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William C. Allen diaries
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Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-001
Overview
Diaries of William C. Allen's religious visits around the world from 1904 to 1937. Entries generally describe the customs, manners, language, transportation, food, and religious beliefs of each location Allen visited, as well as Quaker meetings he lead and religious and political leaders he met with in each place he visited. One volume of the collection does not record a religious visit, but is a record of Allen's thoughts on World War I, which he kept during 1917.
Dates:
1904-1937
Joshua L. and Theodate L. Baily diaries
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Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-006
Overview
The diaries span the majority of Baily's adult life. As a young man, Baily was very involved in the Philadelphia community, and many of his early entries are related to the Philadelphia Historical Society, the Eromathean society, the Pennsylvania Prison Society, which advocated for the health and safety of incarcerated people and prison reform, The Philadelphia Society for Employment and Instruction of the Poor, and the Moyamensing House of Industry. In later entries, Baily is largely...
Dates:
1845-1916
Jacob R. Elfreth Jr. diaries
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Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-020
Overview
The diaries of Jacob R. Elfreth Jr., a Quaker merchant, elder, and minister. Early diaries, from 1861 to 1867, focus on military movement and battles during the Civil War, reactions to President Lincoln's assassination, and the political tensions during the aftermath of the war. The majority of entries detail day-to-day activities, family news, news of Elfreth's carpet business, attendance at Quaker meetings, social calls, accounts of weather, and births, deaths, and marriages within the...
Dates:
1861-1924
Nathalie Gookin papers
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Identifier: A82-39
Abstract
Nathalie Gookin was a student at Bryn Mawr from 1916-1920. Her collection consists of daily letters written to her parents and aunt during her time in college, as well as some letters from before she matriculated and some from after she graduated. She was admitted to Bryn Mawr with a $100 Western States Scholarship at the age of sixteen and she was the youngest person in the college. She lived in Rockefeller dorm all four years, majored in English and Latin, and graduated 5th in her class,...
Dates:
1916 - 1920
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Olivia Stokes Hatch papers
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Identifier: BMC-M86
Abstract
The Olivia Stokes Hatch papers reveal the relief work of women during the early 20th century, as well as family relationships, largely illustrated through extensive family correspondence. Olivia Stokes Hatch (1908-1983) was born in New Haven, CT and attended Bryn Mawr College from 1925 to 1930. Prior to her marriage she was very active with the American Red Cross and American Conferences of Social Work. In 1939, Olivia Phelps Stokes married John Davis Hatch, Jr. an art collector, consultant,...
Dates:
1859 - 1993
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Wray Hoffman Diary
Item
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hoffman, Wray
Abstract
Detailed account of Hoffman's conscription into 304th Engineers (based at an unnamed camp half way between Baltimore and Washington D.C.) and his experiences as a conscientious objector there and in France and Belgium (1918) working for the Friends Bureau Office of the American Red Cross.
Dates:
1917-1919
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Karl D. Jessen papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-3H-Jessen
Overview
Karl Detlev Jessen (1872-1919) was a professor of German Literature at Bryn Mawr College from 1910 to 1919. He was involved with the Socialist movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Karl D. Jessen papers house the records of Karl D. Jessen. This collection dates from 1872 to 1980, with bulk dates of 1890 to 1917. This collection consists mostly of correspondence between Jessen and his family, friends, and colleagues, in addition to manuscripts and manuscript...
Dates:
1872 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1917
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Alice Jones diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-037
Overview
This collection is comprised primarily of the original, handwritten diary of Alice Jones, and a photocopy of the original. Diary entries discuss the history of the Friends School in Ramallah, Palestine, religious reflection and discussions concerning the divides between Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Palestine, and discussions concerning the politics within Palestine. Jones also provides descriptions of the children she teaches at the school.In addition to the Jones's diary,...
Dates:
1919-1946; 1930
Virginia Drysdale Keeney Journal
Item
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-102
Overview
Virginia Drysdale Keeney kept this journal from 1914 to 1918, writing approximately five lines each day on her daily activities. It primarily concerns her teaching, social, and familial activities, with the occasional mention of World War I. In addition to her daily records, the back of the journal contains information concerning her family's genealogy.
Dates:
1914-1918
Lippincott Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-251
Overview
Horace Mather Lippincott (1877-1967) was a Quaker editor and historian. The collection contains his speeches and writings on topics primarily concerning the Society of Friends and the history of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Of particular interest is the scrapbook he compiled in 1946 of papers and photographs of the 1913-1914 Joint Group which met weekly to study the Separation in the Society of Friends, along with other papers on the topic and on the first joint meeting of the two...
Dates:
1752 - 2010
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