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Charles Tucker Abbott letter

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-090
Abstract

The collection contains a letter written by Chales T. Abbott to his parents about his time at Haverford in 1865.

Dates: 1865

Academic Computing Center records

 Collection
Identifier: HCE-005-004
Abstract

Newsletters, guides, and correspondence related to academic computing at Haverford College.

Dates: 1983-2001

Fay Ajzenberg-Selove papers

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-001-013
Abstract

The collection consists of the 1947-1950 correspondence between Fay Ajzenberg-Selove and Louis Leprince-Ringue pertaining to her translation of his book "Les Rayons Cosmiques" (The Cosmic Rays) and a 1991 copy of Ajzenberg-Selove's memoir typescript.

Dates: 1947-1950; 1991; Majority of material found within 1947-1950

Henry H. Albertson collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1110
Abstract

Includes letters, many of which are by and to William Hodgson (1804-1878). All or most of the letter writers are Friends; a number of them are British Friends. Topics often include visits to other Friends, attending Meeting, health, religious or philosophical reflections, and because of the period of writing, often refer openly or obliquely to the Wilbur-Gurney controversy.

Dates: 1826-1918

Charles Allen letters

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Identifier: HC.MC-950-226
Abstract

This collection contains letters written by Charles Allen to members of his family.

Dates: 1879-1896

Edward Page Allinson Papers

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Identifier: HC.MC-950-311
Abstract

This collection contains various letters relating to Edward Page Allinson. In Allinson's 1942 letters, he asks individuals their opinions on the average Haverford undergraduate. This collection also contains an excerpt from a 1940 publication titled "With Clean Hands and a Neutral Heart, America!" by Brent Dow Allinson, an individual Edward would connect with via letters due to their shared surname.

Dates: 1940 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1942

Allinson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-968
abstract This collection spans more than two centuries and includes most notably members of the Allinson and Taylor families. There are also letters from Joseph Bonaparte, Sarah Moore Grimke, Julia Ward Howe and George Washington. Prominent material types include correspondence, diaries, financial, legal and property papers, maps, photographs and poetry. The richest subject veins are anti-slavery, including the Free Produce Association of Friends, the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia and...
Dates: 1710 - 1939

American Friends Service Committee papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-002
Abstract

This collection is comprised of a single news letter and the correspondence of the American Friends Service Committee.

Dates: 1942-1947

"An Account of a Visit to the Indians in the Autumn of 1806"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-327
Abstract

This collection is comprised of a single letter from David Barclay to Charles Lloyd dated 1807 June 24, which includes "An account of a visit to the Indians in the Autumn of 1806, by one of the Pennsylvania Committee appointed to promote their Civilization" by Isaac Bonsall.

Dates: 1807

Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Records

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Identifier: SFHL-RG4-007
Abstract

The Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer was a Quaker women's organization founded in 1818 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to provide relief for impoverished sick children and their mothers from the crowding and oppressive heat during the summer months. The collection contains minutes, 1818-1854 (gap 1819-1821) and other records, including acting committee minutes and workbook, 1843-1851.

Dates: 1818-1862

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Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 492
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 68
Bryn Mawr College 35
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correspondence 358
letters (correspondence) 221
Quakers 169
Quakers -- History 151
Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Haverford 65
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photographs 52
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Quaker women 28
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commonplace books 21
scrapbooks 21
family papers 20
Society of Friends -- Charities -- Records and correspondence 19
minutes (administrative records) 19
Haverford (Pa.) 16
Reports 16
Quakers -- Travel 15
Charities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 14
Quakers -- Social life and customs 14
Indians of North America 13
Quakers -- Education 13
World War, 1939-1945 13
Quaker businesspeople 12
research notes 12
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 8
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poems 6
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Fox, George 8
Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 8
Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 7
Society of Friends 6
Cope family 5
Evans family 5
Harvard University 5
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 5
Jones, Mary Hoxie 5
Morris family 5
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 5
Brown family 4
Chase, Thomas 4
Evans, Thomas, 1798-1868 4
Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 4
Hamm, Thomas D. 4
Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817 4
Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 4
Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 4
Rhoads, Samuel, 1806-1868 4
Sharpless family 4
Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920 4
Shipley family 4
Stokes family 4
Allen family 3
Allinson, William J., 1810-1874 3
American Red Cross 3
American School of Classical Studies at Athens 3
Bacon family 3
Benson, Lewis 3
Borton, Hugh 3
Brinton, Anna Cox 3
Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 3
Cadbury family 3
Civilian Public Service 3
Comfort family 3
Cope, Thomas Pim 3
Earlham College 3
Fothergill, Samuel 3
Friends Girls School (Tokyo, Japan) 3
Friends World Committee for Consultation 3
Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942 3
Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 3
Gummere, Francis Barton (1855-1919) 3
Jones, Sybil 3
Jones, Thomas Elsa, 1888-1973 3
Kite family 3
Ly , Juwan Usang 3
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) 3
Morley, Christopher 3
Morris, Elliston P. (Elliston Perot), 1899-1980 3
Morris, Margaret Hill 3
Morris, Samuel Buckley (1791-1859) 3
Nitobe, Inazō, 1862-1933 3
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee 3
Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 3
Rhoads, James E. (James Evans), 1828-1895 3
Scattergood family 3
Scattergood, Thomas, 1748-1814 3
Swarthmore College 3
Thomas, Arthur Henry, 1872-1942 3
Thomas, M. Carey (Martha Carey), 1857-1935 3
Walton family 3
Wheeler, Daniel, 1771-1840 3
Wistar family 3
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2
Allinson family 2
Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 2
American Women's College in Beirut 2
Archaeological Institute of America 2
Associated Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 2
Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.) 2
Association of Friends for the Relief of Freedmen (New York, N.Y.) 2
Bacon, Francis R. (Francis Rogers), 1888-1965 2
Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 2
Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 2
Benezet, Anthony 2
Bettle family 2
Bettle, Samuel 2
Bowles, Minnie, 1868-1958 2
Brinton family 2
Bronner, Edwin B., 1920-2005 2
Brown, Caroline Cadbury, 1851-1914 2
Brown, Mary Wistar, 1807-1842 2
Brown, Moses, 1793-1879 2
Brown, Moses, 1829-1883 2
Brown, Thomas Kite, 1851-1929 2
Brown, Thomas Kite, 1885-1944 2
Cadbury, Anna K (Anna Kaighn), 1846-1923 2
Cadbury, Catherine J. 2
Cadbury, Emma, 1875-1965 2
Cadbury, Lydia Caroline Brown, 1889-1978 2
Cadbury, William Warder 2
Canton Christian College 2
Carpenter, Rhys 2
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