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Grubb, Edward, 1854-1939

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

O. Edward Janney (Oliver Edward) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-072
Abstract Dr. O. Edward Janney was a prominent Quaker doctor from Baltimore who was active in many of the social reform movements of his time. He worked with the Society for the Suppression of Vice in Baltimore and labored in the causes of temperance, woman suffrage, inter-racial relations, peace, and other reforms. In 1907, Dr. Janney gave up the practice of medicine to devote his energies full time to reform activities. The collection contains correspondence (1874-1945), diary (1914), memoirs,...
Dates: 1874-1945

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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Charities -- Maryland -- Baltimore 1
Children -- Health and hygiene -- History 1
Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- Maryland -- Baltimore 1
Sex Instruction for Children -- History 1