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Troth Family Copy Letter Books
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-279
Abstract
This collection consists of two copy letter notebooks written by Samuel F. Troth (1801-1886), a prominent Philadelphia pharmacist and Quaker, between 1852 and 1861. The first notebook contains a collection of letters from June 1853, addressed to his daughter, Elizabeth T. Troth, of Samuel Troth's travels. The second notebook contains various letters from Samuel Troth to friends and family about various events between 1852 and 1861.
Dates:
1852-04-03 - 1861-07-08
Elizabeth Stanley Trotter letters
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-270
Abstract
Letters about Quaker family genealogy
Dates:
1930-02-06
Vail Family Letter
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-307
Abstract
This collection contains a letter sent to Miriam Loughborough Vail by Martha C. Parker (her mother) and Anna Maria Vail (her younger sister) in 1846. The letter was recieved by Miriam Loughborough Vail when she was a student at Westtown School. The letter describes her mother's hopes that living at Westtown School is satisfactory. Her sister elaborates in the letter by sending her support and love to Miriam.
Dates:
1846
Hugh D. Vail letters to Charles Yarnall
Collection
Identifier: HCS-001-028
Abstract
The collection contains three handwritten letters by Vail to Yarnall written in 1854. Vail discusses his role in Haverford's Mathematics Department as well as plans for the Haverford College observatory.
Dates:
1854 January 6 - 1854 May 11
James Garrett Vail papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1355
Abstract
James Garrett Vail (1886-1951) was an American Quaker and industrial chemist with a focus on silicates. Vail frequently engaged in service missions outside of the United States, beginning with child-feeding efforts in Germany in combination with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) after the First World War. This collections consists primarily of correspondence with his wife, Ruth Masters Russell Vail, while abroad and material related to those foreign missions and other aspects of...
Dates:
1917 - 1952
Valda Sauter letter
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-210
Abstract
This collection contains a letter written by Valda Sauter to John Cary.
Dates:
1955
Henry van Dyke and C. Walter Borton correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-266
Dates:
1896 - 1910
Vaux Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1217
Abstract
The Vaux family was deeply involved with Quaker and Native American affairs throughout much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. George Vaux, Sr. was involved in Quaker activity through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other Quaker meetings throughout the world (including Antigua and London). Both George Vaux, Jr. and Mary Morris Vaux Walcott, his sister, served as commissioners for the U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners. This organization was established by the United States Congress in...
Dates:
1708-1995; Majority of material found within 1912-1932
Eugene Vickers Civil War correspondence
Collection — othertype: SC-138
Identifier: SFHL-SC-138
Abstract
This small collection of Civil War correspondence consists of letters of a Hicksite Quaker family of West Chester, Pennsylvania, received by Eugene Vickers while he was serving with Company C of the 97th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the coastal South. Most of the letters are from his mother, Elizabeth (Painter) Vickers. A few are from his brothers, Jonathan and Joseph P. Vickers, who also served the Union cause, and his father, Joseph Vickers. The material is particularly...
Dates:
1862-1864
Elizabeth Gray Vining papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1141
Abstract
Elizabeth Gray Vining (1902-1999) was an author of children’s books and served as the tutor to the crown prince of Japan, Akihito, from 1946 to 1950. The collection consists of correspondence, materials regarding books authored by Vining, articles, lectures and addresses, photographs, and information documenting her and her family's lives.
Dates:
1897-1989
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