SFHL/FHL/SC. Small Collections
Record Group Term
Identifier: SFHL/FHL/SC
This record group includes small collections that are less than a box-worth of material.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Hiram Doty collected papers relating to Quaker history
Collection — Othertype SC-029
Identifier: SFHL-SC-029
Abstract
This collection includes original manuscripts collected by Hi Doty relating to early Quaker involvement in Indian affairs from 1756 to 1821 and the Friendly Association. Of particular interest are documents concerning the settlement at Oneida and the Treaty of Easton. Correspondents include Tedyuscung, Nathaniel Holland, Frederick Post, John Hunt, William Cooper, Israel Chapin, William Savery, James Pemberton, and Joseph Elkinton. Also included in the collection are several letters written...
Dates:
1756-1874
Fussell-Lewis Family Papers
Collection — Othertype SC-045
Identifier: SFHL-SC-045
Abstract
This collection includes the papers and correspondence of the Fussell and Lewis famlies. The latter relate primarily family and local news. Of particular interest are several letters by Graceanna Lewis denouncing slavery, an account of the response in New York Yearly Meeting to the disownment of Isaac T. Hopper, and correspondence relating an encounter with the Seneca Indians. Other letters include those written to Mariann Lewis by friends from Kimberton Boarding School, some of which relate...
Dates:
1836-1938-bulk 1836-1866
Edith R. Solenberger papers on the Kinzua Project
Collection — Othertype SC-122
Identifier: SFHL-SC-122
Abstract
This collection includes papers of Edith R. Solenberger, concerning her involvement in the Kinzua Project of the Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Included are letters regarding the Seneca Indians, and letters regarding their legal representation.
Dates:
1961-1970
