SFHL/FHL/MSS. Assembled Collections
Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:
Friends Historical Library account book collection
Account books are ledgers in which commercial and personal financial accounts are recorded. This collection consists of individual account books that were given to the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College as single accessions.
William H. Gillingham sheet music album
Dr. William Heyward Gillingham (1797-1863) was a Pennsylvania Quaker obstetrician who compiled this album of 50 pieces of sheet music. His love of music, and this album, were passed along to his daughter, Kate (Katherine) S. Gillingham.
Collection of Bringhurst Family Correspondence
Friends Historical Library album collection
This collection consists of scrapbooks, commonplace books, class notebooks, autograph albums, piecebooks, and other albums that were received by the Friends Historical Library as individual volumes and not as part of a larger collection.,
Elias Hicks Manuscript Collection
Friends Historical Library collection of miscellaneous extracts
Public Friends manuscripts collection
This collection consists of lists of Public Friends, as well as minutes from Quaker meetings approving ministers to travel. Items were written by various Quaker meetings or individuals, and accumulated by the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College over time.
Friends Historical Library collection of journals
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College has a large collection of Journals, the broad term which is also used to refer to diaries and daybooks. This inventory lists journals in Friends Historical Library, including those catalogued individually in MSS 003, Journal Collection, as well as volumes which are part of a larger collections and journals available in the Library on microfilm.
Gathered Leaves: Miscellaneous Papers from New York Yearly Meeting
The bulk of the collection is epistles, sorted roughly by topic. William Wood, the Clerk of New York Yearly Meeting who arranged the collection, was particularly interested in the issues of slavery, welfare of freedmen and Native Americans, and peace testimony, and religious education. Also included are correspondence, Quaker documents, and miscellaneous papers. Correspondents include Moses Brown, William Rickman, John Pemberton.
