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Isaac Battin Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-010
Overview
The collection contains the papers of the Battin family, Quakers from Albany, New York, Omaha, Nebraska, and Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Includes Letter books (8 v.) of Isaac Battin (ca. 1835-1912), containing chiefly family and personal letters, but also business correspondence relating to his employment by a gas company in Omaha; together with correspondence of other family members.
Dates:
1865-1912
Dorothea Johnson Blom Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-241
Overview
Dorothea Johnson Blom (1911-1991) was a Quaker writer, artist, and teacher. She became a member of the Society of Friends in 1937 at Chappaqua Monthly Meeting, subsequently transferring to Purchase Monthly Meeting. She co-authored nine books and taught courses at Pendle Hill and other schools in art history and art appreciation with an emphasis on the Jungian concept of growth and spiritual needs. The collection contains her letters to her friend Liza B. ("Betty") Lewis, 1961-1975, reflecting...
Dates:
1961-1975
Branson-Jackson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-016
Overview
Anna M. Jackson and her daughter, Anna M. (Jackson Branson) Theiss, were Quaker activists in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Anna M. Jackson was very involved in reform activities in New York City. She served as Chairman of the Women's Prison Reform Committee, and was also involved in the Women's Municipal League and the Political Study Club. Her daughter, Anna Morris Jackson, attended Swarthmore College for two years, and in 1909 earned a B.S. in Education from Columbia University. Anna was...
Dates:
1794-1962
Carman family papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-230
Abstract
The collections contain journals, correspondence, and miscellaneous Quaker papers. A small journal kept by Thomas Carman, 1864 and 1867, describes his travels which included upstate New York, Baltimore, and Richmond (where he attended general Quaker meetings and visited African American services). Also a photocopy of a journal kept by Catharine Williams, describing a trip to Iowa in 1864 where she attended Yearly Meeting. Correspondents include Benjamin Angell, Edward Dorland, George M. Sisson,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1786-1894
Linda Chidsey writings and speeches
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-274
Abstract
Letters, articles, and speeches by Linda Chidsey, former Clerk of New York Yearly Meeting and acknowledged minister. Of special interest are the materials that relate to the peace testimony after the attacks of September 11, 2001 and renewal in the Society of Friends.
Dates:
1995-2006
Circle of the King's Daughters
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-099
Overview
Minutes and financial records for the "Here a Little, There a Little" Chapter of the King's Daughters, an international Christian philanthropic association. Records are dated from the 1892-1975, with gaps. While this New York chapter was primarily Quaker, the association itself was evangelical Christian in orientation, with Baptist and Congregationalist membership in other parts of the world. Members gathered to read Bible passages, discuss Lenten observance, and perform philanthropic work. The...
Dates:
1892-1975
Elizabeth H. Cock family correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-197
Abstract
Includes correspondence of Elizabeth Hicks primarily during her marriage to her first husband, William F. Seaman; also family correspondence from her second marriage to William Townsend Cock. Correspondents include Rachel Hicks and Abby Hopper.
Dates:
1821-1881
Collection of Bringhurst Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-046
Overview
Contains the collected correspondence of the Bringhurst family, largely compiled by C. Marshall Taylor. It includes correspondence, 1780-1806, of Philadelphia Quaker businessman James Bringhurst and his letters received from John Murray of New York City. Bringhurst corresponded with family and prominent friends including John Dickinson, Job Scott, Nathan Hunt, James Pemberton, Jesse Kersey, Lindley Murray and Moses Brown. Of particular interest are descriptions of life in Philadelphia and the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1780 - 1811; 1780 - 1941
Collins Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-173
Overview
The Collins family was a Quaker family of New England and New York City. Abel Collins (1770-1834) was a birthright Quaker and a minister recorded by Hopkinton Monthly Meeting. He married Mary A. Wilbur (d. 1858) of Hopkinton in 1790, and they had eight children. One of their sons, Abel Francis Collins, was clerk of South Kingston Monthly Meeting. He had three sons who attended Friends Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island, and continued their studies at Brown University. The collection...
Dates:
1797-1937
John Comly papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-023
Abstract
This collection includes printed and manuscript materials concerning the publication and sale of Comly's books, his probate records, and other papers relating to John Comly and his family. Also includes records of the Byberry & Andalusia (Turnpike) Road Company.
Dates:
1830-1884
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- Friends World College 3
- Jackson, Anna M. (Anna Margaret), 1848-1920 3
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- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee on a Friends World College 3
- Bates, Elisha, 1781-1861 2
- Bogardus, Joseph A., 1851-1896 2
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 2
- Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880 2
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- Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899 2
- Quaker Emergency Service Readjustment Center (New York, N.Y.) 2
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 2
- Scott, Job, 1751-1793 2
- Seaman, David, 1791-1844 2
- Spears Mobile Clinics 2
- Tallcot, Joseph, 1768-1853 2
- Underhill, Rachel W., 1844-1923 2
- Westtown Boarding School 2
- Wilbur, Henry Watson, 1851-1914 2
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- Wood, M. S. (Mary Sutton), 1805-1894 2
- Wood, William, 1797-1877 2
- Young Friends Aid Association (New York, N.Y.) 2
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- Angell, Benjamin, d. 1868 1
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- Bacon, George B., 1835-1890 1
- Baker, Aaron, 1772-1830 1
- Barnard College 1
- Barnard, Hannah, 1754?-1825 1
- Barrows, Samuel J. (Samuel June), 1845-1909 1
- Battin, Isaac, approximately 1835-1912 1
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 1
- Bettle, Samuel, 1774-1861 1
- Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown, 1825-1921 1
- Blatch, Harriot Stanton, 1856-1940 1
- Blom, Dorothea Johnson, -1911 1
- Boardman, Anna Florence, 1913-1978 1
- Bowery Savings Bank of New York 1
- Bowne family 1
- Bowne, Amy, 1795- 1
- Bradley, A. Day (Amos Day), -1905 1
- Braithwaite family 1
- Braithwaite, Isaac, 1781-1861 1
- Braithwaite, J. Bevan (Joseph Bevan), 1818-1905 1
- Braithwaite, Martha, 1823-1895 1
- Branson family 1
- Bringhurst, James, 1730-1810 1
- Bringhurst, Joseph, 1733-1811 1
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- Brooks, Charles Franklin, 1891-1958 1
- Brooks, Eleanor S. (Eleanor Stabler), 1892-1986 1
- Brown, Josephine C., 1887-1976 1
- Buffum family 1
- Burdick family 1
- Burling, Benjamin 1
- Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 1
- Byberry & Andalusia Turnpike Road Company 1
- Campbell, Helen, b. 1879 1
- Capron, George T. (George Truman), b. 1858 1
- Capron, Jacob, d. 1891 1
- Carman family (Carman, Thomas, 1815-1899) 1
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