Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Darlington Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-296
Overview
This collection contains the papers of the Darlington family of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Woodstown, New Jersey. Quakers with strong ties to Swarthmore College, the family was involved in education, social and peace concerns, and businesses in the Philadelphia area. Charles J. Darlington (1894-1966) served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends during the reunification of the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings. The collection includes family...
Dates:
1831-2012
Benjamin F. Whitson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-164
Overview
Benjamin F. Whitson (1867-1957) of Moylan, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was a Quaker businessman. Whitson was active in Quaker affairs such as Friends World Conference in 1937 and the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and in Quaker concerns such as peace, temperance, and education. He was the son of Thomas H. and Phebe (Cooper) Whitson, and his family and extended family has deep Quaker associations. Both Benjamin Whitson and his father, were recognized as Quaker ministers and made visits to...
Dates:
1835-1957
James Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1218
Abstract
James Wood (1839-1925) was “interested in education, philanthropy, in the various branches of agriculture, in archaeology, history, Indian lore, anthropology, science, in prison reform and above all, in the Bible and religion,” (ABS, 2). He was also a business man, serving as President of the Genesee Salt Company in Piffard, New York. The James Wood papers are divided into twelve series: “Biographical Material:” “Agriculture;” Business and Financial Material;” “Collected Quaker Material;”...
Dates:
Bulk, 1865-1921 1865-1964; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1921
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- Subject: diaries X
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- Media (Pa.) 2
- Quakers -- Diaries 2
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 2
- Agriculture 1
- Agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Bedford (Westchester County, N.Y.) 1
- Delaware County (Pa.) 1
- Haverford (Pa.) 1
- Mount Kisco (N.Y.) 1
- Prison reformers 1
- Quakers 1
- Quakers -- Genealogy 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Quakers -- Social service 1
- Religion 1
- Sheep 1
- Society of Friends -- Reunification 1
- Society of Friends -- United States 1
- Travel 1
- autobiographies (documents) 1
- awards 1
- bookkeeping records 1
- business records 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- correspondence 1
- diaries 1
- financial records 1
- lecture notes 1
- manuscripts (documents) 1
- pamphlets 1
- photograph albums 1
- photographs 1
- trade catalogs 1
- travel photography 1 + ∧ less
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