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Hannah Milhous Vernon papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-173
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the papers of Hannah Milhous Vernon, and includes two unbound commonplace books, the loose pages of Vernon's diaries, and a single unbound volume of meeting minutes for the Damorris Monthly Meeting of Women Friends.

Dates: 1855-1889

Emma Waln diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-081
Abstract

Emma Waln's diary entries detail her active social life, including descriptions of attendance of various social events, including whist parties, women's clubs meetings, lectures, and parties, as well as more informal social calls from friends and family. Waln's diary also describes attending classes and lectures at Swarthmore College.

Dates: 1890-1891

Joseph Walton diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-083
Abstract

Joseph Walton's diary entries focus on his various religious visits in the United States, and include details about his travel, attendance at meetings, descriptions of the communities he visited, discussions concerning the status of free African Americans, and issues surrounding voting, as well as descriptions of his time among Seneca and Onondaga reservations in New York.

Dates: 1875-1894

Walton-Kite Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1178
Abstract

The collection consists predominantly of the papers of the Walton family, but also contains Kite family and Fawcett family papers.

Dates: 1789-1937

Ann Warder diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-082
Abstract

This collection includes three bound volumes of handwritten transcriptions and extracts of Ann Head Warder’s diaries, originally written between 1786 and 1789. The transcriptions were written by later family members during the 19th century. Diary entries describe Ann’s voyage to America and her travels within New York and Pennsylvania, including people she met, Quaker meetings she attended, and social calls made during her travels.

Dates: 1786-1789

Elizabeth Webb diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-084
Abstract

Diary of Elizabeth Webb's religious visit to the American Colonies. Diary entries describe Webb's voyage from England to Virginia, and her travels to Quaker meetings as far south as North Carolina and as far north as New Hampshire. Entries include references to places visited, especially meetings in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island, as well as religious reflection and details about the difficulty of overland travel.

Dates: 1697-1699

Ann Cooper Whitall diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-090
Abstract

Ann Cooper Whitall's diary entries focus on descriptions of Quaker meetings, illnesses within her family and community, reflections on religion and the perceived failure of Whitall’s community to live up to its ideals, and discussions concerning effective child-rearing practices.

Dates: 1760-1780; Majority of material found within 1760-1762

John S. Whitall diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-091
Abstract

Whitall kept this diary for his sister, to whom he addresses the majority of his entries. Entries include quotes from scripture, Quaker sermons, and poetry, as well as descriptions of his voyage from New York to France by sea. During his time in France, entries describe Whitall's travels to Nantes and Bordeaux, as well as visits with Friends in France.

Dates: 1785

Barclay White Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-301
Abstract

This collection contains 3 diaries written by Barclay White chronicling his travels (1877-1878) as Superintendent of Indian Affairs (1871-1878).

Dates: 1877 - 1878

Nelson A. White diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-026
Abstract

The Nelson A. White collection contians five diaries dated from 1922 to 1932. The five volumes are written in Wanamaker diaries and are detailed with historical, astrological, and meteorological information between each diary entry.

Dates: 1922-1932

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Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 3
Cadbury family 3
Harvard University 3
Haverford Loganian Society 3
Kelsey, Rayner Wickersham 3
Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 3
Scattergood family 3
Scattergood, Thomas, 1748-1814 3
Sharpless family 3
Sharpless, Joshua 3
Shipley family 3
Simmons, Henry 3
Society of Friends 3
Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 3
Babbitt, James A. 2
Bacon family 2
Bacon, David 2
Bacon, George 2
Benezet, Anthony 2
Bettle, Samuel 2
Borton, Hugh 2
Brinton, Anna Cox 2
Brown family 2
Cadbury, Catherine J. 2
Cadbury, William Warder 2
Carter family 2
Coleman, John Royston 2
Collins family 2
Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 2
Emlen, Samuel 2
Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942 2
Jones family 2
Jones, Eli 2
Jones, James Parnell 2
Jones, Sybil 2
Jones, Virginia Costello 2
Kelsey Family 2
Kite, Mary, 1793?-1861 2
Ly , Juwan Usang 2
Madāris al-Frindz (Rām Allāh) 2
Morris family 2
Morris, Margaret Hill 2
Parrish, John, 1729-1807 2
Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 2
Philadelphia Free Produce Association of Friends 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1827-1948) 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee 2
Potts, Ethel Rhoads, 1870-1962 2
Rhoads family 2
Rhoads, Anne Gibbons, 1809-1890 2
Rhoads, Samuel, 1806-1868 2
Rhoads, Sarah Wistar, 1839-1920 2
Rhoads, William Gibbons, Jr., 1838-1880 2
Scattergood, Joseph 2
Seebohm, Benjamin 2
Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920 2
Shinn family 2
Smedley, Edward 2
Stokes family 2
Swayne, Joel 2
Warder, Ann Head 2
Wistar, Thomas 2
Woolman, John, 1720-1772 2
Allen family 1
Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938 1
Allinson family 1
Allinson, Margaret 1
Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 1
Allinson, Samuel, 1808-1883 1
Allinson, William J., 1810-1874 1
Allison family 1
Alsop family 1
American Bible Society 1
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Bacon, Edith Farquhar, 1892-1988 1
Bacon, Elizabeth, 1794-1844 1
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Bacon, Francis, 1812-1870 1
Bacon, Samuel Allen, 1848-1908 1
Baily, Joshua L. (Joshua Longstreth), 1826-1916 1
Baily, Theodate Lang 1
Balderston, Lloyd, 1863-1933 1
Balderston, Mary F. 1
Barbour, Hugh 1
Barclay, Rachel, 1743-1792 1
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