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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:

Women's Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Freedman letter and financial papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-149
Identifier: SFHL-SC-149
Abstract

This collection includes letters and papers concerning the shipment of clothing to Freedmen in Virginia. A letter from Lydia H. Atkinson gives information on the reception of the goods and their dispersal. Lists of specific items sent are also included.

Dates: 1863-1866

Friends Historical Library Autograph Collection

 Collection — Othertype SC-004
Identifier: SFHL-SC-004
Abstract

Collection of miscellaneous original and facsimile autographs of well known Quakers and other individuals.

Dates: 1755-1944

Collection of Early Quaker Wills in Barbados, 1669-1709 (typed copies)

 Collection — Othertype SC-007
Identifier: SFHL-SC-007
Abstract

Typed copies of early wills of Quakers in Barbados.

Dates: 1669-1709

John Comly papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-023
Identifier: SFHL-SC-023
Abstract

This collection includes printed and manuscript materials concerning the publication and sale of Comly's books, his probate records, and other papers relating to John Comly and his family. Also includes records of the Byberry & Andalusia (Turnpike) Road Company.

Dates: 1830-1884

Janney family correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-065
Identifier: SFHL-SC-065
Abstract This collection primarily includes correspondence of Mahlon and Sarah Janney. These letters relate mainly to family and local news of Loudon Co., Virginia. One letter, written by Thomas Scattergood and Josiah Bunting, provides a brief account of their travels as Quaker ministers. Also included are unsigned fragments, one of which provides an account of a visit to Virginia Yearly Meeting, and another of which concludes a poem addressed to Richard Mott. Also included are notes from the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1763-1932, 1763-1823

Roberts-Hunt family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-061
Identifier: SFHL-SC-061
Abstract This collection includes papers relating to Rachel H. Roberts and her family. Included is correspondence between Esther Hunt Collins and her first husband, Joshua Hunt, his brother John, her children Elisha, Caleb and Rachel, her second husband, John Collins, and Hannah Yarnall. Also included is correspondence between Rachel H. Roberts and her husband, David. The collection includes genealogical information on the Roberts, Hooton, and other related families, along with wills and account...
Dates: 1677-1829

Hugh Barbour lecture papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-008
Identifier: SFHL-SC-008
Abstract

Includes outline and course materials for five lectures given at Pendle Hill in the winter of 1975, notes on "Ethics and Theology in the Hicksite Separation" and the manuscript of a lecture on "Quakers and the Trinity" given at Swarthmore College in the spring of 1975.

Dates: 1975

John Churchman papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-019
Identifier: SFHL-SC-019
Abstract

The papers, including correspondence from scientific societies in Europe, principally concern the new method of observation used in the magnetic atlas prepared by Churchman. Also included are his biography by Hannah P. Chandlee, color photographs of a reproduction of Joshua Reynolds portrait of John Churchman, and an inventory of the papers by Mary L. Bryan. Correspondents include Owen Biddle and Caesar Rodney.

Dates: 1778-1804

Rhoads family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-107
Identifier: SFHL-SC-107
Abstract

This collection includes letters written by J. Edgar Rhoads to his family while he was in Germany administering war relief after WWI. Also included are the diaries of his grandfather, Jonathan E. Rhoads, from 1908-1910. These provide a record of daily appointments and expenses.

Dates: 1908-1920

Grace A. Thomas papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-130
Identifier: SFHL-SC-130
Abstract

This collection includes a 1939 article published by Grace A. Thomas in The Friend, entitled "The Quaker Attitude Toward War." Also included are letters from Henry J. Cadbury and E. S. Palmer regarding this article.

Dates: 1939