Underhill-Weekes-Slade family papers, ca. 1830-1942.

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Underhill-Weekes-Slade family papers, ca. 1830-1942.

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Letters, photographs, historical writings, recipes, pamphlets, clippings and other papers of the Underhill, Weekes (or Weeks), Slade and related families. Letters of Edith Bradford Weekes Slade relate to the United War Work Campeign, 1918, and other activities. Photographs and portraits include silhouette portraits of Eliza Weeks Underhill and Benjamin T. Underhill; photos of family portraits painted by William Sidney Mount; tintypes and photoprints of Mary Gage and Townsend Underhill, Maria Weeks Underhill, Arthur D. Weekes, Sr., Lillie U. Weekes, and others; and photo albums of family, scenes around Oyster Bay and the Vanderbilt Cup Races. Also included are a census of the Capitol Heights area of Oyster Bay, and a handmade scrapbook of alphabet pictures and other illustrations made by Lillie Underhill Weekes for her children.

ca. 250 items

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SNAC Resource ID: 6883030

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Vanderbilt Cup Races.

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Underhill family.

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Gage, Mary

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Epithet: daughter of William, 2nd Marquis of Powis British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000388.0x000130 ...

Weeks, Lillie Underhill.

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Underhill, Maria L.

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Weeks, Arthur R.

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Slade family.

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Slade, Edith Bradford Weekes.

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Underhill, Eliza Weeks.

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Weekes family.

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Buck, Dorothy Weekes,

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United War Work Campaign, Inc.

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United War Work Campaign, an American private organization, coordinated fundraising for World War I war work with American servicemen. The Campaign did fundraising for seven welfare societies: National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations, War Work Council of the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Associations, National Catholic War Council (Knights of Columbus), Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Community Service, American Library Association, and the Salvation Arm...

Underhill, Townsend.

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Underhill, Benjamin T.

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Members of the Truman and Underhill families were Quakers with close ties to Swarthmore College and were involved in social concerns. Best known is George Truman (1798-1877), Quaker merchant, dentist, and doctor and a recognized minister. His grandson, Benjamin Mott Underhill (1863-1930) and wife Georgia Cook Myers Underhill (1877-1926) attended Swarthmore College. Benjamin Underhill graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1895 and from 1908 until his death...