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Bettle Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-013
Overview
The Bettle family were prominent 19th century Quaker merchants in Philadelphia. Samuel Bettle, Sr., was Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting at the time of the Separation in 1827. His son, Samuel Bettle, Jr., was also a Quaker minister. They had at least five children, among whom was Samuel, Jr.; the latter married Mary Ann Jones in 1831. The collection includes correspondence, biographical clippings, business records, and other papers of Samuel Bettle and his family. Correspondents include...
Dates:
1800-1955
Biddle family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-177
Overview
This collection contains the papers of Philadelphia Quaker Owen Biddle (1737-1799), his son, Clement Biddle (1778-1856), and numerous descendants. Owen Biddle, a scientist and merchant, was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and helped in the establishment of Westtown School (1799). Owen Biddle's papers, 1772-1793, (Series 1) include correspondence, and journals, some of which relate to his Revolutionary War activities. Three of his letterbooks, 1778-1779, have been microfilmed. The...
Dates:
1793-1951
William W. Birdsall Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D05
Overview
This collection contains correspondence, lists of prospective students, class lists of alumni, and miscellaneous material of William W. Birdsall, fifth President of Swarthmore College (1898-1902).
Dates:
1898-1902
Birmingham Monthly Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-B520
Scope and Contents
Records of Birmingham Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and its predecessors. Records of the the pre-Separation, Hicksite, and post reunification meeting include: Minutes, 1815-2018; Women's minutes, 1827-1895; Ministry and Counsel records, 1924-2019; Overseers' minutes, 1941-1952; Vital records, 1770-1955; and other miscellaneous materials. Also includes Orthodox records: Vital Records, 1816-1963; Marriage certificates, 1818-1962; Removals, 1827-1963; Overseers minutes and...
Dates:
1770-2019
Elizabeth Powell Bond Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-014
Overview
Elizabeth Powell Bond (1841-1926) served for four years as Matron of Swarthmore College and was appointed as its first Dean of Women in 1890. She retired in 1906. 1906. A birthright Quaker and lifelong member of the Society of Friends, she played an important role in the development of coeducation at the College. (1860-1926), diaries and journals (1856-1925), business papers, speeches and articles, pictures, and memorabilia. Correspondents include Louisa M. Alcott, Ellen Emerson, Hannah...
Dates:
1856-1958
Abraham Bonsall family papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-167
Abstract
Miscellaneous papers of Abraham Bonsall and his family, 1682-1918. Of note are the marriage intentions of Job Sinkler and Elizabeth Musgrave, 1771, colonial currency, 1756-1777, and a Bonsall family tree, no date.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1682-1918-1699-1793
Brantingham-Stratton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-017
Overview
This collection contains papers, in part typed transcriptions, concerning the Brantingham and Stratton families, Quaker families of England and Ohio. Includes correspondence and a transcript of sea journal (1798-1799) of George Brantingham (1770-1845), an English Quaker who emigrated to Philadelphia and by 1821 had settled in Salem, Ohio. Most of the correspondence is directed to George Brantingham or his daughter Hannah from members of Brantingham's family in England, including brothers, John...
Dates:
1817-1937
"Massacre: A Play"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-015
Overview
Charlotte Brate's play, "Massacre," describes a fictional event in the life of William Penn. It takes place in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1683, and describes the white settlers' fear of an "Indian massacre" and misunderstandings between the settlers and Indigenous populations.
Dates:
1941
Jane W. T. Brey Collection of Family Findings
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-018
Overview
Jane W. T. Brey (Jane Watson Taylor Brey, 1895-1982) was a genealogist. This collection chiefly contains photoprints of deeds, wills, marriage certificates and genealogical charts and pictures, relating to the Taylor, Wildman, and Watson families, Quakers of Bucks County, Pa.
Dates:
1682-1894
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- scrapbooks 5
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- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 16
- American Friends Service Committee 14
- Westtown Boarding School 11
- Haverford College 7
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 7
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 7
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 7
- George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 6
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 6
- Lloyd family 6
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 6
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 6
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 5
- Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 5
- Foulke family 5
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 5
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 5
- Hunn family 5
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 5
- Smith family 5
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 4
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 4
- Cope family 4
- Elkinton family 4
- Evans family 4
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 4
- Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures 4
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 4
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 4
- Jenkins family (Jenkins, Jabez, 1792-1858) 4
- Palmer family 4
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 4
- Scattergood, Joseph 4
- Sharpless family 4
- Smedley family 4
- Taylor family 4
- Truman, George 4
- Wharton, Joseph, 1826-1909 4
- Williams family 4
- Allen family 3
- Bunting family 3
- Cooper family 3
- Darlington family 3
- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 3
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 3
- Fisher family 3
- Fisher, Thomas, 1741-1810 3
- Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 3
- Gwynedd Boarding School (Gwynedd, Pa.) 3
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 3
- Hayes, John Russell, 1866-1945 3
- Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 3
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 3
- Kite, Mary, 1793?-1861 3
- Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912 3
- Mather family 3
- Miller family 3
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) 3
- Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 3
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 3
- Parrish, Edward, 1822-1872 3
- Parrish, John, 1729-1807 3
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 3
- Preston, Ann, 1813-1872 3
- Price family 3
- Reynolds, Earle L. 3
- Richardson family 3
- Savery, William, 1750-1804 3
- Schofield, Martha 3
- Scott, Job, 1751-1793 3
- Sellers family 3
- Sharples, Edith, 1743-1787 3
- Sharples, Joshua, 1747-1826 3
- Thomas family 3
- Walker family 3
- Walton family 3
- Warner family 3
- Wharton family 3
- Whitson, Benjamin F., 1867-1957 3
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 3
- A Quaker Action Group 2
- Abington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 2
- Abington Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2
- Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 2
- American Anti-slavery Society 2
- Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.) 2
- Atkinson family 2
- Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-1956 2
- Bacon family 2
- Baily, Joshua L. (Joshua Longstreth), 1826-1916 2
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 2
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 2
- Bartram family 2
- Bassett family 2
- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 2
- Biddle, William Canby, 1864-1942 2
- Birdsall, William W. (William Wilfred), 1854-1909 2
- Bond, Elizabeth Powell, 1841-1926 2 ∧ less
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