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	Author:	American Council of Learned Societies. Committee on Native American Languages.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society
	Dates:	1882-1958
	Abstract:	There are at least two items in this collection which may be of interest to scholars of African American history: Hurston, Zora Neale. " The Florida Expedition (#46)." n.d. 3 pages. Brief report by a student of Franz Boas on fieldwork in Florida studying African American folklore, story-telling, religion, and common-held beliefs. Hurston notes that "the bulk of the population now spends its leisure in motion picture theatres or with the phonograph and its blues." King, Louis E. " Negro life in a rural community (#49)." Circa 1931. 166 pages. Anthropological dissertation study of African American life in a rural community during the years 1927-1931. The work is divided into several sections: Background, Family Life, Breadwinning and Shelter, Education, Activities of the Group, Leaving Home, and Comparing Life in Different Rural Communities.
	Call #:	Mss.497.3.B63c
	Extent:	80.0 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	Achumawi language \| African Americans--Florida \| African Americans--Folklore \| African Americans--West Virginia \| Anthropology, ethnography, fieldwork \| Athapascan languages \| Atsugewi language \| Autobiography \| Banister, John, Jr. \| Bella Coola language \| Benin--History \| Chehalis language \| Cherokee language \| Chimakum language \| Chinese language \| Chiricahua language \| Christianity--Africa \| Chukchi--History \| Clothing and dress--Middle East \| Cree language \| Culture, community, organizations \| Cyanotypes \| Dakota language \| Dictionaries. \| Drawings. \| Ethnographic texts \| Ethnology--Africa \| Ethnology--Russia \| Ethnology--United States \| Face painting \| Field notes. \| Fijians--Social life and customs \| Folk music--Puerto Rico \| Folklore \| Folklore--Africa \| Folklore--British Columbia \| Folklore--Florida \| Folklore--Uganda \| Gelatin silver prints \| Geological Survey of Canada. \| Group portraits \| Haida language \| Heiltsuk Indians \| Hoijer, Harry, 1904-1976 \| Hopi language \| Hupa language \| Illustrations. \| Indians of North America--Alaska \| Indians of North America--British Columbia \| Indians of North America--Languages \| Inuktitut language \| Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969 \| Jews, Ethiopian \| Kalapuya language \| Kalibala, Ernest B. \| Kalispel language \| Kathlamet language \| Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1885-1963 \| Kutenai language \| Kwakiutl language \| Laguna dialect \| Lillooet language \| Linguistics \| Maps. \| Mayan languages \| Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938 \| Mukasa, Ham, 1871-1956 \| Nahuatl language \| Nass language \| Navajo language \| Nez Percé language \| Nitinat language \| Nootka Indians \| Nootka language \| Northwest Coast Indians \| Ntlakyapamuk language \| Photographs \| Photomechanical prints \| Plantations \| Pomo language \| Quileute Indians \| Quileute language \| Religion, religious organizations \| Salish Indians \| Salishan languages \| Shasta language \| Sketches. \| Slip files \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Sturtevant, Edgar Howard, 1875-1952 \| Tarahumara language \| Tarascan language \| Tlingit language \| Tolowa language \| Tsimshian language \| Tunica language \| Twi (African people) \| United States -- Emigration and immigration. \| Volga River Region (Russia)--History \| Wailaki language \| Warren, John \| Watercolors \| Winnebago language \| Wintu language \| Word lists \| Yana language \| Zapotec language

	Author:	Leff, Barbara.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	The Black Coalition of Philadelphia, 1972
	Dates:	1972
	Abstract:	A source providing insight in to the civil rights movement in Philadelphia.
	Call #:	Mss.363.L52
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
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	Subjects:	African Americans--Civil rights \| African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia \| Black Coalition (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Civil rights \| Culture, community, organizations \| Leff, Barbara.

	Author:	Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1875-1941	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Elsie Clews Parsons Papers
	Dates:	1880-1980
	Abstract:	Of particular interest to scholars of African American history is Parson's research in folklore. Parson produced three major monographs on African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans: Folk-Lore from the Cape Verde Islands (1923), Folk-Lore of the Sea Islands, S.C. (1924), and Folk-Lore of the Antilles, French and English (3 volumes, 1933-1943). Materials which may be of interest in the collection include: correspondence (e.g. with Melville Herskovits, Anson Phelps Stokes, and Franz Boas); several manuscripts -- "Arabic elements in Negro Folk Tales," "Folklore from Georgia," 1934, "Negro Folklore" (5 folders), "Old signs in Alabama" and "Spirituals in Alabama," "Provenience of certain Negro folk-tales" (6 folders) in Series III; and research notes on African American folklore (Series IV).
