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Josiah W. Leeds scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1102
Abstract
Twenty-two scrapbooks of correspondence (circa 2,000 letters) of Josiah Woodward Leeds (1841-1908) with persons involved in the social reform movements of the late 19th century as well as tracts and clippings of articles and editorials written by Leeds and articles on topics of interest to him.
Dates:
1872-1907
Kingsley B. Leeds, History of Haverford College Library
Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-139
Abstract
A paper charting the history of the Haverford College Library from its establishment until 1929.
Dates:
1930
Morris Evans Leeds papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1014
Abstract
A collection that focuses on two dates: 1862 & 1942. In the former, Lewis W. Leeds' invention of the window envelope is detailed with contracts, bills, correspondence and samples of the envelope. In 1942, his descendant, Morris E. Leeds corresponds with E. Tudor Gross who has become interested in the invention and ends with the article entitled "The Window Envelope," which appeared in the Collector's Club Philatelist in April of that year.
Dates:
1862-1944; Majority of material found in 1862; 1942
Morris Evans Leeds papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1127
Abstract
The papers of Morris Evans Leeds (1869-1952), a Philadelphia Quaker who graduated from Haverford College and became president of Leeds & Northrup Company, manufacturers of precision instruments. He was also an inventor and developer. Leeds was a member of the Board of Haverford College and active on the School Board of Philadelphia.
Dates:
1757-1952; Majority of material found within 1880-1952
Left Out records
Collection
Identifier: HCQ-003-029
Abstract
This collection contains documentation of Haverford's Left Out group from 1997 to 2002. It includes meeting minutes, email printouts, educational materials, flyers, and photos of a trip to a Quebec protest against the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
Dates:
1997 - 2002
Left Wing Pacifist-Socialists Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Left Wing Pacifist-Socialists
Abstract
This file includes correspondence and memoranda dated 1945, pertaining to the proposed organization of a new movement for radical nonviolent pacifists. Includes a letter of April 27, 1945, of which signers include Rex Corfman, Henry Dyer, Roy Finch, Lewis Hill, Morris Horowitz, Byron Johnson, Igal Roodenko, and Stanley Rappeport; a list of the addressees is included on the same page as the signers. Collection also includes a "Memorandum on Effective Pacifist Organization for Action" by...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1945
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Legal documents
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-951-06
Abstract
This collection is comprised of the legal documents of various Quaker individuals and organizations.
Dates:
1693-1883
Lehigh Valley Monthly Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-L450
Scope and Contents
Records of Lehigh Valley Monthly Meeting, 1948-ongoing. Includes digital newsletters and media files.
Dates:
1948-2022
Gertrude C. K. Leighton papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC.2006-11
Abstract
Gertrude Leighton was born in Belfast, Ireland. Leighton first came to Bryn Mawr College as a member of the class of 1938 and majored in classical archaeology. In 1940, she was hired by Barnard College as a lecturer in the English Department. She entered law school at Yale in 1942, graduated in 1945. Leighton returned to Bryn Mawr in 1950 as Assistant Professor of Political Science. Later promotions made her full professor and department chairman. The collection consists mainly of...
Dates:
1930 - 1982
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Robert W. Lentz Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Lentz, Robert W.
Abstract
Robert W. Lentz was a civil rights lawyer, originally from West Chester Pennsylvania. He worked with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in Mississippi; for two weeks in the summer of 1964, and served as a lawyer to aid volunteers who were jailed in Mississippi for their civil rights efforts. Lentz returned to Mississippi in November 1966 to help with voter rights in the general election.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1964-2001
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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