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Collection
Identifier: HCS-001-029
Abstract
The collection contains a typescript of the autobiography of Frederic Palmer, Jr. written for the American Institute of Physics.
Dates:
1965
Collection
Identifier: HCS-001-034
Abstract
This collection features letters spanning from the fall of 1922 to the summer of 1923, which were sent to a number of recipients.
Dates:
1922-1923
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-111
Abstract
The Palmer family was a Quaker family descended from John and Christian Palmer, who settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania., in 1683. Sarah M. Fell (1824-1911), who compiled the genealogy, was a Hicksite Quaker from Wilmington, Delaware, and a Palmer descendent. The collection contains a family genealogy compiled by Sarah Moore Fell (1822-1911) in 1898, pictures, and an accompanying index compiled in 1966. The collection also contains some Bucks County property records including deeds and...
Dates:
1722-1966 [bulk 1898}
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-251
Abstract
This collection contains materials relating to Pauline Gardner Palmer and the Women's Army Corps during World War II.
Dates:
1940-1954
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-114
Abstract
Samuel Copeland Palmer (1874-1961) was Professor of Botany at Swarthmore College, Pa., from 1909 to 1942 and a lifelong member of the Society of Friends. In 1929, he served as botanist in Bowdoin-Baffin Land expedition under the command of Donald B. MacMillan, and after his retirement from teaching, he worked on a project to illustrate all plant species in Delaware County, Pa. This collection contains biographical material, writings, correspondence, and Swarthmore College memorabilia. It is...
Dates:
1895-1957
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-115
Abstract
Sarah Hopper Palmer (1796-1885) was the eldest child of Isaac T. Hopper (1771-1852), noted Hicksite Quaker abolitionist and social reformer. The collection was apparently compiled as a basis for Lydia Maria Child's Life of Isaac T. Hopper, which was first published in 1853. The original manuscript of the published book is included in the collection. The collection contains material on the Palmer, Hunn and Jenkins families, family correspondence, legal and...
Dates:
1705-1883
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-144
Abstract
This collection is comprised of two typed manuscripts written by T. Vail Palmer Jr. during his time as a T. Wistar Brown Fellow at Haverford College from 1976 to 1977.
Dates:
1976-1977
Collection — othertype: SW/NY/P337
Identifier: QM-NY-P337
Abstract
Records of Palmyra Preparative Meeting, 1825-1854. Includes men's and women's minutes, 1825-54.
Dates:
1825-1854
Collection — othertype: SW/NY/P357
Identifier: QM-NY-P357
Abstract
Records of Paltz Preparative Meeting, 1828-1835. Includes men's minutes, 1828-35.
Dates:
1828-1835
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association
Abstract
The Pan Pacific Women's Association developed under the auspices of the Pan-Pacific Union. It held conferences of national member committees at two or three year intervals, except during World War II.
Dates:
1928-1964