Lovingly recorded by her mother, Alice Thomson Sullivan; birth certificate certified 1957

Mary T. Sullivan's journal of a trip with her great aunt Jane Thomson to the Exposition in San Francisco. See also letters

Delegation of American Young Friends to England and Germany

Loose papers reunited with collection include partial journal (typescript) of the voyage, minutes of the Young Friends Committee (July 26-27 1924), itineraries, and other related papers. Also included is a booklet on the Maison Maternelle de la Marne (Chalons-sur-Mer) which was founded by Quakers in 1914. Photographs stored with scrapbook

Scrapbook of travels in England and Germany, attending George Fox tercentenary and Young Friends

Clippings about her activities and friends in Swarthmore, Society of Friends, topics of interest including Japanese-Americans in NJ during WWII Relocation, small house design. Mounted in large scrapbook.

Letters of appreciation for her involvement

Letter of appreciation for her involvement

Mary Patterson attended Abington Friends School, Class of 1918. Includes an article and essay with her reminiscences and letter sent to alumni to reconstruct early records of the school

Mary Patterson was in the class of 1924 and served as class correspondent for the Georgian, the alumni bulletin. To schoolmates, she was "Sully."

Class of 1928

Patterson's parent bought a property on Long Beach Island in 1937. "Club" dues and an account of the shore house.

The Pattersons decided in 1948 to sell their large home on Chester Road, Swarthmore and build a cost-efficient home at 320 Maple Avenue. Trouble with the builder dragged on for years.

Journal of her trip to England, written as letters to her family

Started as a record of stocks, etc, but later entries include random notes and comments

With Henry and son Rob

Featuring her home at 320 Maple with photographs, Daily Times Magazine

Mary S. Patterson moved to the Hickman in 1977

Historic Delaware County, Delaware County Bar Association, Delaware Board of Realtors. Includes a letter she sent to Daily Times concerning William Pastuszek's involvement in saving the Leiper property

Includes acknowledgement of papers of Henry C. Patterson to Balch Institute regarding his work with United Negro College Fund and race relations. Wedding gown of her aunt Mabel Creth Sullivan donated to Philadelphia Museum of Art

Perhaps wedding presents

Written when she was living at the Hickman

Estate planning and will

Including housing options

School essay and TLS, letter of recommendation, from principal of Friends Central School to Robert S. Brookings, Washington University, small number of person correspondence received especially from his mother; miscellaneous papers including explanation of his name change from Henry Clay to Henry Carter.

Birth, marriage certificate, obituary, biography, etc.. Includes acknowledgement from Balch Institute for donation of his papers, his mother's will.

Will and inventories

Eldest child of Henry and Mary Patterson. Marriage announcements, clippings, etc.

Marriage announcements, some correspondence, Christmas letter

Memorabilia and letters from son Rob and his wife, mostly from Oklahoma

Marshall Phillips Sullivan (1878-1952) , the father of Mary Sullivan Patterson, was born in Moorestown, NJ, graduated from Swarthmore College in 1897. He worked as an executive in the insurance company founded by his father. File includes obituary, estate papers, memorials and a biography. Lived in Elkins Park. Includes estate information, testimonials, and memorabilia

Alice Penrose Thomson (1880-1947) was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Eyre Thomson. A birthright member of Abington Monthly Meeting, she married Marshall Phillips Sullivan in 1904. Includes estate papers and will of Benjamin Penrose

Family home from 1916 to about 1950. 2 copies of a family photograph in front of house, not identified or dated

Firm founded by Joseph T. Sullivan and John T. Creth. Memorial window for John T. Creth in Christ Church, Philadelphia

Biography written by Mary Sullivan Patterson about her grandparents and a reminiscence by Florence Sullivan Wetherald

Two small notebooks with entries, Benjamin and Alice Penrose, Mary Walton, Alice P. Thomson, Jane Thomson, and Edith Mitchell in party. One is travel journal of Alice P. Thomson, the second has entries from members of the group and fellow travelers. Postcards and small notebook may be part of this trip as well.

