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Benjamin Hayes Smith diary

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-002
Abstract

The diary covers Benjamin Hayes Smith’s time at Haverford and his expereinces during the American Civil War. Entries include informaiton on the Haverford Loganian Society (1856-1859), Haverford Euethean Association (1856-1859), the Haverford Athenaeum (1856-1859), and the Battle of Stones River (December 31, 1862), in Tennessee.

Dates: 1856-1863

Strawbridge Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1114
Abstract

A window into the lives of two 19th century Quaker families, the Hackers and Morrises, in part recording a journey in the Quaker ministry as well as events of the Civil War.

Dates: 1776-1898

Turner Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-152
Abstract This collection centers around the family and descendants of Joseph Turner, Jr., (1790-1850) and his wife Rebecca (Sinclair) Turner (1787-1877), members of Baltimore Monthly Meeting-Western District. They raised eight children and had fifty-four grandchildren. As a young man, Joseph left the family plantation near Still Pond, Kent County, Maryland, and became a lumber merchant in Baltimore. He served as Clerk of the Lombard Street Meeting. Rebecca was a recorded minister and traveled widely....
Dates: 1776-1954

Updegraff Family papers

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Identifier: HC.MC-1031
Abstract

Letters; diaries; genealogical material; land grants signed by Presidents John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, and Franklin Pierce; and other papers of the Updegraff family, mainly those of David B. Updegraff, which provide a picture of Quakerism in 19th-century Ohio.

Dates: 1810-1929; Majority of material found within 1810 - 1896

Walker-Conard-Cowgill Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-155
Abstract The Walkers, Conard, and Cowgills were Quaker families of Frederick County, Virginia, and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The collections contains papers of the Walker and allied Coates, Cowgill, and Conard families, including general correspondence (1792-1912), Civil War correspondence and diaries (1893-1900) of Union soldier Edward B. Conard (ca. 1844-1917), diaries (1896-1898) of Jacob Walker, ledger (1847-1887) of David Walker (1818-1889), journals, financial and legal papers,...
Dates: 1699-1912 [bulk 1792-1912]

Wood Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-192
Abstract

The Wood Family Papers contains papers from a Quaker family active in 19th century New York City Friends affairs, compiled by M. S. (Mary Sutton) Wood. Included are business correspondence concerning the printing house founded by Samuel Wood and his sons, correspondence from prominent Friends concerning work for social causes including abolition, freedmen, prisoners, First Day schools, and peace, and genealogical material, writings, and reminiscences by Mary S. Wood.

