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United States Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries Haverford College Library

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:

Travel directions to Haverford College by car and by train.
Google Map showing James P. Magill Library.
Campus Map (pdf).
Parking map (pdf). Parking at Orchard Lot (across from Whitehead Campus Center) and South Lot.

Internet sites and databases:

Quaker and Special Collections events, blog, features, new books and finding aids.
Tripod Catalog Tri-College catalog searchable by keyword, author, title, subject, or call number, and in WorldCat.
Haverford Library Visitor Information when you arrive, using materials, computing and wireless Internet, printing and copying.

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]

Genealogy Research Guide Quaker specific and general.
Finding Aids describing hundreds of collections of manuscripts, photos, newspapers, and fine art.
Tripod Research Guides List of class research guides.

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

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.^[11]

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]

Repositories in surrounding counties: Pennsylvania: Chester, Montgomery, Philadelpia, New Jersey: Gloucester, and Delaware (State): New Castle.

Chester County

Chester County Archives and Records Services, West Chester, online indexes and births 1852-1855, 1893-1907, deaths 1852-1855, 1893-1906, marriages 1852-1855, 1855-1930.^[15]
Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, genealogy, local history, family papers, records of businesses, organizations, churches and schools, maps, newspapers, censuses, and databases.^[16]

Lancaster County

Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society (ERHS), Lancaster, Reformed Church records and genealogy resources including parish registers.^[17]
Franklin and Marshall College Library, Lancaster, "Hessian" (German) soldiers in the American Revolution, history, government, Pennsylvania-German culture, U.S. Civil War.^[18]
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, card index to over 800,000 persons, genealogies, local histories, biographies, directories, passenger lists, census, deeds, obituaries, surname files.^[19]

Philadelphia County

Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, Philadelphia, birth and death records 1906-present. Order in-person, order online through VitalChek, or order births by mail, or order deaths by mail.^[20]
Philadelphia City Archives births 1860-1915, marriages 1860-1915, divorces 1851-1975, deaths 1803-1915, naturalizations 1800-1933 (except 1905-1913), house deeds 1683-1952, tax lists, prisoners, mayors' warrants, cemeteries, constables, streets and city directories.^[21] ^[22]
Clerk of the Orphans' Court, Philadelphia, marriages 1885-present.^[23]
Office of the Prothonotary, Philadelphia, divorces 1875-present, and Court of Common Pleas records, Municipal Court records, and Orphans Court records since 1874.^[24]
Register of Wills, Philadelphia, wills 1692-present, and marriages records.^[25]
City of Philadelphia Department of Records deeds 1952-present, mortgages, and partnerships.^[26]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, has early Quakers, Germans, Scots-Irish and other ethinc groups in PA, NJ, DE, and states east of the Mississippi River, Balch Institute passenger arrival lists, huge manuscript collection including many indexes, and Philadelphia neighborhood records.^[21]
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, has great online indexes to books, periodicals, family folders, genealogies, and research aids for Pennsylvania and surrounding states.^[21]
Library Company of Philadelphia has huge German-American collection, Pennsylvanians in the Civil War, and early Philadelphia documents as if it were a second city archives.^[21]
Free Library of Philadelphia very large book collection, periodicals, genealogies, city directories, maps, family folders, vertical files, manuscripts, and Pennsylvania histories.^[21]
University of Pennsylvania Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Philadelphia, many manuscripts, newspapers, county records, ethnic sources, denominational records, and county histories.^[21]
Temple University Urban Archives, Philadelphia, churches, fraternal groups, unions, guilds, clubs, businesses, and societies especially related to the growth of Philadelphia and vicinity.^[21]
U.S. District Court Clerk, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, court records.^[27]
American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, Swedish heritage in the Delaware Valley.^[28]
Chestnut Hill Historical Society, images, maps, real estate atlases, deeds, diaries, genealogies, and oral histories of the western-northern most part of Philadelphia.^[29]
German Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, church history, genealogy, immigrants, immigrant aid records, German newspapers, old GSP memberships, and German-American periodicals.^[30]
Germantown Historical Society (Germantown, Mt. Airy, Chestnut Hill) manuscripts, maps, deeds, business records, newspapers, church and cemetery records, oral histories, and photos.^[31]
Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia, Melrose Park, Jewish genealogy research manuals, society newsletters, regional cemeteries, and resource guide for south PA, NJ, and DE.^[32]
Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia ELCA archives for Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Upstate New York (excluding New York City) and New England. Includes clergy and synod papers, and some parish registers (baptisms, marriages, funerals, confirmations) (some in German).^[33]
Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, national archives of the Presbyterian Church (USA).^[34]

