Friends' Association of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity, for the Relief of Colored Freedmen
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Friends Freedmen's Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-024
Abstract
Friends' Freedmen's Association was an organization of Philadelphia Quakers founded in 1863 as Friends' Association of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity, for the Relief of Colored Freemen. Its purpose was to provide relief and education to formerly enslaved people during and after the Civil War. The name was changed circa 1873. From 1947-1955 the Association supported black students in schools and summer work camps. From 1955-1970 the income from investments was used to provide grants for...
Dates:
1863-1982
Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1213
Abstract
The Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles family papers house the correspondence of a Quaker family who lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Woodbury, New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware; and other surrounding areas from approximately 1840 to 1882. A majority of the letters were written to or by Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles; her husband, John Smith Hilles; and other Tatum or Hilles family members. There is a small sampling of assorted family papers, dating from 1825 to 1901. Included, among other items, are...
Dates:
Bulk, 1840-1882 1791-1930; Majority of material found within 1840 - 1882
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- Abolitionists 1
- Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- African American youth -- Education -- Southern States 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Southern States 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Virginia 1
- African Americans -- Services for -- Southern States 1
- American periodicals 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States 1
- Charities -- Pennsylvania 1
- Charities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Education 1
- Education -- Southern States 1
- Freed persons -- Education -- Southern States 1
- Freed persons -- Services for -- Southern States 1
- Freed persons -- Southern States 1
- Haverford (Pa.) 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- Southern States 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- Societies, etc. 1
- Schools -- Southern States 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities -- Records and correspondence 1
- Society of Friends -- Education 1
- Trade schools -- Virginia 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans 1
- Wills 1
- Wilmington (Del.) 1
- Women in charitable work -- Pennsylvania 1
- biographies (documents) 1
- correspondence 1
- deeds 1
- diaries 1
- estate records 1
- family papers 1
- financial records 1
- military passes 1
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