Dates: 1784-1874

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diaries 12
Quakers -- Social life and customs 7
Quakers -- Diaries 6
Quaker women 3
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Quakers -- Pennsylvania 3
Quakers -- Virginia 3
Abolitionists 2
Antislavery movements -- United States 2
Haverford (Pa.) 2
Philadelphia (Pa.) 2
Quaker social reformers 2
Quakers 2
Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries 2
Quakers -- History 2
Quakers -- United States -- Civil War, 1861–1865 2
Quakers -- Virginia -- Diaries 2
Social reformers 2
Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 2
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Quakers 2
albums (books) 2
correspondence 2
Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
African Americans -- Education 1
Agriculture -- Maryland 1
Agriculture -- United States 1
Antislavery movements 1
Authors and publishers -- United States 1
Baltimore (Md.) -- Quakers 1
Baptists 1
Charities -- Maryland -- Baltimore 1
China -- Description and travel 1
Church work with Indians -- Society of Friends 1
Church work with prisoners 1
Church work with the poor -- Society of Friends 1
Conscientious objection 1
Diaries 1
Diaries -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Education 1
Education -- United States 1
Family -- Religious life -- Society of Friends 1
Frederick County (Va.) -- History -- Sources 1
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934 1
Indians of North America -- Missions 1
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
Lebanon 1
Middle East -- Description and travel 1
Montgomery County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 1
Naturalists -- United States 1
New York (State) -- Social life and customs 1
Nonviolence 1
Ohio -- Description and travel 1
Palestine 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Peace movements -- Middle East -- History -- Sources 1
Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Pennsylvania -- Politics and Government -- 1865-1950 1
Phrenology 1
Prison reform -- Society of Friends 1
Prison visits 1
Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 1
Quaker abolitionists 1
Quaker authors 1
Quaker civic leaders 1
Quaker scientists 1
Quaker women -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Quaker women -- Pennsylvania 1
Quakers -- 19th century -- Biography 1
Quakers -- Family relationships 1
Quakers -- Genealogy 1
Quakers -- History -- 19th century 1
Quakers -- Lebanon 1
Quakers -- Maryland 1
Quakers -- Maryland -- Kent County 1
Quakers -- Middle East 1
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Quakers -- Ohio 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs 1
Quakers -- Social service -- United States 1
Quakers -- Travel -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Virginia -- Loudoun County 1
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Society of Friends -- Doctrines 1
Society of Friends -- Education 1
Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 1
Society of Friends -- Missions -- Palestine 1
Society of Friends -- Missions -- United States 1
Society of Friends -- Nebraska 1
Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Society of Friends -- United States 1
Stones River, Battle of, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1862-1863 1
Sunday schools -- New York (N.Y.) 1
Travel -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Underground Railroad -- Pennsylvania 1
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 1
Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
Virginia -- Frederick County 1
Virginia -- History -- Sources 1
Wills 1
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Haverford College 3
Sharpless family 2
Smedley, Edward 2
Walker family 2
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 1
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Bond, Carrie D.L. (Carrie Damon Lupton), b. 1883 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Lydia Neal Janney, 1844-1925 1
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 1
Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 1
Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
Coates family 1
Conard family 1
Conard, Edward B., ca. 1844-1917 1
Cowgill family 1
Cowgill, Eliza Coates 1
Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 1
Dinsmore family 1
Elfreth, Jacob R. Jr., 1837-1924 1
Elfreth, Jacob R., Sr., 1789-1870 1
Foster School for Girls (Clifton Springs, N.Y.) 1
Foulke family 1
Friends' Association of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity, for the Relief of Colored Freedmen 1
Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia 1
Fussell family 1
Fussell, Charles Lewis, 1840-1909 1
Fussell, Henry B. (Henry Bartholomew), 1815-1890 1
Fussell, Henry M. (Henry Moore), d.1917 1
Fussell, Linnaeus, 1842-1907 1
Fussell, Rebecca L. (Rebecca Lewis), 1820-1893 1
Grimke, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879 1
Hacker family 1
Hacker, Jeremiah, 1801-1895 1
Haverford College. Athenaeum 1
Haverford College. Henry Society 1
Haverford College. Observatory 1
Haverford Euethean Association 1
Haverford Loganian Society 1
Hilles, John Smith, 1830-1875 1
Hilles, Margaret Hill Smith, 1786-1882 1
Hilles, Samuel, 1788-1873 1
Hilles, Sarah Cooper Tatum 1
Hilles, Sarah Lancaster 1
Hilles, William Samuel, 1825-1876 1
Hilles, William Samuel, 1865-1928 1
Hopewell Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
Hunn family 1
Hunn, Ezekiel, 1841-1926 1
Hunn, Lydia Jones Sharpless, 1818-1911 1
Jackson family 1
Janney family 1
Janney, Asa M., 1802-1877 1
Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 1
Jones, Charles, M., 1844-1896 1
Jones, Eli 1
Jones, Ellen Maxfield, 1853-1904 1
Jones, James Parnell 1
Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817 1
Jones, Richard Mott, 1843-1917 1
Jones, Sybil 1
Jones, Virginia Costello 1
Kimberton Boarding School 1
Kite family 1
Kite, Mary, 1793?-1861 1
Lewis family 1
Lewis, Esther, 1782-1848 1
Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912 1
Lupton family 1
Lupton, David, 1757-1822 1
Lupton, Hugh S. (Hugh Sidwell), 1845-1919 1
Lupton, Joel, 1804-1883 1
Lupton, Jonah H., 1795-1870 1
Lupton, Mary S. (Mary Speckman), 1856-1928 1
Lupton, Mary W., 1841-1890 1
Lupton, Nathan, 1792-1843 1
Morris family 1
Morris, Beulah Sansom 1
Morris, Deborah, 1724-1793 1
Newlin family 1
Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 1
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee 1
Pierce, Susan D., 1810-1832 1
Samuel S. & William Wood (Firm) 1
Savery, William, 1721 or 1722-1787 1
Sharples, Edith, 1743-1787 1
Sharples, Joshua, 1747-1826 1
Sharpless, Joshua 1
Smith, Benjamin Hayes 1
Stabler, Edward, 1769-1831 1
Strawbridge family 1
Tatum, Ann Cooper, d. 1834 1
Tatum, John Cooper 1
Tatum, Joseph 1
Taylor family 1
Taylor, Jonathan 1
Trimble, Esther Jane, 1838-1888 1
Trimble, Rebecca F. (Rebecca Fussell), 1796-1882 1
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