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.29
	Extent:	38.25 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	American Anthropological Association. \| American Folklore Society. \| Anthropology, ethnography, fieldwork \| Balch, Ernesto \| Beals, Ralph L. (Ralph Leon), 1901-1985 \| Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1848 \| Birth control. \| Blacks--Jamaica--Folklore \| Boardman, Ruth \| Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 \| Bourne, Randolph \| Bovey, Charles \| Brice, Kirkpatrick \| Bunzel, Ruth Leah, 1898- \| Camody, Mary \| Cole, Fay-Cooper, 1881-1961 \| Culture, community, organizations \| Day, Clarence \| Eastman, Max, 1883-1969 \| Eggan, Fred, 1906-1991 \| Feminism. \| Fitz, Reginald \| Folklore \| Folklore--Jamaica \| Galton, Francis, Sir, 1822-1911 \| Gelatin silver prints \| Goddard, Pliny Earle, 1869-1928 \| Goldenweiser, Alexander, 1880-1940 \| Greece--Description and travel--20th century \| Hackett, Francis \| Hallowell, A. Irving , (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974 \| Hare, Peter \| Herskovits, Melville J. , (Melville Jean), 1895-1963 \| Hopi Indians \| Hughes, Larry \| Illustrations. \| Indians of Central America \| Indians of Mexico \| Indians of North America--Arizona \| Indians of North America--British Columbia \| Indians of North America--New Mexico \| Indians of South America--Ecuador \| Isleta Indians \| Johnson, Alvin \| Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1885-1963 \| Kroeber, A. L., (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960 \| Kwakiutl Indians \| La Farge, G. Grant \| La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963 \| Law, George \| Lewis, Margaret \| Looking Elk, Albert \| Lowie, Robert Harry, 1883-1957 \| Luhan, Mabel Dodge \| Nitrate negatives \| Opler, Morris Edward, 1907-1996 \| Pacificism \| Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1875-1941 \| Parsons, John E. \| Peace movements--20th century \| Phillipine Islands--Description and travel--20th century \| Pueblo Indians \| Quechua Indians \| Redfield, Robert, 1897-1958 \| Reichard, Gladys Amanda, 1893-1955 \| Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 \| Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 \| Sketches. \| Southwest Indians \| Spier, Leslie \| Stephen, Alexander M. \| Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930 \| Taos Indians \| Tewa Indians \| Thompson, Stith \| Titiev, Morris \| True, Clara \| University of California, Berkeley. Anthropology Department. \| Watercolors \| White, Leslie A. \| World War, 1914-1918 \| Young, George \| Zuni Indians

	Author:	Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Raymond Pearl Papers
	Dates:	Circa 1895-1940
	Abstract:	Pearl's opposition to eugenics earned him both friends and adversaries (most notable among the latter, E. M. East), as reflected throughout the Pearl papers. His correspondence with East, Herbert Spencer Jennings, Karl Pearson, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Ira Jewell Williams, Edwin B. Wilson, F. A. E. Crew, the Rockefeller Institute, and William T. Howard (among others) touches frequently on issues of genetics, eugenics, race, and human evolution. The correspondence with the N.A.A.C.P. comprises three folders of materials for the years 1927-1936, primarily concerning a study of Harlem Hospital.
