Mary Hoxie Jones: speeches and talks on Quakers and Quakerism

"A great time" Speech on relationship between religion and modern life given at Young Friends Conference in Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1927 [typed draft].

"Devotional talks given at Canada Y. M. June-July 1941" (label on original folder by Mary Hoxie Jones) includes:

"Difficulties in the way of worship" [typed and handwritten drafts]

"The background of Quaker worship" [typed draft]

[untitled] remarks on recent death of Thomas R. Kelly (as a preface to talk on Quaker worship) [2 typed drafts]

"Worship as a preparation for service" [typed draft]

"A brief survey of American Quakerism"

speech given at Essex and Suffolk Q. M. Colchester, June 14, 1952 [carbon draft with corrections].

[untitled] speech on history of Quakerism

speech given at Friends House [London], Sunday, July 13, 1952 and at New Vienna, Ohio, March 21, 1954 [typed and carbon drafts].

"An evaluation of American Quakerism today"

speech given at "Jordans [Meeting, [July 19, 1952 / Germantown, Feb. 14, 1954" [2 typed drafts (different), also a compilation of survey results to questions on state of American Quakerism from prominent Quakers including Henry J. Cadbury, Harold J. Chance, William W. Comfort, Douglas V. Steere, Barnard Walton and others used in preparation of her talk].

[untitled] speech on "windows" [in the spiritual sense]

speech given by Mary Hoxie Jones [April, ca. 1959?, typed draft].

"Rufus M. Jones as a mystic"

speech given to "First Methodist Church, Germantown, Oct. 30, 1960 [typed carbon draft with corrections].

[untitled] discusses Quaker faith in difficult times

speech with note of Mary Hoxie Jones "speech by MHJ at Australia General Meeting Friends School, Hobart, Tasmania" Jan. 2, 1962 [text indicates she is speaking to "Summer School of Friends in New Zealand"].

[untitled] speech on "self-evaluation"

speech intended for a Quaker audience [ca. 1964? typed and carbon drafts, also preliminary partial draft].

"A family of Friends"

speech discusses J. Barnard Walton, Mary Hoxie Jones's experiences visiting Yearly Meetings in Kenya, South Africa, Australia and other meetings elsewhere; given at Southeastern Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Barnard Walton Lecture, March 28, 1964) [typed carbon draft with corrections, also letter (April 2, 1964) from Alfred Hartwig].

[untitled] on history of Quakerism

speech dated May 4, 1965 [typed draft; from context, probably given to an English audience].

"Rufus Matthew Jones"

talk given at Kendal (1980), Crosslands (1986), Pond Mtg (1986), Hockessin Mtg (1987) and Abington Mtg (1989) [2 photocopies of typed drafts of talks, with corrections].

"Eli and Sybil Jones"

speech given at China, Maine, [Commemoration] Day, 1983 [typed and photocopied drafts].

[untitled] autobiographical

speech given at Kendal, Nov. 23, 1983 as part of "Pre Kendal Memories" program [typed and carbon draft with note from S. Francis Nicholson inviting Mary Hoxie Jones to participate in above program].

"Material re: Haverford Meeting - MHJ's Forum talk 1979 - and at Celebrations on Nov. 18, 1984 - V. Webber obituary" [Original folder labeled by Mary Hoxie Jones]

includes:

"Virginia Jones Webber: 1884-1984" memorial essay [2 (different) typed and carbon drafts; also published version in The Haverford Meeting Messenger" Jan. 1985]

"Memorable members of Haverford Meeting" talk given Nov. 18, 1984 [2 typed drafts, also published version of talk which appeared in "The Haverford Meeting Messenger" Jan. 1985 (included)]

Mary Hoxie Jones's notes, photocopies, etc. [used to prepare 1984 talk on "Memorable Members" of Haverford Meeting?]

[untitled] Mary Hoxie Jones talk on Haverford Monthly Meeting and China Monthly Meeting [ca. June 1984, typed draft]

"Friends in New England"

talk given at the New Hampshire Gathering of Friends (under care of Monadnock Friends Meeting), July 14, 1984 at The Meeting School, Ridge, N.H. [2 (different) typed drafts with corrections and related correspondence].

"Remembering ivy, remembering stone"

talk given on memories of Haverford's campus, with note of Mary Hoxie Jones "Symposium on May 19, 1985 at Haverford College" [photocopy].

Material to be read regarding Daisy Newman at her funeral.