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'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  


*[[Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library]], Swarthmore, has 45,000 books, 60,000 photos, and 9,000 volumes of original Quaker meeting records, plus local history of the Mid-Atlantic states.<ref>[http://www.swarthmore.edu/academics/friends-historical-library.xml Friends Historical Library] in ''Swarthmore College'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>
*[[Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library]], Swarthmore, has 45,000 books, 60,000 photos, and 9,000 volumes of original Quaker meeting records, plus local history of the Mid-Atlantic states.<ref>[http://www.swarthmore.edu/academics/friends-historical-library.xml Friends Historical Library] in ''Swarthmore College'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>
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*[http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/index.htm U.S. District Court Clerk, Eastern District of Pennsylvania], Philadelphia, court records.<ref>[http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/index.htm Office of the Clerk of Court] in ''United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/index.htm U.S. District Court Clerk, Eastern District of Pennsylvania], Philadelphia, court records.<ref>[http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/index.htm Office of the Clerk of Court] in ''United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://www.americanswedish.org/ American Swedish Historical Museum], Philadelphia, Swedish heritage in the Delaware Valley.<ref>[http://www.americanswedish.org/frames.htm About the Museum] in ''American Swedish Historical Museum'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://www.americanswedish.org/ American Swedish Historical Museum], Philadelphia, Swedish heritage in the Delaware Valley.<ref>[http://www.americanswedish.org/frames.htm About the Museum] in ''American Swedish Historical Museum'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://chhist.org/collections/aboutcollections.htm Chestnut Hill Historical Society], images, maps, real estate atlases, deeds, diaries, genealogies, and oral histories of the western-northern most part of Philadelphia.<ref>[http://chhist.org/collections/aboutcollections.htm CHHS Collections] in ''Chestnut Hill Historical Society'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://chconservancy.org/history-at-home Chestnut Hill Conservancy], images, maps, real estate atlases, deeds, diaries, genealogies, and oral histories of the western-northern most part of Philadelphia.<ref>[http://chconservancy.org/history-at-home CHHS Collections] in ''Chestnut Hill Conservancy'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://www.germansociety.org/library.html German Society of Pennsylvania], Philadelphia, church history, genealogy, immigrants, immigrant aid records, German newspapers, old GSP memberships, and German-American periodicals.<ref>[http://www.germansociety.org/GenealogicalResourcesHorner.pdf Genealogical Resources at the Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library] in ''The German Society of Pennsylvania'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://www.germansociety.org/library.html German Society of Pennsylvania], Philadelphia, church history, genealogy, immigrants, immigrant aid records, German newspapers, old GSP memberships, and German-American periodicals.<ref>[http://www.germansociety.org/GenealogicalResourcesHorner.pdf Genealogical Resources at the Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library] in ''The German Society of Pennsylvania'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://www.germantownhistory.org/ Germantown Historical Society] (Germantown, Mt. Airy, Chestnut Hill) manuscripts, maps, deeds, business records, newspapers, church and cemetery records, oral histories, and photos.<ref>[http://www.germantownhistory.org/library.htm Library and Archives] in ''Germantown Historical Society'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://www.germantownhistory.org/ Germantown Historical Society] (Germantown, Mt. Airy, Chestnut Hill) manuscripts, maps, deeds, business records, newspapers, church and cemetery records, oral histories, and photos.<ref>[http://www.germantownhistory.org/library.htm Library and Archives] in ''Germantown Historical Society'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>  

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Haverford College Library

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  hc-special@haverford.edu

Address:[1] Quaker and Special Collections
                     James P. Magill Library
                     370 Lancaster Avenue
                     Haverford, PA 19041-1392

Telephone:[1]  610-896-1161
Fax:  610-896-1002

Hours:[2] Special Collections open by appointment. Library hours.

Directions, maps, and parking:

Internet sites and databases:

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

History of Quakerism from 17th-century Britain to the present day in many parts of the world. Collection includes diaries, photos, family papers, Quaker meeting and organizational records; 35,000 books, 2,400 linear feet of manuscripts. Rare books and manuscripts cover all fields of knowledge with particular strengths in American and British history. Founded by Orthodox Quakers, the school is now non-denominational with a Quaker influence.[3] [4] [5]

Tips[edit | edit source]

  • Tips and tools on using Tripod, the catalog.
  • Visitors must sign in with a valid Photo ID at the Circulation Desk. After 11 p.m., Magill Library is closed to visitors. Wireless internet available. Visitors may use the computers up to one hour daily.[6]

