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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
Friends Historical Association
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-026
Abstract
Friends Historical Association is an organization that promotes research and publication on topics in Quaker history. Membership and editorial offices are located at Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges. Minutes of the organization after 1964 are at Haverford College.
Dates:
1942-2001
Thomas Hamm Collection of Letters
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-278
Abstract
This collection consists of five letters, donated by Thomas Hamm, written by Quakers around the East Coast of the United States: a majority of who are from Pennsylvania. The first letter is addressed to Susannah B. Habers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1807 and is from a child of Habers. The second letter, from James to Thomas Kimber in 1820, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, updates Kimbers about James's infant. In the third letter, Alfred Cope, owner of a prominent Philadelphia shipping...
Dates:
1807-08-15 - 1879-07-20
Emma Lapsansky-Werner collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1325
Abstract
The Emma Lapsansky-Werner collection holds material primarily related to the life and career of Emma Jones Lapsansky-Werner (1945-), History Professor and Curator of Special Collections at Haverford College from 1990-2005. The collection also holds records of family members from Emma’s maternal lineage dating back to the 1760s including members from the Jenkins, Parker and Hughes families.
Dates:
1760-2019
Jay Worrall's Research Notes for The Friendly Virginians: America's First Quakers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1224
Abstract
Jay Wesley Worrall Jr. (1916-2010) was born in Pennsylvania and graduated from Haverford College in 1937. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. In 1942, he married Carolyn Randal. After the war, he worked as a marketing manager and joined the Religious Society of Friends as a member of the Reading Meeting. He served again in the military during the Korean War. He was an active participant in the civil rights movement and worked to assist prisoners in reentering...
Dates:
1990-1994 (these dates are only based on the publication date of The Friendly Virginians, and are not factual, as there are no available dates)
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