Includes handwritten list of specific requests to Abington Monthly Meeting and family

Jane Thomson (1845-1937) was Mary Patterson's great-aunt. Mary spend a great deal of time with her, including travel. Includes Mary's reminiscences of her great-aunt, for whom her daughter Jane was named. Also a short journal by Jane Thompson of her trip with Mary Patterson to California in 1915, estate papers.

Trip to Florida, unknown author, with Jane Thomson

Jane Thomson? Travel with B. F. and Alice Penrose and others

John Thomson's children included Thomas (Mary's grandfather), Alice Penrose, and Jane Thomson. He died 1890.

Thomas Thomson (1842-1908) inherited the family homestead in Cheltenham Township. He was a banker and married Mary Eyre 2/24/1874. Includes invitation list, etc. She was daughter of Isaac Eyre, he was the son of John and Caroline Thomson, members Abington Monthly Meeting who lived in Cheltenham

Includes agreement for the subdivision of the property by Elizabeth Thomson Taylor and Alice Thomson Sullivan.

Elizabeth Thomson (Mary Patterson's aunt) married Herbert K. Taylor in 1897. Includes poems that Mary Patterson wrote for their 55th anniversary and other family papers

Given to Mary Patterson by Herbert K. Taylor, Jr.. He was Mary's cousin, the son of her mother's sister Elizabeth, who married Herbert K. Taylor.

Given to Patterson by Herbert Taylor, Jr. Eyre family genealogy and memorabilia including Mary Eyre's school reports at Moorestown Boarding School and her genealogy.

Research on the family, including wills

Photocopies and original pages removed. Bible belonged to John Thompson and Abigail Roberts Thompson, married 1773. Notes by Patterson explaining context.

Patterson researched Henry Thomson, an original settler of Abington. Highlight of the reunion was a visit to the ancestral home of William Thomson, owned in 1961 by Fitz Eugene Dixon.

Typed copy by Eleanor B. Price of an 1809 journal found in Tuckerton, NJ. Not identified as relation to Mary Patterson's family

Alice Sullivan, Swarthmore College, Class of 1904. Married J. H. Dudley who died in the 1918 flu epidemic. After his death, she invited her sister Mabel and her husband, Francis D'Olier, to live with her at Evergreen Lawn, Moorestown. Alice wrote about her husband's death and then continued to write letters to him as she had done before his sudden death.

Clippings, articles

Mabel Creth Sullivan D'Olier (1887-1966) was Mary Patterson's aunt. She and sister Alice were married in a double ceremony in 1909. Mabel was the wife of Francis W. D'Olier. She and her husband were both graduates of Swarthmore College, and members of Moorestown Monthly Meeting. File contains clippings, memorabilia, some correspondence from Mary Patterson - the two shared interests in travel and genealogy. Her applications for Colonial Dames are in Series 4.

Copies of letters regarding College's D'Olier Quaker Education Account and other donation from the D'Oliers to the College and other charities.

Obituaries, memorial service, and estate papers. After bequests to nieces and nephews, Moorestown Monthly Meeting, and Friends Boarding Home, her property "Evergreen Lawn" was given to Moorestown and the D'Olier Foundation

Perkins home built in 1910 given to Moorestown after the death of Mabel Sullivan D'Olier. Includes typed carbon of letter that Mary Patterson wrote to Moorestown Council in support of Evergreen becoming an arts center

Obituaries, clippings, memorial booklet on T. Clarkson Taylor who was headmaster of Friends School in Wilmington where Mary Sullivan's grandparents met. Obituary of Isaac Eyre, great-grandfather

ALsS

ALS from Jane's sister

ALS expressing dismay about the surprise party at the Thomson home, with refreshments and music

ALsS from Wilmington cousin, Phillips, Marshall and Mary to Sullivan, Joseph

Condolences on death of his father

ALsS and postcards received from friends and his mother

ALsS. 1928 is to Mary from her grandfather Sullivan

Robert Brookings was a cousin and helped with Henry's education. Mary and Henry's son, Robert Brookings Patterson, was named in his honor.

