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Robert Hoopes Maris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-097

Scope and Contents

The collection contains chiefly correspondence with his family written while Maris was serving as a dentist with American Friends Service Committee in France after World War I. Also included are a photograph album and other papers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1918-1920

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Robert Hoopes Maris (1890-1975) was a Quaker dentist who served as a dentist with American Friends Service Committee in France after World War I.

Extent

0.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Robert Hoopes Maris (1890-1975) was a Quaker dentist who served with the American Friends Service Committee in France after World War I.. The collection contains chiefly correspondence with his family written while Maris was serving as a dentist with American Friends Service Committee in France after World War I. Also a photograph album and other papers.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into three series:

  1. Correspondence
  2. Photograph album
  3. Miscellaneous material

Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: Ruth O. Maris, 1979

Related Materials

See also:

  1. A paper, “Born with a Gift for Words,” by Elizabeth E. Cook, describes poetry which Robert Maris was fond of reciting. The paper is catalogued as a Miscellaneous Manuscript: Misc. Mss. 1974 5mo 16

Subject

Title
An Inventory of the Robert Hoopes Maris Papers, 1918-1920
Author
FHL staff
Date
1979
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries

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