Watson Dewees Notes on Meetings and Meetinghouses
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters, notes, and journal entries entailing various Quaker meeting locations in the Pennsylvania-New Jersey area as well as their dates of origin and operation. These locations are in Philadelphia, PA, Abington, PA, Caln, PA, Western, PA, Burlington, PA, Buck, PA, Haddonfield, NJ, and Salem, NJ. This collection also contains newspaper clippings with sketches and information about various Quaker meetings and meetinghouses in the early 20th century.
Dates
- Creation: 1910 - 1918
Creator
- Dewees, Watson Wood, 1845-1929 (Person)
- Middleton, Joseph S. (Joseph Steward), 1839-1928 (Person)
- Cope, Gilbert (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)
Biographical Note
Watson Wood Dewees was born on July 31st, 1845 in Goshen, Ohio. He taught at Westtown School from 1866-1904. Dewees was an Elder, Minister, and member of the Haverford Monthly Meeting. He was also known for his photography of Quaker meetinghouses in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Deleware, and Maryland. Dewees passed away February 26th, 1929.
Extent
0.1 linear ft. (1 Folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains letters, notes, and journal entries entailing various Quaker meeting locations in the Pennsylvania-New Jersey area as well as their dates of origin and operation. These locations are in Philadelphia, PA, Abington, PA, Caln, PA, Western, PA, Burlington, NJ, Buck, PA, Haddonfield, NJ, and Salem, NJ.
Arrangement
One Folder.
Acquisition
Gift of Susan J. Dewees, 1937.
Processing Information
Processed by Erick Iraheta, completed February 2023.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Watson Dewees Notes on Meetings and Meetinghouses
- Author
- Erick Iraheta
- Date
- February 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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