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Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-088
Abstract
The collection contains a letter written by Samuel H. Jones to George Sykes about his time at Haverford.
Dates:
March 14, 1834
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-108
Abstract
This collection is comprised of two items of Samuel Jones's papers, and includes a copy of his will, as well as a copy of an emancipation document for a family enslaved by Jones.
Dates:
1820, 1833
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-100
Abstract
Sarah (Sallie) Jones was a Bucks County Hicksite Quaker. She was the daughter of Amos and Margery Jones of Makefield Monthly Meeting and was educated at Ercildoun School in Kennett, PA. In 1859, she married William G. Cox of Goshen Monthly Meeting. This collection contains family correspondence and correspondence between Sarah Jones and her schoolmates at Ercildoun Boarding School. It also includes miscellaneous material such as a sermon by George Truman (1863) and teaching certificates for...
Dates:
1817-1907
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Jones, T. Canby
Abstract
Collection includes biographical material, printed copies of selected writings of T. Canby Jones.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1948-
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-109
Abstract
This collection contains materials relating to the South African apartheid, including correspondence, notes, draft reports, reports, essays, and other materials related to apartheid, racial justice, and Quaker involvement in these movements.
Dates:
1936-1946, undated
Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-118
Abstract
This collection contains five compositions written by Thomas W. Jones.
Dates:
1851
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-014
Abstract
The business ledgers of William Jones record mortgages, rent payments, taxes, and account balances for various Quaker individuals.
Dates:
1845-1861
Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-015
Abstract
This collection includes papers from Wilmot Rufus Jones's time on the Board of the Corporation of Haverford. There is also significant material from his alumni activities, particularly alumni donations and his term a the Class of 1923 Alumni Representative. These include correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, publications, and miscellaneous papers. There are similar materials from Phi Beta Kappa, as well as some correspondence and reports from his time on the Council for Delaware...
Dates:
1930-1970
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-102
Abstract
This collection is comprised of the two volume manuscript by Peter P. and Elizabeth W. Jonitis, entitled "Memoirs of the Prison Society: Biographical Vignettes of the Managers of the Philadelphia Society for Assisting Distressed Prisoners and the Members of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, 1787-1830." The biographical sketches were compiled in order to determine how many of the 344 members of the organizations were Quakers, so as to study Quaker...
Dates:
1982
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Jordan, David Starr
Abstract
David Starr Jordan was a noted educator, scientist and peace activist. He was the President of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where he remained, first as president and later as chancellor, until his retirement. He was best known for his work as a peace activist and writer. Jordan served as president of the World Peace Foundation from 1910 to 1914 and as president of the World Peace Conference in 1915. He retired from his post at Stanford in 1916 and from public life in...
Dates:
1898-1931