Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Edward W. Evans Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-122
Overview
Edward Wyatt Evans (1882-1976) was a lifelong member of the Germantown (Pennsylvania) Monthly Meeting and was active in the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Evans was instrumental in the founding of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Fellowship of Reconcilation), and was the executive secretary from 1916-1919. During the 1920s, he was also active in educational and peace programs of the Society of Friends.
Dates:
1916-1922
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Friends Sesqui-Centennial Commission
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-037
Overview
The Friends Sesqui-Centennial Commission was an organization involved with coordinating Quaker activities relating to the sesquicentennial celebration of the American Revolution in 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The collection contains a minute book containing committee and treasurer's reports, registration books, printed material and other records.
Dates:
1925-1926
William Hubben Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-068
Overview
William Hubben (1895-1974) was a prominent Quaker educator, speaker, editor, and author. Born in Germany in 1895, William Hubben joined the small but growing movement of German Quakers in 1923 and participated in a number of international religious and peace conferences. His political involvement with the Social Democratic Party caused his dismissal in 1933 by Hitler's government. He emigrated to the United States with his wife, Maria, and children soon afterward, and went on to be heavily...
Dates:
1906-1976
Collection of Rufus Jones papers
Collection — Othertype SC-066
Identifier: SFHL-SC-066
Abstract
This collection includes letters and printed materials relating to Rufus Jones. Included are photocopies of letters commenting on or criticizing The American Friend of which Rufus Jones was editor. Among these are a letter from Henry Stanley Neuman, editor of The Friend, regarding the state of the Society in England, and a letter from Walter Malone relating events at Ohio Yearly Meeting in 1894. Letters from R.L. Kelly, Joseph Moore, David Hadley, and Thomas Newlin discuss The American...
Dates:
1894-1947?
"The Trail of Life in the Middle Years"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-054
Overview
The manuscript of Rufus M. Jones, entitled "The Trail of Life in the Middle Years," is the third volume in an autobiographical series, of which the two preceding volumes are: "Finding the Trail of Life" and "The Trail of Life in College." The narrative begins in the year 1893, when Jones became the editor of "The Friends Review" and began teaching philosophy at Haverford College. In it, he discusses the state of the Society of Friends at the time, and discusses his personal reconciliation of...
Dates:
1934
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- Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Quaker authors 1
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- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 1
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- Quakers -- Education 1
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- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Society of Friends -- Doctrines 1
- Society of Friends -- England -- History -- 19th century 1
- Society of Friends -- History -- Societies, etc. 1
- Society of Friends -- Peace testimony 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
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- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- History -- Sources 1
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