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Bernard Barton Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-311
Overview
The collection contains primarily the corrrespondence of Bernard Barton, English Quaker poet and bank clerk. Most of the letters are to William S. Fitch, a chemist and druggist, and other correspondents include R. Ackerman and Edward Moxon. Many of the letters concern Barton's poetry. Also included are few poems and other papers. All items in the collection were written by Bernard Barton; most were written from the location of Woodbridge (Suffolk, England).
Dates:
1818 - 1848
Martha Shepard Lippincott Writings
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-307
Overview
A Quaker poet and book reviewer, Martha Shepard Lippincott (1867-1949) was a birthright and life-long member of Moorestown Monthly Meeting, New Jersey. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1889 and supported herself as a writer; many of her poems were published in women's, Christian, and local papers. The wide ranging themes include war and peace, temperance, nature, and love. The collection contains her manuscript poetry arranged chronologically and a small amount of her prose and...
Dates:
1886-circa 1939
Waldo Williams Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Williams, Waldo
Overview
Williams was a Welsh poet, war resister,war-tax resister, and conscientious objector in World War II. He became a Quaker in 1953.
Dates:
1942-1998
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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