Contents
Descriptive Summary
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE
SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS
Arrangement
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SELECTED SEARCH TERMS. Materials catalogued separately
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
List of writings by Richard Tapper Cadbury, NOT part of the collection.
Ser. 1. Genealogical and biographical material, 1799-1869, n.d.
Ser. 2. Manuscripts, 1858-1923, n.d.
Ser. 3. Correspondence, 1818-1924, n.d.
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An Inventory of the Richard Tapper Cadbury Papers, 1799-1924
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Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
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Richard Tapper Cadbury (1853-1929) |
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1799-1924 |
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Richard Tapper Cadbury (1853-1929) was a Quaker businessman, teacher, writer, and art connoisseur. His mother's brother, Earl Shinn, Jr., (1838-1886) was a well-known art critic. The collection contains correspondence and memorabilia of the Cadbury, Comfort, Haines, and Shinn families. The letters give a detailed picture of life in Philadelphia Quaker families of the mid 19th century, and of the hardships of those who participated in the California gold rush.
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6 boxes; 3 linear ft. |
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Identification:
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RG 5/025 |
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Richard Tapper Cadbury was born on October 11, 1853, in Philadelphia, the son of Richard and Lydia Shinn Cadbury. He graduated from Haverford College in 1868 and received an M.A. from Harvard in 1878. Cadbury was a teacher, writer, businessman, and art connoisseur; as a child, he was very much influenced by his uncle (his mother's brother), Earl Shinn, Jr., art critic for The Nation. Among his various employments were serving as superintendent for the Deaf and Dumb Institute of Philadelphia and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and as a trust officer at Provident Life and Trust Company. He also lectured on art topics.
Richard Tapper Cadbury was married to Helen Nathans on August 28, 1884, and the couple lived in Haverford, PA, where Helen ran a school for small children. The couple had four children: Richard Cadbury (1885-1926) who donated the papers; Helen (1886-1974); Earl Shinn (1888-1970); and Leah Tapper (1892-). Richard Tapper Cadbury died October 29, 1929.
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The collection contains correspondence and memorabilia of the Cadbury, Comfort, Haines, and Shinn families. The correspondence provides a detailed picture of life in Philadelphia Quaker families of the mid 19th century, and of the hardships of those who participated in the California gold rush. Also includes the journal of Richard Tapper Cadbury while he was a student at Haverford College, and the correspondence of Cadbury's uncle, Earl Shinn Jr., who often used pseudonym “Edward Strahan” and was an art critic for the Nation with artists with well-known artists of his day.
Earl Shinn Jr. corresponded with the following artists: Thomas Eakins, Howard Roberts, William Chase, John Sartain, Carroll Backwith, B.C.Champney, and William T. Richards, Howard Nelmick, A.Quartley. Possible correspondents: R. Swain Gifford, Edward L. Scull, F.A.Bridgman, William Walton, R. Sturgis, P.F.Rothermel, G.W.H.Boughton, Henry Bacon, Jas. Hamilton, and R. Wylie.
Artists with whom Shinn was acquainted in the Tile Club (or otherwise) include: Hopkinson Smith, Abbey, Reinhart, Walter Paris, O'Donovan, Laffan, Baird, Harry Bispham, Weber, Winslow Homer, Kenyon Cox, Roger Haydock, S.J.Ferris, John Yaber, Bradford, Heaton, T.B.Read, D.R.Knight, Humphrey Moore, and George Wood.
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:
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The collection is divided into three series:
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List of writings by Richard Tapper Cadbury, NOT part of the collection.
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“An Attempt to Reconcile Spencer with Kant, in their Ultimate Principles of Knowledge.”
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“The Greek Comedy in Philadelphia.”
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“The Influence of Gymnastics on Greek Art.”
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“Was Seneca's Moral Character in Harmony with his Ethical Philosophy?”
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Plays
Most of his plays are unittitled.
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“Count Esherhazy on Trial.”
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“Does the Mind Ever Sleep?”
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“The Fight in Charlie Allan.”
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“The Football Season of 1912.”
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“How Two Little Girls Were Seven.”
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“Mag and Sal in Their Leathers.”
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“The Quack Doctor: A Movie.”
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Ser. 1. Genealogical and biographical material, 1799-1869, n.d.
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Genealogical chart of Richard Tapper Cadbury's ancestors
Includes members of Comfort and Shinn families.
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Diary of Richard T. Cadbury while attending Haverford College
1869
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Notebook record of “Dutch, Irish, & English People I Have Known,” kept by Richard Cadbury, Jr.
