Truman-Underhill Family Papers, 1755-1930.

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Truman-Underhill Family Papers, 1755-1930.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50416601

This collection contains chiefly the papers of Benjamin Mott Underhill (1863-1930) with some Truman-Underhill family material, including genealogical and family documents, one folder of correspondence, and a picture collection containing family albums, cased photographs, and silhouettes of the Truman and Underhill families. Of particular interest is a letter from George Truman to his wife describing his religious visit to Santa Cruz in 1840.

2 boxes + oversized items & picture albums.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 7625392

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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...

Truman, George, 1798-1877.

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Truman family.

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Underhill family.

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Swarthmore college

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Founded by members of Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Swarthmore College was incorporated in 1864 under a charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The College opened in 1869 as an college and preparatory school, although the preparatory division was phased out in the 1880s. The Charter was amended in 1908 to remove any formal links to the Society of Friends. The College continues to operate as a liberal arts college with a...