804-1850

Jenkins family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-190
Identifier: SFHL-SC-190
Abstract Papers of the Jabez Jenkins family of Pennsylvania, 1829-1849. Includes "On board the Packet Ship George Washington Capt. Holdrege Liverpool to New York 1833: Some Recollections of England &c." 1833, manuscript Recollections of travel in England and Scotland in 1833 by Jabez Jenkins. Jenkins stopped for a relatively short time in England, on his way home to Philadelphia from Canton. Observations were largely of architecture and industry in London, Birmingham, Staffordshire, Manchester,...
Dates: 1829-1854