Quaker church buildings
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Francis R. Bacon (1878-1965) Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-006
Overview
Francis R. Bacon (1878-1965), a birthright Quaker, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Architecture in 1913 and was later Dean of Western Reserve University's School of Architecture. He married Edith Melrose Farquhar in 1915, and in the early 1920's they participated in the AFSC child feeding programs in Germany and Russia. This collection primarily includes correspondence, notes, photographs, and other materials related to Francis R. Bacon's research on 17th century...
Dates:
1948-1964
Watson W. Dewees Meeting House Photographs
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-011
Overview
This collection consists of Friends' meeting house photographs taken circa 1905 by Watson Wood Dewees. The meeting houses depicted are located in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Southeastern Ohio, Maryland and Delaware.
Dates:
1905
Friends Historical Library collection of meetinghouse photograph collections
Sub-Group
Identifier: SFHL-PA-QMH
Overview
Here are listed, in approximate chronological order, collections of photographs of Quaker meetinghouses, stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. The collections were photographed or assembled by various individuals at various times.
Dates:
1800 - 2000
Friends Historical Library meetinghouse picture file
Sub-Group
Identifier: SFHL-PA-MPF
Overview
This collection consists of images of various Quaker meetinghouses across the world, collected at various times from various sources, by the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Dates:
1800 - 2000
Wayne Bassett Hadley photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-151
Overview
Wayne B. Hadley (1926-2001) was a family historian whose particular interest was in Quaker history and genealogy.
This collection contains family photographs, both in photo albums and loose, and slides of various meeting houses and residences.
Dates:
1926 - 2001
Theodore Brinton Hetzel papers and graphics
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1168
Abstract
Theodore Hetzel (1906-1990) was a Quaker professor of engineering at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, whose interests led him to involvement with Native American and Quaker issues. An avid photographer, the materials in this collection are primarily photographic, as well as correspondence and documents.
Dates:
1866-1987; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1987
"Quaker Lines"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-113
Overview
Walter J. Homan's pamphlet describing Quaker beliefs includes sections on: Historical Background, George Fox, Membership, Associate Membership vs. Birthright Membership, Organization of the Society of Friends, Quaker Faith, Quaker Practice, and Quakerism as a Way of Life.
Dates:
Undated.
Lippincott Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-251
Overview
Horace Mather Lippincott (1877-1967) was a Quaker editor and historian. The collection contains his speeches and writings on topics primarily concerning the Society of Friends and the history of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Of particular interest is the scrapbook he compiled in 1946 of papers and photographs of the 1913-1914 Joint Group which met weekly to study the Separation in the Society of Friends, along with other papers on the topic and on the first joint meeting of the two Philadelphia...
Dates:
1752 - 2010
Meeting House Trust Funds Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-223
Overview
The Meeting House Trust Funds Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is responsible for the administration of both the Samuel Jeanes Trust Fund and the Charleston Fund. Both funds assist meetings in the acquisition, repair and restoration of meeting houses and their grounds.
Dates:
1719-1995
Roy Moger. New York Yearly Meeting photographs
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-092
Overview
This collection contains personal photographs taken by Roy Moger of places, persons, and events concerning New York Yearly Meeting in the 1960s. Of special interest are photographs of the meeeting houses, the March on Washington and a Memorial for the Children of Birmingham.
Dates:
1956-1970
