William Wistar and Connie Comfort materials
Scope and Contents
Collection contains letters, booklets and documenting relating to the lives of WIlliam Wistar Comfort and William Wistar Comfort II, there are volumes on genealogy of Quaker families in Pennsylvania, including the Comfort family. Letters cover a range of topics, including: schooling of William Wistar Comfort II, trips of the Comfort family to France at the start of the first World War, trips by William Wistar Comfort to Italy as an employee of the US embassy, job applications and picnic invitations of William Wistar Comfort II, letters between William Wistar Comfort II and 'Syl'.
Dates
- Creation: 1773 - 1970
Creator
- Comfort family (Family)
- Comfort, William Wistar (Person)
- Comfort, Howard (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)
Biographical / Historical
William Wistar Comfort II (1938-2016) was a professor of mathematics, Quaker and graduate of Haverford College. William Wistar Comfort (1874-1955) was a professor of classics and later president of Haverford College. His work included visits to Quaker missions in China and Europe.
Extent
7 linear ft. (11 boxes, 7 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of letters by Members of the Comfort Family, with most records covering WIlliam Wistar Comfort and William Wistar Comfort II. Topics include William Wistar Comfort's time as president of Haverford College, communications about his books and Quakerism, personal letters of William Wistar Comfort II. Includes a series of letters and small manuscript covering the Comfort Family's time in France during the start of World War One.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in 8 series, as follows: Series 1: Correspondence, Subseries: Howard Comfort, William Wistar Comfort (d. 1955), William Wistar Comfort (d.2016), Howard Comfort, Various; Series 2 Family papers; Series 3: Genealogy, subseries: Comfort, Fales, Foulke, Hooker, Lawton, Ray, Various, Wistar; Series 4: Haverford College; Series 5: Miscellaneous; Series 6: Photographs; Series 7: Primary education; Series 8 Published works, subseries: 'Academic, Published by William Wistar Comfort (d. 1955)' , Government, Howard Comfort, newspapers, History, Book reviews.
Acquisition
Gift from the Estate of Wis and Connie Comfort, June 2021
Processing Information
Processed by Maxwell Champlin, completed July 2023
- Title
- William Wistar Comfort Papers
- Author
- Maxwell Champlin
- Date
- July, 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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