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Title: Old Friends Meeting House near Haverford, front view
Description: Glass negative showing Haverford Meeting House, a two-story stone building with a porch and a small shed to the left. The meeting house is seen from across a lawn and has trees on either side. The Haverford Meeting was founded in 1683 by Welsh settlers. The Southern portion of the stone Meeting House was completed in 1700. The Northern portion was added in 1800., Photographer remarks: Building in shade. High wind., Time: 9:30, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: October 17, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.442]

Title: Old Haverford Meeting House. From S[outh]
Description: Glass negative showing Haverford Meeting House, a two-story stone building with a small shed to the right. The Haverford Meeting was founded in 1683 by Welsh settlers. The Southern portion of the stone Meeting House was completed in 1700. The Northern portion was added in 1800., Time: 9:45, Light: Good sun., This is the same building as the one depicted in plate 442., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: January 17, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.443]

Title: Allen C. Thomas' [history and literature] class room, No. 61 Founder's Hall, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing Allen C. Thomas' classroom in Founder's Hall at Haverford College. Pupil chairs with attached desks are arranged in rows. A larger desk stacked with books sits at the front of the room. Behind the desk is a blackboard and the adjacent wall is filled with maps. Founders Hall, built in 1833, was the first building of the Haverford School, later College. It served as the only living and learning quarters of the College until 1877 when Barclay Hall was built. Thomas graduated from Haverford College in 1865 and returned as an instructor in 1878. After getting his masters in history in 1882, he continued as a professor of rhetoric and history until 1909. He also worked extensively with the library until 1912., Photographer remarks: Slightly overtimed & underdeveloped., Time: 4:30, Light: Fair no sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 24, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.502]

Title: Founder's Hall, east end, Haverford [College]
Description: Glass negative showing Founder's Hall a Haverford College, a building with a wide lawn and ivy climbing up the walls. The image is framed by foliage in the foreground. Founders Hall, built in 1833, was the first building of the Haverford School, later College. It served as the only living and learning quarters of the College until 1877 when Barclay Hall was built., Photographer remarks: Foliage indistinct. Varnished. Not focussed[sic] well., Time: 1:40, Light: Very good. Shadow on house., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 22, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.5]

Title: Haverford Gate-Posts from opposite side of pike, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing a path lined with tall trees framed by two stone pillars. The pillar on the left reads "1833, Haverford," while the pillar on the right reads "1883, College." A low stone wall extends from the pillars and a building is visible on the left. Haverford College was founded in 1833., Photographer remarks: Same as 459.[Film torn between gate posts] Intens. 5/20,'85, Time: 10:30, Light: Fairly good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: December 2, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.476]

Title: Barclay Hall from opposite side of pond, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing in the distance a pond and beyond that Barclay Hall, a large residential hall with a prominent spire situated on a hill. A path lined with trees is visible in the foreground to the left and a field with a wire fence to the right. Barclay Hall was built in 1877 to expand the living quarters of Haverford College, originally founded in 1833., Photographer remarks: Same as 461. [Slightly overexposed I think]. Intens. 2, 28, '85, Time: 9:45, Light: Good sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: December 2, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.477]

Title: Prof. H. Carvill Lewis' class-room, no. 73 Founders Hall, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing H. Carvill Lewis' science classroom in Founder's Hall at Haverford College (founded 1833). Long tables hold various tubes, burners, and vials. A taller counter sits at the front of the room with a blackboard behind it. To the left are shelves holding more glass vials. Founders Hall, built in 1833, was the first building of the Haverford School, later College. It served as the only living and learning quarters of the College until 1877 when Barclay Hall was built. Lewis graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1876 with a masters of Arts degree. In 1879, he went on to work for the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania for three years. In 1883, he was hired as the chair of geology at Haverford College, and he spent most of his professional career studying glacial phenomena., Time: 4:35, Light: Fair same as last., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.508]

Title: Carpenter Shop from W. door, Founders Hall, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing the carpenter shop and a second low building at Haverford College (founded 1833) surrounded by trees. A water pump stands on a small hill at the right and a dog sits in the grass in front of the building on the left., Photographer remarks: One of new B's same rapidity as old J.C.B.s. Not focused well. Poor neg., Time: 1:30, Light: Fair, sun shining., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 18, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.232]

