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Friends Historical Association

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Friends Historical Association

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-026
Overview

Friends Historical Association is an organization that promotes research and publication on topics in Quaker history. Membership and editorial offices are located at Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges. Minutes of the organization after 1964 are at Haverford College.

Dates: 1942-2001

Friends Historical Association photographs

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-244
Overview

This collection contains photographs of the Friends Historical Association.

Dates: 1931

Tortola Quaker Stamp Celebration

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-300
Overview

This collection contains various letters and corresponding items from the Tortola Quaker Stamp Celebration in 1973. This includes a program of the individuals who made the Quaker stamps possible, a letter from George Vaux on behalf of the Friends Historical Association, and multiple Tortola Quaker stamps on letters belonging to Henry J. Cadbury.

Dates: 1973

Vaux Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1217
Overview The Vaux family was deeply involved with Quaker and Native American affairs throughout much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. George Vaux, Sr. was involved in Quaker activity through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other Quaker meetings throughout the world (including Antigua and London). Both George Vaux, Jr. and Mary Morris Vaux Walcott, his sister, served as commissioners for the U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners. This organization was established by the United States Congress in...
Dates: 1708-1995; Majority of material found within 1912-1932

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clippings (information artifacts) 2
photographs 2
American periodicals -- Pennsylvania 1
Commemorative postage stamps 1
Friends Historical Association 1