Charles Palmer Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection includes family correspondence, including that of Palmer as a student at Swarthmore College, diaries of Palmer's father, Lewis Palmer (1837-1917), mother, Hannah H. Palmer (1836-1917), and other family members in Chester and Delaware counties, Pa., account books, business and legal papers, essays, poetry, clippings, memorabilia, and other papers. Includes material relating to Lewis Palmer's book, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John and Mary Palmer (1875), and to Quaker affairs, especially work for prohibition.
Dates
- Creation: 1829-1942
Creator
- Palmer, Charles, 1863-1966 (Person)
- Palmer, Hannah H., 1836-1917 (Contributor, Person)
- Palmer, Lewis, 1837-1917 (Contributor, Person)
- Swarthmore College (Contributor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce items in this collection beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Palmer (1863-1966) was a Quaker teacher, lawyer, and real estate broker from Chester, Pennsylvania.
Extent
0.75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Charles Palmer (1863-1966) was a Quaker teacher, lawyer, and real estate broker from Chester, Pennsylvania. The collection includes family correspondence, including that of Palmer as a student at Swarthmore College, diaries of Palmer's father, Lewis Palmer (1837-1917), mother, Hannah H. Palmer (1836-1917), and other family members in Chester and Delaware counties, Pa., account books, business and legal papers, essays, poetry, clippings, memorabilia, and other papers. Includes material relating to Lewis Palmer's book, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John and Mary Palmer (1875), and to Quaker affairs, especially work for prohibition.
Arrangement
The collection has been divided into six series:
- Biographical and genealogical
- Correspondence
- Writings
- Memorabilia
- Business and legal papers
- Miscellaneous
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: C. Mervin Palmer,1969-1973
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor is the son of Charles Palmer.
Separated Materials
The following material, originally part of the collection, has been recatalogued:
- Lewis Palmers A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John and Mary Palmer, published 1875, J.B. Lippincott & Co., Phila. (FHL cat. no. BX7791,.P2P2) (new edition, Press of Chester Times, BX7791,.P2P2, 1910).
Subject
- Palmer family (Family)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Chester (Pa.) -- History -- Sources
- Chester County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources
- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources
Topical
- Title
- An Inventory of the Charles Palmer Papers, 1829-1942
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- ca. 1969
- 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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