T. Atkinson Jenkins Research for Friends World Conference (London, 1920)
Scope and Contents
This collection contains chiefly correspondence, questionnaires, notes, clippings, and other papers, relating to Jenkins's collection of information on Friends' attitudes to the Mexican and Civil wars, information which was designed to be part of the reassessment of the Quaker peace testimony in preparation for the first Friends World Conference (London, 1920). Also includes bibliography of Jenkins' writings on French language and literature.
Dates
- Creation: 1917-1919
Creator
- Jenkins, T. Atkinson (Thomas Atkinson), 1868-1935 (Compiler, Person)
- Jenkins, T. Atkinson (Thomas Atkinson), 1868-1935 (Contributor, Person)
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
T. Atkinson Jenkins (Thomas Atkinson) was born May 24, 1868, the son of Howard Malcolm and Mary Anna (Atkinson) Jenkins. He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1887, received a degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 188, and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1894. He married Marian Magill in 1894. He was a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago and died March 24, 1935, at Berkeley, California.
Extent
0.21 linear ft. (1 box (ca. 100 items))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
T. Atkinson Jenkins (1868-1935) was a Quaker and a university professor. The collection contains chiefly correspondence, questionnaires, notes, clippings, and other papers, relating to Jenkins's collection of information on Friends' attitudes to the Mexican and Civil wars, information which was designed to be part of the reassessment of the Quaker peace testimony in preparation for the first Friends World Conference (London, 1920). Also includes bibliography of Jenkins' writings on French language and literature.
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Unknown, before 1940
Processing Information
Stored in Record Group 5.
Subject
- Friends World Conference (1st : 1920 : London, England) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Congresses and conventions -- England -- London
- Congresses and conventions -- Great Britain
- Congresses and conventions -- Great Britain
- French language -- Bibliography
- French literature -- Bibliography
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Religious aspects
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends
- Quakers -- United States
- Questionnaires
- Society of Friends -- Congresses
- Society of Friends -- History
- Society of Friends -- United States
- Title
- Friends World Conference Research Papers, 1917-1919
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 2001
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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