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Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Devere Allen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-053
Abstract

Author, editor, journalist and lecturer; advocate of internationalist pacifism; influential member of the Socialist Party in the 1930s; genealogist; recorder of Rhode Island history and lore; named Harold Devere Allen.

Dates: 1809-1978; Majority of material found within 1910-1955

Ellen Starr Brinton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-051
Abstract

Ellen Starr Brinton (1886-1954), Quaker, feminist and internationalist, served as the first curator of the Jane Addams Peace Collection (later the Swarthmore College Peace Collection) from 1935 until her retirement in 1951.

Dates: 1895-1980; Majority of material found within 1933-1954

Elihu Burritt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-096
Overview Elihu Burritt was born on December 10, 1810, in New Britain, Connecticut, into a working class family. He attended school briefly, but was largely self-educated. Burritt became a blacksmith to support himself, but he continued to study languages at night. Word of his erudition spread; he became known as the "Learned Blacksmith", and was offered opportunities to speak in public. While writing a lecture on "The Anatomy of the Earth", he was so impressed by the interdependency of its parts that...
Dates: 1840-1965; Majority of material found within 1841-1878

Taylor Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1179
Overview

Includes letters of Elihu Burritt (1810-1879) and others on Quakers, African Americans, and slavery; papers of Francis R. Taylor (1884-1947) on Quakers, African Americans, and peace; and George Washington Taylor (1803-1891) papers and Free Produce Association records relating to Taylor's work for the use and sale of goods not attached to the slavery economy.

Dates: 1754-1936

Wood Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-192
Overview

The Wood Family Papers contains papers from a Quaker family active in 19th century New York City Friends affairs, compiled by M. S. (Mary Sutton) Wood. Included are business correspondence concerning the printing house founded by Samuel Wood and his sons, correspondence from prominent Friends concerning work for social causes including abolition, freedmen, prisoners, First Day schools, and peace, and genealogical material, writings, and reminiscences by Mary S. Wood.

Dates: 1784-1874

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Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Abolitionists 1
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Antislavery movements -- United States 1
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Church work with prisoners 1
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Feminists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Internationalists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Internationalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Jews -- Czechoslovakia -- History -- Sources 1
Journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Lecturers -- United States -- Biography -- Sources 1
Linguists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
New York (State) -- Social life and customs 1
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- Czechoslovakia -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Peace movements -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 1
Periodical editors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Postal rates -- History -- Sources 1
Prison reform -- Society of Friends 1
Prison visits 1
Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 1
Quaker authors 1
Quaker women -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Quaker women -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Social reformers 1
Social reformers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Socialist parties -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends 1
Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Sunday schools -- New York (N.Y.) 1
United States -- Foreign relations -- Cuba 1
United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Women and peace 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
World tomorrow (Periodical) 1
Young democracy (Periodical) 1
Youth and peace -- History -- Sources 1
diaries 1
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