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Quakers -- Family relationships

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:

Updegraff Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1031
Abstract

Letters; diaries; genealogical material; land grants signed by Presidents John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, and Franklin Pierce; and other papers of the Updegraff family, mainly those of David B. Updegraff, which provide a picture of Quakerism in 19th-century Ohio.

Dates: 1810-1929; Majority of material found within 1810 - 1896

Waln family commonplace books

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-038
Abstract

The Waln family's commonplace books, written by Joseph Waln, Richard Waln, and Sarah Waln, include poetry and prose related to sin, illness, and death.

Dates: 1814, undated

Daniel Wheeler commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-041
Abstract

The commonplace book of Daniel Wheeler includes letters from Wheeler's children, an account of the last illness of Jane Wheeler, and a poem by his son, William Wheeler.

Dates: 1832-1837

John S. Whitall diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-091
Abstract

Whitall kept this diary for his sister, to whom he addresses the majority of his entries. Entries include quotes from scripture, Quaker sermons, and poetry, as well as descriptions of his voyage from New York to France by sea. During his time in France, entries describe Whitall's travels to Nantes and Bordeaux, as well as visits with Friends in France.

Dates: 1785

Photographs from the E. Raymond Wilson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-067
Abstract E. Raymond Wilson (1896-1987), a Quaker peace lobbyist, helped found the Friends Committee on National Legislation in 1943 and served as its Executive Secretary until 1962. He also helped organize the Committee on Militarism in Education in 1925. From 1931 to 1943, he served as Field and Education Secretary of the Peace Section of the American Friends Service Committee. He was the author of two books. This collection of photographs contains family photographs, greeting cards, and newspaper...
Dates: 1930 - 1981

Wing family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-180
Abstract

This collection is comprised of a single folder of the personal correspondence of the Wing family.

Dates: 1827-1832

Winston-Clark Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1165
Abstract

Approximately 500 letters (also a few clippings, poems and other items) of the related Clark and Winston families of Virginia and Indiana. Letters discuss family and friends, the small schools that many members of these families began in the Midwest, as well as comments on politics, slavery, religion, education, the Civil War and friends/family fighting in the Confederate army, and other topics.

Dates: 1814-1900

Thomas Wistar letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-029
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the single volume letterbook of Thomas Wistar. The majority of the letters copied in this volume are personal correspondence between Thomas Wistar and various family members and friends. A few letters included are letters of sympathy from friends and family written upon the death of Thomas Wistar in January, 1876.

Dates: 1875-1876

Wood family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-182
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the papers of the Wood family, and includes primarily sketches made by various family members, and engravings of Quaker leaders, though it also includes a single letter to Richard D. Wood, two unidentified photographs and the Will of Julianna R. Wood.

Dates: 1839-1885

Richard Reeve Wood and Nancy Morris Wood family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1254
Abstract

This collection contains the materials of several generations of Quaker families in the United States. Prominently featured are Richard Reeve Wood and Nancy Morris Wood; Edward S. Wood, Richard's father; and Alexander Cooper and Mary Emma Stokes Wood, Richard's grandfather and grandmother. Richard attended several sessions of the League of Nations and participated in meetings leading to the formation of the United Nations in 1945.

Dates: 1820-1988