Includes TLS from secretary of Mrs. Hoover for poem she sent and ALsS from Mary Patterson and others

On a trip to California with her aunt Jane .

1924 letters written from Swarthmore College

Mary traveled to England in July 1924 to attend and then did some visiting to other parts of Europe

Henry began to court Mary while she was still a student. She discouraged him because of their age difference.

Mary attended the World Youth Peace Conference in 1928 in Holland. She toured Europe that same summer

Mary attended the World Youth Peace Conference in 1928 in Holland. She toured Europe that same summer

ALsS to Edith Sullivan

On her honeymoon in New England

ALsS Mary and Aunt Jane Thomson

2 ALsS.

Most concern her interest in family genealogy

ALsS from a niece in California

Affectionate note

Mary Patterson and others. Includes a 1952 letter from Patterson to Swarthmore College asking why Mabel and Francis D'Olier, both Class of 1907, were not invited to serve on Alumni Council or Board of Managers, take a more active role in the College.

TL to her children, with family history and information about the family home of Joseph T. and Sarah Rogers Sullivan in Moorestown, NJ.

Carbon of a letter and response from Eleanor Roosevelt regarding their common ancestors

Greta was an English Friend and the Brauns were German refugees, became prominent English Friends

Mother's Day note in the form of a poem

Letters to parents, grandparents from Alice, Jane, and Robbie

"Round Robin" letters, with updates, Class of 1924

ALsS to Henry from Brant Beach

ALsS from her mother, from Brant Beach, Long Beach Island, NJ

Reflect her interest in genealogy and historic structures

Welcoming the transfer to membership from Providence Monthly Meeting for Henry, Mary, and family

Correspondence, including 1963 ALS to wife Mary when she toured Hawaii with her aunt Meemie and a note from son Robert Brookings Patterson on his 82nd birthday; Henry was 58 when Robert was born.

Note from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mary referencing letter Henry wrote, Notes from John F. Kennedy, Courtney Smith

Henry Patterson was active in the Republican party in Philadelphia

Jane to Henry and Mary Patterson during her travels to Europe, Mexico

ALsS

Includes ALsS to her cousin during her trip to England

From her children and nieces and nephews

Reflect her interest in genealogy and historic structures

Typed carbon of letter, disapproving of the confrontational tactics of Cecil Moore in Philadelphia

Mostly about genealogy

Condolence letters, death of Henry Patterson 1972 1 folder 7

Michener, James to Mary Sullivan Patterson 1977 1 folder 7

TLS, note of appreciation

TLs about genealogy, local history in England

Useful updates of family activities; card from 1938 with her two daughters. Duplicate copies in Mary S. Patterson, PG 7

Talk given on Philadelphia radio station, Spring 1931.(typewritten copy)

"We Like to be Quarantined," "We Travel - without the Car, " "Swarthmore's Mr. McMinn

Mary Patterson wrote verses for special occasions

Elisha Cullen Dick 1953-1962 1 folder 8

Research compiled for proposed article on Dick

Reprinted from Friends Journal of Nov. 5, 1955. (2 copies)

Talk given to the Institute of Genealogical Research, at Strath Haven Inn, Swarthmore

Printed in the Germantowne Crier, Sept. 1962, Vol. 14, No. 3, p.75 (2 copies)

Reprint from March issue of the DAR Magazine

Friends' Intelligencer, Oct. 25, 1904, p. 707.

Friends Journal, July 14, 1956

Bound and loose pages

Published article on genealogy of Theodore Friend for the College bulletin, together with correspondence from Dorie Friend and additional Friend genealogy and correspondence from Marian Johnson

Typed article on the restoration of the Pusey house

TD, Mary S. Patterson and Marion Rubicam Balderston. Undated. Also related correspondence, research letters

Handwritten introduction, intending to compile a book for her family

Various topics, local history

Including Benjamin West House, Kendall at Longwood

Carbon of a letter listing Welsh ancestors, with corrections in pencil

Applications made by Mabel D'Olier. See Collins for Patterson application

Mary S. Patterson's compilation, includes some additional information about family members

Research on Quaker Adams family, begun by her aunt Mabel and continued by Mary Patterson

TLS from Louise E. Lewis, a Swarthmore College graduate, who had corresponded concerning genealogy with Mabel D'Olier. Austin and Burton descendants

Bewley and Watson roots in England, with correspondence with cousin Jane Brey.

