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business records

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

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

Cope family financial records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-005
Abstract

The Cope family's financial records include an account book, a Pennsylvania bank account book, and two family cash books. The collection includes both business and personal financial records.

Dates: 1789-1883

Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-999
Abstract

This collection includes various documents relating to the The Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian descent, including business correspondence (chiefly on financial matters), treasurer's accounts and reports, receipts, bills, inventories, trustees minutes. Also a printed copy of will of Samuel Emlen and deed to land in Warminster, Bucks Co., 1765 (recorded 17[8]7).

Dates: 1765 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1838 - 1956

Frank Evans collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1311
Abstract

This collection contains materials collected and donated by Frank Evans, spanning the years 1776-1978. Included in the collection are the letters, inventories, business documents, stories, geneological records, photographs, and daguerreotypes of prominant Quaker families, the Smith, Evans, Carter, Cope, Waring, and Whiteall families.

Dates: 1776-1978

William Jones financial records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-014
Abstract

The business ledgers of William Jones record mortgages, rent payments, taxes, and account balances for various Quaker individuals.

Dates: 1845-1861

Mary Garrett family papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-1970-01
Abstract Mary Elizabeth Garrett (1854-1915) promoted women's education by founding the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Maryland, helping to finance Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and ensuring that women were admitted to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her family was prominent in Baltimore society, which allowed her to pursue her philanthropic activities. She was an active suffragist and financially helped that cause until her death in 1915. The Mary Garrett family...
Dates: 1874 - 1915
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Morley-Cain papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-809
Abstract This collection includes correspondence and manuscripts.The correspondence consists of two series: one business, the other personal. The former series is composed chiefly of letters from Christopher Morley. Many are letters of thanks for correspondence as well as about manuscripts sent to him for publishing in his "Bowling Green" column or other publications. The business correspondence was on acidic, crumbling paper and has been photocopied onto acid-free paper.The...
Dates: 1935 - 1957

Joseph Shaw account book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-028
Abstract

The business account book of Joseph Shaw records sales of dry goods, amounts owed from various individuals, and account balances.

Dates: 1811-1822

Stokes-Woodruff Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1263
Abstract

This collection contains a wide variety of documents pertaining to both the Stokes and Woodruff families. In addition to family history materials, it also includes materials from F.J. Stokes Company.

Dates: 1809-2001; Majority of material found within 1820 - 1965

James Wood papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1218
Abstract James Wood (1839-1925) was “interested in education, philanthropy, in the various branches of agriculture, in archaeology, history, Indian lore, anthropology, science, in prison reform and above all, in the Bible and religion,” (ABS, 2). He was also a business man, serving as President of the Genesee Salt Company in Piffard, New York. The James Wood papers are divided into twelve series: “Biographical Material:” “Agriculture;” Business and Financial Material;” “Collected Quaker Material;”...
Dates: Bulk, 1865-1921 1865-1964; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1921