Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1003
Overview
Records deal with the work of Friends in running mission stations in Oklahoma to the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma (Bah Kho-je), the Modoc Nation, the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, the Shawnee Tribe, the Osage Nation (Wahzhazhe) and other Native American peoples. Letters from superintendents and missionaries in the field describe the difficulties and experiences of Friends in their work. Topics discussed include attempts to Christianize Native Americans, improve...
Dates:
1758-1929
Balderston Collected Manuscripts
Collection — Othertype SC-006
Identifier: SFHL-SC-006
Abstract
Most of the correspondence in this collection is addressed to Henry Drinker concerning trivial and more substantive matters of his business and that of the Society of Friends, including a letter from William Savery in 1794 from Canadagua describing a visit to the Oneidas. Also included are a document from the Philadelphia Committee to Joseph Elkinton in Tunesassah (1822) and a subscription list (1831) for J.J. Foster's publication on the New Jersey Crosswicks trial, signed by Roberts Vaux...
Dates:
1735-1822
Theodore Brinton Hetzel papers and graphics
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1168
Abstract
Theodore Hetzel (1906-1990) was a Quaker professor of engineering at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, whose interests led him to involvement with Native American and Quaker issues. An avid photographer, the materials in this collection are primarily photographic, as well as correspondence and documents.
Dates:
1866-1987; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1987
Filtered By
- Subject: Indians of North America X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Indians of North America 2
- Indians of North America -- Government relations 2
- Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 2
- Indians of North America -- Missions 1
- Indians of North America -- Oklahoma 1
- Kickapoo Indians -- History 1
- Kinzua Dam (Pa.) 1
- Modoc Indians -- History 1
- Oneida Indians 1
- Osage Indians -- History 1
- Oto Indians -- History 1
- Quaker church buildings 1
- Quakers -- Persecutions 1
- Seneca Indians 1
- Shawnee Indians -- History 1
- Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 1
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 1
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- correspondence 1
- diaries 1
- family papers 1
- manuscripts (documents) 1
- photographs 1 + ∧ less
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