Quakers -- United States -- Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bassett-Little Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-277
Abstract
The collection contain papers of the Bassett and Little families who resided in Swarthmore, Pa., in the first half of the twentieth century. In the 1980s, May Virginia Bassett Little (1913-1994) created a series of family scrapbooks accompanied by short memoirs and excerpts from her diaries. Her father was a birthright Quaker, and the family had deep roots in Swarthmore College and the Borough of Swarthmore. Her husband, Ralph V. Little, Jr., (1909-2001), also was raised in Swarthmore. Their...
Dates:
ca. 1923-2015
E. Newbold Cooper / Margaret Hawkins collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1180
Abstract
Represents, in large measure, the Cooper and Wills families of E. Newbold Cooper and the Green, Hawkins, and Sharpless families of Margaret Hawkins.
Dates:
1820s-1979
Joseph Wharton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-162
Abstract
Joseph Wharton (1826-1909) was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker merchant, industrialist, scientist, and philanthropist who was active in 19th century Delaware Valley manufacturing, business, and education development. The papers cover in depth his business activities as well as his career as Manager of Swarthmore College for over 35 years and as founder of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania. The collection includes business correspondence, 1855-1908,...
Dates:
1691-1955
