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Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-04-019
Abstract
Walter Hinchman's portfolio of sketches and photographs includes the many of the plates used in his book, “Sketches & Poems.” The sketches were done during Hinchman’s time at a machine shop in Ohio at the end of the Civil War and on a survey trip (1867-1868) for a transcontinental railway from Kansas to California. There are sketches of the Pennsylvania Steel Company (1869), animals, flowers, trees, people, and landscapes.
Dates:
1867-1873
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-058
Abstract
The commonplace book of Seiju Hirakawa inlcudes extracts of poetry and religious reflection on the occasion of the Hirakawa’s 50th wedding anniversary. Excerpts and quotations are arranged by topic, and cover topics such as friendship, teachers and pupils, self-expression, books, and pride. The volume also includes a personal reflection marriage, presumably written by Hirakawa.
Dates:
Undated
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hiroshima Peace Pilgrimage
Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-007
Abstract
This scrapbook contains a variety of materials from John A. Hisey Jr.’s time at Haverford College. Born in Philadelphia on October 31, 1895, to salesman John Alan Hisey Sr. and his wife Gula Hisey, John Hisey Jr. entered Haverford in 1914, as part of the class of 1918. His scrapbook documents his first three years at Haverford, especially his athletic career. The book also provides evidence of the military service that interrupted Hisey’s studies in 1917, and of his return to Haverford in...
Dates:
1914-1923
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Historians Against the War
Abstract
Collection consists primarily of printed copies of emails from and to HAW.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2003-
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Historians Against the War in the Persian Gulf
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1990-1991
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Historic Peace Churches-FOR Consultative Committee
Abstract
Collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, proposals, leaflets, pamphlets and a list of committee members, 1970-2005.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1951-2005
Collection
Identifier: HCQ-003-026
Abstract
This collection contains two literary sketchbooks of the Historical Society of Haverford with essays from 1836 and 1837.
Dates:
1836-1837
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: BMC-Publishing
Abstract
This collection contains prints and book fragments that contain mostly or entirely text (rather than images). Included here are Quaker Announcements, 18th century newspapers (The Tatler), Civil War era ephemera, modern letterpress and print studio materials, illustrations for books, announcements and posters, and single sheets from books. Part of the collection was already processed at an earlier date (Series "Previously Sorted"), and seems to be related to early American print history,...
Dates:
undated
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-327
Abstract
The collection contains the papers of George A. Hoadley, long-time professor of physics at Swarthmore College and secretary of the Franklin Institute, as well as papers of his extended family. Of particular interest are diaries kept by his second wife's parents, Carrie B. Kilgore and Damon Y. Kilgore, both attorneys and reformers. George Hoadley's correspondence with his children include mention of people and events in the Borough of Swarthmore and Swarthmore College. A founder of the...
Dates:
1850 - 1957