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Wharton Family Silhouette Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-077

Scope and Contents

This collection contains 38 large silhouettes of memebers of the Wharton and related family and friends, most of which were cut in 1856, with a small number made in 1887 and 1897. Related collections are RG 5/161 Deborah Fisher Wharton Papers, RG 5/162 Joseph Wharton Papers, RG 5/106 Anna Wharton Morris Papers, and PA 75 Anna WHarton Morris Picture Collection.

Dates

  • Creation: 1856 - 1897

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is available for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.

Biographical / Historical

The Wharton famile were Hicksite Quakers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Newport, Rhode Island. The Wharton family is known for their political and mercantile influence in Philadelphia and surrounding regions in Pennsylvania. They trace their roots back to Westmorelandshire, England.

In 1864, Thomas Wharton, perhaps the most prominent Wharton, along with his mother Deborah Fisher Wharton and a group of like-minded Hicksite Quakers from Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York founded Swarthmore College, a Hicksite Quaker college outside Philadelphia.

Extent

.85 cubic ft. (1 oversized box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection consists of silhouettes of the Wharton family, a Hicksite Quaker family who founded Swarthmore College in 1864, and depicts the family and related friends. The collection dates from 1856 to 1897.

Arrangement

The photographs are organized in boxes by size.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was part of a gift that also included thee small albums catalogued separately. The collection is the gift of Deborah W. S. Paul of Kamestown, RI., 3/27/1997.

Related Materials

Related collections are RG 5/161 Deborah Fisher Wharton Papers, RG 5/162 Joseph Wharton Papers, RG 5/106 Anna Wharton Morris Papers, and PA 75 Anna WHarton Morris Picture Collection.

Processing Information

Two albums were made by Deborah Fisher (Wharton), catalogued as ALBUMS, MSS 002/161, and one by William Laws, ALBUMS, MSS 002/160.

Author
Jissel Becerra Reyes
Date
2/20/18
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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