J. Passmore Elkinton reminiscences, 1938-1966 [manuscript].

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J. Passmore Elkinton reminiscences, 1938-1966 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228657152

Elkinton's reminiscences concern family, people and places in his life, business affairs and as a student at Haverford College. Some notable entries are about his father, Joseph, and mother, Sarah, Westtown School, Haverford College, Bowles, Clarence and Lilly Pickett, Quaker experiences in Asia and the Phila. Quartz Co.

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Westtown Boarding School

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Bowles, Gilbert, 1869-1960

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The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. Gilbert Bowles was born on October 16, 1869 to Iowa Quaker farmers, Ephraim and Elizabeth Epperson Bowles, and educated at the Jewell County School for teacher training and Northbranch Friends Academy. He taught at various schools before returning to college and earning his BA and MA from William Penn College, Iowa, and his PhD from the University of Chicago, Illinois. Minnie Macy P...

Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971

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J. Passmore Elkinton, a Quaker, graduated from Haverford College in 1908 and worked for the Philadelphia Quartz Company for over 40 years. He was a member of Friends World Committee for Consultation and Japan Committee. From the description of J. Passmore Elkinton reminiscences, 1938-1966 [manuscript]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 228657152 ...

Haverford college

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Haverford College was founded in 1833 as a Quaker school for boys. Today it is a coeducational, non-sectarian college applying the Quaker values of consensus and honor code. From the description of Archival records, 1831-[ongoing]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 60246925 ...

Pickett, Lilly.

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Philadelphia Quartz Company

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The Elkinton Company began as a Philadelphia candle and soap shop founded by Joseph Elkinton in 1831. In the 1840s the company began to diversify its products to include a line of "fancy and specialty soaps." By mid-decade Joseph's son, Thomas, began to develop a synthetic detergent. After more than a decade of experimentation with soluble silicates, the firm built a furnace for synthesizing detergents with a silicate base. During the Civil War, when the supplies of rosin from the S...

Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965

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Clarence Pickett (1884-1965) was a prominent Friend. The executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee from 1929 to 1950, he was influential in governmental and international circles as well. He served as an advisor to Presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy. Eleanor Roosevelt once said that she would "always try to do the things Clarence asks because I have great trust in his judgment." From the guide to the Clarence Pickett journals, 1933-1965, (Haverford C...

Elkinton, Joseph, 1859-1920

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Elkinton, Sarah.

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