Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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

William W. Cadbury and Catharine J. Cadbury collection

 Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1192

Overview

The principal creators in the collection are Quakers William Warder Cadbury (1877-1959) and Catharine Jones Cadbury (1884-1970) who spent most of their lives in China. William Warder Cadbury came to China as a medical missionary in 1909.

Dates: 1893-1967

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Rufus M. Jones papers

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Identifier: HC.MC-1130

Abstract Rufus Matthew Jones (1863-1948) was a Quaker historian, mystic, and philosopher. Born in South China, Maine, to Edwin and Mary Gifford Hoxie Jones, he taught philosophy at Haverford College between 1893 and 1934, and was involved in the Haverford Emergency Unit, American Friends Service, and Fellowship of Reconciliation, and is often attributed as having helped to unite Yearly Meetings in the United States. The collection consists of Rufus Jones’ correspondence, diaries, financial papers,...

Dates: 1779 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1875 - 1952

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Thomas Elsa Jones papers

 Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-950-109

Overview

This collection contains materials relating to the South African apartheid, including correspondence, notes, draft reports, reports, essays, and other materials related to apartheid, racial justice, and Quaker involvement in these movements.

Dates: 1936-1946, undated

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Khalil A. Totah and Eva Marshall Totah papers

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Identifier: HC.MC-1210

Overview The papers revolve around three topics and provide a picture of Quakers in Palestine in the 20th century: Khalil A. Totah, his second wife, Eva Marshall Totah and his first wife, Ermina Jones Totah. Khalil Totah discusses the situation in Palestine, primarily in the 1930s, and speaks of his own life and aspirations, as when he became a Quaker minister. His diaries expand the picture, adding information about Friends Boys School in Ramallah (Palestine) and his understanding of the political...

Dates: 1896-1955

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

James Garrett Vail photographs

 Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-950-243

Overview

This collection contains photographs taken by James Garrett Vail.

Dates: 1919-1950

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

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Apartheid -- South Africa 1

Arabs 1

China -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union 1

China -- History -- 20th Century 1

China -- Politics and Government -- 1949- 1

Classicists 1

Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945- 1

Israel -- History 1

Leprosy -- China 1

Medicine -- China 1

Missionaries -- China 1

Missionaries, Medical -- China 1

Missions -- China 1

Mysticism 1

Palestine 1

Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948 1

Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1917-1948 1

Philippines 1

Philippines -- Photographs 1

Philippines -- Social life and customs 1

Photography -- History 1

Poland -- History 1

Quaker missionaries 1

Quaker physicians -- China 1

Quakers -- China 1

Quakers -- Education 1

Quakers -- Middle East 1

Race 1

Racism -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1

Silesia (Poland : Voivodeship) -- History 1

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 1

Society of Friends -- Education -- West Bank -- Rām Allāh 1

Society of Friends -- History 1

Society of Friends -- Japan 1

Society of Friends -- Missions -- China 1

Society of Friends -- Missions -- Palestine 1

Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1

South Africa 1

Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- China 1

financial records 1

maps (documents) 1

posters 1

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