Title: [Jedediah H.] Adams & [Allan M.] Mowry [in costumes worn as witnesses at Everett Society mock trial, 3, 28, '84, Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing a full length portrait of Jedediah H. Adams and Allan M. Mowry (Haverford College class of 1887 and part of the Everett Society) dressed in elaborate costumes. One is dressed as a woman with a long dresses and purse and the other wears a three-piece suit, top hat, and false beard. They stand in front of a stone wall covered with vines and a suitcase sits on the ground near the man's feet. The Everett Society was founded by students in 1858. Their activities included declamations, orations, debates and essay writing. The Society merged with the Haverford Athenaeum in 1889 to form the Everett-Athenaeum Society., Same as last., Photographer remarks: Upright on plate. Intensified. Collodion flowed over., Time: 12:30, Light: Fair., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 31, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.237]

Title: Corner of my room No. 20 B[arclay] H[all], showing desk. etc. [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing a desk and chair in the corner of Marriott C. Morris's room in the residential hall Barclay Hall at Haverford College. A shelf full of books hangs on the wall above the desk and a framed picture and a calendar hang to the left. The carpet is richly patterned. There is a bed to the right of the desk. Barclay Hall was built in 1877 to expand the living quarters of Haverford College, originally founded in 1833., Photographer remarks: Too much reflection from walls., Time: 4:30, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 12, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.269]

Title: Barclay Hall, [Haverford College] from near our cricket crease
Description: Glass negative showing the residential hall Barclay Hall at Haverford College, a three-story brick building with a tall spire. Winter trees occupy the lawn in the foreground. Barclay Hall was built in 1877 to expand the living quarters of Haverford College, originally founded in 1833., Photographer remarks: Very pretty negative., Time: 12:10 P.M., Light: Faint sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: November 19, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.188]

Title: Prof. Sharpless' house from Observatory window, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing Isaac Sharpless' large home seen from the window of the observatory at Haverford College between two clusters of trees. Sharpless was a Quaker mathematician and astronomer at Haverford College (founded 1833). He served as Dean of the College from 1884 to 1887, and then president from 1887 to 1917., Photographer remarks: over-exposed. weak neg., Time: 4:15 P.M., Light: not very strong, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: December 6, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.194]

Title: Observatory, Haverford [College]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the Strawbridge Memorial Observatory's dome and the surrounding trees from across a field. The Strawbridge Memorial Observatory was built at Haverford College (founded 1833) in 1854. Thomas Kimber Jr. provided funds for the first telescope, and the building was doubled in 1883 for a new ten-inch refracting telescope., Photographer remarks: Printed only one picture which was very good. Crystals formed as above. Not Varnished., Time: 4:35, Light: Very good., The emulsion has cracked and formed crystals throughout., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 22, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.8]

Title: Group at back door of Founder's. Prof[essor] Sharpless' 3 children, [Helen, Amy and Fredric], & Eddie Thomas, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing Professor Isaac Sharpless' three children, Helen, Amy Cope, and Fredric Sharpless, and Professor Allen Clapp Thomas' son Eddie Thomas (Haverford College class of 1897), posed in a doorway at Founder's Hall. Thomas stands in the back and while the Sharpless children sit on the step. Isaac Sharpless was a Quaker mathematician and astronomer at Haverford College (founded 1833). He served as Dean of Haverford College from 1884 to 1887, and then president from 1887 to 1917. Allen Thomas graduated from Haverford College in 1865 and returned as an instructor in 1878. After getting his masters in history in 1882, he continued as a professor of rhetoric and history until 1909. He also worked extensively with the library until 1912. Founders Hall, built in 1833, was the first building of the Haverford School, later College. It served as the only living and learning quarters of the College until 1877 when Barclay Hall was built., Time: 11:15, Light: Fair sun out., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 6, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.513]

Title: Haverford College Station. Harry on platform
Description: Glass negative showing the Haverford College railroad station seen from across the train tracks. A man stands on the platform next to the station., Photographer remarks: Very good, but thin picture. One of the best I have ever done. Print in shade. V[Varnished], Time: 1:15 PM, Light: Bright, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: November 15, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.54]

Title: A.J. Cassatt's house. "Scip" in foreground. [Cheswold, Cheswold Lane above Haverford Train Station]
Description: Glass negative showing A.J. Cassatt's large multi-story home with a wide lawn in front. Scip, a medium-sized piebald dog, sits on the lawn in the foreground. Cassatt was the seventh president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and brother to the painter Mary Cassatt., Photographer remarks: Over-developed I think. V [varnished] Prints pretty well on albumen paper., Time: 1:30 PM, Light: Bright, Dog in foreground is partially obscured by abrasion to the emulsion., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: November 15, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.55]

Title: Ardmore from Cricket Field, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing a distant view of the town of Ardmore taken from the Haverford College (founded 1833) cricket field., Photographer remarks: Pretty good. Rather too distant. Several pinholes., Time: 4:55, Light: Strong., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 22, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.9]

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