Includes address book, including some while at Woodbrooke, about 906
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Marriage certificate of David Comfort & Beulah Walton, great-grandparents of Richard T. Cadbury
3-13-1799 photostat copy
See marriage certificate files, F.H.L.
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Deed of property for Byberry Friends' Meeting House, signed by David Comfort
1834
David Comfort was the maternal great-grandfather of Richard T. Cadbury. See file of deeds, F.H.L.
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Clipping from the Glasgow Gazette, “Valedictory to the Law Class of Glasgow,” by S. W. Comfort, of Glasgow, Ky.
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Disownment of Rebecca Shinn
1-30-1828
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Circular regarding taking over of drug store at N.E. corner of Broad & Spruce Sts. Phila., by Thos. H. Montgomery & Samuel Earl Shinn, the latter an uncle of Richard T. Cadbury.
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Miscellaneous memorabilia of Richard T. Cadbury
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Ser. 2. Manuscripts, 1858-1923, n.d.
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Description of Abington Friends Meeting House, author unknown.
Written from the viewpoint of a child.
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Descriptions of Friends' Select School, Haverford Grammar School Westtown Boarding School, by Earl S. Cadbury
Earl was presumably son of Richard T. Cadbury, lived 1888-1970.
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Lecture notes on art, including lecture on Leonardo da Vinci, author unknown, probably E. Shinn 2 folders
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Miscellaneous essays, plays poems, stories
Includes “An Attempt to Reconcile Spencer with Kant,” & “The Greek Comedy in Philadelphia”, presumably by Richard Tapper Cadbury.
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Miscellaneous “essays” by various young people
1858, other dates
Includes binder entitled The Young Essayists, in which some of the compositions are dated 1858. Also, “Not Luck, but Work”, by Helen V. Nathans, who later became the wife of Richard T. Cadbury.
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Nero, A Tragedy, by Richard Tapper Cadbury
1880
Pub. Phila. under pseud. “Richard Comfort.” See printed copy in F.H.L. BX7617.C18N4
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Illustration for Nero, drawn by Earl Shinn, Jr., uncle of Richard T. Cadbury 2 copies
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Writ, By Richard Tapper Cadbury
1923
Pub. Haverford. See printed copy in F.H.L. BX7617.C18W9
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Ser. 3. Correspondence, 1818-1924, n.d.
Folders arranged alphabetically by individual, chronologically within each folder
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Cadbury, Richard Tapper, rec'd & sent
1880-1924, n.d.
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Cadbury, Richard, & wife, Lydia Shinn Cadbury, parents of Richard Tapper Cadbury, rec'd & sent
1858-1876 (?), n.d.
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Comfort, Charles, sent
1838-1865, n.d.
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Comfort, David, & wife, Beulah Walton Comfort, parents of other Comforts in this series, rec'd & sent
1818-1840
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Comfort, Edmund, sent
1840-1887
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Comfort, James, sent
1826-1835, n.d.
Includes lines on his death by shipwreck, 2-13-1835, written by a brother.
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Comfort, Lydia, rec'd & sent
1820-1865, n.d.
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Comfort, Martha (Patty) sent
1840-1885
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[Comfort, Richard] rec'd from H.W. Longfellow
1880 9mo 28
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Comfort, Stephen, sent
1829-1857
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Comfort, Thornton, wife, Joanna, sent
1827-1880, n.d.
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Comfort, William, sent
1828-1845, n.d.
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Haines, Elizabeth Shinn, & husband Henry Haines, sent
1843-1881, n.d.
Includes correspondence by Hillborn, Fanny, “adopted daughter” of Elizabeth Haines, sent, 1878-1882, n.d.
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Neall, Hannah Lloyd, (Mrs.James), to Earl Shinn, Jr, sent
1857-1869, n.d.
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Shinn, Earl Sr., & wife Sarah Comfort Shinn, parents of other Shinns in this series, rec'd & sent
1823-1863
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Shinn, Earl, Jr., sent
1853-1886, n.d.
All of Earl Shinn Jr.'s correspondence is available on microfilm.
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Shinn, Earl, Jr., letters, rec'd & sent, of special interest re: art and artists With photocopies
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Article about Thomas Eakins, publishing two letters from this collection. By Gerald M. Ackermen.
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Shinn, Earl, Jr., rec'd
1855-1886, n.d.
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Shinn, James Thornton, sent
1866-1867, n.d.
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Shinn, Rebecca, sent
1866-1878, n.d.
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Shipley, Anna Shinn husband, Samuel R. Shipley, sent
1850-1887, n.d.
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Miscellaneous
1817-1885, n.d.
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