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Letters to HJC: D-K, 1926-1974

 File — Box: 62

Scope and Contents

Letter writers include: D W. D. Danes, Joel Disher, E Helen Eckhardt, J. Passmore Elkinton, Leif Eng-Olofsson, Episcopal Theological (J.T. Addison), Eldon Epp, F The Friend (Hubert Peet), Friends Book Centre, Friends Council on Education (Abby Waring), Friends Intelligencer (Sue Yerkes), Friends Journal (Mildred Purnell, Jim Lenhart), Friends United Press (Earl Prignitz), G George School (Natalie Burrows), Olive Goodbody, Gordon Divinity School (Roger Nicole), Robert Grant, H Diana Hardman, Harvard U. Press (Thos. J. Wilson), M. Harvey, Haverford College (John R. Coleman, Thomas Drake and Edwin Bronner), J. Russell Hayes, Muriel Hicks, William W. Hinshaw, J Orasmyn Junket, Piet Kappers, John Knox, Homer Jack, Barbara Jacobson, Meredith Johnson, Rufus Jones, K David K-, Sarah Knight, Highlights include: Disher, Joel. San Jose, Cal., 1962 10/18. [believes Thomas Denham is key figure in the making of Benjamin Franklin] Elkinton, J. Passmore. Philadelphia, 1947 2/27. [recalls the moment when Americans through the AFSC became a part of relief work in China through the Friends Ambulance Unit] Eng-Olofsson, Leif. Lund, Sweden, 1953 8/10. [his doctoral thesis is critical of the doctrine of the Inner Light, but more that early Quakers were more based on theories of their time Episcopal Theological School (J.T. Addison). Cambridge Ma, 1926 2/13. [vote of the faculty extending thanks to HJC for help over the last two years] Friends Council on Education (Abby Waring). 1974 3/23. [asks if she may come to interview HJC for making available to other schools interested in exploring Quakerism. There are 5 Quakers whom they will interview for this project] Friends Journal (Jim Lenhart). 1974 9/? [HJCwrites about his article on George Fox and women’s liberation] Goodbody, Olive. N. p., n.d. [interested that HJC wants to publish account of Joseph Gill’s visits to America and her research issue] Grant, Robert. Randolph, NH, 1954 9/10. [gratitude for HJC’s teaching and for his published work, esp. Luke-Acts] Hardman, H. Diana. Washington, D.C. [re Holdsworth’s Gulielma] Harvard University Press (Thomas Wilson). Cambridge, Ma., 1955 4/4. [encloses copy of HJC’s report on the Bundy manuscript for him to prepare a review of the book] Harvey, Margaret. Essex, [Eng], [1956-7?] [importance of HJC’s lecture to the understanding of present-day Quakerism in England; did HJC suffer a loss of faith when he had his “breakdown?”] Haverford College (Thomas Drake, Edwin Bronner, John Coleman). 1960-66. ca. 20 items. [various library issues, including thanks to HJC for gifts of books, answering his queries Haverford College (John R. Coleman). Haverford, Pa., 1973 9/8. [Haverford regards HJC as one of its favorite living graduates and would like to celebrate his 90th birthday in the Quaker Collection of the college with a talk by him about his years as a student and instructor at the college] Hayes, J. Russell. Swarthmore, Pa., ?/2/15. [re Anthony Benezet] Hinshaw, William Wade. Washington, D.C., n.d. [re Meetings in N.C., Va., Md. And elsewhere] Jack, Homer A. London, n.y. 8/17. [proposed peace conference will be held because of the crisis in Berlin, and hopes HJC can attend] Jacobson, Barbara. New Hope, PA., n.y. 9/18. [invites HJC to speak to their meeting, Wrightstown] Jones, Rufus. Haverford, Pa., n.y. 5/18. [corrects HJC on his article on “Equestrian Quakerism” (which appeared as one of HJC’s “Now and Then” columns) in which HJC states Robert Spence etchings never show Goerge Fox on horseback, but indeed there is one] Junket, Orasmyn. 1821 8/25. [copy of handwritten will] Knight, Sarah. Somerton, Pa., 1916 2/18. Note and 2 photos of people who “tramped” around Haverford, Pa. in 1915.

Dates

  • Creation: 1926-1974

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

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