Repositories in other surrounding states: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ontario.
Historical Society of Delaware Library, Wilmington, colonial records, newspapers, church records, state records, Revolutionary War records, Civil War records, Delaware histories, and genealogies.^[35]
Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, records of Germans and Scots-Irish who traveled the Great Valley Road from Penn. to Virginia, including manuscripts, newspapers, biographies, and histories.^[36]
Archives of Ontario, Toronto, births, marriages, deaths, wills, land, naturalizations, passenger lists, maps, cemeteries, church, court, military, hospital, schools, city directories, and voters’ lists.^[37]

Sources[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Quaker and Special Collections at Haverford College Library (accessed 1 January 2014).
↑ Hours in Haverford College Library (accessed 25 September 2012).
↑ About the Quaker Collection in Haverford Libraries (accessed 24 December 2013).
↑ Special Collections in Tripod (accessed 1 January 2014).
↑ Haverford College in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 1 January 2014).
↑ Haverford Library Visitor Information at Haverford College Library (accessed 25 September 2012).
↑ Family History at the National Archives in Philadelphia in National Archives (accessed 20 December 2013).
↑ 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.
↑ Research Topics at the Pennsylvania State Archives in Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (accessed 23 December 2013).
↑ Genealogy and Local History in Pennsylvania Department of Education (accessed 27 December 2013).
↑ Friends Historical Library in Swarthmore College (accessed 24 December 2013).
↑ Delaware County Archives in Delaware County, Pennsylvania (accessed 1 January 2014).
↑ Research Library in Delaware County Historical Society (accessed 1 January 2014).
↑ This Month's Calendar in Rachel Kohl Library (accessed 1 January 2014).
↑ Archives and Records Services in Chester County, Pennsylvania (accessed 1 January 2014).
↑ Library in Chester County Historical Society (accessed 1 January 2014).
↑ Resources in Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society (accessed 24 December 2013).
↑ Genealogy Resources/Church Records in Franklin and Marshall College Library (accessed 24 December 2013).
↑ Genealogy Resources in Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society (accessed 24 December 2013).
↑ Birth and Death Certificates in Pennsylvania Department of Health (accessed 27 December 2013).
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 ^21.2 ^21.3 ^21.4 ^21.5 ^21.6 Dollarhide and Bremer, 95
↑ Genealogy 101 in Free Library of Philadelphia (accessed 27 December 2013).
↑ Clerk of the Orphans' Court in City of Philadelphia (accessed 27 December 2013).
↑ Search Court Records in The Philadelphia Courts (accessed 23 December 2013).
↑ Marriage Records in Register of Wills (accessed 23 December 2013).
↑ Archives in City of Philadelphia Department of Records (accessed 23 December 2013).
↑ Office of the Clerk of Court in United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania (accessed 24 December 2013).
↑ About the Museum in American Swedish Historical Museum (accessed 24 December 2013).
↑ CHHS Collections in Chestnut Hill Historical Society (accessed 24 December 2013).
↑ Genealogical Resources at the Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library in The German Society of Pennsylvania (accessed 24 December 2013).
↑ Library and Archives in Germantown Historical Society (accessed 24 December 2013).
↑ The JGSGP Library in Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia (accessed 24 December 2013).
↑ The Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia in The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (accessed 24 December 2013).
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[Quaker-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).

[VI-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).

[DB97-8] 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).

[DB95-21] 21.0 ^21.1 ^21.2 ^21.3 ^21.4 ^21.5 ^21.6 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] Office of the Clerk of Court in United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania (accessed 24 December 2013).

[28] About the Museum in American Swedish Historical Museum (accessed 24 December 2013).

[29] CHHS Collections in Chestnut Hill Historical Society (accessed 24 December 2013).

[30] Genealogical Resources at the Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library in The German Society of Pennsylvania (accessed 24 December 2013).

