Earlham College

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton papers

 Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1189

Abstract Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton were 20th-century Quaker educators and prolific authors whose areas of expertise included the physical sciences and the Classics. Notably, they also worked for the American Friends Service Committee in Europe, for Friends Center in Tokyo, Japan, and as directors of Pendle Hill, an adult study center in Wallingford, PA. They were both recorded ministers in the Religious Society of Friends. This collection also contains materials of other...

Dates: 1859-2005

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Dickinson-Francisco family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-027

Identifier: SFHL-SC-027

Abstract

This collection includes the correspondence, in original and typescript copy, of Hannah Francisco and others of her family. The letters primarily concern family matters, with some discussion by Rowland Reece about the state of Howard Orphan asylum with which he was involved. Other correspondents include Joseph and Esther Dickinson, and Miriam Maxwell. Also included are genealogical notes on the Dickinson family.

Dates: 1844-1931

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Friends Freedmen's Association Records

 Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG4-024

Overview Friends' Freedmen's Association was an organization of Philadelphia Quakers founded in 1863 as Friends' Association of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity, for the Relief of Colored Freemen. Its purpose was to provide relief and education to formerly enslaved people during and after the Civil War. The name was changed circa 1873. From 1947-1955 the Association supported black students in schools and summer work camps. From 1955-1970 the income from investments was used to provide grants for...

Dates: 1863-1982

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

"Allen David Hole: His Life and Thought"

 Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-046

Overview

This manuscript, entitled "Allen David Hole: His Life and Thought," edited by Francis Doan Hole, includes a description of his early life, attendance at Earlham College, and essays written by Allen David Hole, which include "The Prophet," "Fundamental Concepts," "Real Safeguards for Individuals and Nations," and "He doeth all things well."

Dates: 1945

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

"From the Wabash to the Delaware"

 Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-098

Overview Thomas Raeburn White wrote this manuscript for his children and their descendants. The volume begins with a brief genealogical history of White's ancestors, who came from England or Scotland, and initially settled in the Carolinas. White describes how the family migrated to Indiana when his father was a child, in search of a more religiously tolerant community, and provides brief family history for his mother and father. White also describes his childhood, early education, Quaker...

Dates: Undated.

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

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