%eadnotat; ]> 5153unfa Underwood Family Papers, 1833-1927 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1967 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, May 2002. ENG Underwood Family Papers, 1833-1927 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1967 Descriptive Summary Underwood Family Papers, 1833-1927 RG 5/153 Underwood Family 1 box Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728 The Underwood family was a Quaker family, of Millville, Pennsylvania, and Woodbury, New Jersey. The collection contains chiefly papers of Warner Underwood (1851-1941), Quaker businessman and philanthropist, and his wife, Tamar Eliza John Underwood (1848-1932), including personal correspondence, financial and legal records (1876) relating to a sawmill in Centre County, Pa., student copy work, memorabilia, and historical material relating to Millville. BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL

The Underwood family was a Quaker family, of Millville, Pennsylvania, and Woodbury, New Jersey. Warner Underwood (5/9/1851-2/4/1941) was a Quaker businessman and philanthropist. He married Tamar Eliza John (12/19/1848-8/2/1932) at the home of her mother, Hannah Kester John, in Millville, Columbia County, Pa, under the care of Fishing Creek Monthly Meeting on the 21st day of 10th month, 1875. They had two sons, James Harris Underwood (b. 9/27/1876) and Amos Parker Underwood (b. 12/24/1883). The family transferred from Centre Monthly Meeting, Pa., to Woodbury Monthly Meeting, N.J., certificate in 1880.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT

The collection contains chiefly papers of Warner Underwood (1851-1941), Quaker businessman and philanthropist, and his wife, Tamar Eliza John Underwood (1848-1932), including personal correspondence, financial and legal records (1876) relating to a sawmill in Centre County, Pa., student copy work, memorabilia, and historical material relating to Millville.

 Arrangement

The collection is divided into six series:

Biographical and genealogical Correspondence Legal and financial papers Writings Memorabilia Reference material, Quaker ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Accession information

Donor: Unknown, 1967

The donor of the collection is unknown.

 Access

Collection is open for research

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], RG5/153, Underwood Family Papers, 1833-1927, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

 Processing information

Unprocessed when received. Sorted and placed in RG 5.

 SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

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: Researchers are advised to search by subject and author, when applicable.

Businessmen -- United States Philanthropists -- United States Philanthropists - Quaker Quakers -- New Jersey Quakers -- Pennsylvania Quakers -- Social life and customs Women, Quaker -- New Jersey Women, Quaker -- Pennsylvania Sawmills -- Pennsylvania Centre County (Pa.) --Business, industries, and trades--Lumber Millville (Pa.) -- Family and personal papers Millville (Pa.) -- History New Jersey - Family and personal papers -- 19th-20th centuries Pennsylvania --Business, industries, and trades -- Lumber Pennsylvania -- Family and personal papers -- 19th-20th centuries Pennsylvania -- History, Local Woodbury (N.J.) -- Family and personal papers Underwood family Underwood, Warner, 1851-1941 Underwood, Tamar Eliza John, 1848-1932 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

 Ser. 1. Biographical and genealogical material "Memories of Millville and Greenwood Seminary", and other memoirs 8/26/1897 1

Includes memorial booklet on Henry W. Wilbur.

 Golden Wedding Anniversary Booklet 10/21/1925 1 Enclosures, manuscript copy of minute of Woolwich Preparative Meeting (53rd Anniversary), and poem "Golden Wedding", by Roselda Kester Cloud 10/21/1928 1 Ser. 2. Correspondence, 1889-1915 Various correspondence 10/5/1889-1/18/1915 Ser. 3. Legal and financial papers, 1876, 1902 Assignment of lease of saw mill property from Jesse Underwood to his son Warner Underwood 4/1/1876 1 Will of R. Orlando Way 3/13/1902 typed copy 1 Ser. 4. Writings, n.d. Student compositions and verse n.d. 1

Names of William I. and Warner Underwood (brothers) on a few of the papers.

 Ser. 5. Memorabilia, 1833-1920 Acct. of John Randolph's last illness, manumission of his slaves (typed), and pamphlet "From the deposition of Dr. Joseph Parrish in John Randolph's Case" 1833 1 Memorials and obituaries 1895, 1910, 1920 1

Memorials of John Kester and Hannah M. K. Towns (brother and sister), and others.

 Ser. 6. Reference material, Quaker, 1852-1915, n.d. Minutes (extracts) of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1852 1 "An Epistle of Tender Caution", Job Scott 1886 1 Account of Woodbury P.M.'s philanthropic work 1902-1915 1 "Views and Testimonies of Friends", Isaac Hilborn 1904 2 copies 1 Account of uniting of two branches of Friends at Woodbury, NJ 1 rough notes Meeting for Worship, an outline n.d. 1 Postcards of Friends Meeting House, Wilmington, DE 1