Elkinton, Joseph, 1859-1920
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Joel and Hannah Bean Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-012
Abstract
Joel Bean (1835-1914) and his wife, Hannah Elliott Bean (1830-1909), were prominent Quaker ministers in Iowa Yearly Meeting in the mid-nineteenth century when Quaker settlements were expanding in Iowa. Joel Bean was born in Alton, New Hampshire, in 1825, the son of John and Elizabeth Hill Bean, and educated at Friends Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island. He migrated to Iowa in 1853, and taught school at West Branch, Iowa, from 1850 to 1861. In 1859, he married Hannah Elliott Shipley...
Dates:
1825-1914
Elkinton Family Doukhobor Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-133
Abstract
The Doukhobors are a pacifist sect. They originated in Russia but were forced to emigrate to Canada in 1898 due to their refusal to bear arms for the Tsar. In the late 1930s their leader, Peter P. Verigin, created an organization known as the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ, also known as the Orthodox Doukhobors, which has maintained the tradition of Doukhobor cultural activities. The Elkinton Family, a prominent Philadelphia (Pa.) Quaker family, and other members of the Society of...
Dates:
1884-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Walter R. Miles correspondence concerning Why be loyal to the Society of Friends?
Collection — Othertype SC-081
Identifier: SFHL-SC-081
Abstract
In April of 1911, Walter R. Miles, then professor at Iowa State University, posed this query to other Quakers: Why be loyal to the Society of Friends as a distinct denomination? This collection includes responses he received over the next year from prominent Friends across the nation, particularly educators from the Midwest. The letters present their spiritual and doctrinal philosophies. Authors include J. Herschell Coffin, H. Lavinia Bailey, O. Edward Janney, Edward Grubb, Joseph Elkinton,...
Dates:
1911
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- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
- Dukhobors -- Canada -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Australia 1
- Quakers -- California 1
- Quakers -- England -- 19th century 1
- Quakers -- Hawaii 1
- Quakers -- Iowa -- 19th century 1
- Quakers -- Ireland -- 19th century 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Scotland -- 19th century 1
- Society of Friends -- California 1
- Society of Friends -- Doctrines 1
- Society of Friends -- England -- 19th century 1
- Society of Friends -- Iowa -- 19th century 1
- Society of Friends -- Ireland -- 19th century 1
- Society of Friends -- Relations -- Dukhobors -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- Scotland -- 19th century 1
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