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Friends General Conference Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-025
Overview
Friends General Conference is a Quaker organization in the unprogrammed tradition of the Religious Society of Friends which primarily serves affiliated yearly and monthly meetings. For additional information about Friends General Conference, please consult their web site: http://www.fgcquaker.org/info/
Dates:
1867-2013
Jerome D. Gorman and Donna Gorman Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Gorman, Jerome and Donna
Abstract
Collection contains extensive correspondence between the Gormans and VEPCO, the Virginia Electric and Power Company; also includes information about the organizations Penny Resistance and People Abolish the Death Penalty, and about Jerome Gorman's interest in attempts to extradite Jens Söring to Europe and his work to improve conditions for Death Row prisoners in Virginia.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1984-1991
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Josiah W. Leeds scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1102
Overview
Twenty-two scrapbooks of correspondence (circa 2,000 letters) of Josiah Woodward Leeds (1841-1908) with persons involved in the social reform movements of the late 19th century as well as tracts and clippings of articles and editorials written by Leeds and articles on topics of interest to him.
Dates:
1872-1907
Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty
Abstract
Collection consists of printed correspondence, leaflets, and newsletters.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2003-2007
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Resolution commending the Brooklyn police for apprehending a murderer
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-801-11-003
Overview
This highly-decorated certificate commemorates Brooklyn police officers involved in the apprehension of Charles McElvaine, the murderer of Christian W. Luca.
Dates:
1889
Société de la Paix de Genève Collection
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Switzerland-Societe de la Paix de Geneve
Abstract
Printed materials: periodicals and pamphlets; all materials in this collection are in French.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1830-1839
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Elizabeth and Leon Stern papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1282
Overview
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern (1889-1954) was an author, educator, and social worker. Leon Thomas Stern (1887-1980) was a noted penologist and prison reformer. Materials in the collection reflect their careers and interests.
Dates:
1920-1968
Mira Sharpless Townsend Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-320
Overview
The collection contains papers of Mira Sharpless Townsend, a major Quaker social activist and reformer in Philadelphia. Mira Sharpless Townsend (1798-1859) was born in Philadelphia, attended Friends Select School, and in 1828 married Samuel Townsend (1800-1887). He was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting by whom she had six children, only two surviving to adulthood: Emily Sharpless Townsend who married Powell Stackhouse and Clara Gordon Townsend, married William Penn Troth. During the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1815 - 1858; 1806 - 1910
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