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Found in 366 Collections and/or Records:

Cornelia Blow letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-801-02-006
Abstract This collection is composed of the single handwritten letterbook of Cornelia Blow. The volume is comprised of personal correspondence primarily addressed to Blow’s mother and father on her travels through Europe with her traveling companion Meade between the dates of November, 1862 and May, 1863. Additionally included are a copy of a letter from Blow’s mother addressed to Blow and one pressed fern. Letters are written from a variety of European locations including Liverpool, Paris, Bordeaux,...
Dates: 1862-1863
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Phyllis Pray Bober papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-2004-08
Abstract Phyllis Pray Bober (b. 1920) received her B.A. from Wellesley College in 1941. In 1973 she accepted the position of Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Bryn Mawr College which she held until 1980. Bober's life long interest in culinary history led to courses, "historical banquets", and a book: Art, Culture, and Cuisine: Ancient and Medieval Gastronony. The collection consist of miscellaneous materials on Bober's career, miscellaneous research notes, typescripts, materials...
Dates: 1940 - 2002
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Bowles family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1212
Abstract The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. In 1900, the Bowles moved to Japan under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and managed the Friends School and established the Tokyo Friends Center. During World War II, the Bowles family moved to Hawaii and worked with war refugees. The Bowles family correspondence consists of correspondence from Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles to their son Gordon Townsend Bowles from 1922 to...
Dates: 1922-1960
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Branch Family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-028
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the correspondence of the Branch family.

Dates: 1899-1921
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Zelma Corning Brandt papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BMC-M92
Abstract Zelma Corning Brandt (1891-1990) was a social crusader active throughout the twentieth century. Her chief interests included the independence and development of colonial countries, American Indian affairs, nuclear disarmament, women’s issues, and geriatric concerns. The collection consists of correspondence, travel notes, diaries and writings, and publications and reports, especially from 1960-1989. Brandt’s longevity and attention to detail provide a complete view of various world and...
Dates: 1906 - 1989
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

James Bringhurst papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-029
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the personal and business correspondence, as well as miscellaneous notes and manuscripts, of James Bringhurst, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant.

Dates: 1780-1802
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1189
Abstract Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton were 20th-century Quaker educators and prolific authors whose areas of expertise included the physical sciences and the Classics. Notably, they also worked for the American Friends Service Committee in Europe, for Friends Center in Tokyo, Japan, and as directors of Pendle Hill, an adult study center in Wallingford, PA. They were both recorded ministers in the Religious Society of Friends. This collection also contains materials of other...
Dates: 1859-2005
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Edwin B. Bronner papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1171
Abstract

Papers from the Fourth World Conference of Friends (Quakers) which was held at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1967. Edwin Bronner was chair of the Executive Committee of the American Section, but there was worldwide representation by Friends and guests. A well known speaker at the conference was U.N. Secretary General U Thant.

Dates: 1952-1978
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Moses Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1024
Abstract

Correspondence, legal, land and estate papers (wills, powers of attorney, deeds, mortgages, bonds, etc.), account book, manuscript book, and other papers of the Quaker Brown family of Philadelphia and New Hampshire.

Dates: 1815-1911
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

David Stroud Burson letter to Samuel J. Gummere

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-096
Abstract

The collection contains one handwritten letter from David Stroud Burson to Samuel J. Gummere regarding a recommendation for a teaching job.

Dates: 1837
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
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Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections