Resources in Early American History

1	Author:	Wyck Association	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Wyck Association Collection
	Dates:	1663-1972
	Abstract:	The Wyck Collection is a massive collection that touches upon a number of early American themes. MOLE contains an extensive inventory of the collection. There are also binders with the collection that contain item level descriptions of the contents. The collection is particularly notable for its family correspondence, business records, and information on the operations of some Philadelphia institutions, such as the Academy of Natural Sciences. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.52
	Extent:	151.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Business and Skilled Trades \| Early National Politics \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Marriage and Family Life \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History \| Science and technology \| Trade
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Family Correspondence \| Institutional Records \| Miscellaneous
	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Agriculture \| Culture, community, organizations \| Home economics -- United States -- Accounting \| Horticulture \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs \| Quakers \| Race, race relations, racism \| Reconstruction \| Religion, religious organizations \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Social problems.

2	Author:	Bancker family	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Charles Nicoll Bancker family papers, 1733-1894
	Dates:	1733-1894
	Abstract:	This extensive collection (13 boxes) contains a range of correspondence, although the bulk of it relates to Charles Nicoll Bancker, a prominent Philadelphia businessman in the 1800s. The letters provide a picture of the family life and business career of Bancker from his earliest beginnings to his success later in life. Aside from the Charles Bancker portion of the collection, the holdings contain a wide variety of other documents, ranging from colonial era documents written in Dutch in Albany to letters from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson from the nineteenth century on religious education. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.B22.c
	Extent:	3.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Antebellum Politics \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Colonial Politics \| Colony and State Specific History \| Early National Politics \| Education \| Land and Speculation \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Marriage and Family Life \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History \| Social Life and Custom \| Trade \| Travel \| Women's History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Literature \| Manuscript Essays \| Political Correspondence \| Sketchbooks \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Insurance agents -- United States.

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