[31] Library and Archives in Germantown Historical Society (accessed 24 December 2013).

[32] The JGSGP Library in Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia (accessed 24 December 2013).

[33] The Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia in The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (accessed 24 December 2013).

[34] Genealogy and Family History Research at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Presbyterian Historical Society (accessed 24 December 2013).

[DB27-35] Dollarhide and Bremer, 27.

[DB113-36] Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.

[37] Records in Ontario Ministry of Government Services (accessed 29 December 2013).

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 *[http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/depts/archives.html 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.<ref>[http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/depts/archives.html Delaware County Archives]  in ''Delaware County, Pennsylvania'' (accessed 1 January 2014).</ref>
 *[http://www.delcohistory.com/research-library/ Delaware County Historical Society], Chester, birth, marriage, burial, census, church, court, genealogical, and land records, maps, newspapers, telephone books, city directories, yearbooks.<ref>[http://www.delcohistory.com/research-library/ Research Library] in ''Delaware County Historical Society'' (accessed 1 January 2014).</ref>
-*[http://www.kohllibrary.org/Events.html Rachel Kohl Library], Glen Mills, genealogy programs and collection.<ref>[http://www.kohllibrary.org/Tools&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Research.html This Month's Calendar] in ''Rachel Kohl Library'' (accessed 1 January 2014).</ref>
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 *Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:&nbsp;''''' ''Pennsylvania:&nbsp;'' [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester]], [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery]], [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelpia]], ''New&nbsp;Jersey:&nbsp;'' [[Gloucester County, New Jersey|Gloucester]], and ''Delaware (State):&nbsp;'' [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle]].
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 *[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/birth_and_death_certificates/11596 Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records], Philadelphia, birth and death records 1906-present. Order in-person, [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/birth_certificates/14121/birth_records_-_by_internet/556818 order online] through VitalChek, or [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/birth_certificates/14121/birth_records_-_by_mail/556813 order births by mail], or [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/death_and_fetal_death_certificates/14122/death_records_-_by_mail/556827 order deaths by mail].<ref>[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/birth_and_death_certificates/11596 Birth and Death Certificates] in ''Pennsylvania Department of Health'' (accessed 27 December 2013).</ref>
-*[http://www.phila.gov/records/archives/archives.html Philadelphia City Archives] births 1860-1915, marriages 1860-1915, divorces 1851-1975, deaths 1803-1915, naturalizations 1800-1933 (except 1905-1913), house deeds 1683-1952, tax lists, prisoners, mayors' warrants, cemeteries, constables, streets and city directories.<ref name="DB95">Dollarhide and Bremer, 95</ref> <ref>[http://libwww.freelibrary.org/explore/shell.cfm?topicTitle=Genealogy&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;template=genealogyhand.cfm Genealogy 101] in ''Free Library of Philadelphia'' (accessed 27 December 2013).</ref>
+*[http://www.phila.gov/records/archives/archives.html Philadelphia City Archives] births 1860-1915, marriages 1860-1915, divorces 1851-1975, deaths 1803-1915, naturalizations 1800-1933 (except 1905-1913), house deeds 1683-1952, tax lists, prisoners, mayors' warrants, cemeteries, constables, streets and city directories.<ref name="DB95">Dollarhide and Bremer, 95</ref> <ref>[http://libwww.freelibrary.org/explore/shell.cfm?topicTitle=Genealogy&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;template=genealogyhand.cfm Genealogy 101] in ''Free Library of Philadelphia'' (accessed 27 December 2013).</ref>
 *[http://www.phila.gov/justice/orphans/ Clerk of the Orphans' Court], Philadelphia, marriages 1885-present.<ref>[http://www.phila.gov/justice/orphans/ Clerk of the Orphans' Court] in ''City of Philadelphia'' (accessed 27 December 2013).</ref>
 *[http://www.courts.phila.gov/departments/prothonotary.asp Office of the Prothonotary], Philadelphia, divorces 1875-present, and Court of Common Pleas records, Municipal Court records, and Orphans Court records since 1874.<ref>[http://www.courts.phila.gov/casesearch/ Search Court Records] in ''The Philadelphia Courts'' (accessed 23 December 2013).</ref>
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