Friends Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia
Scope and Contents
Printed and hand-written documents, correspondence and financial records of the Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia.
Dates
- Creation: 1869-1875
Creator
- Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) (Contributor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
The Friends' Indian Aid Association was organized in 1869 by members of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite). The stated objective was to solicit voluntary donations of money and goods to distribute to the Indian tribes assigned to the care of the Yearly Meeting.
Many of its members were also members of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) Indian Committee. Mary Jeanes was the first President of the Indian Aid Association, and Emily H. Atkinson was appointed Treasurer. When the latter resigned in the 12mo 1869, John Saunders assumed the position. The Association continued to supply food, clothing, sanitary stores, books, etc., donated by individuals and meetings until at least 1876.
Extent
0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia was an organization of Hicksite Quakers in Philadelphia founded in 1869 to solicit donations of money and goods to distribute to the Native American tribes assigned to the oversight of the Yearly Meeting by the Department of Interior during the period of Grant's peace policy. The collection includes reports and minutes, financial reports, correspondence, and lists of goods.
Arrangement
The collection is organized in to 6 series. The series are:
- Correspondence
- Lists of Goods
- Reports and Minutes
- Treasurer's Reports
- Bills and Receipts
- Printed Documents
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Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Unknown
Subject
Topical
- Church Work with Indians -- Society of Friends
- Church work with the Poor -- Society of Friends
- Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934
- Indians of North America -- Missions
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Quakers -- Social service -- United States
- Society of Friends -- Charities
- Society of Friends -- Nebraska
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania
- Title
- An Inventory of the Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia Records, 1869-1875
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 2000
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
Revision Statements
- 2024: This finding aid was reviewed in order to change or contextualize any outdated, harmful terminology related to Indigenous Peoples, except where it appears in a title, quotation, or subject heading.
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