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"A Account of the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly & Particular Meetings of the people called Quakers"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-141
Overview

This manuscript book of meetings, compiled in about 1765 by an anonymous author, lists the Quaker Meetings in the Yearly Meetings of New England, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and North Carolina. According to a note on the back of the first page of the photostatic copy, the original manuscript was located at the Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, as of 1932, and that it had previously belonged to a woman named Mary Olney.

Dates: 1765

"John Greenleaf Whittier: Some General Characteristics of his Poetry"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-001
Overview

Wilhelm Aarek's thesis, entitled "John Greenleaf Whittier: Some General Characteristics of his Poetry," provides a brief history of early American literature and the influence of religion, chiefly providing a literary analysis of John Greenleaf Whittier's poetry, including various influences on his poetry, as well as its themes and subjects.

Dates: Undated.

"An Account of the Death of a Prussian Nobleman"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-002
Overview

The manuscript, "An Account of the Death of a Prussian Nobleman," written by Ruth S. Abbott, describes the death of a Prussian nobleman in 1749, as an example of the ideal, peaceful death of a faithful Christian.

Dates: 1924

"Account of Isaac Coates, Joshua Sharpless & John Pierce's Visits to the Indian Reservation in Western New York"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-130
Overview

This copy of an account from 1798 and 1799 was written in an unknown hand likely in the latter half of the 19th century. The volume describes Isaac Coates, Joshua Sharpless, and John Pierce's travel to Native American reservations on behalf of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Indian Committee, and the work they did while there.

Dates: Undated.

Hans Albrecht manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-003
Overview

This manuscript reports Hans Albrecht's visit to the United States from Germany in 1926, written in German. Sections of the report include topics such as, "factory farms and workers questions," "politics," "prohibition," "school and culture," and "the negro problem."

Dates: 1926

Allinson and Taylor family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-001
Overview

This collection is comprised of the papers of the Quaker Allinson and Taylor families.

Dates: 1876-1912

Samuel Alsop Mathematical Analysis manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-001-009
Overview

The collection contains a manuscript of mathematical analysis by Samuel Alsop.

Dates: 1875

William Ambler papers

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-002-001
Overview

The collection includes a typescript and a manuscript of "History of Haverford College Football" written by William Ambler.

Dates: 1908, ca. 1990s

Annals of Haverford

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Identifier: HCS-003-056
Overview

This collection contains two copies of the Annals of Haverford, one being the original manuscript version and the other a typed copy. The Annals was a contemporary account of the history of Haverford College, from its opening in 1833 through its first four years.

Dates: 1833-1837

"War Unlawful to Christians"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-101
Overview

This anonymous manuscript, entitled "War Unlawful to Christians," argues for pacifism, citing biblical and historical evidence that war is inherently evil, and as such, is a product of the devil.

Dates: Undated.

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Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 203
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Quakers -- History 152
correspondence 37
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letters (correspondence) 16
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Language
English 206
German 2
Chinese 1
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Haverford College 16
Fox, George 11
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 5
Bryn Mawr College 4
Penn, William, 1644-1718 4
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Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690 3
Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 3
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 3
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Barton, George Aaron 2
Borton, Hugh 2
Columbia University 2
Cromwell, Oliver 2
Earlham College 2
Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942 2
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Haverford Loganian Society 2
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 2
Jones, Mary Hoxie 2
Leach, Robert 2
New York State Reformatory for Women (Bedford Hills, N.Y.) 2
Penington, Isaac 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1827-1948) 2
Rhoads family 2
Rhoads, Sarah Wistar, 1839-1920 2
Rhoads, William Gibbons, b. 1876 2
Society of Friends 2
Stackhouse, Asa Matlack (Asa Matlack Stackhouse) 2
Aarek, Wilhelm 1
Abbott, Ruth S. 1
Adams, Chris 1
Adams, Harry William 1
Adams, William Dacres 1
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Akihito, Emperor of Japan 1
Albino, Juan 1
Albrecht, Hans 1
Aldin, Cecil Charles Windsor 1
Alexander, Herbert 1
Allen, William Herbert 1
Allinson, William J., 1810-1874 1
Alsop, Avis 1
Alsop, J. J. 1
Alsop, Samuel 1
Ambler, William 1
American Bible Society 1
American Civil Liberties Union 1
American College of Greece 1
American Research Center in Egypt 1
American Research Institute in Turkey 1
American School of Classical Studies at Athens 1
American Women's College in Beirut 1
Anderson, Stanley 1
Anscombe, Francis Charles 1
Armington, Caroline Helena 1
Armington, Frank Milton 1
Ashbridge, Elizabeth 1
Associated Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 1
Austin, Samuel 1
Bainton, Roland H. 1
Ballard, Willa E. 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
Barbour, Hugh 1
Barnes, Gregory Allen, Sir 1
Barton, Bernard 1
Bedford Farmers' Club (Bedford (Westchester County, N.Y.)) 1
Benjamin, Phillip S. 1
Bennis, Ernest H. (Ernest Henry) 1
Benson, Lewis 1
Bertsche, Faith Brown 1
Bober, Phyllis Pray 1
Bolles, Joseph 1
Bowne, John, 1627-1695 1
Brate, Charlotte 1
Bringhurst, James, 1730-1810 1
Bronner, Edwin B., 1920- 1
Brown family 1
Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry 1
Cadbury, Sarah 1
Campbell, Mary C. 1
Carter, Henry, 1804-1896 1
Carter, Joseph C. 1
Childs, Isaac 1
Christ, Elizabeth Abbott 1
Clarke 1
Clement, John 1
Coates, Isaac, d. 1809 1
Coleman, John Royston 1
Comfort, William Wistar 1
Comly, John, 1773-1850 1
Conrad, Joseph 1
Cooper, David 1
Cooper, Wilmer A. (Wilmer Albert) 1
Cope, Thomas Pim 1
Cornplanter, Seneca chief 1
Cox, John, Jr 1
Crauderueff, Elaine 1
Creedy, Frederick 1
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