Moses Bailey papers
Abstract
Contains miscellaneous papers relating to Moses Bailey, including his draft essay on Alexander C. Purdy, a letter to him from Rufus Jones concerning an Arabic translation by George Keith, and a mimeographed draft of Hannah J. Bailey's 1902 annual address to the Winthrop Women's Christian Temperance Union with her editing.
Dates
- Creation: 1902-ca.1950
Creator
- Bailey, Moses, 1892-1994 (Person)
- Bailey, Hannah J. (Hannah Johnston), 1839-1923 (Contributor, Person)
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Contributor, Organization)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is available for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Moses Bailey was a biblical scholar, educator, and lifelong Quaker. Following World War I, he served as principal of the Friends School in Ramallah, Palestine. Subsequently he taught at Wellesley College and then on the faculty of Hartford Seminary for thirty years. He was a recorded minister with New England Yearly Meeting and the grandson of Quaker pacifist, suffragist, and temperance proponent Hannah J. Bailey.
Extent
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Cornell University Library. Method of acquisition--Transfer from; Date of acquisition--1998.
Subject
- Bailey, Moses, 1892-1994 (Person)
- Purdy, Alexander Converse, 1890-1976 (Person)
- Keith, George, 1639?-1716 (Person)
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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