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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:

Rumford estate papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-164
Identifier: SFHL-SC-164
Abstract Estate papers of the Rumford family of Delaware, 1705-1809. Includes: will and witness affirmation, Feb. 3, 1730, revised will, Nov. 26, 1738, and inventory, Dec. 5, 1738, of John Rumford; will, March 10, 1784, and witness affirmation , May 2, 1772, of Francis Way, as well as a statement of repeal of Francis Way's will by John Rumford, Oct. 25, 1784; the will of Jonathan Rumford, Jan. 24, 1772; the will of Sarah (Rumford) Shipley, Dec. 2, 1805; the will of Jonathan Rumford, Sept. 1790;...
Dates: 1705-1809
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Mahlon Day collection of publications

 Collection — Othertype SC-183
Identifier: SFHL-SC-183
Abstract

Religious tracts and reprints and children's books with some manuscript inscriptions, published and sold by Mahlon Day, a New York Orthodox Quaker.

Dates: 1821-1852
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Friends' Social Union (New York, N.Y.) minutes

 Collection — Othertype SC-181
Identifier: SFHL-SC-181
Abstract

Minutes, 1869-1872, of Friends' Social Union, New York City. Aaron M. Powell was one of the early chairmen, and Maria Mitchell included in the speakers. One of the group's continuing concerns was the plight of the American Indians.

Dates: 1869-1872
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Harold Chance journals, reports, and evaluation of Friends Peace Service work

 Collection — Othertype SC-195
Identifier: SFHL-SC-195
Abstract Journals, reports, and surveys written by Harold Chance documenting his visits to and continuing relationships as an AFSC staff member with Evangelical Friends meetings, mostly in the western United States. The collection includes nine journals, 1949-1956, Friends Peace Service evaluation surveys, 1956 & n.d., and a number of miscellaneous reports to Friends Peace Service Council. Among the former is a report on the Second American Conference of Evangelical Friends (1950) and one on the...
Dates: 1949-1961
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Harry S. and Marjorie F. Scott Papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-200
Identifier: SFHL-SC-200
Abstract

Includes Marjorie F. Scott's correspondence concerning the planning of the 1949 American Young Friends Conference and papers relating to the 1942 All American Friends Conference and 1947 American Young Friends Conference. Also two letter from Quaker writer Leonard S. Kenworthy whose books were published by Scott's firm.

Dates: 1942-1977
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Clement family letters

 Collection — Othertype SC-247
Identifier: SFHL-SC-247
Abstract Small collection of family correspondence that includes two letters that concern the Clements and Sharpless families' involvement in abolition activities. Contains a copy and typed transcript of a letter from William Lloyd Garrison Clement (1834-1889) to Gilbert Cope, historian of the Sharpless family, which describes events surrounding the formation of American Anti-Slavery Society and the Clement family's interaction with African-Americans living in the Mount Holly, N.J, area. The typed...
Dates: 1857-1912
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Josiah P. Marvel papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-221
Identifier: SFHL-SC-221
Abstract Josiah P. Marvel (1896-1959) was a Quaker, who worked with the American Friends Service Committee in France in 1940-41 and in 1942 became the chairman of the Quaker Emergency Service in New York City. This collection contains primarily Marvel's files on the Quaker Emergency Service, including its Civilian Readjustment Committee (a clinic that offered men arrested for soliciting sex with other men the option of psychiatric care in lieu of a prison sentence). The collection also includes a...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1942 - 1966
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

New York Yearly Meeting collection of autographs

 Collection — Othertype SC-225
Identifier: SFHL-SC-225
Abstract

Contains a collection of autographs of prominent Quakers and a few non-Quakers, most written as brief notes or subscription replies to Friends Book and Tract Committee between 1915-1920.

Dates: 1850-1952-(bulk 1915-1920)
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Young Friends Movement (Philadelphia, Pa.) records

 Collection — Othertype SC-189
Identifier: SFHL-SC-189
Abstract

Collection includes material on Young Friends' Movement seminars and conferences, financial records and statistics, Executive Committee minutes and correspondence, and photographs from seminars. Also includes some correspondence of Elizabeth and Ross Wilbur.

Dates: 1931-1939
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Rutherford Literary Association secretary's book

 Collection — Othertype SC-178
Identifier: SFHL-SC-178
Abstract

Constitution and minutes, 1889-1893, of Rutherford Literary.

Dates: 1889-1893
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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