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manuscripts (documents)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 247 Collections and/or Records:

Wilmer A. Cooper manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-025
Abstract

The manuscripts of Wilmer A. Cooper include his master's thesis for Haverford College and a paper he wrote while at Yale University Divinity School.

Dates: 1948-1950

Thomas Cope legal papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-045
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the court documents and papers related to the settlement papers of Thomas P. Cope's estate.

Dates: 1911-1912

"Corrections of News of a Trumpet Sounding in the Wilderness"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-034
Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of the single volume handwritten manuscript which lists the printing mistakes and corrections of the published work by Daniel Leeds, entitled "News of a Trumpet sounding in the Wilderness, or the Quakers Ancient Testimony Revived, Examined and Compared with itself, and also with their New Doctrine. Whereby the Ignorant may learn Wisdom, and the Wise advance in their Understandings."

Dates: Undated

"John Bowne: Pioneer of Freedom"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-026
Abstract

John Bowne's biography, "John Bowne: Pioneer of Freedom," written by John Cox Jr., is based on Bowne's letters, journals, and public records, and describes his early life in England, his emigration to the colonies, the arrival of the Quakers, his marriage, and his conversion to Quakersim.

Dates: Undated.

"War Taxes: The Experience of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Quakers, 1681-1800"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-027
Abstract

The manuscript of Elaine Crauderueff's thesis for a Master of Arts in religious studies provides an overview of religious background of Quaker pacifism, including Quaker relationships with government authorities and the Peace Testimony of 1660. It also describes Quakers in the legislature, consequences of Quaker pacifism, and war taxes from 1750 to 1800, particularly those in Pennsylvania and in the colonies during the Revolutionary War period.

Dates: 1986

Frederick Creedy papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-047
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the chapter synopses for Frederick Creedy's book, "The Plain Speaking of a Quaker Scientist," and a letter from Frederick Creedy to Samuel Cooper.

Dates: 1949

Crew Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-050
Abstract

This collection is comprised of typed genealogical research, handwritten family correspondence, legal papers, manuscripts, financial records, and miscellaneous papers of the Crew family.

Dates: 1813-1826

Jean Scobie Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-M85
Abstract Jean Scobie Davis, a 1914 graduate of Bryn Mawr College, taught economics and sociology at Agnes Scott College, Vassar College, Pierce College, Wells College and the American Women’s College in Beirut. A lifetime interest in prison reform resulted in her work at the New York State Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, New York.The Jean Scobie Davis papers is a collection consisting largely of Jean Scobie Davis’ diaries and correspondence covering nearly all stages of her life....
Dates: 1892 - 1985
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Theodore de Laguna collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-1974-16
Abstract

Theodore de Laguna (1876-1930) was a professor of philosophy at Bryn Mawr College for 23 years and an author. The Theodore de Laguna collection, dating from 1896 to 1989, contains diverse writings and annotated books by de Laguna. This collection focuses mainly on de Laguna's manuscripts, off prints, and poetry, but also contains original musical arrangements, annotated works by others, and correspondence regarding de Laguna's death in 1930.

Dates: 1896 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1930
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Rick DeJesús-Rueff, Documents pertaining to the history of Puerto Rican students at Haverford College

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-079
Abstract

These documents created and collected by Rick DeJesús-Rueff pertain to the history of Puerto Rican Students at Haverford (PRSH), the José Padín Puerto Rican Scholarship, and Haverford College's support of Puerto Rican students in the 1970s.

Dates: 1970-2009