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"John Greenleaf Whittier: Some General Characteristics of his Poetry"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-001
Overview

Wilhelm Aarek's thesis, entitled "John Greenleaf Whittier: Some General Characteristics of his Poetry," provides a brief history of early American literature and the influence of religion, chiefly providing a literary analysis of John Greenleaf Whittier's poetry, including various influences on his poetry, as well as its themes and subjects.

Dates: Undated.

Brent Dow Allinson Collected Papers

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Allinson, Brent Dow
Scope and Contents

Collection includes undated typescript writings by Allinson, pamphlets by and about him, and a newspaper clipping discussing his court martial.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1918-1923

Elizabeth Allinson commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-001
Overview

The commonplace book of Elizabeth Allinson includes reflections upon the death of George Dillwyn, poetry, sketch of Martha Cooper Allinson, quotes and extracts, Quaker testimonies, and obituaries for Abigail Barker, Sybil Allinson, and Susanna Bigg.

Dates: 1820

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

Martha Allinson commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-002
Overview

The commonplace book of Martha Allinson includes Quaker testimonies, extracts of poetry, hymns, accounts of miracles, and memorandums upon the death of Quaker leaders.

Dates: 1772-1779

Anonymous commonplace books

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-004
Overview

This collection is comprised of seven volumes of anonymous commonplace books. The commonplace books tend to include poetry and religious extracts.

Dates: 1750-1894

Elizabeth Peace Sturges Anthony Poetry Book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-314
Overview

Folder including one book of poems written and compiled by Elizabeth Peace Sturges Anthony as a Christmas gift for Edith Warren Johnson. Subjects in her poems include love, friendship, and her relationship to animals and nature.

Dates: 1950

Margaret Bacon collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1312
Overview

This collection contains the papers and writings of Margaret Hope Bacon, a 20th century Quaker writer and historian. It includes research compiled on Edward Townsend, William Biddle, and Lucretia Mott, and also includes collections of poems and biographical writings.

Dates: 1933-2010

Bernard Barton letterbook

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-002
Overview This collection includes of the single letterbook of Bernard Barton, as well as correspondence related to the history of the letterbook, dated 1942. The letterbook contains personal correspondence from friends and family, and letters are often related to personal and family news, Barton's poetry and writings, and literature in general. Letter writers include Charles Lamb, Thomas Campbell, Elizabeth Fry, Charles Lloyd, Andrew Ritchie, Robert Southey, John Scott, Horatio Smith, Mary White, and...
Dates: 1822-1837

Bean, Cox, Brinton, and Cary family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1349
Overview

This collection contains papers and documents from the Bean, Cox, Brinton, and Cary families.

Dates: 1782 - 2000

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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 6
Haverford College 5
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Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 3
Allinson, William J., 1810-1874 2
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Jones, Mary Hoxie 2
Morley, Christopher 2
Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 2
Swarthmore College 2
Westtown Boarding School 2
Aarek, Wilhelm 1
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1
Adelman, Seymour, 1906-1985 1
Ahab Press 1
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. 1
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Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
Allinson, Elizabeth 1
Allinson, Margaret 1
Allinson, Martha Cooper 1
Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 1
Allinson, Samuel, 1808-1883 1
Allison family 1
Anna Morris Shinn Maier 1
Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 1
Baker, Aaron, 1772-1830 1
Baldauf, Liesl 1
Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690 1
Bates, Benjamin, 1769-1812 1
Baumgardt, David, 1890-1963 1
Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 1
Behm, Alex 1
Benezet, Anthony 1
Bertrand family 1
Biddle, William C. 1
Borton, Hugh 1
Boulding, Kenneth E. (Kenneth Ewart), 1910-1993 1
Brinton, Anna Cox 1
Brooks, Erica May 1
Brooks, Helen Morgan 1
Brown, Mary Farnum 1
Brown, Mary Wistar, 1807-1842 1
Brown, Moses, 1793-1879 1
Brown, Moses, 1829-1883 1
Brown, Thomas Wistar, 1826-1916 1
Brown, William 1
Bryn Mawr College 1
Burling, Benjamin 1
Burlington Company Association 1
Cadbury family 1
Cadbury, Anna K (Anna Kaighn), 1846-1923 1
Cadbury, Benjamin 1
Cadbury, Caroline, 1801-1868 1
Cadbury, Emma, 1843-1923 1
Cadbury, Emma, 1875-1965 1
Cadbury, Joel, 1838-1923 1
Cadbury, John Warder 1
Cadbury, Richard, 1825-1897 1
Cain, Helen Hare 1
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Carter, Kathaleen Johnson, 1901-2002 1
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Champney, Mary 1
Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880 1
Clark, Amanda K., 1822?-1895 1
Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 1
Clement, John 1
Comfort, Howard, -1904 1
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Conrow, Elizabeth Biddle, -1939 1
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Cromwell, Oliver 1
Day, Mahlon 1
Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 1
Dillwyn, Sarah 1
Dorothy Harvey Leonard, 1925-2007 1
Dover Monthly Meeting of Friends (Dover, N.H.) 1
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