Friends World College
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Friends World College Collected Papers 1957-1992
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-116
Overview
Friends World College was conceived as an accredited, co-educational, degree-granting liberal arts college combining a residence program with the opportunity for foreign travel and study. Planned as a "college without walls," it was sponsored by the New York Yearly Meeting and opened in September 1965. It was merged into Long Island University in 1991. The collection contains Mary-Cushing Niles's files pertaining to all aspects of Friends World College. Mary-Cushing Niles (1900-1993), a...
Dates:
1957-1992
Ruth P. Ringenbach Collected Friends World College Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-247
Overview
Ruth P. Ringenbach, a member of Westbury Monthly Meeting, was a member of the Friends World College Association and served on the New York Yearly Meeting Liaison Committee. She was treasurer of the Association from 1978-1985. Friends World College became independent of New York Yearly Meeting in 1975, but members of the Association who were also members of New York Yearly Meeting served as a liaison between Friends World College and New York Yearly Meeting, keeping the Yearly Meeting informed...
Dates:
1975-1985
Friends World College Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-082
Overview
Friends World College was conceived as an accredited, co-educational, degree-granting liberal arts college combining a residence program with the opportunity for foreign travel and study. Planned as a "college without walls," it was sponsored by the New York Yearly Meeting and opened in September 1965. The College flourished in the 1960s counterculture environment, but ran into financial difficulties in the 1970s. While much of its support came from...
Dates:
1958-2001
Norman R. Morrison Memorial Fund Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Norman R. Morrison Memorial Fund
Abstract
Includes correspondence (1965-1966), financial records, reports, newspaper clippings, Friends World College files about the award, and five folders (1965) (primarily receipts for contributions) concerning the Morrison Family Fund.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1965-1968
Elizabeth Watson albums: "Around the World in Ninety Days"
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-146
Overview
Elizabeth Grill Watson was a Quaker minister, feminist theologian, Bible scholar, and writer. George H. Watson was a Quaker educator and President Emeritus of Friends World College. This collection consists of two albums documenting Elizabeth and George Watson on pilgrimage to Asia.
Dates:
1988-08-06 - 1988-11-04
George H. and Elizabeth G. Watson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-268
Overview
Elizabeth Grill Watson was a Quaker minister, feminist theologian, Bible scholar, and writer. George H. Watson was a Quaker educator and President Emeritus of Friends World College. The collection primarily documents their ministries focused on social justice.
Dates:
1970-1999
