Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955)
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Bowles family correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1212
Abstract
The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. In 1900, the Bowles moved to Japan under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and managed the Friends School and established the Tokyo Friends Center. During World War II, the Bowles family moved to Hawaii and worked with war refugees. The Bowles family correspondence consists of correspondence from Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles to their son Gordon Townsend Bowles from 1922 to...
Dates:
1922-1960
Edward W. Evans Quaker Concerns Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-237
Overview
Edward W. Evans (1882-1976) was a Quaker leader and lawyer active in the educational and peace concerns of the Society of Friends. The collection primarily contains papers compiled by Edward W. Evans during his time as Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), from 1938-1946. Of particular interest are the materials concerning Civilian Public Service. The collection is significant in its documentation of pacifist attitudes and the ways in which the Society of Friends was active...
Dates:
1920, 1938-1951
Kite-Bassett Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-080
Overview
The Kite and Bassett families were Orthodox Quakers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Lynn, Massachusetts, respectively. James Kite was born in 1808, the son of Benjamin and Rebecca Kite of Philadelphia. In 1837 he was granted a certificate to Salem Monthly Meeting in Massachusetts to marry Lydia B. Rodman, widow of Caleb Rodman and daughter of Isaac and Ruth Bassett of Lynn. James and Lydia had eight children, viz. Ruth, James Rodman, Eliza B., Rebecca, Isaac C. Bassett, Hannah B., Lydia...
Dates:
1837-1930
Edward F. Stratton Collected Papers on Ohio Quakers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-142
Overview
Edward F. Stratton (1876-1968) was a Quaker from Salem and Barnesville, Ohio. He served as Curator of the Salem Quarterly Meeting records and was Librarian of the Friends Society, Salem, Ohio. The collection contains historical and biographical information compiled by Edward F. Stratton about the Maule, Stratton, Williams, and related Ohio Quaker families, especially those involved in separations in Ohio Yearly Meeting. Of particular interest are Joshua's Maule's diaries and correspondence...
Dates:
1770-1967
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Coordinating Committee for Education and Care of Members (1974-1998)
Collection — Othertype HV/Phy/450
Identifier: QM-Phy-450
Scope and Contents
Records of the Coordinating Committee of PYM for Education and Care of Members (CC1) include: Minutes, Correspondence, and other administrative papers (1974-1998). For the most part though, this collection encompasses the records of other committees and groups, some technically under the CC1 umbrella and others not, as they relate to CC1. These records were held by CC1 and are thus kept with the CC1 collection. Groups with records included in the CC1 collection are...
Dates:
1974-1998
Samuel Walton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-254
Overview
The Waltons were prominent Quakers in Philadelphia, Pa., and Belmont County, Ohio. Joseph Walton (1817-1898) taught at Westtown School, edited the Quaker periodical, The Friend, and served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox). His brother, Samuel Walton (1827-1899), moved to Ohio in 1847 and in 1854 married Sarah James Edgerton at Stillwater Monthly Meeting, the center of Wilburite Quakerism in Ohio. The family was deeply involved in matters relating to the Society of Friends....
Dates:
1813-1890
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- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 3
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 3
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 2
- Quakers -- Ohio 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
- Quakers -- Social service 2
- Society of Friends -- Customs and practices 2
- Society of Friends -- History -- 19th century 2
- Society of Friends -- Sermons 2
- Society of Friends -- Testimonies and concerns 2
- Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 2
- Spiritual life -- Society of Friends 2
- Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 1
- Church committees -- Society of Friends 1
- Church work -- Society of Friends 1
- Church work with African Americans 1
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. 1
- Conscientious objection -- United States 1
- Conscientious objectors 1
- Hawaii 1
- Indians, treatment of 1
- Japan 1
- Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Missionaries 1
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Public worship -- Society of Friends 1
- Quaker missionaries 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers 1
- Quakers -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Education 1
- Quakers -- Massachusetts 1
- Quakers -- Mississippi 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Race relations 1
- Quakers -- Services for 1
- Quakers -- Texas 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 1
- Refugees 1
- Society of Friends -- Delaware 1
- Society of Friends -- Japan 1
- Society of Friends -- Maryland 1
- Society of Friends -- Missions 1
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Society of Friends 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects 1
- correspondence 1
- family papers 1
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