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Title: 1st eleven of the Hav[erford] Coll[ege] Cricket Club. On a bench near cricket field
Description: Glass negative showing a group of young men from the Haverford College Cricket Club posed on a bench next to a field. Some of the men hold cricket bats and many of them wear striped suits. Five men sit on the bench while three stand behind and three sit on the grass at their feet. The man on the far left sitting on the ground wears shin pads. Haverford College was founded in 1833., Time: 5:15, Light: Not very good light., 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 4, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.614]

Title: Copy of the picture of the Semi-Centennial Reunion at Haverford [College] 10/27 '83
Description: Glass negative showing a framed photograph of a large group posed in front of Barclay Hall, the brick residential hall with a prominent central spire at Haverford College. The caption below the image reads, "Semi-Centennial Re-Union, Haverford College, Tenth Month 27th 1883, - Barclay Hall." Barclay Hall was built in 1877 to expand the living quarters of the college, originally founded in 1833., Time: 2:30, Light: Dark day, 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: May 29, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1131]

Title: Class of '89, Haverford College
Description: Glass negative showing the Haverford College (founded 1833) class of 1889 posed in a stone doorway with a pointed arch. The men in the last few rows stand while the first row sits on the stair. Most of the men wear jackets and hats., Photographer remarks: Developed too slowly? Intens. 5/85., Time: 1:35, Light: Good light, 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 7, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.770]

Title: Class of '89, Haverford [College]
Description: Glass negative showing the Haverford College (founded 1833) class of 1889 posed in a stone doorway with a pointed arch. The men in the last few rows stand while the first row sits on the stair. Most of the men wear jackets and hats., Time: 1:35, Light: Light same as last. [Good light], 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 7, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.771]

Title: [Haverford] Class of '88 on front steps of Barclay Hall
Description: Glass negative showing the Haverford College class of 1888, a large group of young men posed in rows on a set of steps at the residential hall, Barclay Hall. Some hold cricket bats and racquets. The back row stands while the front two rows sit on the steps. Some of the men hold racquets and cricket bats. They wear three-piece suits and hats. Barclay Hall was built in 1877 to expand the living quarters of Haverford College, originally founded in 1833., Time: 2:40, Light: Good light, sun out on other side of the 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 2, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.612]

Title: [Haverford College] Class of '88
Description: Glass negative showing the Haverford College class of 1888, a large group of young men posed in rows on a set of steps at the residential hall, Barclay Hall. Some hold cricket bats and racquets. The back row stands while the front two rows sit on the steps. Some of the men hold racquets and cricket bats. They wear three-piece suits and hats. Barclay Hall was built in 1877 to expand the living quarters of Haverford College, originally founded in 1833., Time: 2:45, Light: Same light as 612. Good light, sun out on other side of the 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 2, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.613]

Title: Copy of the picture of the Semi-Centennial Reunion at Haverford 10/27/1883
Description: Photograph showing a framed photograph of a large group posed in front of Barclay Hall, the brick residential hall with a prominent central spire at Haverford College. The caption below the image reads, "Semi-Centennial Re-Union, Haverford College, Tenth Month 27th 1883, Barclay Hall." Barclay Hall was built in 1877 to expand the living quarters of the college, originally founded in 1833., Photograph from negative number 1131., 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: May 29, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2105]

Title: Copy of the picture of the Semi-Centennial Reunion at Haverford 10/27/1883
Description: Photograph showing a framed photograph of a large group posed in front of Barclay Hall, the brick residential hall with a prominent central spire at Haverford College. The caption below the image reads, "Semi-Centennial Re-Union, Haverford College, Tenth Month 27th 1883, Barclay Hall." Barclay Hall was built in 1877 to expand the living quarters of the college, originally founded in 1833., Photograph from negative number 1131., 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: May 29, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2106]

Title: David Murray, our waiter at Haverford [College] & his wife at door of Gym
Description: Glass negative showing African American waiter David Murray and his wife posing in a doorway at Haverford College (founded 1833). In the left, Murray, attired in a white collared shirt, a tie, a waistcoat, a jacket, pants, and black shoes, stands placing his left hand on the back of the chair his wife sits in to the right and slightly in front of him. Mrs. Murray, wearing her curly hair tied behind her head and attired in hoop earrings, a long-sleeved checkered blouse with a white lace collar and decorative buttons running down the middle, a dark-colored skirt with ruching at the bottom, and dark-colored shoes, sits with her hands on her lap. David looks at the viewer while Mrs. Murray faces slightly left., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 11:10, Light: Faint 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., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 29, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.611]

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: John J. Smith and Rachel Collins Pearsall Smith Family Photograph Album
Description: Photograph album containing predominantly posed portraits of the family, extended family, and friends of prominent Philadelphia Quakers John Jay and Rachel Collins Pearsall Smith.

Title: John Jay Smith and Rachel Collins Pearsall Smith Family photograph album
Description: Photograph album containing predominantly posed portraits of the family, extended family, and friends of prominent Philadelphia Quakers John Jay and Rachel Collins Pearsall Smith. Also contains views of family residences, including Ivy Lodge (John Jay Smith, Germantown), Robert P. Smith's residence (below Grumblethorpe, Germantown), The Cedars (Whitall family summer home, Haddonfield, N.J.), and The “Mansion” at Millville, New Jersey ("Lloyd Logan Smith's birthplace"). Other portraiture includes group portraits showing the Haverford and Bryn Mawr Classes of 1885, "The Spices" cooking Club, "The Band of Cousins, a wedding banquet, and the Grange (London, England). Album also contains photographs showing family treks to Wyoming and Yellowstone (1879 and 1881); "H[annah] W. S[mith] at her table in 1315 Filbert St. Phila. Writing Life of John M. Whitall"; and a full-length silhouette of Robert P. Smith's daughter Gulielma who died in childhood., Sitters include John Jay and Rachel Collins Pearsall Smith; their children and their spouses Lloyd P. Smith; Robert Pearsall Smith and his wife feminist evangelical Hannah Whitall; Horace J. Smith and his wife Margaret L.; and Elizabeth P. Smith; their grandchildren Mary Whitall, Alice (Alys) Whitall (wife of philosopher Bertrand Russell), Ray Pearsall, and Lloyd Logan Smith; members of the Whitall and Thomas families (R.P. Smith in-laws and relatives of M. Carey Thomas); and Haverford students and other young Quakers, including William. S. Hilles; Charles Baily; Emma and Patty Mellor; Birdee Shoemaker; Carrie Cope; Katie Stokes; and Annie Bacon., Brown cloth binding., Damaged morocco label on front cover: Por[traits].... &c. Vol., Majority of contents identified by inscriptions on album page., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Album housed in phase box with index to sitters., John Jay Smith, Quaker editor and librarian of the Library Company of Philadelphia married Rachel Collins Pearsall Smith, granddaugher of noted Quaker printer Isaac Collins on April 12, 1821. The couple had six children: Lloyd Pearsall Smith, librarian of the Library Company; Albanus Smith (1823-1842); Robert Pearsall Smith, printer, businessman, and evangelical leader; Gulielma Smith (died in childhood); Horace J. Smith, agriculturist and author; and Elizabeth Pearsall Smith, editor of "Recollections of John Jay Smith." Richard P. Smith was a proprietor of Whitall, Tatum & Co. glass manufactory in New Jersey during the 1860s. He and his brother Horace J. relocated to England in the later 19th century.
Date: ca. 1856-ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2008.15]

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