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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library

 Organization

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Scattergood journals

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1265
Overview

This collection consists of 11 volumes of Thomas Scattergood’s manuscript journals, spanning the years 1881 to 1906.

Dates: 1881-1906

School of the Spirit Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-127
Overview

The School of the Spirit is a ministry of prayer and teaching under the care of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Worship and Care Standing Committee. Its primary activity is the two-year program, "On Being a Spiritual Nurturer."

Dates: 1990-1998

Edith Forsythe Sharpless papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-161
Overview

This collection includes correspondence from when Edith Forsythe Sharpless was a missionary in Japan, an artbook, a commonplace book, and teaching certificiates, among other materials.

Dates: 1910-1952

Sharpless Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-040
Overview The collection represents two branches of the Sharpless family of Pennsylvania descended from Joseph and Lydia (Lewis) Sharpless). It contains correspondence between extended Sharpless family relations including Sharpless, Hunn, Jones, Drinker families and journals of Joshua Sharpless, a Quaker minister who worked with Native Americans and visited Quaker meetings in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Canada. Correspondence covers various topics including the travels of women ministers, yellow...
Dates: 1792-1892

Sharpless family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-163
Overview

This collection contains materials of the Sharpless family, related to the Anna T. Jeanes and Joseph Jeanes Fund and the George School.

Dates: 1891-1920

Willits Trust records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1243
Overview

The Willits Trust was a Quaker organization dating from the late 19th and early 20th century based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dedicated to providing religious tracts such as the journal The Africans' Friend to black Americans in the Southern United States and to Liberians. These records consist of correspondence, minutes, financial records, missionary materials, the will of Charles L. Willits, and miscellaneous items.

Dates: 1883-1915

Yearly Meeting Epistles and Extracts

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-971
Overview

Contemporary copies of epistles and extracts of Yearly Meeting minutes, of Meeting for Sufferings, and of Women Friends, of London, Dublin, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Virginia, Rhode Island from 1698-1944.

Dates: 1668 - 1944

Yearly Meeting Extracts from their Minutes

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-970
Overview

The collection contains copies of extracts of minutes of meetings within Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1732-1799. Topics include church unity and discipline, the growth of Quakerism, slavery, Native Americans, temperance, education, and religious doctrines.

Dates: 1732-1842, 1971

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Type
Collection 47
Archival Record 1
 
Subject
Quakers 10
Quakers -- History 10
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 9
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 7
Quakers -- Social life and customs 6
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Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 5
Quaker women 4
Society of Friends -- Delaware 4
Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 4
Society of Friends -- Maryland 4
Society of Friends -- New Jersey 4
manuscripts (documents) 4
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 3
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 3
Philadelphia (Pa.) 3
Quakers -- Diaries 3
Quakers -- Genealogy 3
Society of Friends -- United States 3
correspondence 3
minutes (administrative records) 3
Indians of North America 2
Indians of North America -- Government relations 2
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History 2
Quaker businesspeople 2
Quaker church buildings 2
Quaker missionaries 2
Quakers -- New Jersey 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- 20th century 2
Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 2
Society of Friends -- Reunification 2
Spiritual life -- Society of Friends 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
diaries 2
photographs 2
African American churches -- Mississippi -- History 1
African American churches -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 1
American poetry 1
Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Art and mythology 1
Art, Ancient 1
Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 1
Church history -- Liberia 1
Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History 1
Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Conflict management 1
Crime prevention -- Citizen participation -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Defense industries -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources 1
Delaware County (Pa.) 1
Delaware County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 1
Diaries 1
Epistles 1
Feminism and art 1
Feminist psychology 1
Feminist spirituality 1
Feminists -- 20th century 1
Free produce movement 1
Goddesses in art 1
Haiti 1
Housing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Housing rehabilitation -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Humanitarianism 1
Indians of North America -- Missions 1
Indians of North America -- Oklahoma 1
Inner cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Japan 1
Japan -- History 1
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 1
Jungian Psychology 1
Kickapoo Indians -- History 1
Kinzua Dam (Pa.) 1
Land titles -- Pennsylvania 1
Media (Pa.) 1
Mediation 1
Mentally ill -- Care -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Military-industrial complex -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources 1
Modoc Indians -- History 1
Nurturing behavior 1
Oneida Indians 1
Osage Indians -- History 1
Oto Indians -- History 1
Pageants 1
Palestine 1
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources 1
Pennsylvania -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Conscientious objectors 1
Pennsylvania -- Politics and Government 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Conscientious objectors 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions 1
Photography 1
Psychiatric hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Public worship -- Society of Friends 1
Quaker authors 1
Quaker authors -- 20th century 1
Quaker church buildings -- Delaware 1
Quaker church buildings -- Maryland 1
Quaker church buildings -- New Jersey 1
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