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Friends' Central School. Records, 1844-1965.

Title: Records, 1844-1965.

The bulk of the records are the minutes for Friends' Central School, including the Joint Committee, 1844-1921; Executive Committee, 1921-1944; Visiting Committee, 1851-1904; and Board of Trustees, 1926-1951. Also in the collection are the minutes, 1891-1899, of the Executive Committee for Friends' Central School System, an association organized to coordinate the curriculum of Friends' schools in the Philadelphia area, and also some miscellaneous papers including letters from William Wharton, Jr., and published materials.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes ; 2.5 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42799586 View

Wharton, William, 1830-1907. W. D. Wharton papers, 1862-1907.

Title: W. D. Wharton papers, 1862-1907.

Chiefly correspondence, 1862-1907, relating to W. D. Wharton's Confederate army service in the Civil War. The largest concentration of letters are those written by W. D. Wharton to his parents and fiancě, Mary Eliza Wharton (called Cousin Mollie), from eastern North Carolina, 1862-1863, and from Virginia, 1864-1865. Wharton described military life in camp, speculated about how long the war would last, and gave his assessment of the officers in command. A few of the letters, December 1864, contain a detailed account of the Union raid at Stoney Creek, Va. (also called Stony Creek Station, Va.) on 1 December 1864. Scattered correspondence, 1869-1907, chiefly consists of photocopies of typed transcriptions of letters from John E. Wharton to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Wharton, and his brother, W. D. Wharton. The letters describe the daily lives of John E. Wharton and his family in Texas.

ArchivalResource: 100 items (0.5 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47926653 View

Taylor-Wharton Iron and Steel Company. Records, 1742-1950.

Title: Records, 1742-1950.

The records of the Taylor-Wharton Iron & Steel Company consist of a series of fragments primarily collected for the purpose of anniversary celebrations.

ArchivalResource: Mss 3 linear ft.Photographs 1,758 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122370813 View