Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Mission Board
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) Records: Mission Board (1923-1956)
Collection — Othertype HV/Phy/836
Identifier: QM-Phy-836
Scope and Contents
Records of the Mission Board of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting at Haverford include the minutes, financial accounts and other records from the time of the groups inception in 1923 until 1956, as well as those of its branches at Germantown, Haverford and Moorestown Monthly Meetings and other miscellaneous documents, including the extensive diary collection of missionary Edith F. Sharpless, which begins in 1908 but provides a thorough chronicle of her experience with the Mission Board in...
Dates:
1923-1956
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: International Outreach and Missionary Committees
Collection — Othertype HV/Phy/850
Identifier: QM-Phy-850
Scope and Contents
Combined records of:
Women's Foreign Missionary Association (1882-1898)
Friends' Foreign Missionary Association (1899-1923)
Mission Board (1923-1950)
Japan Committee (1951-1974)
International Outreach Committee (1974-2015)
Contains minutes, reports, correspondence, financial documents, and other items (including images, diaries, calendars, bequest records, and miscellaneous papers).
Dates:
1882-1980
Esther B. Rhoads papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1153
Overview
The papers of Esther Rhoads (1896-1979), a member of an influential Philadelphia Quaker family, Rhoads was a teacher, later head, of Friends Girls' School in Tokyo for over 50 years. She was also of great importance in work with Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia and with the American Friends Service Committee, to assist Japanese-Americans affected by the War Relocation Act (forced removal and incarceration). Materials include correspondence, documents, typescripts and manuscripts,...
Dates:
circa 1895-1979
