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Heacock Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-060
Overview
The Heacocks were a Quaker family of Bucks and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania. The collection includes correspondence, diary, and letter book (1871-1872), of Joseph Heacock (1846-1918), farmer, of Wyncote, Pa., including material relating to his work on a farm in Albion, N.Y., and in iron works in Pittsburgh, Pa., to earn money to pay debts; account book (1836-1877) of his father, Joseph Heacock (1800-1883); papers relating to the teaching activity of his wife, Elizabeth Walker Heacock,...
Dates:
1773-1928
Oliver Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-334
Overview
The collection contains the papers of the family of Wendell French Oliver, New England and Pennsylvania Wilburite Quakers. Gamaliel Wallis Oliver (1772-1849) was a successful Lynn, Massachusetts, shoe manufacturer who married Charlotte Breed in 1807. Two grandsons, Wendell French Oliver and William Theodore Oliver, were conscientious objectors in WWI and served with the AFSC in European Reconstruction. The collection includes journals, photographs, and related papers of Wendell, W....
Dates:
1706 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1960
Painter Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-110
Overview
The Painter family was an early Pennsylvania Quaker family that married into the Minshall family of Delaware County. In 1681, William Penn granted Thomas Minshall a land tract which now includes the Tyler Arboretum. The property was home to eight generations of the same family. The collection includes family correspondence, business and legal papers, property records, papers on interests and concerns of the Painter brothers, genealogical papers, and miscellaneous deeds and other papers...
Dates:
1687-1948
Samuel C. (Samuel Copeland) Palmer Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-114
Overview
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
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- Chester Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1681-1827) 1
- Chester Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1934) 1
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 1
- Hallowell family 1
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- Heacock, Eliza 1
- Heacock, Elizabeth Walker 1
- Heacock, Jane 1
- Heacock, Joseph, 1800-1883 1
- Heacock, Joseph, 1846-1918 1
- Heacock, Martha 1
- James, Rachel P. (Rachel Painter), 1792-1863 1
- Jenkins, Mehetabel, 1731-1815 1
- John J. Tyler Arboretum (Media, Pa.) 1
- Koenig, Lucille 1
- Longstreth family 1
- MacMillan, Donald Baxter, -1874 1
- Middletown Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1699-1827 : Delaware County, Pa.) 1
- Middletown Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827- : Delaware County, Pa.) 1
- Minshall family 1
- Minshall, Jacob, 1738-1817 1
- Oliver family 1
- Oliver, Wendell French, 1893-1953 1
- Oliver, William T. (William Theodore), 1854-1933 1
- Painter family 1
- Painter, Enos, 1773-1857 1
- Painter, Jacob, 1814-1876 1
- Painter, Minshall, 1801-1873 1
- Palmer, Samuel Copeland 1
- Penrose family 1
- Richland Turnpike or Plank Road Company 1
- Salkeld, John, 1672-1739 1
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