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Lydia Cooke diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-014
Abstract

Lydia Barton Cooke was a Philadelphia Quaker who joined the Hicksites in 1828. Diary entries include prayers, poems, descriptions of domestic duties, social calls from family and friends, Quaker meetings, and discussions of the health of her husband and children. Cooke's diaries also feature religious reflections, potentially concerning the separation between Orthodox and Hicksite.

Dates: 1815-1829

Cope-Evans Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1170
Abstract

Letters (with accompanying poetry, acrostics, drawings, clippings, etc.), marriage certificates, photographs, friendship book, estate related papers, account books, and computer disks. Primarily letters of the closely related Quaker families of Cope and Evans of Germantown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); other families include Brown, Drinker, and Haines.

Dates: 1732-1911

Cope-Evans Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1242
Abstract

The Cope-Evans papers cover the years 1683 to 2012, and detail the history of the inter-related Cope and Evans families, important Philadelphia-area Quakers. The papers are divided into four series: Personal and Family papers, Business papers, J. Morris Evans papers, and Miscellaneous.

Dates: 1683-2012

Thomas Pim Cope diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-013
Abstract

Cope was a Quaker merchant, founder of Cope family shipping business, and member of Philadelphia City Council and Pennsylvania legislature. His diary entries cover a variety of topics including weather, religious and personal reflection, business interests, family news, and discussions of international politics.

Dates: 1800-1851

Watson Dewees Notes on Meetings and Meetinghouses

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-059
Abstract

This collection contains letters, notes, and journal entries entailing various Quaker meeting locations in the Pennsylvania-New Jersey area as well as their dates of origin and operation. These locations are in Philadelphia, PA, Abington, PA, Caln, PA, Western, PA, Burlington, NJ, Buck, PA, Haddonfield, NJ, and Salem, NJ.

Dates: 1910 - 1918

Elizabeth Drinker diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-018
Abstract Elizabeth was a colonial era Quaker and prolific journal writer. Elizabeth's diaries are composed of her personal reflections of the day-to-day life of a wealthy Quaker woman in colonial Philadelphia. The majority of Elizabeth’s entries detail her daily life, including social calls with other Quaker families and individuals, the births, deaths, and marriages within her community, and attendance at, and descriptions of, weekly and monthly Quaker meetings. Elizabeth’s description of events...
Dates: 1758-1800

Earnest Workers records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-062
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the minutes and annual reports for the Earnest Workers of Philadelphia.

Dates: 1901-1904

Elfreth Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1221
Abstract

The collection, spanning the period from 1832 to 1892, consists primarily of the letters written to Joseph Elfreth (1824-1898), a Quaker, many of which relate to family matters, including health and the birth of children, and occasionally indicates the connections among Quaker families. There are also financial accounts, miscellaneous letters, documents and a few photographs.

Dates: 1832 - 1892

Elizabeth Reeve Evans diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-024
Abstract

Diary entries describe social calls, the health of family and friends, the weather, Quaker meetings, and births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community.

Dates: 1882-1899

Frank Evans collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1311
Abstract

This collection contains materials collected and donated by Frank Evans, spanning the years 1776-1978. Included in the collection are the letters, inventories, business documents, stories, geneological records, photographs, and daguerreotypes of prominant Quaker families, the Smith, Evans, Carter, Cope, Waring, and Whiteall families.

Dates: 1776-1978

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Penn, William, 1644-1718 4
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 4
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Brown, Moses, 1793-1879 3
Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 3
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 3
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Bacon family 2
Baily, Joshua L. (Joshua Longstreth), 1826-1916 2
Benezet, Anthony 2
Brown family 2
Brown, Mary Wistar, 1807-1842 2
Brown, Moses, 1829-1883 2
Brown, Thomas Wistar, 1826-1916 2
Comfort, William Wistar 2
Cope, Clementine 2
Cope, Elizabeth Stewardson 2
Cope, Thomas P. (Thomas Pim), 1768-1854 2
Cope, William D. (William Drinker) 2
Cornplanter, Seneca chief 2
Elkinton family 2
Evans, Rachel Reeve Cope 2
Fisher, Thomas 2
Gurney, Eliza Paul, 1801-1881 2
Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 2
Haines, John S. 2
Lloyd family 2
Parrish, John, 1729-1807 2
Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 2
Richards, John 2
Smith family 2
Smith, Daniel B., 1792-1883 2
Swarthmore College 2
Taylor, Francis Richards 2
Taylor, George Washington 2
William Penn Charter School 2
Wistar, Thomas 2
Abington Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 1
Alexander, Samuel, 1840-1914 1
Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
Allinson, E. Page (Edward Page) 1
Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 1
Alsop family 1
American Friends Service Committee 1
Anna Morris Shinn Maier 1
Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 1
Bacon, David 1
Bacon, Francis R. (Francis Rogers), 1888-1965 1
Bacon, Francis, 1812-1870 1
Bacon, S. Allen 1
Baily, Alfred 1
Baily, Theodate Lang 1
Balderston, Lloyd, 1863-1933 1
Balderston, Mark 1
Balderston, Mary F. 1
Barclay, Rachel, 1743-1792 1
Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690 1
Barclay, Robert, 1751-1830 1
Barnes, Gregory Allen, Sir 1
Bettle, Samuel 1
Braithwaite, Anna, 1788-1859 1
Brate, Charlotte 1
Bronner, Edward 1
Brown, Elizabeth Potts 1
Brown, Mary Farnum 1
Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 1
Brown, William 1
Bunting, Samuel J., 1862-1946 1
Cadbury, Catharine Balderston 1
Cadbury, Catherine J. 1
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
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Cope, Alexis T., 1850-1883 1
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Cope, Anna Stewardson 1
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