Howland family
Family
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fisher-Brinton family papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-332
Overview
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
Overview
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
Howland-Kirby Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-067
Overview
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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- Farmers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Freed persons 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 businesspeople 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quaker women -- Education 1
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- Quaker women -- United States -- 20th century 1
- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Argentina 1
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- Quakers -- Maine 1
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- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 1
- Society of Friends -- Schisms and separations 1
- Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 1
- Temperance 1
- Voyages and travels 1
- Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel 1
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- Whaling -- Massachusetts 1
- Whaling ships -- Massachusetts 1
- Women -- Education 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- Women authors, American -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Correspondence 1
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