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Plymouth Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Eliza Ambler Foulke Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-200
Overview Eliza Moore Ambler Foulke (1893-1987) was a prominent member of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends. A birthright Quaker, she married Thomas Albert Foulke (1893-1962) in 1923. Eliza Foulke was interested in local Quaker and family history, and she was very active in Quaker organizations throughout her long life. This collection contains Eliza Foulke's manuscripts and scrapbooks relating to the history of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting. Of particular interest are a history of the...
Dates: 1866-1977

Richmond P. (Richmond Pearson) Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-105
Overview Richmond Pearson Miller (1902-1972) was a Quaker author and educator. He was the son of J. Milton and Sara G. Miller In 1926 Alice Leinbach. He died in 1972. This collection contains the papers of Richmond P. Miller, Quaker author and educator, including correspondence, writings, and papers relating to various Quaker concerns. Miller was involved with the 1962 NBC television production, Gentle Persuaders; the William Penn Tercentenary in 1964; the William Jeanes Memorial Library controversy;...
Dates: 1923-1970

Plymouth Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/P570
Identifier: QM-Ph-P570
Scope and Contents

Records include: Hicksite and United minutes, 1936-[ongoing], and the meeting's newsletter.

Dates: 1952-2008

William Jeanes Memorial Library Controversy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-083
Overview Mary Knowles (b. 1910), a librarian at the William Jeanes Memorial Library in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, and Plymouth Monthly Meeting were the center of a “Red Scare” controversy in 1953-56 when Mrs. Knowles was accused of being a member of the Communist Party. Mary Knowles had pleaded the Fifth Amendment in 1953 before the Jenner Committee (Senate Internal Security Subcommittee) regarding her employment as secretary at the Samuel Adams School in Boston Mass. When she refused to take the...
Dates: 1939-1961 [bulk 1953-1960]

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Church controversies -- Society of Friends 2
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County 2
Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Gentle Persuaders. Motion picture 1
Plymouth Meeting (Pa.) 1