Anna Bassett Griscom Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, speeches and writings, and miscellaneous manuscripts of Anna B. Griscom. Of particular interest is material relating to Woodbrooke, a Quaker study center in England where she worked in 1914, and of the Friends World Conference in 1937.
Dates
- Creation: ca. 1914-1962
Creator
- Griscom, Anna Bassett, 1889-1974 (Person)
- Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971 (Contributor, Person)
- Griscom, Anna Bassett, 1889-1974 (Contributor, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Anna Bassett Griscom (Elkinton) (1889-1974) was a prominent American Quaker, active in the peace movement. She graduated from Friends Central School, Swarthmore College, and the University of Pennsylvania. She served as Executive Secretary of the Friends General Conference, chairman of a committee to organize the Friends World Conference held at Swarthmore College in 1937, chairman of the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and was a founder of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. She married J. Passmore Elkinton in 1931.
Extent
2 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Anna Bassett Griscom (Elkinton) (1889-1974) was a prominent American Quaker active in the peace movement. She served as Executive Secretary of the Friends General Conference, chairman of a committee to organize the Friends World Conference held at Swarthmore College in 1937, chairman of the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and was a founder of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. She married J. Passmore Elkinton in 1931. The collection includes correspondence, speeches and writings, and miscellaneous manuscripts of Anna B. Griscom. Of particular interest is material relating to Woodbrooke, a Quaker study center in England where she worked in 1914, and of the Friends World Conference in 1937.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into five series:
- Genealogical
- Correspondence
- Speeches and writings
- Friends World Conference
- Miscellaneous
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Anna Bassett Griscom Elkinton, 1962
David C. Elkinton, 1974, 1977
Collection was received as a gift from Anna Griscom Elkinton and her step-son, David C. Elkinton
Processing Information
Collection was received partially processed by donor. Later gifts were added to collection.
Subject
- Woodbrooke College (Birmingham, England) (Organization)
- Friends World Conference (Organization)
- Elkinton family (Family)
- Griscom family (Family)
- Bassett family (Family)
- Title
- An Inventory of the Anna Bassett Griscom Papers, ca. 1914-1962
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- ca. 1963
- 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
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