Wyck Association Collection 1663-1972

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Wyck Association Collection 1663-1972

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One of the oldest houses in Philadelphia, Wyck is now a non-profit museum listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Nine generations of the Jansen-Wistar-Haines family owned the Wyck property from 1690 until 1973. The last family owner deeded 2.5 acres of land, the house and its contents, several outbuildings, a landscaped garden, and a small endowment to the Wyck Charitable Trust. The Wyck Charitable Trust and the Wyck Association now administer the preservation of the property and its educational services to the public. This collection contains diaries, letters, accounts, bills and receipts, deeds, and photographs. The collection as a whole is deepest for the period 1770-1970. Items of particular note include accounts of household expenses at Wyck from ca. 1790-1970; papers pertaining to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Quaker schools, and social reform groups; agricultural and horticultural practices; and correspondence to and from cultural leaders of 18th and 19th century Philadelphia. The papers of the John S. Haines family (Ms. Coll. 52A) form part of the Wyck Papers. The papers cover the years 1845 to 1949 and are arranged into eight series.

151.5 Linear feet

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

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The oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was founded in 1812 "for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning." Since the founding of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, there have been twenty-eight presidents and five acting presidents (please see additional note for a complete list of Academy presidents). From 1937 to 1995, there were four pre...

Haines, Robert B., 1893-1967.

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Haines, Jane Reuben, 1832-1911.

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Haines, Jane B., 1869-1937.

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Haines, Hannah Marshall, 1765-1828.

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Haines, Margaret Vaux Wistar, 1831-1917.

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Haines, Caspar Wistar, -1935

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Railroad engineer. From the description of Papers, 1883-1935. (Lehigh University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 28416025 Haines graduated as a civil engineer from Lehigh University in 1874, and worked as a railroad engineer in Mexico for a number of years. He died in 1935. From the description of Curvas de ferro-carril. 1883-1935. (Lehigh University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 18707724 ...

Hartshorne, Catherine Haines, 1761-1809.

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Haines, Robert B., 1827-1895.

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Haines, Jane Bowne, 1790-1843.

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Wyck House (Philadelphia, Pa.).

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Haines, Mary T., 1892- .

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Haines, Ann, 1793-1869.

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Haines, Reuben, 1727-1793

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Haines, Margaret Wistar, 1728-1793.

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Wyck Association.

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One of the oldest houses in Philadelphia, Wyck was inhabited by nine generations of the Jansen, Wistar, and Haines families from, the 1680s until 1973. The last owners deeded 2.5 acres of land, the house and its contents, several outbuildings, a landscaped garden, and a small endowment to the Wyck Charitable Trust. The Wyck Charitable Trust and the Wyck Association now administer the preservation of the property and its educational services to the public. From the guide ...

Wistar family

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Haines family

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Haines, John Smith, 1820-1886.

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Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1762-1801.

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Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831

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Charles Lucian Bonaparte was a naturalist and ornithologist. From the guide to the Correspondence, 1824-1855, from American scientists, 1824-1855, (American Philosophical Society) Art patron; Germantown, Pa. Benefactor to Rembrandt Peale among others. Robert Bowne, Jane and Hannah Haines were his children. From the description of Reuben Haines and Haines family selected papers, 1824-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565972 ...

Jansen family

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