Jenkins family photograph albums
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of four family albums, two of which are identified as “Property of the Descendants of Walter H. & Esther L. Jenkins.”
Dates
- Creation: 1800 - 1900
Creator
- Jenkins family (Family)
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
Walter Hallowell Jenkins was a storekeeper in Gwynedd, served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and operated the Friends Book Store in Philadelphia. His wife, Esther Peterman Lukens, was the daughter of Alan R. and Mary B. (Butcher) Lukens. Of their five children, only Sarah married. The family had many connections to Swarthmore College.
Extent
1.06 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Walter Hallowell Jenkins was a storekeeper in Gwynedd, served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and operated the Friends Book Store in Philadelphia. His wife, Esther Peterman Lukens, was the daughter of Alan R. and Mary B. (Butcher) Lukens. Of their five children, only Sarah married. The family had many connections to Swarthmore College. This collection consists of four family albums.
Arrangement
This collection is in the form of four albums, stored in two boxes.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of H. Mather Lippincott, Jr., a grandson, and son of their daughter, Sarah, Acc. 2000-055.
Subject
- Jenkins family (Family)
- Jenkins, Walter H., 1859-1928 (Person)
- Jenkins, Esther L., 1856-1928 (Person)
- Author
- Zoe Peyton Jones
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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