Williamson College of the Trades - Isaiah Van Sant Williamson History

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A collection of papers and biographical materials from Williamson College of the Trades founder Isaiah Van Sant Williamson. Some photographs and genealogical research as well as correspondence, legal and financial papers.
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Thank you note, 1881
Thank you note, 1881
Letters
A thank you note for a Christmas gift written by Arabella B. Lewis to I.V. Williamson on December 27, 1881.
Thank you note from Episcopal Hospital, 1883
Thank you note from Episcopal Hospital, 1883
Charities--Pennsylvania, Hospitals--Pennsylvania
A note from Lewis Redner thanking I.V. Williamson for his gift to the Episcopal Hospital and asking him to send in his check dated February 10, 1883.
Thank you note from the society of prevention of cruelty to animals, 1873
Thank you note from the society of prevention of cruelty to animals, 1873
Charities--Pennsylvania, Animal welfare
A thank you note from the Pennsylvania Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals for a donation to I.V Williamson, dated Feb. 21, 1873. It is handwritten on their stationary.
Thank you note, undated
Thank you note, undated
Letters
A thank you note for a Christmas gift from Myra M. Dieter to I.V. Williamson with a date of December 27th but no year. It is written on stationery that has "1709 Locust St." printed as a heading.
Title page of reprinted biography of I.V. Williamson
Title page of reprinted biography of I.V. Williamson
Books, Biography
The title page and front page of the John Wanamaker biography of his friend I.V. Williamson. This is a 1972 reprint by the Alumni Association of the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades. The original was published in 1928, five years after Wanamaker's death, 20 years after he wrote the book.
Williamson's notes on charitable donations
Williamson's notes on charitable donations
Charities--Pennsylvania
A set of notes on scraps of paper, originally folded into one sheet of paper. They are notes about various charitable donations written in Williamson's handwriting. They are undated.