Benjamin R. Burdsall papers
Scope and Contents
Burdsall was active in Young Friends Fellowship, serving on the Executive Committee, and Friends General Conference. This small collection mostly contains materials relating to those activities.
Dates
- Creation: 1934 - 1942
Creator
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Open for research without restrictions.
Copyright and Rights Information
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Biographical / Historical
Benjamin Rogers Burdsall was a long-time faculty member and advisor at Brooklyn Friends School. A birthright Quaker, he was the son of Richard H. and Mary T. Rogers Burdsall, members of Purchase Monthly Meeting in New York. He was born in 1903 and, in 1939, married Miriam Thomas Grundy. He died in 1968.
Extent
3 folders
Language
English
Overview
Burdsall was active in Young Friends Fellowship, serving on the Executive Committee, and Friends General Conference. This small collection mostly contains materials relating to those activities.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ellen DeNooyer, FHL 2005.003. According to th donor, these papers had been left with the Old Meeting House on Milton Rd. in Rye, N. Y. p
Subject
- American Young Friends Fellowship (Organization)
- Friends General Conference (U.S.) (Organization)
Topical
- Title
- Benjamin R. Burdsall papers
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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