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Community Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity letter
Title:
Community Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity letter
Description:
Discusses policies on solicitation by member organizations; encloses a code of policies (mc1234_04_01_014).
Date:
1939-04-24
Collection:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1908 July 7, N.E. Harbor, to J.E.C.
Title:
1908 July 7, to J.E.C.
Date:
1908-07-07
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Greenhouse expansion proposal by Daniel B. Smith in 1838
Title:
Greenhouse expansion proposal by Daniel B. Smith in 1838
Description:
A proposal to allow the students to fund raise for an expansion of the greenhouse.
Date:
1838-04-12
Collection:
Haverford College Publications, Manuscripts, and Records
1895 August 10, North East Harbor, to My dear mother
Title:
1895 August 10, to My dear mother
Description:
The author describes a charity event featuring a mock freak show.
Date:
1895-08-10
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Margaret Liu with others
Title:
Margaret Liu with others
Description:
Photograph of Margaret Liu (Class of 1954) along with others at a party at Arnecliffe Art Studio for Bryn Mawr Foreign Students, Women's Hospital and Doctors.
Date:
(approximate)1960
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Community Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity solicitation policy
Title:
Community Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity solicitation policy
Description:
Code of policies about when members of the Community Fund could make appeals for money.
Date:
1939-04-06
Collection:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends, including William Emerson, Sally's husband. Discusses raising money for the Diet Kitchen, the Infant Asylum, and The Home (later the Isaac T. Hopper Home).
Date:
1874-02-09
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Isabel Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Isabel Howland
Description:
Undated letter to Isabel Howland, a suffragist and niece of Emily Howland. Passes on news of family and friends, including the sickness of Hepsibeth Hussey, the death of Elizabeth Child's mother, and the death of Sarah Halleck. Discusses fundraising by the women's suffrage movement.
Date:
1906-1908
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
John B. Randolph letter fragment to Rebecca White
Title:
John B. Randolph letter fragment to Rebecca White
Description:
Unsigned fragment written by the pastor of the Institutional Colored Church, likely John B. Randolph. Asks for financial support for the church.
Date:
1903-03-03
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
S. Morris Jones letter to Rebecca White
Title:
S. Morris Jones letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Appeals to White on behalf of West Grove Preparative Meeting for money to renovate the meeting house.
Date:
1903-02-23
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1895 August 23, North East Harbor, to Dear Mother
Title:
1895 August 23, to Dear Mother
Date:
1895-08-23
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Written over a printed circular advocating universal suffrage and a manuscript letter on that subject from Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Lucretia Mott (catalogued separately as A00182129_ECS). Lucretia Mott gives news of friends and family. She briefly mentions attending a lecture by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. She briefly discusses Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and "Aaron P, as well as fundraising for an orphanage in New Orleans.
Date:
1867-02-06
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor annual appeal pamphlets
Title:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor annual appeal pamphlets
Description:
Annual appeals for donations to the Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing, titled "An Appeal for the Suffering Poor." Lists of the current members of the Association and of gifts made in the past year appear in many of the pamphlets. Most of the appeals date from 1866-1888.
Date:
1866-1915
Collection:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Grace H. Dodge letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Grace H. Dodge letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Grace H. Dodge was a philanthropist from New York and treasurer of the Woman's Municipal League. Describes the efforts to obtain financial pledges for the League.
Date:
1897-1914
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Julia Billings letter to Abby Hopper GIbbons
Title:
Julia Billings letter to Abby Hopper GIbbons
Description:
Writes on behalf of a Mrs. Hibbard, who is looking for employment, and recommends her for a posting at the Home (later called the Isaac T. Hopper Home), a shelter for women ex-convicts. As a member of the Committee to appeal to public charities, she suggests that the women of the Home make things for the Metropolitan Fair in order to aid the Sanitary Commission. Hopes that Gibbons will come visit.
Date:
1864-01-19
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Julia Gibbons letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Julia Gibbons letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses money raised by a fair to support Abby Hopper Gibbons's relief work at the military hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland. Also discusses the shipping of relief supplies and passes on news of family and friends.
Date:
1863-03-05
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William E. Benson letter to Emily Howland
Title:
William E. Benson letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by African American educator William E. Benson, founder and treasurer of the Kowaliga School, of which Emily Howland was a trustee. Asks if Howland would be willing to defer the full repayment of a loan she made to the school; the year's poor crop yield had prevented Benson from raising as much money locally as he had hoped to. Discusses progress setting up the school.
Date:
1898-03-02
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Susan B. Anthony letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Susan B. Anthony letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Susan B. Anthony was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. She had to be reminded of her pledge to raise the balance of New York's $1000 pledge but is now writing begging letters. Has written to Mrs. Catt and Mrs. Upton to send their statements. The meeting in Idaho may be credited to the National's work there, which then and there clinched the nail in the coffin of the enemy; relates details of the National's activities.
Date:
1896-12-28
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
National American Woman Suffrage Association form letter to delegates
Title:
National American Woman Suffrage Association form letter to delegates
Description:
Form letter written by Corresponding Secretary Rachel Foster Avery and addressed to "Delegate." Reports businesss related to the Association and the recent 50th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention.
Date:
1898-03-15
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William R. George letter to Emily Howland
Title:
William R. George letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written on the letterhead of the George Junior Republic Association. Thanks Howland for donating to the Junior Republic and discusses the organization's activities. Notes that, because of the draft, most of the current "citizens" were girls, including many of the "government" leaders.
Date:
1917-08-02
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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