Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973

Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton papers

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1189

Abstract Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton were 20th-century Quaker educators and prolific authors whose areas of expertise included the physical sciences and the Classics. Notably, they also worked for the American Friends Service Committee in Europe, for Friends Center in Tokyo, Japan, and as directors of Pendle Hill, an adult study center in Wallingford, PA. They were both recorded ministers in the Religious Society of Friends. This collection also contains materials of other...

Dates: 1859-2005

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Howard Brinton recordings

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1318

Abstract

This collection contains recordings of lectures compiled by Howard Brinton.

Dates: 1968-1969

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Addition to Henry J. Cadbury papers

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1121-addition

Abstract

Henry Joel Cadbury (1883-1974) was one of the foremost American Quaker scholars of the 20th century. He published in the fields of Quaker and biblical history, and served as a teacher and philanthropist. This addition to the papers of Henry Cadbury includes biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, writings, such as his The Book of Acts in History and photographs of Cadbury and his family.

Dates: 1866-1987

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Henry J. Cadbury papers

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Identifier: HC.MC-1121

Abstract

Papers of Quaker Biblical scholar Henry J. Cadbury (1883-1974), a founder of the American Friends Service Committee and Nobel Prize winner on behalf of the American Friends Service Committee. Cadbury taught at Haverford (1910-1919 and 1954-1963) and Bryn Mawr Colleges as well as Harvard Divinity School as Hollis Professor of Divinity.

Dates: 1910-1974

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Harold J. Chance papers

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1214

Abstract Harold J. Chance (1898-1975) worked for peace education through the American Friends Service Committee, the Peace Caravans, the Youth Section of the Emergency Peace Campaign, the Institute of International Relations, and the Friends Peace Service from 1934-1964. Included in the Harold Chance papers are correspondence, journals, writings, mailings, reports, and materials on the Friends Peace Service. Also included are Harold Haines Brinton's (1884-1973) lectures and course notes on topics...

Dates: 1938-1964

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

William Bacon Evans papers

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1020

Abstract

The papers of Quaker William Bacon Evans (1875-1964), a traveler to the Middle East, including Palestine, Syria and Lebanon and to Europe. His letters and journals are complemented by letters to him from a number of prominent people.

Dates: 1787-1963

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Friends' Publishing Corporation

Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG4-033

Abstract The primary activity of the Friends' Publishing Corporation is Friends Journal, a Quaker periodical. The latter was the successor to The Friend, the serial published by the Orthodox Quakers (1827-1955) and Friends Intelligencer, published by the Hicksite Quakers (1844-1955). It was established as a result of the merger of the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings, and the first consolidated issue was dated July 2, 1955. Originally published weekly and then bi-weekly, it became a monthly...

Dates: 1959-2005

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Friends World Committee for Consultation. Section of the Americas Records

Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG1

Abstract A Friends World Conference Committee, sponsored by the Fellowship Council of the American Friends Service Committee, was established in 1932 to promote better understanding among Friends world wide. The representatives at the Second World Conference of Friends, held at Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges, Pa., in 1937, approved the establishment of a continuing international organization, a Friends World Committee, to promote international contacts and cooperation among Friends. In 1958, it...

Dates: 1933-2010

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College