Guides[edit | edit source]

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a source at the Haverford College Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

  • National Archives at Philadelphia records of federal agencies and courts for Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, censuses, ships lists, naturalizations, and military records.[7]
  • Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, indexes and original sources of Pennsylvania Archives, such as vital records, military records, naturalization, prisoners, land records, censuses, and ships lists 1728-1808. Also, unfilmed transcripts from many historical societies and courthouses.[8] [9]
  • State Library of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, indexes and surname files, histories, atlases, land records, maps, ship lists, church and cemetery records, censuses, regimental histories, ethnic and religious groups, newspapers, obituaries, naturalizations, and city directories.[10]

Similar Collections


Neighboring Collections

Delaware County

  • Delaware County Archives, Lima, births 1852-1855, 1893-1907, deaths 1852-1855, 1893-1906, marriages 1852-1855, 1855-1930, civil and criminal cases, natualizations 1795-1990, prisoners 1873-1917, wills 1789-1940.[12]
  • Delaware County Historical Society, Chester, birth, marriage, burial, census, church, court, genealogical, and land records, maps, newspapers, telephone books, city directories, yearbooks.[13]
  • Rachel Kohl Library, Glen Mills, genealogy programs and collection.[14]

Chester County

Lancaster County

Philadelphia County

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Quaker and Special Collections at Haverford College Library (accessed 1 January 2014).
  2. ↑ Hours in Haverford College Library (accessed 25 September 2012).
  3. ↑ About the Quaker Collection in Haverford Libraries (accessed 24 December 2013).
  4. ↑ Special Collections in Tripod (accessed 1 January 2014).
  5. ↑ Haverford College in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 1 January 2014).
  6. ↑ Haverford Library Visitor Information at Haverford College Library (accessed 25 September 2012).
  7. ↑ Family History at the National Archives in Philadelphia in National Archives (accessed 20 December 2013).
  8. ↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 97. At various libraries (WorldCat). FHL Ref Book 973 J54d.
  9. ↑ Research Topics at the Pennsylvania State Archives in Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (accessed 23 December 2013).
  10. ↑ Genealogy and Local History in Pennsylvania Department of Education (accessed 27 December 2013).
  11. ↑ Friends Historical Library in Swarthmore College (accessed 24 December 2013).
  12. ↑ Delaware County Archives in Delaware County, Pennsylvania (accessed 1 January 2014).
  13. ↑ Research Library in Delaware County Historical Society (accessed 1 January 2014).
  14. ↑ This Month's Calendar in Rachel Kohl Library (accessed 1 January 2014).
  15. ↑ Archives and Records Services in Chester County, Pennsylvania (accessed 1 January 2014).
  16. ↑ Library in Chester County Historical Society (accessed 1 January 2014).
  17. ↑ Resources in Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society (accessed 24 December 2013).
  18. ↑ Genealogy Resources/Church Records in Franklin and Marshall College Library (accessed 24 December 2013).
  19. ↑ Genealogy Resources in Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society (accessed 24 December 2013).
  20. ↑ Birth and Death Certificates in Pennsylvania Department of Health (accessed 27 December 2013).
  21. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 95
  22. ↑ Genealogy 101 in Free Library of Philadelphia (accessed 27 December 2013).
  23. ↑ Clerk of the Orphans' Court in City of Philadelphia (accessed 27 December 2013).
  24. ↑ Search Court Records in The Philadelphia Courts (accessed 23 December 2013).
  25. ↑ Marriage Records in Register of Wills (accessed 23 December 2013).
  26. ↑ Archives in City of Philadelphia Department of Records (accessed 23 December 2013).
  27. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 95
  28. ↑ Office of the Clerk of Court in United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania (accessed 24 December 2013).
  29. ↑ About the Museum in American Swedish Historical Museum (accessed 24 December 2013).
  30. ↑ CHHS Collections in Chestnut Hill Conservancy (accessed 24 December 2013).
  31. ↑ Genealogical Resources at the Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library in The German Society of Pennsylvania (accessed 24 December 2013).
  32. ↑ Library and Archives in Germantown Historical Society (accessed 24 December 2013).
  33. ↑ The JGSGP Library in Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia (accessed 24 December 2013).
  34. ↑ The Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia in The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (accessed 24 December 2013).
  35. ↑ Genealogy and Family History Research at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Presbyterian Historical Society (accessed 24 December 2013).
  36. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 27.
  37. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.
  38. ↑ Records in Ontario Ministry of Government Services (accessed 29 December 2013).
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