	Call #:	Mss.B.P312
	Extent:	19.25 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	Academic freedom \| Aeronautics \| American Association of Physical Anthropologists. \| American Philosophical Society \| Anthropology \| Anthropology -- Anthropometry \| Ants \| Baker, William E., Jr. \| Baltimore Sun \| Behavioral genetics, IQ \| Bell, James F. \| Berkson, Joseph, 1899- \| Bernard, Léon, b. 1877 \| Bibliographical matters \| Biochemistry and organic chemistry \| Biographical and personal data \| Biographical and personal data -- Dublin, Louis I. \| Biographical and personal data -- Fisher, Ronald Aylmer \| Biographical and personal data -- Pearson, Karl \| Biographical and personal data -- Wilson, Edwin Bidwell \| Biological Survey of the Great Lakes \| Biology \| Biology publishing \| Biology, genetics, eugenics \| Biology--Periodicals \| Biometry \| Birth Control Federation of America. \| Birth control. \| Botany and plant genetics \| Business \| Business -- Williams and Wilkins Company \| Campbell, James A., 1917- \| Cancer, chemotherapy \| Climate -- Arctic Ocean \| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory \| Columbia University \| Committee activities \| Committee activities -- Advisory board \| Committee activities -- Population, demography \| Conferences and symposia \| Congratulations, greetings, thanks \| Cox, Eugene A. \| Culture, community, organizations \| Cytogenetics \| Dartmouth College \| Dartmouth College \| Deafness \| Diaries. \| Displaced German scholars \| Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir \| Drosophila genetics \| East, Edward M., (Edward Murray), 1879-1938 \| Ecology \| Economics \| Editorial matters \| Editorial matters -- Human Biology \| Editorial matters -- Quarterly Review of Biology \| Educational matters \| Embree, Edwin R., (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950 \| Embryology, developmental genetics \| Eugenics \| Evolution \| Evolution (Biology) \| Evolution -- Scopes trial \| Fellowships, assistantships \| Fisher, Arne \| Galton Laboratory \| Genetics \| Genetics -- Cattle \| Genetics -- Disease resistance \| Gini, Corrado \| Gini, Corrado, 1884- \| Graduate study \| Graduate study -- University of Michigan \| Greenwood, Major, 1880- \| Harrison, Ross G., (Ross Granville), 1870-1959 \| Harvard University \| Harvard University -- Bussey Institute \| Harvard University -- Pearl, Raymond \| History of biology, especially genetics \| Hitler, Adolph \| Honors \| Honors -- Chinard, Gilbert \| Honors -- Hrdlicka, Ales \| Honors -- Pearl, Raymond \| Howard University \| Human evolution \| Human evolution, physical anthropology \| Human evolution, physical anthropology -- Race \| Human genetics \| Indiana University--Patten Lectures \| International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Science -- Committee on Standardization of Technique of Anthropometry \| International Congress of Eugenics -- Second Congress \| International Congress of Genetics -- Fifth Congress \| International Congress of Genetics -- Seventh Congress \| International Statistical Institute. \| International Union for the Scientific Investigation of Population Problems \| Invitations \| Johns Hopkins University \| Johns Hopkins University -- Institute for Biological Research \| Jones, Bassett, 1877-1960 \| Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station \| Korzybski, Alfred \| Laboratory techniques, equipment \| Lectures, public speaking \| Maine Agricultural Experiment Station \| Mallet, Bernard, Sir \| Massachusetts Department of Agriculture \| Medical research \| Mencken, H. L., (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 \| Meyer, Adolf \| Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945 \| Mouse genetics \| National Academy of Sciences \| National Academy of Sciences. (U.S.) \| National Research Council \| Needham, Joseph \| Pearl, Ida May McDuffee \| Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940 \| Pearson, Karl \| Pearson, Karl, 1857-1936 \| Philosophy of science \| Physiology \| Physiology -- Alcohol, tobacco \| Physiology -- Longevity \| Poetry and literature \| Political issues \| Political issues -- Birth control \| Political issues -- Sterilization \| Population biology \| Population genetics \| Population, demography \| Poultry genetics \| Protozoan genetics \| Protozoology \| Publication \| Publication -- Baltimore Sun \| Publication -- Biological Abstracts \| Publication -- Dial \| Publication -- Encyclopedia Britannica \| Publication -- Human Biology \| Publication -- Journal of Experimental Zoology \| Publication -- Quarterly Review of Biology \| Race, race relations, racism \| Recommendations \| Recommendations -- Gause, Georgii Frantsevitch \| Recommendations -- LeBlanc, Thomas J. \| Recommendations -- Park, Thomas \| Recommendations -- Weinstein, Alexander \| Referee's report \| Requests for aid in finding positions \| Research support \| Reviews \| Reviews -- Flexner, Simon \| Reviews -- Gowen, John W. \| Ritter, William Emerson, 1856-1944 \| Rockefeller Foundation \| Russell, E. S. (Edward Stuart), 1887-1954 \| Russian politics and science \| Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966 \| Saturday Night Club \| Science publishing. \| Scientific organizations, meetings, programs \| Scientific organizations, meetings, programs -- Agendas \| Scientific organizations, meetings, programs -- Committees \| Scientific organizations, meetings, programs -- Finances \| Scientific organizations, meetings, programs -- Minutes \| Scientific organizations, meetings, programs -- Newsletters \| Scientific organizations, meetings, programs -- Statutes \| Scientific refugees \| Shull, George Harrison \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Solicitations for support or contribution \| Statistics \| Statistics, biostatistics, biometrics \| Statistics, biostatistics, biometrics -- Japan \| Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962 \| Stopes, Marie C. \| Sweeney, James Shirley, 1896- \| Teaching \| Teaching -- Johns Hopkins University \| Teaching -- University of London \| Teaching -- University of Michigan \| The Quarterly Review of Biology. \| Thomas, Charles C., 1925- \| Travel -- Europe \| Travel -- Invitations, arrangements \| Travel -- Japan \| United States Fish Commission \| University of Iowa \| University of Maine \| University of Michigan \| University of Pennsylvania \| University of Wisconsin \| Unpublished manuscripts, notes, etc. \| Walcott, Frederic Collin, 1869-1949 \| Wheeler, William Morton \| Wheeler, William Morton, 1865-1937 \| Wildlife management \| Willcox, Walter Francis, 1861-1964 \| Wilson, Edwin Bidwell \| Wilson, Edwin Bidwell, 1879-1964 \| World War I -- Food Administration \| World War I -- Impact on science \| World War II -- Impact on science \| World War, 1914-1918 \| Yale University \| Yerkes, Robert Mearns, 1876-1956 \| Zea (maize) genetics \| Zoology \| Zoology -- Animal behavior

	Author:	Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840	Requires cookie*
	Title:	C. S. (Constantine Samuel) Rafinesque correspondence and writings, 1808-1840
	Dates:	1808-1840
	Abstract:	The collection contains a manuscript written for a contest sponsored by the Societe de Geographie de Paris. The organization sought the best-written history of the "origins of negroes." Rafinesque was awarded a gold medal for his work. Rafinesque, Constantine S. Memoires sur l'origine des nations negres, ou introduction a l'histoire des negres indigenes d'Asie, d'Afrique, polynesie, Amerique et Europe. 1831. 1 item (106 pages).
	Call #:	Mss.B.R124
	Extent:	0.5 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	Bibliographies. \| Biology, genetics, eugenics \| Botany. \| Culture, community, organizations \| Delaware Indians \| Eastern Woodlands Indians \| Essays. \| Europe -- Description and travel. \| Gass, Patrick, 1771-1870 \| Indians of North America--Louisiana \| International Travel \| Journals (notebooks). \| Manuscript Essays \| Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 \| Native America \| Native American Materials \| Natural History \| North America -- Description and travel. \| Notebooks \| Ojibwa Indians \| Osage Indians \| Ottawa Indians \| Picture-writing \| Plains Indians \| Political Correspondence \| Race, race relations, racism \| Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Correspondence \| Sketches. \| Tarascon, L. A. \| Travel \| Wallam olum \| Zoology.

	Author:	Snyderman, George Simon, 1908-	Requires cookie*
	Title:	George S. Snyderman Papers
	Dates:	Bulk, 1945-1985
	Abstract:	This collection contains at least one item which may be of interest to students of African American history: Frobenius, Leo. "Early African Culture as an Indication of Present Negro Potentialities." n.d. 9 pages. The cultures of the people of Africa vary greatly across the African continent. The paper examines the differences and commonalities of various historical African cultures and their effect on the "potentialities of present-day Negroes in Africa and America."
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.51
	Extent:	3.0 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	Africa \| Akwesasne Counselor Organization. \| Allegany Reservation (N.Y.) \| Anthropology, ethnography, fieldwork \| Cayuga Indians \| Culture, community, organizations \| Eastern Woodlands Indians \| Ethnohistory \| Ettawageshik, Fred, 1896-1969 \| Gelatin silver prints \| Indians of North America--New York (State) \| Iowa--Maps \| Iroquois Indians--Dwellings \| Iroquois dance \| Maps. \| Missouri--Maps \| Mohawk Indians--Social life and customs \| Ohio--Maps \| Oneida Indians--Wisconsin \| Parrish, John \| Phillips, John \| Photographic prints--Color \| Photographs \| Postcards \| Seneca Indians--Missions \| Seneca Indians--New York (State) \| Seneca Indians--Religion \| Seneca Indians--Social life and customs \| Seneca masks \| Snyderman, George Simon, 1908- \| Society of Friends--Missions \| Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950

	Author:	Thistlewood family.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Thistlewood family papers, 1748-1792
	Dates:	1748-1792
	Abstract:	Of particular interest to scholars of African American history are the materials relating to Thistlewood's time in Jamaica (1751-1786), where he managed a cattle estate (Vineyard Pen) and a sugar plantation (Egypt).