Mostly correspondence with Betty Mann regarding publication of 300 Years of Bortons in North America

Robert Somers Brookings, a cousin of Henry C. Patterson and "gave him his education." Clippings, secondary material

Research to find out information about Thomas Budd (d. 1670)

Henry C. Patterson's family. Includes photographs of Walnut Hill, the Carter home in Maryland, inventory of estate of Richard Carter, 1852, etc.

Concerning furniture made by John Clayton, an ancestor

Francis Collins (1635-1720), early settler, with supporting material for Patterson's application to Pa. Society of the Colonial Dames

Ancestry of Herb and Pete Conrad

Cooper family research, relation to James Fennimore Cooper, estate of James Cooper

Ezra Croasdale (1655-1740). Colonial Dames application, with supporting materials and draft essay

Mary Davis married William Eyre

Irish ancestors

Alice Sullivan's copy of 1921 Eyre Genealogy, photocopies of will and inventories, Isaac (1740-1825) m. Ann Preston and family.

Married Eleanor Cooper, owned property in Chester, PA. Moved to Kensington, hence connection with Penn Treaty Park. Includes correspondence with various Eyre descendants, material on Fishtown and Palmer Cemetery. Also information concerning bust made from Treaty Elm for Isaac Eyre circa 1820

Including transcription of some of the letters she and her aunt Elizabeth Thomson Taylor gave to Friends Historical Library and correspondence with Eyre descendants, etc. Isaac Eyre on committee to select property for George School.

Eyre family - William (1804-1885) 1935-1980 1 folder 10

William was the older brother of Patterson's direct ancestor, Isaac Eyre. Affiliated with Hicksites in the Separation. Correspondence concerning the journals, copy of annotated 1921 Eyre Genealogy given to her by William B. Eyre, George School

Correspondence with Margaret Gayner, England, and photocopies

Gideon Gilpin owned house used by General Lafayette during Battle of Brandywine. Patterson was descended from his son, Joseph, who married Sarah Peirce in 1802. Genealogical correspondence with Mabel Creth Sullivan D'Olier and Mary Patterson. Mary Patterson's notes on Matilda Gilpin diary that she gave to Friends Historical Library.

Gordon who married a Patterson

Mabel D'Olier correspondence concerning Gregg family

Carbon TL to Meemie (Mabel D'Olier) and Mary Light explaining Irish ancestry through Robert Zane

Jesse James of Bensalem family

Jane Jarrett married Thomas Thomson, owned the house in Graeme Park

Extensive research in England on family of Giles Knight who arrived in PA in 1682

Lukens, Kunder/Conrad, Op de Graeff

Henry Patterson's ancestor through his mother. Jane Levis Carter research and writings

Henry Patterson's relations. Includes some correspondence. Copy of will of (aunt) Mary Lippincott Morrison

Patterson was descended from Thomas Livezey of Upper Dublin. Includes a detailed genealogy of her family

Visited Mosedale, England. Letter to cousin Jane Brey

Abraham Marshall. Son John (1707-1750) was Patterson ancestor; his brother was the botanist Humphrey Marshall. Photocopies of estates, 1751 and 1760

Correspondence with J. Reany Kelly who wrote Old Quaker Burying Ground

Patterson descended from Sarah Owen

Descended from Thomas Paschall of Goshen

Patrick, John 1937-1939 1 folder 11

Mabel D'Olier correspondence trying to establish John Patrick as Revolutinary ancestor. He ws the father of Martha Patick who married Thomas of Sandy Spring

George Pearse married Ann Gaynor, 1679 in England, copied into records of Concord Monthly Meeting, Pa. Patterson was a descendant. Includes copies of will and estates of George, Rachel and Joshua Pierce.

