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1836 March 15, Woodbourne, to Dear Father, Philadelphia
Title:
1836 March 15, Philadelphia
Date:
1836-03-15
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Zabel Mahmourian portrait postcard
Title:
Zabel Mahmourian portrait postcard
Description:
Shows Zabel Mahmourian, an Armenian student at the American School for Girls in Istanbul, standing in the corner of a yard with her hand on a bench.
Date:
1926-06-24
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Catherine Breshkovsky letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Catherine Breshkovsky letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by Catherine Breshkovsky, a leading figure in the Russian socialist movement known as the grandmother of the Russian Revolution. Thanks Howland for a donation and for taking in orphans. Discusses the plight of abandoned infants, Breshkovsky's faith in "the moral progress of humanity, and Howland and Breshkovsky's health.
Date:
1926-06-04
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
R.R. Reeder letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
R.R. Reeder letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
R.R. Reeder was the superintendent of the Orphan Asylum Society of New York. In response to Jackson's letter, offers suggestions about placing orphans in indenture contracts. Invites her to observe the orphanage.
Date:
1913-11-12
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Robert J. Wilkin letter to William Walter Jackson
Title:
Robert J. Wilkin letter to William Walter Jackson
Description:
Robert J. Wilkin was a justice of the Children's Court in Brooklyn, New York. William Walter Jackson was Anna M. Jackson's son. Wilkin responds to a series of questions regarding the children's court posed by Jackson in a separate letter.
Date:
1909-03-23
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anna, aged 3 - an orphan who earns her living herding pigs. S.O.F. clothing
Title:
Anna, aged 3 - an orphan who earns her living herding pigs. S.O.F. clothing
Description:
From bottom of slide: 'Anna, aged 3 who is an orphan + living earns her own living in herding pigs. S.O.F. clothes + [illegible].' Poland.
Date:
(approximate) 1919
Collection:
Quaker Relief in Europe, 1914-1922
S.o.F. received these children that in Russia [illegible] in Poland. They are orphans.
Title:
S.o.F. received these children that in Russia [illegible] in Poland. They are orphans.
Description:
Young orphaned girl and older woman pose outside of small dwelling.
Date:
(approximate) 1919
Collection:
Quaker Relief in Europe, 1914-1922