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Health

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Henry H. Albertson collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1110
Overview

Includes letters, many of which are by and to William Hodgson (1804-1878). All or most of the letter writers are Friends; a number of them are British Friends. Topics often include visits to other Friends, attending Meeting, health, religious or philosophical reflections, and because of the period of writing, often refer openly or obliquely to the Wilbur-Gurney controversy.

Dates: 1826-1918

Thomas Wistar Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1321
Scope and Contents Correspondence, letter books, diaries, scrapbooks, account books, deeds, marriage certificates, genealogical material, and miscellaneous manuscript and printed items of, or about, Thomas Wistar Brown (1826-1916), his father Moses Brown (1793-1878), his mother Mary (Wistar) Brown (b. 1807), his brother Moses Brown (b. 1829), his wife Mary (Farnum) Brown, his son John Farnum Brown (1873-1894) and others. Under correspondence, there are four letters from Eliza Paul (Kirkbride) Gurney to...
Dates: 1701-1917

Richard T. Cadbury collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-954
Overview

Letters of English and American Friends written at the end of the 18th century on topics relating to travel in the ministry in England and the northeastern United States, Friends, and health. Almost all the letters are directed to Quaker minister, James Thornton.

Dates: 1780 - 1878

Rebecca Singer Collins papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1196
Overview

Letters and diaries of Rebecca Singer Collins (1804-1892), a nineteenth-century Quaker well known for her religious philanthropic work.

Dates: 1824-1886

Cope-Evans Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1170
Overview

Letters (with accompanying poetry, acrostics, drawings, clippings, etc.), marriage certificates, photographs, friendship book, estate related papers, account books, and computer disks. Primarily letters of the closely related Quaker families of Cope and Evans of Germantown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); other families include Brown, Drinker, and Haines.

Dates: 1732-1911

Friends Medical Society and Reproductive Rights

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-293
Overview

This collection contains various materials on the Friends Medical Society as they relate to reproductive rights and abortion rights between 1967 and 2017. It also contains corresponding letters, journal excerpts, and newspaper clippings relating to general reproductive rights and abortion rights by Quakers and non-Quakers.

Dates: 1967 - 2017

Thomas Hamm Collection of Letters

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-278
Overview This collection consists of five letters, donated by Thomas Hamm, written by Quakers around the East Coast of the United States: a majority of who are from Pennsylvania. The first letter is addressed to Susannah B. Habers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1807 and is from a child of Habers. The second letter, from James to Thomas Kimber in 1820, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, updates Kimbers about James's infant. In the third letter, Alfred Cope, owner of a prominent Philadelphia shipping...
Dates: 1807-08-15 - 1879-07-20

Haverford Health News

 Collection
Identifier: HCL-004-002
Overview

The collection contains printed copies of newsletters about Health Services at Haverford College published by Morris Infirmary.

Dates: 1982 - 1996

James Paget letters

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-801-02-008
Overview

The collection contains two letters exchanged between Florence Nightingale, James Paget and Mr. Hogg concerning Nightingale's health.

Dates: 1871 March 25 - 1876 February 12

Pre-Health Society collection

 Collection
Identifier: HCQ-003-092
Overview

The collection contains email printouts with information about the club's activities and the club.

Dates: 2008 - 2012