Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.)
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Darlington Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-296
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of the Darlington family of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Woodstown, New Jersey. Quakers with strong ties to Swarthmore College, the family was involved in education, social and peace concerns, and businesses in the Philadelphia area. Charles J. Darlington (1894-1966) served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends during the reunification of the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings. The collection includes family...
Dates:
1831-2012
Edward W. Evans Quaker Concerns Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-237
Abstract
Edward W. Evans (1882-1976) was a Quaker leader and lawyer active in the educational and peace concerns of the Society of Friends. The collection primarily contains papers compiled by Edward W. Evans during his time as Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), from 1938-1946. Of particular interest are the materials concerning Civilian Public Service. The collection is significant in its documentation of pacifist attitudes and the ways in which the Society of Friends was active...
Dates:
1920, 1938-1951
E. Raymond Wilson papers concerning Five Years Meeting
Collection — Othertype SC-148
Identifier: SFHL-SC-148
Abstract
This collection includes papers of E. Raymond Wilson concerning the 1935 Five Years Meeting, and in particular the development of a statement of the Peace testimony. Also included is information on a peace training camp at Quaker Hill, NY, in 1940.
Dates:
1935-1940
Five Years Meeting Executive Committee minutes
Collection — Othertype SC-305
Identifier: SFHL-SC-305
Abstract
Five Years Meeting was a coalition of Orthodox Quaker yearly meetings established in 1902 (fifteen years after the signing of the Richmond Declaration). It was renamed Friends United Meeting in 1963. This collection consists of Executive Committee minutes, including attached reports.
Dates:
1912 - 1917
Quaker Disciplines
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-005
Abstract
The Society of Friends or Quakers (the terms are synonymous) was founded in the middle of the seventeenth century in England by George Fox and others. The Friends Historical Library has collected Quaker disciplines since its founding in 1871. FHL is also the official repository for the records of seven American yearly meetings.
Dates:
1689-2018
Benjamin F. Whitson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-164
Abstract
Benjamin F. Whitson (1867-1957) of Moylan, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was a Quaker businessman. Whitson was active in Quaker affairs such as Friends World Conference in 1937 and the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and in Quaker concerns such as peace, temperance, and education. He was the son of Thomas H. and Phebe (Cooper) Whitson, and his family and extended family has deep Quaker associations. Both Benjamin Whitson and his father, were recognized as Quaker ministers and made visits to...
Dates:
1835-1957
James Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1218
Abstract
James Wood (1839-1925) was “interested in education, philanthropy, in the various branches of agriculture, in archaeology, history, Indian lore, anthropology, science, in prison reform and above all, in the Bible and religion,” (ABS, 2). He was also a business man, serving as President of the Genesee Salt Company in Piffard, New York. The James Wood papers are divided into twelve series: “Biographical Material:” “Agriculture;” Business and Financial Material;” “Collected Quaker Material;”...
Dates:
Bulk, 1865-1921 1865-1964; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1921
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- Media (Pa.) 2
- Quakers -- Diaries 2
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 2
- Agriculture 1
- Agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Bedford (Westchester County, N.Y.) 1
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. 1
- Conscientious objection -- United States 1
- Delaware County (Pa.) 1
- Haverford (Pa.) 1
- Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
- Mount Kisco (N.Y.) 1
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Prison reformers 1
- Quaker Hill (N.Y.) -- History 1
- Quakers 1
- Quakers -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Genealogy 1
- Quakers -- Indiana 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Social service 1
- Religion 1
- Sheep 1
- Society of Friends -- Discipline 1
- Society of Friends -- Peace testimony 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- Reunification 1
- Society of Friends -- United States 1
- Travel 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects 1
- autobiographies (documents) 1
- awards 1
- bookkeeping records 1
- business records 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- correspondence 1
- diaries 1
- financial records 1
- lecture notes 1
- manuscripts (documents) 1
- pamphlets 1
- photograph albums 1
- photographs 1
- trade catalogs 1
- travel photography 1 + ∧ less
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