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Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson, 1868-1936,. Papers, 1735-1931.

Title: Papers, 1735-1931.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of a Philadelphia historian include material on: the thrift movement, establishment of school savings banks and thrift savings banks in the United States, 1886-1928; Historical Pageant of Philadelphia, 1912, data on its organization, administration, finance, and executive committee meetings, with water color drawings of costumes and pageantry, posters, names of subscribers and of members, souvenirs, etc.; Indian Welfare in Oklahoma; Civil War; abolition of slavery; Temperance Union; Valley Forge Commission; education; motion picture censorship; League for Better Moving Pictures; Sesqui-Centennial Exposition, etc. A portion of correspondence relates to publications, essays, lectures, and biographies of Robert Morris, Jay Cooke, Salmon P. Chase, Charles B. Brown, and others; included in this group of papers are Sarah Louisa Oberholtzer's letters, poems and essays. Papers of an earlier period include: deeds of grants of land in Uwchlan Township, Chester County, 1735-1809; inventory of the estate of Thomas Potts, 1762; Uwchlan Society of Friends, notes and minutes of meetings, 1806; John and Paxson Vicker correspondence, 1823-1844; papers relating to the Pickering Valley Railroad, 1869-1870; and other items of social and political character.

ArchivalResource: 24 linear ft.

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