Howland family
Family
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Fisher-Brinton family papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-332
Abstract
The Fisher-Brinton collection contains the papers of an Irish-American and Pennsylvania family with roots in the earliest years of the Society of Friends. It includes correspondence, diaries, memoirs, photographs, scrapbooks, and other materials that reflect family and Quaker concerns, and, in particular, the Conservative branch of the Society of Friends. Abraham Fisher (1823-1909) was a member of a prominent Quaker family of Youghal County, Ireland. In 1871, he assumed a position as...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1846 - 2020; 1764 - 2020
Emily Howland Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-066
Abstract
Emily Howland (1827-1929) was a Quaker humanitarian and educator who is particularly known for her work with formerly-enslaved African Americans in Virginia during and after the American Civil War. A birthright Friend, Emily Howland was the only daughter of Slocum and Hannah (Tallcot) Howland of Sherwood, N.Y. She was educated locally and for a brief period in Philadelphia, and then moved to Washington, D.C. in 1857 to teach at the Miner School for Freedmen. During the war she worked at a...
Dates:
1763-1929
Emily Howland family photographs
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-115
Abstract
Emily Howland (1827-1929) was a Quaker humanitarian and educator who is particularly known for her work with formerly enslaved people in Virginia during and after the American Civil War. This collection includes family photographs and photographs of Howland's abolition and women's rights colleagues.
Dates:
1763 - 1929
Geo [George] and Susan Howland Letter
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-294
Abstract
This collection contains a jointly written letter by Geo [George] and Susan Howland to Phebe Field and Humphrey Howland in 1830.
Dates:
1830
Howland-Kirby Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-067
Abstract
Howland and Kirby families were Quakers of Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford, Mass. The collection contains primarily transcripts and photocopies of their papers. Of particular interest are dairies of Weston Howland, Jr., with notes on the arrival of whaling ships in New Bedford and details of a controversy over the New Bedford-Fairhaven bridge; those of Abby S., and Rachel, which describe a trip taken by Abby to New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. (1888) and women preaching at Friends...
Dates:
circa 1790-circa 1973
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- African Americans -- Education 2
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 2
- Antislavery movements 1
- Bridges -- Massachusetts 1
- Cayuga County (N.Y.) 1
- Conservative Quakers 1
- Ercildoun (Pa.) 1
- Farmers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Freed persons 1
- Friendly Letter 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
- Local finance -- Massachusetts 1
- Local government -- Massachusetts 1
- Massachusetts -- Climate 1
- Massachusetts -- Politics and government 1
- New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel 1
- Primitive Quakers 1
- Quaker abolitionists 1
- Quaker businesspeople 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quaker women -- Education 1
- Quaker women -- Massachusetts 1
- Quaker women -- United States -- 20th century 1
- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Argentina 1
- Quakers -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Education 1
- Quakers -- Maine 1
- Quakers -- Massachusetts 1
- Quakers -- New England 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) 1
- Quakers -- North Carolina 1
- Quakers -- Social service 1
- Real property -- Massachusetts 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 1
- Society of Friends -- Schisms and separations 1
- Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 1
- Suffragists -- United States 1
- Temperance 1
- Voyages and travels 1
- Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel 1
- Weather 1
- Whaling -- Massachusetts 1
- Whaling ships -- Massachusetts 1
- Women -- Education 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- Women -- Suffrage -- United States 1
- Women abolitionists 1
- Women authors, American -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Correspondence 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
- diaries 1
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