Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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
Halliday Jackson Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-182
Overview
Halliday Jackson (1771-1835) was a Quaker minister from New Garden and Darby, Pa.. From 1798 to 1800 he joined the Quaker mission to the Seneca Indians organized by the Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Shortly after his return from the mission to the Seneca, Halliday Jackson married Jane Hough and moved to Darby, Pa. Following Jane's death in 1830, Halliday Jackson remarried in 1833 to Ann P. Paschall (1792-1874), also a Quaker minister. These records contain documents...
Dates:
1755-1833
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Quaker Fund for Indigenous Communities and its predecessors (Indian Committee, Friendly Association) (1795- )
Collection — Othertype HV/Phy/838
Identifier: QM-Phy-838
Scope and Contents
The records of the Indian Committee include minutes, financial materials, correspondence, reports, journals, scrapbooks, papers, maps, lists, transcripts, miscellaneous projects, published items, film, video and other material. Major topics discussed in the records include Friends' 18th and 19th century visits to various First Nations peoples (Oneida people, Genesanguhta people, Stockbridge people, for example), the settlement at Tunesassa and later boarding school (Friends Indian School),...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1795-2007
Edith R. Solenberger papers on the Kinzua Project
Collection — Othertype SC-122
Identifier: SFHL-SC-122
Abstract
This collection includes papers of Edith R. Solenberger, concerning her involvement in the Kinzua Project of the Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Included are letters regarding the Seneca Indians, and letters regarding their legal representation.
Dates:
1961-1970
Vaux Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1217
Overview
The Vaux family was deeply involved with Quaker and Native American affairs throughout much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. George Vaux, Sr. was involved in Quaker activity through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other Quaker meetings throughout the world (including Antigua and London). Both George Vaux, Jr. and Mary Morris Vaux Walcott, his sister, served as commissioners for the U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners. This organization was established by the United States Congress in...
Dates:
1708-1995; Majority of material found within 1912-1932
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- Indians of North America -- Government relations 3
- Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 3
- Indians of North America 2
- Indians of North America -- New York (State) 2
- Kinzua Dam (Pa.) 2
- Seneca Indians 2
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 2
- correspondence 2
- photographs 2
- Allegany Indian Reservation (N.Y.) 1
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
- Indian land transfers -- New York (State) 1
- Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Quaker church buildings 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) 1
- Quakers -- Ohio 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- Relations with Indians 1
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
- Reports 1
- Seneca Indians -- Reservations 1
- Society of Friends 1
- Society of Friends -- Delaware 1
- Society of Friends -- Doctrines -- History -- 19th century 1
- Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 1
- Society of Friends -- Maryland 1
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey 1
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) 1
- Society of Friends -- Ohio 1
- West (U.S.) 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- diaries 1
- family papers 1
- financial records 1
- manuscripts (documents) 1
- negatives (photographs) 1
- newsletters 1 + ∧ less
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