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Institution: Haverford College
Website: http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/
Title: Taylor-Savery-Frysinger family papers.
Dates: 1834-1985 (bulk 1880s-1940s)
Extent: 9.4 linear feet
Language: Materials in English.
Biographical or Historical Note: The Taylors, Saverys, and Frysingers are prominent Quaker families of the Philadelphia area. Thomas B. Taylor married Elizabeth Savery (b. 1852), a descendent of William Savery (1722-1781), the noted American cabinetmaker. Thomas and Elizabeth Taylor's children included Ralph S. Taylor and Emma Taylor Jacob. Ralph Taylor's daughter was Katherine Taylor, who married Daniel Frysinger.
Scope and Content Note: This is a collection of papers of the Taylor, Savery, and Frysinger familes. Materials include: correspondence with family members and friends; greeting cards and postcards; diaries; printed materials and publications, primarily from Quaker institutions and meetings, including Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; newspaper clippings concerning Quakers; genealogies; and miscellaneous scrapbooks, account books, and school exercise books.
Personal and Corporate Names: Frisinger family. / Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. / Savary family. / Taylor family. /
Subjects: Quakers--Correspondence. / Quakers--Diaries. / Quakers--Genealogy. / Quakers--Pennsylvania. /
Genres: Clippings. / Correspondence. / Diaries. / Family papers. / Genealogies. / Scrapbooks. /
Themes: Genealogy /
The collection is open for research. Please contact Diana Franzusoff Peterson, Manuscripts Librarian & College Archivist, dfpeters@haverford.edu, with questions or to access the collection.
The survey projects that produced these collection records were funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.