An Inventory of the Hallowell-Stabler Family Papers, 1811-1946
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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
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collection
Hallowell-Stabler Family Papers, 1811-1946
James Hallowell (1821-1886)
Biographical History for: Hallowell-Stabler Family Papers, 1811-1946
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE The Hallowell-Stabler papers are mainly the correspondence of James S. Hallowell (1821-1886), his wife Margaret Stabler Hallowell (1824-1900), their six children, and various Hallowell and Stabler relatives. An educator much of his life, James taught during the 1840's at the Alexandria Boarding School, directed by his uncle, Benjamin Hallowell (1799-1877). When Benjamin went to Philadelphia in 1845 to help establish Friends' Central School, James and his brother Caleb were left in charge of Alexandria Boarding School. After Benjamin's return in 1846, James founded Alexandria Female Seminary, remaining as principal until the turmoil of the Civil War forced it to close. He then moved to Washington, where during most of the Civil War years he served as Clerk of the Post Office Department and Superintendent of the Post Office Building. After his resignation in 1865, James S. Hallowell spent the remaining years of his life near the Quaker community of Sandy Spring, Maryland, first as Principal of Fulford Female Seminary and after 1874 at Oak Grove Farm, near Brookeville, Maryland. Some of the Stabler correspondence involves Edward Stabler 1794-1883, a noted engraver and postmaster of Sandy Spring, Maryland, for more than forty years. Founder of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Sandy Spring, Stabler was also an avid hunter, and much of his correspondence concerns hunting expeditions and the design of rifles.
SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS This important collection describes the life of a Quaker family active in the 19th century in Alexandria, Virginia; Sandy Spring, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; and Philadelphia, Pa., where several relatives resided. The collection contains correspondence of James S. Hallowell, his wife, Margaret Stabler Hallowell, their children, and other family members. Also includes letters of Edward Stabler and his children, poems by Alice Hallowell, lesson books, financial papers, and pictures of Hallowell and Stabler family members. While emphasizing family affairs and domestic life, these papers contain material of interest on education, farm life, observations of the Civil War and the Federal bureaucracy, travel and hunting.
Quakers -- Education
Rifles
Hunting
Quakers -- Washington (D.C.)
Quakers -- Virginia -- Alexandria
Quakers -- Maryland -- Sandy Spring
Quakers -- Philadelphia (Pa.)
Education -- Quakers
Farm life
Quakers -- Social life and customs
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-65
Sandy Spring (Md.) - Quakers
Alexandria (Va.) - Quakers
Civil service
Hallowell, Margaret S. (Margaret Stabler), 1824-1900
Hallowell, Alice
Hallowell, Caleb S. (Caleb Shreve), 1818-1870
Hallowell, Edward S., 1847-1866
Hallowell, James B. (James Bird), 1854-1906
Stabler, E. (Edward), 1794-1883
Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877
Bush, Annie Hallowell, 1849-1930
Stabler family
Hallowell family
United States Post Office
Alexandria Boarding School (Alexandria, Va.)
series
Ser. 1. Genealogical material
Ser. 2. Correspondence of James S. Hallowell, 1841-1888, n.d
Letters sent and received arranged in a single chronological sequence with undated letters at end. Correspondents, in addition to his wife Margaret include Benjamin Hallowell, Benjamin Shoemaker, Comly B. Shoemaker, and Henry C. Hallowell.
Correspondence1865-1888, n.d.
Ser. 3. Correspondence of Margaret Stabler Hallowell, 1838-1900, n.d.
Correspondence
Arranged chronologically, undated at end. Mostly correspondence with her husband James Hallowell and with Stabler relatives.
Ser. 4. Hallowell family correspondence, 1839-1945, n.d.
All correspondents were children of James and Margaret Hallowell, except Caleb, who was James's brother.
Annie Hallowell Riggs Bush (b. 1849), correspondence 1862-1923
Alice Hallowell (1851-1921), correspondence 1860-1912
Caleb S. Hallowell (b. 1818), correspondence 1839-1875
Edward S. Hallowell (1847-1866), correspondence 1858-1865
Florence (1861-1927) and Julie (b. 1863) Hallowell, correspondence 1868-1945
James B. Hallowell (b. 1854), correspondence 1866-1906, n.d.
Miscellaneous Hallowell family correspondence 1811-1946, n.d.
Ser. 5. Correspondence of Stabler family, 1837-1927, n.d.
Includes letters of Edward Stabler (1794-1883) and his children.
Arthur Stabler (1842-1918), correspondence 1850-1919, n.d.
Catherine Stabler (1828-1912), correspondence 1845-1897, n.d.
Edward Stabler (1794-1883), correspondence 1837-1882, n.d.
Edward Stabler (b. 1836), correspondence 1846-1927, n.d.
Jordan Stabler (b. 1840), correspondence 1851-1917, n.d.
Louis Stabler, correspondence 1854-1870
Ser. 6. Poetry, 1859-1918, n.d.
Poems by Alice Hallowell 1859-1918, n.d.
Alice Hallowell, afflicted from a childhood illness, became recognized for her literary talents, especially in Washington where she lived much of her life.
Poems by other Hallowell and Stabler family members and other unnamed persons
Ser. 7. Lesson books and school essays, 1832-1882, n.d.
James B. Hallowell, at Fulford Female Seminary 1867-1870
Essays by other family members 1832-1882, n.d.
Ser. 8. Financial papers, 1842-1897
Edward Stabler, Sr. 1862-1878, n.d.
Mostly regarding publication of Forty-Four Years in the Life of a Hunter..., reminiscences by Meshach Browning (1781-1859), a Maryland hunter. Book was revised and illustrated by Edward Stabler, and these papers concern the financing of its publication by Lippincott in Philadelphia.
Miscellaneous, Hallowell and Stabler family members 1866-1897, n.d.
Birdsall-Brooke finances 1843-1878, n.d.
In 1877 James S. Hallowell was granted power of attorney to act for Hannah G. Birdsall; In 1878 Edward Stabler became executor of the estate of Sarah T. Brooke.
Ser. 9. Printed material, 1863-1888
Various printed material
Creation of Various printed material
Time of Creation of Various printed material
Ser. 10. Pictures
Hallowell and Stabler family members
Including Edward S. Hallowell and Edward Stabler, Jr.