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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
''' | '''Email:''' [mailto:hc-special@haverford.edu hc-special@haverford.edu]<br> | ||
'''Address:'''< | '''Address:'''<br> | ||
:Quaker and Special Collections<br> | |||
:James P. Magill Library<br> | |||
:370 Lancaster Avenue<br> | |||
:Haverford, PA 19041-1392<br> | |||
'''Telephone:''' | '''Telephone:'''610-896-1161<br> | ||
'''Hours:''' | '''Hours:''' [https://www.haverford.edu/library Libraries and hours] | ||
'''Directions, maps, and parking:''' <br> | '''Directions, maps, and parking:''' <br> | ||
:*[ | :*[https://www.haverford.edu/about#visiting Visiting Haverford] - options available at bottom of page: Directions, Visit Campus, Campus Map | ||
: | :*[https://www.haverford.edu/campus-map Campus Map] - select "Type", e.g., Visitor Parking<br> | ||
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'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
*[ | *[https://www.haverford.edu/library/quaker-special-collections Quaker and Special Collections] events, blog, features, new books and finding aids. | ||
*[ | *[https://tripod.haverford.edu/ Tripod Catalog] Tri-College catalog searchable by keyword, author, title, subject, or call number. | ||
*[ | *[https://www.haverford.edu/library/policies-procedures Haverford Library Visitor Information] when you arrive, using materials, computing and wireless Internet, printing and copying. | ||
=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
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.<ref>[ | 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.<ref>[https://www.haverford.edu/library/quaker-special-collections About the Quaker Collection] (accessed 13 February 2022</ref> <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haverford_College Haverford College] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 1 January 2014).</ref> | ||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
*[ | *[https://guides.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/tripod Tripod Catalog: A How-To Guide] on using Tripod, the catalog. | ||
* | *[https://www.haverford.edu/library/quaker-special-collections/using-materials Using & Accessing Materials] in the Quaker & Special Collections | ||
=== Guides === | === Guides === | ||
*[ | *[https://guides.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/Acom_Genealogy Genealogy Research Guide] Quaker specific and general. | ||
*[http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/aids/ Finding Aids] describing hundreds of collections of manuscripts, photos, newspapers, and fine art. | *[http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/aids/ Finding Aids] describing hundreds of collections of manuscripts, photos, newspapers, and fine art. | ||
*[http://libguides.brynmawr.edu/ Tripod Research Guides] List of class research guides. | *[http://libguides.brynmawr.edu/ Tripod Research Guides] List of class research guides. | ||
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*[[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.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 95</ref> | *[[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.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 95</ref> | ||
*[[Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia, has great online indexes to books, periodicals, family folders, genealogies, and research aids for Pennsylvania and surrounding states.</ref> | *[[Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia, has great online indexes to books, periodicals, family folders, genealogies, and research aids for Pennsylvania and surrounding states.</ref> | ||
*[http://www.librarycompany.org/ 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. | *[http://www.librarycompany.org/ 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. | ||
*[http://www.freelibrary.org/ Free Library of Philadelphia] very large book collection, periodicals, genealogies, city directories, maps, family folders, vertical files, manuscripts, and Pennsylvania histories. | *[http://www.freelibrary.org/ Free Library of Philadelphia] very large book collection, periodicals, genealogies, city directories, maps, family folders, vertical files, manuscripts, and Pennsylvania histories. | ||
*[http://www.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt/ University of Pennsylvania Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center], Philadelphia, many manuscripts, newspapers, county records, ethnic sources, denominational records, and county histories. | *[http://www.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt/ University of Pennsylvania Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center], Philadelphia, many manuscripts, newspapers, county records, ethnic sources, denominational records, and county histories. | ||
*[http://library.temple.edu/collections/scrc/urban-archives Temple University Urban Archives], Philadelphia, churches, fraternal groups, unions, guilds, clubs, businesses, and societies especially related to the growth of Philadelphia and vicinity. | *[http://library.temple.edu/collections/scrc/urban-archives Temple University Urban Archives], Philadelphia, churches, fraternal groups, unions, guilds, clubs, businesses, and societies especially related to the growth of Philadelphia and vicinity. | ||
*[https://www.paed.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court Clerk, Eastern District of Pennsylvania], Philadelphia, court records.<ref>[https://www.paed.uscourts.gov/court-info Office of the Clerk of Court] in ''United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref> | *[https://www.paed.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court Clerk, Eastern District of Pennsylvania], Philadelphia, court records.<ref>[https://www.paed.uscourts.gov/court-info 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> | ||