SFHL/FHL/RG5. Family and Personal Papers
Record Group Term
Identifier: SFHL/FHL/RG5
The largest category of collections in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College is that of Personal and Family Papers. These materials include correspondence, journals and diaries, and property records of Quaker individuals and family groups they date from the mid 17th century to the present.
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Williams Shoemaker Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-139
Overview
Mary Williams Shoemaker (1861-1953) was a Quaker philanthropist from Germantown, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Franklin and Mary (Williams) Shoemaker. The collection contains chiefly journals (1934-1945) and correspondence (1914-1953) relating to Shoemaker's support of Quaker historical, educational, and social service agencies; together with correspondence of her brother, Thomas Howard Shoemaker (1851-1936), relating to his historical interests and civic activities. Includes deeds...
Dates:
1860-1957
George A. (George Arthur) Walton Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-157
Overview
George A. Walton (1883-1969) was the long-time headmaster of the George School, a Quaker boarding school in Newtown, Pennsylvania. He succeeded his father as headmaster in 1912 and served until 1948. After his retirement, he continued to be active in Quaker organizations and concerns, including the reunification of the Society of Friends in 1955. He was a member of Newtown Monthly Meeting. The collection contains family and other correspondence, writings, and related papers. Correspondents...
Dates:
1842 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1904 - 1969
Subgroups
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- Subject
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 8
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 5
- diaries 4
- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 3
- Quaker women -- Pennsylvania 2
- Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries 2
- Quakers -- Diaries 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Albion (Orleans County, N.Y.) 1
- Apprentices -- United States 1
- Argentina -- Description and travel 1
- Bucks County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Burial -- Pennsylvania 1
- Byberry (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- California -- Description and travel 1
- Catholic Church -- Germany 1
- Charities -- Pennsylvania 1
- Chautauquas 1
- Civic leaders -- Pennsylvania 1
- Civil service 1
- Copybooks 1
- Courtship -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Death -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Debt -- Pennsylvania 1
- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County 1
- Farm life 1
- Farmers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Friends Journal 1
- Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Germany -- History -- 1918-1933 1
- Hunting 1
- Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Iron-works -- Pennsylvania 1
- Land use -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
- Maine 1
- Montgomery County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Moreland (Montgomery County, Pa. : Township) 1
- New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel 1
- Pennsylvania -- Genealogy 1
- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Quaker authors 1
- Quaker civic leaders 1
- Quaker horticulturalists 1
- Quaker philanthropists 1
- Quaker women -- Education 1
- Quakers -- Correspondence 1
- Quakers -- Family relationships 1
- Quakers -- Germany 1
- Quakers -- History 1
- Quakers -- Ireland 1
- Quakers -- Maryland -- Sandy Spring 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Newtown 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Quakers -- Societies, etc. 1
- Quakers -- Virginia -- Alexandria 1
- Quakers -- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Real property -- Pennsylvania 1
- Real property -- Pennsylvania -- Pike County 1
- Rifles 1
- Roads -- Pennsylvania 1
- Russia -- Description and travel 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities 1
- Society of Friends -- Education 1
- Toll roads -- Pennsylvania 1
- United States -- Emigration and immigration 1
- United States Virgin Islands -- Administration 1
- United States Virgin Islands -- Politics and government 1
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century 1
- Voyages and travels -- United States 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- Women civic leaders -- Pennsylvania 1
- Women philanthropists -- Pennsylvania 1
- albums (books) 1
- deeds 1
- genealogies (histories) 1
- speeches (documents) 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- Swarthmore College 4
- George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 2
- Hallowell family 2
- Alexandria Boarding School (Alexandria, Va.) 1
- Andrews, C. F. (Charles Freer), 1871-1940 1
- Barnard, Ella K. (Ella Kent), 1853- 1
- Barnard, Mary A. (Mary Anna), 1828-1865 1
- Beans, Mary, b. 1811 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
- Bush, Annie Hallowell, 1849-1930 1
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
- Carey, Matthew, 1760-1839 1
- Comly family 1
- Comly, Charles B. (Charles Budd), 1808-1894 1
- Comly, Debby Ann, 1812-1882 1
- Comly, Isaac, 1779-1847 1
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 1
- Comly, Rebecca, 1773-1832 1
- Cope, Esther Whitson, b.1900 1
- Cox, John, approximately 1754-1847 1
- Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 1
- Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990 1
- Fisher family 1
- Fisher, Alfred William 1
- Fisher, Thomas S., b.1928 1
- Hallowell, Alice 1
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 1
- Hallowell, Caleb S. (Caleb Shreve), 1818-1870 1
- Hallowell, Edward S., 1847-1866 1
- Hallowell, James B. (James Bird), 1854-1906 1
- Hallowell, James, 1821-1886 1
- Hallowell, Margaret S. (Margaret Stabler), 1824-1900 1
- Heacock family 1
- Heacock, Eliza 1
- Heacock, Elizabeth Walker 1
- Heacock, Jane 1
- Heacock, Joseph, 1800-1883 1
- Heacock, Joseph, 1846-1918 1
- Heacock, Martha 1
- Hubben, William, 1895-1974 1
- Jacob, Caroline M. 1
- Jones family 1
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 1
- Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 1
- Kent family 1
- Kent, Daniel, 1765-1844 1
- Kent, Henry S. (Henry Simmons), 1833-1906 1
- Kent, Joseph, 1794-1863 1
- Kent, Patience W. (Patience Webster), d. 1924 1
- Kent, William, fl. 1786-1806 1
- Lloyd family 1
- Lloyd, Elizabeth, 1811-1896 1
- Lloyd, Morris, 1856-1932 1
- Longstreth family 1
- Madison, Dolley 1768-1849 1
- Marlborough Friends School (Marlborough, Pa. : Township) 1
- Mather family 1
- Mather, Rachel N. (Rachel Nicholson Mather), 1834-1900 1
- Mather, Thomas T. (Thomas Tyson Mather), 1814-1877 1
- Maulsby family 1
- McKim, James Miller, 1810-1874 1
- Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 1
- Nicholson family 1
- Parrish family 1
- Parrish, Clemmons, 1848-1912 1
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 1
- Parrish, Edward, 1822-1872 1
- Parrish, John, 1729-1807 1
- Parrish, Margaret S. (Margaret Shreve), 1824-1872 1
- Parrish, Thomas C. (Thomas Clarkson), 1847-1899 1
- Parsons, Samuel, 1774-1841 1
- Pearson family 1
- Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969 1
- Pearson, Paul M. (Paul Martin), 1871-1938 1
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 1
- Pennell family 1
- Pennell, Clarence 1
- Pennsgrove Soldiers Aid Society 1
- Penrose family 1
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 1
- Pleasant Hill Boarding School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Preston, Ann, 1813-1872 1
- Richland Turnpike or Plank Road Company 1
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 1
- Schneider, Rebecca Fisher 1
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 1
- Shoemaker family 1
- Shoemaker, Mary Williams, 1861-1953 1
- Shoemaker, Thomas (Thomas Howard), 1851-1936 1
- Smedley family 1
- Smedley, Benjamin D. 1
- Smedley, Otto, 1827-1882 1
- Smedley, Sam (Samuel Fothergill), 1839-1864 1
- Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 1
- Solovyov, Vladimir Sergeyevish, 1853-1900 1
- Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands 1
- Stabler family 1
- Stabler, E. (Edward), 1794-1883 1
- Swarthmore Chautauqua Association 1 + ∧ less
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