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Charles Tucker Abbott letter

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-090
Overview

The collection contains a letter written by Chales T. Abbott to his parents about his time at Haverford in 1865.

Dates: 1865

Henry H. Albertson collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1110
Overview

Includes letters, many of which are by and to William Hodgson (1804-1878). All or most of the letter writers are Friends; a number of them are British Friends. Topics often include visits to other Friends, attending Meeting, health, religious or philosophical reflections, and because of the period of writing, often refer openly or obliquely to the Wilbur-Gurney controversy.

Dates: 1826-1918

Edward Page Allinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-311
Overview

This collection contains various letters relating to Edward Page Allinson. In Allinson's 1942 letters, he asks individuals their opinions on the average Haverford undergraduate. This collection also contains an excerpt from a 1940 publication titled "With Clean Hands and a Neutral Heart, America!" by Brent Dow Allinson, an individual Edward would connect with via letters due to their shared surname.

Dates: 1940 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1942

Allinson Family Papers

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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

Arboretum Association records

 Collection
Identifier: HCC-001
Overview

The Haverford College Arboretum Association records include materials related to Arboretum programming, events, membership, finances, and campus initiatives from its founding in 1974 to 2018. The collection also includes a smaller amount of materials related to the Arboretum Association's predecessor, the Haverford College Campus Club.

Dates: 1929-2018

Thomas Arnold correspondence

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Identifier: HC.MC-950-005
Overview

This collection is comprised of the personal correspondence of Thomas Arnold.

Dates: 1837-1848

Edward Ash letterbook

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-001
Overview

Edward Ash was a British Quaker and doctor. His letterbook includes personal correspondence related to religious convictions and family news. Letter writers include Barclay, Anna Maria C. of Horne, Robert Barron, Gulielma Penn, and William Pim. A number of letters are addressed to George Fox. A copy of a letter from Ellis Hooke to Margaret Fell is also included.

Dates: Undated.

Bacon Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-012
Overview

This collection is comprised of a single volume diary, as well as correspondence from various members of the Bacon family.

Dates: 1874-1909

Bacon Family papers

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Identifier: HC.MC-1156
Overview

Correspondence, diaries and photographs relating to the 20th- century Quakers Edith Farquhar Bacon and Francis Rogers Bacon, their families, forbears, friends and colleagues.

Dates: 1800-1987

"Biographical Sketch of Joshua Longstreth Baily"

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-007
Overview

The biography of Joshua Longstreth Baily, written by Alfred Baily, includes a brief history of the Baily family, and is largely comprised of extracts of Joshua Baily's letters.

Dates: 1955

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Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 3
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Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 3
Rhoads, James E. (James Evans), 1828-1895 3
Stokes family 3
Allinson, William J., 1810-1874 2
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Benson, Lewis 2
Bronner, Edwin B., 1920- 2
Brown, Mary Wistar, 1807-1842 2
Brown, Moses, 1793-1879 2
Brown, Moses, 1829-1883 2
Cadbury family 2
Cadbury, Catherine J. 2
Cadbury, Emma, 1875-1965 2
Cadbury, William Warder 2
Cary, John R. 2
Cope, Alfred 2
Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 2
Evans, Jonathan, 1843-1911 2
Forster, Josiah, 1782-1870 2
Friends World Committee for Consultation 2
Gummere, Amelia M. (Amelia Mott) 2
Harvard University 2
Haverford Loganian Society 2
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 2
Jones, Sybil 2
Kimber, Thomas, 1825-1890 2
Morley, Christopher 2
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Morris, Samuel Buckley (1791-1859) 2
Parrish, Maxfield 2
Rhoads, Samuel, 1806-1868 2
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Smith, Daniel B. 2
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Wistar family 2
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Albertson, Henry Haines 1
Allen family 1
Allen, John, 1790-1859 1
Allinson family 1
Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
Allinson, E. Page (Edward Page) 1
Allinson, Margaret 1
Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 1
Allinson, Samuel, 1808-1883 1
Allison family 1
Alsop family 1
American Women's College in Beirut 1
Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990 1
Arnold, Thomas 1
Ash, Edward 1
Associated Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 1
Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 1
Association of Friends for the Relief of Freedmen (New York, N.Y.) 1
Bacon, Edith Farquhar, 1892-1988 1
Bacon, Elizabeth, 1794-1844 1
Bacon, Francis R. (Francis Rogers), 1888-1965 1
Bacon, George 1
Bacon, Samuel Allen, 1848-1908 1
Baily, Alfred 1
Baily, Joshua L. (Joshua Longstreth), 1826-1916 1
Balderston, Lloyd, 1863-1933 1
Balderston, Mary F. 1
Barrow, Robert, -1697 1
Barton, Willam E. 1
Bates, Bertha Corson Day, 1875-1968 1
Bates, Tacy, -approximately 1813 1
Beaumont, Gustave de 1
Benezet, Anthony 1
Bernadotte, Folke, 1895-1948 1
Bettle family 1
Bettle, Jane 1
Bettle, Samuel 1
Birgeneau, Robert J. 1
Bispham, David, 1857-1921 1
Borton, Hugh 1
Bowen, William G. 1
Braithwaite, Isaac, 1781-1861 1
Branch family 1
Bright, John, 1811-1889 1
Bringhurst, James, 1730-1810 1
Brinton, Anna Cox 1
Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 1
Brown, Mary Farnum 1
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