SFHL/FHL/RG5. Family and Personal Papers
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Identifier: SFHL/FHL/RG5
The largest category of collections in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College is that of Personal and Family Papers. These materials include correspondence, journals and diaries, and property records of Quaker individuals and family groups they date from the mid 17th century to the present.
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Wharton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-162
Overview
Joseph Wharton (1826-1909) was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker merchant, industrialist, scientist, and philanthropist who was active in 19th century Delaware Valley manufacturing, business, and education development. The papers cover in depth his business activities as well as his career as Manager of Swarthmore College for over 35 years and as founder of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania. The collection includes business correspondence, 1855-1908,...
Dates:
1691-1955
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
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- Evangelical Quakers 1
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- Holmes, Jesse Herman, 1864-1942 2
- Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 2
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- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
- Aspen Institute 1
- Averill, Carrie Brownell 1
- Averill, Edward Wilson 1
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
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- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
- Biddle, Owen, 1737-1799 1
- Biddle, William Canby, 1864-1942 1
- Cooper family 1
- Evans, William, 1787-1867 1
- Fisher family 1
- Fisher, Hannah Rodman, 1764-1819 1
- Fisher, Jabez Maud, 1750-1779 1
- Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834 1
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- Friends Council on Education (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 1
- Green Street Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Haines, Anna P. (Anna Philips), 1849-1924 1
- Haines, Mary Elizabeth, 1886-1920 1
- Haines, T. Harvey (Thomas Harvey), b. 1871 1
- Haines, Zebedee, 1843-1923 1
- Hoag, Huldah, 1762-1850 1
- Holcombe, Hadassah M. L. (Hadassah Moore Leeds), 1891-1878 1
- Hollingsworth, H. (Henry), 1737-1803 1
- Holmes family 1
- Holmes, Rebecca W. (Rebecca Webb), 1868-1957 1
- International Peace Academy 1
- Jackson, Elisabeth Rose Averill 1
- Jackson, Elmore, 1910-1989 1
- James, Dorothy Biddle 1
- Kite, Mary, 1793?-1861 1
- Kite, Nathan 1
- Lewis, Lucy Biddle, 1861- 1
- Lightfoot family 1
- Lightfoot, Mary B. (Mary Bonner), 1820-1907 1
- Lightfoot, Samuel, 1701-1771 1
- Lightfoot, Susanna 1720 1781 (Susanna Hudson Hatton Lightfoot) 1
- Lightfoot, Thomas Montgomery, -1865 1
- Lightfoot, Thomas, 1728-1793 1
- Lightfoot, Thomas, 1821-1896 1
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- Maiden Creek Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1735-1829 : Maiden Creek (Pa. : Township)) 1
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- Parke, Thomas, 1749-1835 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1827- 1955). Sub-committee on Indian Concerns 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1827-1948) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Friends Workcamp Program 1
- Quaker Program at the United Nations 1
- Quaker United Nations Office 1
- Relief Missions of the Society of Friends 1
- Richardson, Thomas, 1816-1867 1
- Rickman, Lydia Cooper Lewis, -1885 1
- Rockefeller Foundation 1
- Sharma, Shirpad Rama, -1879 1
- Smith, Rebecca Smith, 1795-1846 1
- St. Clair family 1
- Stirling, Anne Biddle, -1857 1
- Stratton, Edward F., 1876-1968 1
- Thomas family 1
- Thomas, Ellen L., 1853-1925 1
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- United Nations 1
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- United Nations Institute for Training and Research 1
- United States. Department of State 1
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Great Nemaha Agency 1
- Van Hoy, Judy, 1960- 1
- Wahl, Albert John, 1909-1996 1
- Walton family 1
- Walton, Joseph, 1817-1898 1
- Walton, Rebecca, 1814-1859 1
- Walton, Samuel, 1827-1899 1
- Walton, Sarah J. (Sarah James), 1826-1911 1
- Webb family 1
- Webb, Rebecca T. (Rebecca Turner), 1825-1900. 1
- Webb, William B. (William Barber), 1824-1894 1
- Wharton School 1
- Wharton family 1
- Wharton, Anna Lovering, 1830-1914 1
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