Vaux collection of correspondence, documents, and graphics, 1657-1978.

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Vaux collection of correspondence, documents, and graphics, 1657-1978.

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This addition to the Vaux family papers of correspondence, documents and graphics most prominently reflects the research interests of George Vaux VIII and the photographic work of George Vaux Jr. and George Vaux X. The correspondence and documents relate to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, including the Forrest Trust, Lewis Legacy for Poor Children, Richardson Trust, Josiah White Schools and the constituent meetings of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Western District, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Northern District and Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District, but also Quaker topics such as Quakers in Tortola and Barbados, Quakers in Charleston, S.C., the Bible Association of Friends in America, The Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent, Friends Historical Society, and Haverford College. The graphics include glass slides of American travel views and Native American sites, and of Haverford College, especially those taken by George Vaux, Jr., but also by William S. Vaux and M.M. Vaux, and photographs and other art media of Quakers and places with Quaker connections, such as Meetinghouses, burial grounds, Tortola and Barbados. There are also 2 albums of 35mm and stereoscopic slides by George Vaux X, including Meetinghouses and Quaker sites on Barbados and Tortola. Especially prominent in the collection are George Vaux VIII, George Vaux IX, and George Vaux X. Correspondents include: Joel Cadbury, Richard Cadbury, Harriet Durham, Amelia Mott Gummere, Henry Hartshorne, Rufus Jones, Albert Cook Myers, Norman Penney, James E. Rhoads, Charles Roberts, Isaac Sharp.

24 boxes (12 linear ft.) and 2 albums.

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Haverford College Library

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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 ...

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955)

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Cadbury, Richard.

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Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948

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American educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Seattle, to Edward Wagenknecht, [no year] Jan. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864395 Epithet: Professor of Philosophy Haverford College USA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0002fb Jones was a Quaker historian, theologian and philosopher. He taught at Haverford College, 1893-1934. From the descrip...

Penney, Norman, 1858-1933

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Vaux, William Sandys Wright

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur E301 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x0003aa Epithet: Keeper of Coins and Medals British Museum British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x000098 ...

Sharp, Isaac, 1847-1917.

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Roberts, Charles, 1846-1902.

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Vaux, George, 1847-1917.

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Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District

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Durham, Harriet Frorer

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Vaux, George, 1908-1996.

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The Vaux family was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family active in a number of charitable concerns, particularly as relate to the education of African-Americans. This collection includes papers from three generations with the same name: George Vaux (1832-1915), George Vaux (1863-1927), and George Vaux (1908-1996). From the description of Family papers, 1885-1995. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 53319402 ...

Vaux family.

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

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Bible Association of Friends in America

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Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District

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Vaux, George, 1863-1927

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Gummere, Amelia M. (Amelia Mott), 1859-1937.

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Historian. Amelia M. Gummere was the daughter of Richard and Susan (Thomas) Mott of Burlington, N.J. In 1882 she married Francis Barton Gummere. She was a noted writer on Quaker subjects and was editor of the Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association and president of the John Woolman Association. From the description of Papers, 1884-1937. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 25898182 ...

Cadbury, Joel, 1838-1923

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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...

Myers, Albert Cook, 1874-1960

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Albert Cook Myers (1874-1960) was a Pennsylvania historian, who dedicated his life’s work to the identification, study and organization of William Penn’s published writings and personal papers. Beginning in 1910, after securing an endorsement from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, he set out to publish: “The Complete Works of William Penn.” All told, Myers devoted fifty years of his life to this project. Though his publication goals were never realized, he assembled a massive ...

Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District

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The Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern DIstrict was established in 1772 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting by a division of the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia. At the time of the Separation, Northern District remained with the Orthodox, and the Hicksites in this area affiliated with Green Street Monthly Meeting. Northern District Monthly Meeting was discontinued in 1914, and its members were attached to Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). From...