Haverford College was founded in 1833 as Haverford School by a group of New York and Philadelphia Quakers who sought to create an institution of learning grounded in Quaker values. Though we are nonsectarian today, our Quaker roots influence many of our values and processes.
View of Founders Hall from the South, John Collins, 1834. Courtesy of Haverford College Special Collections.
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- Creative Writing
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- Education (Bi-Co)
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