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Institution: Haverford College
Website: http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/
Creator: Thomas, Esther Willits.
Title: Esther and Arthur Thomas correspondence.
Dates: 1891-1899
Extent: 3.67 linear feet
Language: Materials in English.
Biographical or Historical Note: Esther Evans Willits (1874-1975) was a graduate student at Bryn Mawr College in Physics and Biology from 1894 to 1896. She married Arthur Henry Thomas (1872-1942) in 1898. In 1900 Thomas founded the Arthur H. Thomas Company, a Philadelphia-based importer and retailer of scientific instruments.
Scope and Content Note: The collection consists almost entirely of letters between Esther Willits and Arthur Thomas, written primarily during their engagement. The letters concern personal matters for the most part, but also include discussions of literature, culture, and society. While most of the letters originate in the Philadelphia area or Haddonfield, New Jersey, there are a small number of letters Arthur wrote while visiting the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. There are also a few letters between Arthur Thomas and Joseph E. Trimble.
Personal and Corporate Names: Thomas, Arthur Henry. / World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) /
Subjects: Quakers--Correspondence. /
Genres: Correspondence. /
Themes: Women's history /
Related collections: Bryn Mawr College: Esther Willits and Esther Thomas papers.
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.