	Call #:	Mss.Film.1461
	Extent:	16.0 Microfilm reel(s)
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	Subjects:	Agriculture -- Jamaica. \| Cattle. \| Culture, community, organizations \| Diaries. \| Folklore \| Folklore--Jamaica \| Jamaica -- Climate. \| Jamaica -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. \| Meteorology -- Jamaica -- Observations. \| Microfilm Collection \| Natural history -- Jamaica. \| Plantations \| Plantations -- Jamaica. \| Slaveholders -- Jamaica. \| Slavery -- Jamaica. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Sugar growing -- Jamaica. \| Thistlewood family. \| Thistlewood, John \| Thistlewood, Thomas, 1721-1786 \| Traditional medicine -- Jamaica. \| West Indies -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.

	Author:	Willis, William Shedrick,1921-	Requires cookie*
	Title:	William Shedrick Willis papers, [ca. 1940-1983]
	Dates:	Circa 1940-1983
	Abstract:	In addition to providing insight into the life of an African American scholar during the civil rights era, this collection may afford students of African American history useful information in a number of areas of interest. Of special note are the lecture materials on the courses Willis taught in anthropology, history of anthropology, and African American studies, while at SMU and at summer sessions at Columbia University during the 1960s-1970s.
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.30
	Extent:	13.0 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| African Americans--Study and teaching \| Anthropology \| Anthropology, ethnography, fieldwork \| Anthropology--History \| Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1848 \| Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 \| Civil rights \| Columbia University -- Faculty. \| Columbia University -- Students. \| Culture, community, organizations \| Herzog, George, 1901-1983 \| Kroeber, A. L., (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960 \| Labor, industrialization \| Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953 \| Mahon,, J.K. \| Mintz, Sidney Wilfred, 1922- \| Plantations \| Race, race relations, racism \| Reconstruction \| Religion, religious organizations \| Segregation \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Southern Methodist University -- Faculty. \| Steward, Julian Haynes, 1902-1972 \| Strong, William Duncan, 1899-1962. \| Sturtevant, William C. \| Wagley, Charles, 1913- \| Weltfish, Gene, 1902- \| White, Leslie A., 1900-1972 \| White, Leslie A., 1900-1975. \| Willis, William Shedrick,1921-

	Author:	Wyck Association.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Wyck Association Collection
	Dates:	1663-1972
	Abstract:	With emphases on religion, education, and social concerns, the correspondence in the Wyck collection contains numerous references to African Americans. These issues emerge in the correspondence of Caspar Wistar Haines I, Hannah Marshall Haines, Reuben Haines III, Jane Bowne Haines I, Robert Bowne Haines I, and Caspar Wistar Haines II.See below for more specific subject references within the letters. The collection also contains a series of writings: diaries, essays, journals, notebooks, and poetry. Of particular interest are the papers describing the exploits of a runaway slave, Henry Hudson, in 1819.
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.52
	Extent:	151.5 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. \| Accounts. \| Agriculture \| Bills (financial). \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Culture, community, organizations \| Deeds \| Diaries. \| Early National Politics \| Family Correspondence \| Haines family \| Haines, Ann, 1793-1869 \| Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1762-1801 \| Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1853-1935 \| Haines, Hannah Marshall, 1765-1828 \| Haines, Jane B., 1869-1937 \| Haines, Jane Bowne, 1790-1843 \| Haines, Jane Reuben, 1832-1911 \| Haines, John Smith, 1820-1886 \| Haines, Margaret Vaux Wistar, 1831-1917 \| Haines, Margaret Wistar, 1728-1793 \| Haines, Mary T., 1892- \| Haines, Reuben, 1727-1793 \| Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831 \| Haines, Robert B., 1827-1895 \| Haines, Robert B., 1893-1967 \| Hartshorne, Catherine Haines, 1761-1809 \| Home economics--United States--Accounting \| Horticulture \| Institutional Records \| Jansen family \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Marriage and Family Life \| Miscellaneous \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs \| Philadelphia History \| Photoprints \| Quakers \| Race, race relations, racism \| Receipts \| Reconstruction \| Religion, religious organizations \| Science and Technology \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Social problems. \| Trade \| Wistar family \| Wyck House (Philadelphia, Pa.)