manuscripts (documents)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 247 Collections and/or Records:
Wilmer G. Mason papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-123
Abstract
This collection is comprised of the correspondence and photocopies and reproductions of Quaker documents.
Dates:
1964
“Satan’s Harbinger Encountered”
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-110
Abstract
"Satan's Harbginer Encountered, His False News of a Trumpet Detected, His Crooked Ways in the Wildernesse, laid open to the view of the impartial & judicious, Being Some thing by way of answer to Daniel Leeds his book entitled News of a Trumpet Sounding in the Wildernesse etc. wherein is shown," as indicated by the title, was a response to Daniel Leed's publication, which criticized the Society of Friends and sought to correct the accusations made by Leeds. The original manuscript was...
Dates:
Undated.
"An Account of a Religious Visit, Made by Hannah Hall"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-133
Abstract
This manuscript, written by Joshua Maule, describes Hannah Hall's religious visit to England, Scotland, and Ireland. The manuscript describes her trip, including details of her travel, meetings attended, and Quaker families visited. The volume includes extracts of some of Hall's letters.
Dates:
1872-1873
Stephen Meader manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-126
Abstract
The collection includes three unpublished stories: "The Fight for the Marsh," "The Freedom Trail," and "The Hawley House Mystery."
Dates:
1972, undated
“The Quakers and the American Revolution”
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-112
Abstract
Arthur Mekeel's manuscript includes the following chapters: The Quakers in America in the eighteenth Century, The Problems of empire, The Quakers Take Alarm, The Breakdown of Non-Importation and the Challenge to Quaker Policy, The Tea Crisis and Its Sequel, The Quakers Cast Their Lot, Conciliation Efforts of the British Quakers, The First Year of War, the Quakers under the New Order, Suspicion of Quaker Treachery and the Virginia Exiles, The Later Years of the War in Pennsylvania, New Jersey...
Dates:
Undated.
Machteld J. Mellink papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-2010-01
Abstract
Machteld Johanna Mellink, celebrated archaeologist and professor of archaeology at Bryn Mawr College from 1949 to 1988, was born in Amsterdam, Holland in 1917. She received her BA in 1938 and MA in 1941 from the University of Amsterdam, and her PhD from the University of Utrecht in 1943. The Machteld Mellink papers cover Professor Mellink’s academic and archaeological career from the late 1950s to the early 2000s. Included in the collection are her writings and notes,...
Dates:
1938 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1958 - 2001
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
"Some Memorandums respecting my beloved wife Margery Mickle"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-065
Abstract
The memorandum written by Margery Mickle's husband (name unknown) recounts Mickle's illness with "tumorous pollypus" in the corner of her right eye and her nose. Her husband writes about the series of operations she underwent to remove the tumors, the re-emergence of the tumors after a number of operations, and the doctor's recommendation that they remove her right eye. The manuscript describes Mickle's decision not to undergo the operation to remove her eye, and recounts her final days,...
Dates:
1809
Miscellaneous
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-951-09
Abstract
This collection is comprised of single folder collections of miscellaneous Quaker materials from the Haverford College Quaker collection.
Dates:
1657-1969, undated
"The Literature of the American Quaker before 1825"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-066
Abstract
Robert H. Morgan's dissertation focuses on Quaker ideals and principles, as well as Quakers' reactions to contemporary life as exhibited through Quaker literature prior to 1825.
Dates:
1939
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
