Edward Morris Wistar songbooks

Edward Morris Wistar was born a Quaker in Abington, Pennsylvania, in 1852, the son of Thomas and Priscilla Foulke Wistar. He entered Haverford College in 1869 and left in 1871. While at Haverford, Wistar was the librarian of Athenaeum, vice president of Loganian, and president of his class. He married Margaret Cooper Collins in 1876, and they had two children, Thomas and Caspar. Wister was engaged in banking and life insurance business for 17 years, and also in real estate and cotton yarn. He was interested in issues relating to North American indigenous peoples, African Americans, and persecuted Armenians. In 1896, Wistar travelled to Asia Minor as a special field agent, under the auspices of the American Red Cross, to administer relief to Armenians in Anatolia who were the victims of Turkish brutality. Later in life, he was involved with the 'Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs', 'Indian Rights Association', Pennsylvania Prison Society, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Academy of Natural Sciences, Asiatic Society, and Home Missions Council. He died in 1941. (Information from internal evidence, Biographical Catalog of the Matriculates of Haverford College 1833-1922 (1922), and the Dictionary of Quaker Biography)