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SFHL/FHL/SC. Small Collections

 Record Group Term
Identifier: SFHL/FHL/SC
This record group includes small collections that are less than a box-worth of material.

Found in 298 Collections and/or Records:

Alsop Family Papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-191
Identifier: SFHL-SC-191
Abstract This collection contains the correspondence of the Alsop and Brown families, particularly Othniel Alsop, Hannah Brown Alsop, and Othneil's English siblings, Ann and Robert Alsop. Other correspondents include Alice Jackson, Mary Coffin, and Ann Douglas. Also included are Othniel's naturalization documents, various wills, and calling cards from friends. Of particular interest is a letter dated 1799 from Othniel Alsop to sister in England, describing the "contagious fever" (yellow fever), a...
Dates: 1795-1830
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Quaker Emergency Service records

 Collection — Othertype SC-192
Identifier: SFHL-SC-192
Abstract The collection is organized into four folders: the group's general records, including the initial plan and charter; the records of the Civilian Readjustment Committee, the post-war arm of the group; information on a project in Brazil; and writings by people outside the group. Of interest are transcript talks given by Peter F. Amoroso of the New York Department of Correction, and Austin H. MacCormick of the Osborne Association. There is also a carbon copy, attributed to John S. Gough, of the...
Dates: ca. 1941-1948
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Jeff Keith papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-193
Identifier: SFHL-SC-193
Abstract

This collection includes Jeff Keith's extensive notes on plenary sessions and committees (including the Faith in Action Committee and the Friends for Gay and Lesbian Concerns Committee) of the 1991 World Conference of Friends in Honduras, along with his notes on the 1999 annual meeting of the Section of the Americas of the Friends World Committee; photocopies of photographs from the 1991 conference; and handouts and writeups from the 1991 conference.

Dates: 1991-1999
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

L. Hollingsworth Wood Prison Reform Papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-202
Identifier: SFHL-SC-202
Abstract

Contains primarily correspondence, 1934-1937, relating to Wood's interest in prison reform, particularly convict labor. Also a several items reflecting his interest in other Quaker concerns.

Dates: 1913 - 1937
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

John Jackson correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-204
Identifier: SFHL-SC-204
Abstract

Contains primarily correspondence from John Jackson to George and Catherine Truman. Letters are largely religious in content, with reflections on education and the death of his father. Also contains a copy of a letter to William B. Irish, an account of Priscilla Hunt's sermon, and extracts of a letter from Elias Hicks.

Dates: 1834-1835
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Conrow-Hunt Family Correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-203
Identifier: SFHL-SC-203
Abstract

Contains three letters, 1786-1787, with later manuscript copies, to Quaker minister and diarist, John Hunt, from Darling Conrow. John Hunt added a biographical note concerning Conrow to the final letter. Also contains a letter, 1886, concerning Hunt genealogy.

Dates: 1786-1886
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

John Mott papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-208
Identifier: SFHL-SC-208
Abstract Contains transcriptions of John Mott's letters to family and friends and journals, probably compiled to circulate in manuscript form. Also some original letters from John Mott to his family. Mott wrote extensively on his religious views, particularly on Quaker testimony and the issues of the Hicksite separation, as well as the conflicts within Genesee Yearly Meeting which led to the separation of Congregational (Progressive) Friends. Of special interest is a draft of responses to queries...
Dates: 1822-1851
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Thomas family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-209
Identifier: SFHL-SC-209
Abstract

Contains primarily financial and estate papers of the Charles Thomas family of Montgomery County, Pa., especially the marriage settlement and estate papers of his mother, Sarah Roberts, widow of John Thomas. Also a brief account of the family estate by his granddaughter, marriage certificates, and deeds.

Dates: 1808-1909
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Baltimore Society for the Protection of Free People of Color minutes

 Collection — Othertype SC-211
Identifier: SFHL-SC-211
Abstract

Minute book of the Baltimore Society for the Protection of Free People of Color, 1827-29. Includes Constitution, Articles (by-laws), and signatures of sixteen members.

Dates: 1827-1829
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Friends Association in Aid of Freedmen records

 Collection — Othertype SC-210
Identifier: SFHL-SC-210
Abstract

Minutes and financial records of the Friends' Association in Aid of Freedmen.

Dates: 1864-1867
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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