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Allinson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-968
abstract This collection spans more than two centuries and includes most notably members of the Allinson and Taylor families. There are also letters from Joseph Bonaparte, Sarah Moore Grimke, Julia Ward Howe and George Washington. Prominent material types include correspondence, diaries, financial, legal and property papers, maps, photographs and poetry. The richest subject veins are anti-slavery, including the Free Produce Association of Friends, the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia and...
Dates: 1710 - 1939

Elizabeth Cadwallader papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-188
Overview

This collection is comprised of the papers of Elizabeth Cadwallader Comfort, and include certificates of removal, clippings, correspondence, diaries, extracts, recipe books, wills, and miscellaneous items from various members of her family.

Dates: 1835-1865

William Canby diary and commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-006
Overview

William Canby's diary details his two years (1837-1839) as a student at Haverford College including extracurriculars, academics, weather, and social excursions.

Dates: 1837-1839

E. Newbold Cooper / Margaret Hawkins collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1180
Overview

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

Charles Edward Gause papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-082
Overview

This collection is comprised mostly of journals that Charles Edward Gause wrote, including during travels with friends. There are also some letters.

Dates: 1883-1940

Guide to miscellaneous Quaker series

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975
Scope and Content note The goal of this finding aid is to help users navigate the series that organize the manuscript collections in MC.975. This collection consists of bound items, including manuscript journals & diaries, commonplace books, scrapbooks, financial records, correspondence and letterbooks, and other miscellaneous items, related to Quaker individuals and families, or to Quakerism and Quaker history.These manuscript volumes are arranged on the shelves in 11 different record...
Dates: 1683-ongoing

Mary Kite commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-060
Overview

The commonplace book of Mary Kite includes extracts from her diary, correspondence, and an account of a religious visit to North Carolina. Diary entries concern family news, as well as Kite's attendance at Quaker meetings and social events.

Dates: 1831-1851

Matlack Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1120
Overview

The collection includes miscellaneous historical and genealogical documents of the Matlack and other Quaker families focused on the 18th and 19th centuries. Collection is notable for its variety of formats, including commonplace books, diaries, account books, correspondence, and poetry.

Dates: 1685-1900

Morris family commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-065
Overview

The commonplace book of the Morris family includes copied extracts from the journals of Margaret Morris, which include a description of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793, as well as copied poems, letters written by Mary Morris and Richard Hill Morris, and a clipped illustration depicting early settlers.

Dates: Undated.

Rhoads Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1033
Overview

Nineteenth century letters and papers primarily of the Quaker Gibbons and Rhoads families, often relating to abolition and the Free Produce Association.

Dates: 1822-1955

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England -- Description and travel 1
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 1
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Haverford College 3
Philadelphia Free Produce Association of Friends 2
Potts, Ethel Rhoads, 1870-1962 2
Rhoads family 2
Rhoads, Anne Gibbons, 1809-1890 2
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Rhoads, Samuel, 1806-1868 2
Rhoads, William Gibbons, Jr., 1838-1880 2
Allinson family 1
Allinson, Margaret 1
Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 1
Allinson, Samuel, 1808-1883 1
Allinson, William J., 1810-1874 1
Allison family 1
Benezet, Anthony 1
Borton, Hugh 1
Burlington Company Association 1
Canby, William, 1822-1897 1
Clarkson, Thomas 1
Comfort, Elizabeth Cadwallader 1
Cooper family 1
Cooper, Dorothy Nyhart, 1898-1990 1
Cooper, E. Newbold, 1898-1957 1
Dymond family 1
Gause, Charles Edward, Jr 1
Gibbons, Hannah, d. 1868 1
Girard College 1
Green, Albert Lamborn, 1845-1947 1
Haverford College. Quaker Collection 1
Haverford Loganian Society 1
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 1
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952 1
Keith, George, 1639?-1716 1
Kite, Mary, 1793?-1861 1
Matlack family 1
Morris family 1
Morris, Margaret Hill 1
Pemberton, Phineas, 1650-1702 1
Penn Literary Society 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 1
Rhoads, Edward, 1841-1871 1
Rhoads, Edward, 1873-1903 1
Rhoads, Jane Gibbons, 1870-1897 1
Rhoads, Jane Gibbons, d. 1860 1
Rhoads, Lydia Wistar, b. 1868 1
Rhoads, Samuel, b. 1878 1
Rhoads, Sarah Wistar, 1839-1920 1
Rhoads, William Gibbons, b. 1876 1
Roberts family 1
Sharpless family 1
Spencer family 1
Sturge, Joseph, 1793-1859 1
Tuke, Esther, 1727-1794 1
Vernon, Hannah Milhous 1
Wills family 1
Wing, Asa S. (Asa Shove), 1850-1931 1
Wing, Sophia Rhoads, 1850-1901 1
Woolman, John, 1720-1772 1
Wright, Mary W. (Mary Willets), 1820-1904 1
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