Includes talk about Peirce family at Friends Historical Association

Sold by unmarried daughters, 1817

Moorestown, NJ. Francis W. and Mabel D'Olier lived in "Evergreen Lawns," built on the John Perkins farm. Mabel was the sister of Alice and Marshall Sullivan. Mary Sullivan Patterson was their niece. Mabel and Alice were married in a double ceremony in the house. Alice married Thomas Haines Dudley Perkins, Swarthmore College Class of 1906. He died in 1918 and Francis and Mabel moved into the home with his widow. After the death of her sister and husband, Mabel purchased the home from the estate. She bequeathed the property to Moorestown, and it now serves as Perkins Center for the Arts. See also Series 1.

Robert Sullivan died 1891. Parents of Joseph T. Sullivan

Mabel D'Olier's application for Colonial Dames through Snowden line

Tiltons married into Patterson family. ALsS from cousin Josie Tilton

Most complete version in ++Genealogical Charts

Proposal to MacMillan Company for a baby book

Reports, etc. A number of the board members were residents of Delaware County, and Mary S. Patterson was president of the Board in 1936-1946 and wrote a biography of Martha Schofield published by the School in 1944.

In 1950 the Schofield School was transferred to the Aiken City Board of Education. The Scholarship Fund was started in 1952.

Draft of a letter to her grandson, Rich, in which Mary Sullivan Patterson describes how her mother and two aunts, Mabel and ? encouraged her interest in genealogy. When her husband suffered a heart attack in 1952, Mary took a course in genealogy and worked as a genealogist at Friends Historical Library until 1956 when she decided to focus on her research on 17th century Quakers. Subsequently to her research trip in England in 1957, she became involved with historic preservation and only sporadically did genealogical searches outside her own family's history.

Genealogical correspondence includes in Family Correspondence

Patterson reported to PYM Representative Committee that the City of Philadelphia hoped that Philadelphia Yearly Meeting would develop a William Penn garden adjacent to the meeting house. Patterson proposed that this would tie in with George Fox's desire to have a botanical garden in Pennsylvania.

Caleb Pusey House, Inc., was incorporated in 1965. Folder includes preliminary and annual reports, correspondence

Research notes and notebook with drafts of reports, Christmas letter, etc.

Mary S. Patterson's involvement in preserving Delaware County history included serving on the County Historical Society Board and as president of Caleb Pusey House, Inc.. She also was involved with Delaware County historic house tours, Chester courthouse restoration, Leiper House, and was a founder of Historic Delaware County Society among other interests.

Rough notes

Patterson served on the Committee for Eligibility

Patterson became in the debate about the birthplace of Benjamin West. She supported the tradition that he was born in the Maddock farmhouse now on the Swarthmore College campus

Since early American Quaker records are scanty, Patterson proposed to examine English records to find certificates of removal. Letter of introduction from FGC.

With annotations by Patterson

Planning her trip and follow up letters

Correspondence with English Friends 1960-1962 1 folder 13

Report on English records research 1976 1 folder 13

In England for two months in the spring of 1957, Patterson found that there were few mentions of certificates of transfer, and she instead took notes on early Quakers with a focus on her own family.

In 1957, Patterson found the Marsden Monthly Meeting records most helpful and 20 years later she began to follow up with the meeting

Typed

Subtitled handwritten ms "Friends Family Arriving in America 1656 thru 1699." Progress report with an Introduction and layout for possible book that traced Quaker migration.

Typed manuscripts (2 copies) made from notes taken by Mary Sullivan Patterson in 1957. In the introduction, Patterson writes that she typed her rough notes and added additional information from other sources. The final typed manuscript was done by Margery Paxson Jones

Done as a Boy Scouts Eagle project by John Ivie of Provo, Utah, suggested by Utah Valley Genealogical Society

Index made in 1996 by Elizabeth L. Carson who also compiled an inventory of the unprocessed Patterson papers