Morris Evans Leeds Collection, 1862-1944.

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Morris Evans Leeds Collection, 1862-1944.

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Correspondence, photographs, business papers, articles, sample envelopes and other papers related to development of "Leeds Patent Envelope." Bulk of collection consists of correspondence (1942-1944) of Morris E. Leeds with E. Tudor Gross and others concerning the role of Lewis W. Leeds in the promotion of the envelope ca. 1862; other correspondents include L. Hollingsworth Wood, Robert F. Chambers and David S. Tatum; also letters, photographs, business papers, article, sample envelopes and other papers (1862-1870) of Lewis W. Leeds and Barclay R. Leeds relating to the envelope; includes article by E. Tudor Gross, "The first window envelope."

ca. 101 items.

Haverford College Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7162461

Haverford College Library

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Leeds, Lewis W. (Lewis Walker), ca. 1827-1896.

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Chambers, Robert F.

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Leeds, Barclay R., 1834-1918.

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Wood, L. Hollingsworth (Levi Hollingsworth), 1874-1956

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L. Hollingsworth Wood was a Quaker attorney, born at Mt. Kisco, N.Y., the son of James and Emily (Hollingsworth) Wood. His sister was Carolena Wood (1871-1936). Wood graduated from Haverford College (1896) and Columbia University Law School (1899). He worked actively in the areas of peace, civil rights, and African American and Quaker education. From the description of Prison Reform Papers, 1913-1937. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 56362168 L. Hollingsworth Wood, ...

Leeds, Morris Evans, 1869-1952

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Gross, E. Tudor (Edward Tudor), b. 1878.

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