Family papers, 1797-1957 (bulk 1836-1897).

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Family papers, 1797-1957 (bulk 1836-1897).

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Letters, poetry, notes, addresses, clippings, reports, articles, photographs, book reviews, autograph album, genealogy and misc. papers of Hartshorne and related Quaker families. Bulk of collection consists of correspondence (ca. 750 letters) and other papers of Dr. Henry Hartshorne; topics discussed are medicine, publications (medical and literary), teaching positions at Haverford College, Howland Collegiate School (Union Springs, N.Y.), Womans' Medical College of Pennsylvania and elsewhere, medical education of women, Friends' Review and controversies within Society of Friends (baptism, sanctification, ordinances, paid clergy, plain dress, etc.); correspondents include Joel Bean, Dougan Clark, Francis R. Cope, Samuel Emlen, John B. Garrett, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Thomas Kimber, Francis T. King, Timothy Nicholson, James E. Rhoads, David Scull, Isaac Sharpless, Charles Taber, Richard Henry Thomas, David B. Updegraff, John Greenleaf Whittier and others. Includes Hartshorne's letters from Japan (1893-1894) published in Friends' Review, also Bible lessons, sermons, etc. related to his work in Japan; other papers include book reviews, poetry and prose pieces, medical writings on various aspects of public health; medical letters (1819-1845), notes, reports and articles of Dr. Joseph Hartshorne (1779-1850); letters (1882-1957) and photographs related to Anna C. Hartshorne's travel in Europe and missionary work in Japan; genealogy of Hartshorne and related families (Bonsall, Cope, Saunders, Yarnall); misc. papers include autograph ms. of "The Evening Star" by Joseph John Gurney and biographical material on Henry Hartshorne.

ca. 2, 300 items (13 boxes)

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

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Holmes (Harvard, M.D. 1836) was Parkman Professor of Anatomy at Harvard Medical School from 1847 to 1882, dean of the Medical School from 1847 to 1853, and a noted essayist and poet. A paper on the contagiousness of puerperal fever, presented at an 1843 meeting of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, was his most famous contribution to medicine. His indictment of physicians for their role in causing and spreading the fever was one of the most controversial treatises of the time...

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

Gurney, Joseph-John, 1788-1847

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Quaker philanthropist, writer, and minister. From the description of Letter : Charleston, to Samuel Bettle, 1840 May 3. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28886177 An English Quaker reformer and writer, Gurney traveled widely in the U.S., Canada and West Indies. From the description of ALS, 1841 February 1 : Earlham, [Eng.] to Cecilia Baring / J.J. Gurney. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 44996509 ...

Rhoads, James E. (James Evans), 1828-1895

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Kimber, Thomas, 1825-1890.

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Hartshorne family.

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Garrett, John Biddle.

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Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920

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Isaac Sharpless. Educator, born in Chester Co., Penn., graduated from Harvard in 1873 and received a Sc. D from the University of Pennsylvania in 1883. He rose from instructor in mathematics to Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy and Dean and President (1887-1917) at Haverford College. He resigned to become Dean of T. Wistar Brown Graduate School. He wrote text books on astronomy, geometry, English, and education and volumes on Quakerism, Pennsylvania history, and American colleges, among oth...

Cope family.

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Hartshorne, Anna C. (Anna Cope), 1860-1957

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Nicholson, Timothy, 1828-1924

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Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania

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Scull, David, 1836-1907.

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Yarnall family.

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Hartshorne, Henry, 1823-1897

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Henry Hartshorne (1823-1897) was the son of Dr. Joseph and Anna (Bonsall) Hartshorne of Philadelphia. He graduated from Haverford School in 1839 and received his medical degree in 1845 from the University of Pennsylvania. He was an author of medical books and poetry. Hartshorne was editor of the Quaker periodical "Friends' Review" from 1881-1893. In 1893 he went to Japan to teach, where he died in 1897. His daughter was Anna Cope Hartshorne (1860-1957). From the description of Family...

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 ...

King, Francis T., 1817-1891

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Biographical Note: Francis T. King was a Quaker merchant who was appointed in 1867 to the first Board of Trustees, The Johns Hopkins University. He was born in Baltimore, MD, Feb. 25, 1819, the son of Joseph and Tacy Ellicott King. He graduated in the first class of Haverford College in 1835 and entered business in Baltimore. After meeting the prominent English Quaker, Joseph John Gurney in 1838, King devoted great attention to charitable and educational work. King was i...

Taber, Charles, 1822-1887.

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Cope, Francis Reeve, 1821-

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Thomas, Richard Henry, 1854-1904

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Updegraff, David B., 1830-1894

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Bonsall family.

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Hartshorne, Joseph, 1779-1850

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Howland Collegiate School (Union Springs, N.Y.)

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Bean, Joel, 1825-1914

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Joel Bean and his wife, Hannah Elliott Bean, were prominent Quaker ministers in Iowa Yearly Meeting. They moved to San Jose, California, in 1882, but were disowned by evangelical Friends in 1898. Born in Alton, New Hampshire, in 1825, the son of John and Elizabeth Hill Bean, Joel Bean was educated at Friends Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island. He migrated to Iowa in 1853, and taught school at West Branch, Iowa from 1850 to 1861. In 1859, he married Hannah Elliot...

Emlen, Samuel, 1829-1920.

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Saunders family.

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Clark, Dougan, 1828-1896

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