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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 294 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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

Williams family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-201
Identifier: SFHL-SC-201
Abstract Contains family correspondence and some other papers of the extended Williams family, primarily from Esther and Benjamin Williams who were Philadelphia Quakers and from their nephew, Charles B. Williams, the son of Thomas Williams. Correspondents include Lippincotts, Warner, Roberts, and Dubre family members. Of special interest is a letter from Charles B. Williams, 1853, describing the vacationing habits of Philadelphians at mid-century. Also, a 1856 letter from Isaac Williams concerning...
Dates: 1804-1863

Lawrence H. (Lawrence Hezekia) Williamson Papers on Conscientious Objection

 Collection — Othertype SC-196
Identifier: SFHL-SC-196
Abstract

Collection contains letters written by Lawrence Williamson to his family while at Camp Zachary Taylor in Lexington, Kentucky, and other related papers including the transcript of his court martial in 1918.

Dates: 1917-1918

Winifred Rawlins poems

 Collection — Othertype SC-207
Identifier: SFHL-SC-207
Abstract

Contains photocopies of poems written by Winifred Rawlins, 1992-1995.

Dates: 1992-1995

Moses Bailey papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-205
Identifier: SFHL-SC-205
Abstract

Contains miscellaneous papers relating to Moses Bailey, including his draft essay on Alexander C. Purdy, a letter to him from Rufus Jones concerning an Arabic translation by George Keith, and a mimeographed draft of Hannah J. Bailey's 1902 annual address to the Winthrop Women's Christian Temperance Union with her editing.

Dates: 1902-ca.1950

Isabel Potts Williamson papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-206
Identifier: SFHL-SC-206
Abstract

Contains genealogical correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to Isabel Williamson and her family.



Dates: ca. 1895-1979

Carolena M. Wood papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-240
Identifier: SFHL-SC-240
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence concerning Quaker organizations, obituary and memorial notices, and papers which reflect Carolena Wood's participation in Quaker organizations. A letter from John Nicholson describes Friends work with the Seneca Indians, 1900.

Dates: Majority of material found within ca. 1900-1909

New York Association for Educating Colored Male Adults Committee on Ways and Means minutes

 Collection — Othertype SC-214
Identifier: SFHL-SC-214
Abstract

The volume contains the minutes of the Ways and Means Committee of the New York Association for Educating Colored Male Adults, 1816-1817, and a list of subscribers. Typed synopsis included.

Dates: 1816-1817