Search results

Log in for more access

[
]
Searching as Anonymous (not verified)
65 items [showing 1 - 20]

Pages

University of Pennsylvania Hospital letter to the Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor
Title:
University of Pennsylvania Hospital letter to the Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor
Description:
Written by Mary V. Stephenson, superintendent of the Hospital; addressed to Dorothy S. Miller. Thanks the Society for the 942 gowns it had contributed to the Hospital over the past year.
Date:
1940-06-25
Collection:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Letter of Appreciation 1903-01-22
Title:
Letter of Appreciation 1903-01-22
Description:
Letter of appreciation from Hannah J[oues?] to Rebecca Conard which includes an account of the present occupations of graduates from the Western District Monthly Meeting's School for Colored Children
Date:
1903-01-22
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
University of Pennsylvania Hospital letter to the Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor
Title:
University of Pennsylvania Hospital letter to the Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor
Description:
Signed by Mary V. Stephenson, superintendent of the Hospital; addressed to the House of Industry and Bertha S. Cranmer, superintendent of the Female Society. Thanks the Society for the 671 gowns it contributed to the Hospital.
Date:
1931-06-22
Collection:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Rebecca White letter
Title:
Rebecca White letter
Description:
Possibly to Rebecca Collins. Attempts to set up a meeting with the recipient; congratulates them on a recent trip to Norway. Expresses worry that the standards of the Society of Friends are falling.
Collection:
Rebecca Singer Collins Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Clara A. Lindsay letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Clara A. Lindsay letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Discusses White and Lindsay's health from a religious perspective, as well as other spiritual topics.
Date:
1865 - 1906
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Clarkson Sheppard letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Clarkson Sheppard letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Discusses various religious tracts including Charles Wesley's "Awake Thou That Sleepest, Henry Ward Beecher's Power of the Spirit, and John Barclay's Three Letters."
Date:
1881-06-23
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Anna Webster Bunting letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Anna Webster Bunting letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Anna Webster Bunting was a close friend of Martha Schofield's. Discusses recent events, her poor health, and how she has fallen out of touch with their mutual friends.
Date:
1868-12-27
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Ada J. Dauman letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Ada J. Dauman letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Written on behalf of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity by district superintendent Ada J. Dauman. Discusses a woman named Virginia Hart, calling her a "professional beggar" and saying her ability to "beg rent" "dragged down" her young daughter. Discourages White from giving her any further money.
Date:
1904-07-23
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Caroline E. Talbott letters to Rebecca White
Title:
Caroline E. Talbott letters to Rebecca White
Description:
Two letters signed "Caroline E. Talbott;" possibly written by two different individuals. The letter dated 1893-07-11 discusses the Talbott family's losses after their house burned down and thanks White for her financial donation. The second letter dated 1892-03-21 expresses Talbott's desire to meet with White and includes a list of "rents" and repair costs on the reverse side.
Date:
1892-03-21 - 1893-07-11
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Edith Griffith letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Edith Griffith letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Written by Quaker minister Edith Griffith. Reflects on religious themes, shares news of Griffith and others, and asks after White.
Date:
1864-01-25
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Mary Ellen Richmond letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Mary Ellen Richmond letter to Rebecca White
Description:
In response to White's inquiries, reports favorably on the Richard Carroll Industrial School in Columbia, South Carolina, and less favorably on the Jenkintown Industrial School.
Date:
1904-07-18
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Mary Ellen Richmond letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Mary Ellen Richmond letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Responds to White's questions about the reputability of several charities she was considering donating to. Recommends the Richard Carroll Industrial School in Columbia, South Carolina, as well as the Gwynedd Home for Convalescent Children in Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. Gives a "mixed statement" on the Salvation Army in Philadelphia, and requests more information on Mr. Gayle of Sumter, South Carolina.
Date:
1904-09-24
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
George B. Price letter to Rebecca White
Title:
George B. Price letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Written by White's cousin George B. Price. Discusses White's cousin Minford Levis. Says that only at an institution such as the Pennsylvania Hospital could Minford "be kept from temptation and usefully employed until he [grew] strong to resist."
Date:
1904-12-16
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Emily L. Austin letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Emily L. Austin letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Passes on news of Austin, who had been bedridden and in poor health.
Date:
1897-04-06
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Laura H. Hawkesworth letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Laura H. Hawkesworth letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Discusses "Berean College, an inn for African Americans at which Hawkesworth was staying. Includes a small printed pamphlet about the cottage.
Date:
1897-08-03
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Laura H. Hawkesworth letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Laura H. Hawkesworth letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Asks White to fulfill a promise to help pay Hawkesworth's college tuition. A response pencilled at the end denies that White ever made such a promise and declines to help.
Date:
1898-07-21
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Rachel E. Balderston letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Rachel E. Balderston letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Meditates on religious themes. Discusses a "heart weakness" that had recently struck Balderston's father and left him partially paralyzed; his survival was still unsure.
Date:
1893-10-22
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Written by assistant secretary Helen Foss. Informs White that the Society had yet succeeded in finding information on several schools White was considering giving money to. See mc1166_11_04_11 and mc1166_11_04_12 for the Society's eventual conclusions.
Date:
1904-06-29
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Written by assistant secretary Helen Foss. Gives White news of Virginia Hart, a woman whose requests for help paying rent had led White to ask the Society about her several month earlier. Says that the Society had arranged for the Society to Protect Children to take Hart's daughter into custody and for Hart to be committed to the mental hospital in Norristown on the suspicion that she had a drug problem. Asks White for help paying for Hart's treatment there.
Date:
1904-10-20
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Rebecca Collins letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Rebecca Collins letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Written from the house of Mary Ann Wilbur. Mentions her plan to make a religious visit to North Carolina Yearly Meeting. Comments on seeing a rainbow and uses it as a metaphor for religious topics. Spending time with Deborah Darby.
Date:
1887-07-13
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

Pages