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Delaware County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Allen Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-001
Abstract Contains the papers of the Allen Family, a Quaker family of Philadelphia and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, which traced its ancestry back to one of William Penn's commissioners. Includes papers relating to the Allen and related Breidenhart, Casdorp, Gibbons, Hubley, Jacobs, Matlack, and Samuel families. The Allen family papers contain extensive genealogical material, family correspondence, journals and memorials which provide excellent source material on Quaker family life in the 19th...
Dates: 1700-1954

Delaware County Campaign for Peace and Justice Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Delaware County Campaign for Peace and Justice
Abstract

Includes: correspondence and meeting agendas and minutes.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2001-2002

Delaware County Campaign for Peace in the Middle East Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Delaware County Campaign for Peace-Middle East
Abstract

Includes: correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, flyers, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1990-1992

Delaware County Committee on Hiroshima-Nagasaki Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Delaware County Committee-Hiroshima-Nagasaki
Abstract

Includes: correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, flyers regarding the August 6, 1986 commemoration; also a play written about the bombings and the aftermath by Steve Friedman titled "Fallout".

Dates: Majority of material found in 1986

Delaware County Peace Action Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Delaware County Peace Action
Dates: 1967-1975

Delaware County Wage Peace and Justice Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Delaware County Wage Peace and Justice
Abstract

Primarily printouts of emails regarding activities of Delaware County Wage Peace & Justice.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2002-

International Arms Trade Action Group Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-International Arms Trade Action Group
Abstract

Includes correspondence, meeting agendas, minutes and notes, flyers, and reference material. Correspondents include Alison D. Oldham, J. Tucker Taylor, Willard C. Richan, and Curt Weldon.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1994-1995

Charles Palmer Topical Files

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-328
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of printed ephemera and related correspondence of Charles Palmer of Chester, Pennsylvania. The materials reflect his interests in temperance and other social reforms, politics, the Society of Friends, and other topics. While there is a small amount of correspondence, most is related to business or community involvement on Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1894-1917