Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948
Person
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
Edward W. Evans Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-122
Abstract
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
George Fox's 'Book of Miracles'
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-058
Abstract
This collection contains a 1948 copy of George Fox's 'Book of Miracles' as well as various corresponding items. This includes a letter from Douglas G. Lister to Henry J. Cadbury, multiple letters from Janet F. Rice of the Cambridge University Press Subsidiary Rights Department confirming that Cadbury will recieve two complimentary copies of the reprinted book once published in 1973, a letter directly from Octagon Books's Editor-In-Chief Henry G. Schlanger, and many more materials related to...
Dates:
1881 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1974
Friends Sesqui-Centennial Commission
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-037
Abstract
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
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
William Hubben Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-068
Abstract
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
Jones-Cadbury Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1172
Abstract
The Quaker families of Jones and Cadbury were interrelated with many other Quaker families in the United States and England. This collection provides a rich source of genealogical and historical information, not only on the Jones and Cadbury families, and especially Mary Hoxie Jones (1904-2003) and Emma Cadbury Jr. (1875-1965), but also, significantly, on the Warder family, as well as the Bartram, Brown, Carter, Foulke, Kaighn, Lowry, Mennell, Pearsall, Shinn, and Shipley families.
Dates:
ca. 1770-1994
Jones-Cadbury Family papers (digitized, selections)
Digital Record
Identifier: HC.MC-1172d
Dates:
ca. 1770-1994
Peace, Augustine, Mary, and Edwin Jones letters and diaries
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-284
Abstract
This collection contains letters and diaries related to Peace, Augustine, Mary, and Edwin Jones between the years of 1866-1901.
Dates:
1866 - 1901
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
Abstract
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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- diaries 6
- Quakers 5
- correspondence 5
- photographs 5
- letters (correspondence) 4
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 3
- manuscripts (documents) 3
- China -- History -- 20th Century 2
- Indians of North America 2
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 2
- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 2
- Quakers -- China 2
- Quakers -- Education 2
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 2
- Society of Friends -- California 2
- Society of Friends -- Colorado -- Denver 2
- Society of Friends -- Doctrines 2
- Society of Friends -- History -- 20th century 2
- Society of Friends -- Japan 2
- Society of Friends -- Maryland 2
- Society of Friends -- Mexico 2
- Society of Friends -- Missions -- China 2
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey 2
- Society of Friends -- Oregon -- Elkton 2
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 2
- Society of Friends -- Washington (D.C.) 2
- poetry and poems 2
- speeches (documents) 2
- American Friend (Richmond, Ind.) 1
- American poetry -- Quaker authors 1
- Apartheid -- South Africa 1
- Arabs 1
- Austria -- History -- 1918-1938 1
- Authors, American -- 20th century 1
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources 1
- Bible. Gospels 1
- Bible. Luke 1
- Catholic Church -- Germany 1
- China -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union 1
- China -- Politics and Government -- 1949- 1
- Church anniversaries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
- Classicists 1
- Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 1
- Diaries 1
- Draft resisters -- History -- Sources 1
- Festivals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Friends Journal 1
- Germany -- History -- 1918-1933 1
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945- 1
- Hospitals -- China 1
- Israel -- History 1
- Journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
- Lecturers -- United States -- Biography -- Sources 1
- Leprosy -- China 1
- Medical education -- China 1
- Medicine -- China 1
- Mental Illness -- Treatment -- History 1
- Messenger of peace (Richmond, IN : 1870) 1
- Messenger of peace (Richmond, IN : 1900) 1
- Missionaries -- China 1
- Missionaries, Medical -- China 1
- Missionaries, Medical -- China -- Guangzhou 1
- Missions -- China 1
- Mysticism 1
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Palestine 1
- Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948 1
- Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1917-1948 1
- Peace -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- History -- Sources 1
- Periodical editors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Philippines 1
- Philippines -- Photographs 1
- Philippines -- Social life and customs 1
- Photography -- History 1
- Poland -- History 1
- Political leadership -- United States 1
- Prison reformers 1
- Quaker authors 1
- Quaker missionaries 1
- Quaker physicians -- China 1
- Quaker women -- United States 1
- Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Australia 1
- Quakers -- California 1
- Quakers -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- England -- 19th century 1
- Quakers -- Family relationships 1
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