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Longshore-Williams family correspondence
Collection — othertype: SC-076
Identifier: SFHL-SC-076
Abstract
This collection includes letters written to Mary W. Longshore from the family of her sister, Martha Williams, after the Williams moved from Pennsylvania to Warsaw, Ohio. Included are letters from her sister, brother-in-law, Isaac B. Williams, and nephews, Jonathon and Jeremiah. These letters relate family and local news, and news about the temperance and anti-slavery movements. A letter from Isaac B. Williams, dated 1861, relates his thoughts on the prospect of civil war. A letter from Dr....
Dates:
1840-1965-bulk 1840-1861
Longstreth family correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-120
Abstract
This collection is largely comprised of the correspondence of the Longstreth family.
Dates:
1879-1912
Longstreth family photographs
Collection — othertype: PA-114
Identifier: SFHL-PA-114
Abstract
The Longstreth family were Pennsylvania Quakers who married into the Cook and Noble families. Thomas B. Longstreth (1796-1867) was a Philadelphia building contractor who married Lydia Noble (1803-1879), and both were active members of Green Street Monthly Meeting. Lydia was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Tompkins) Noble, members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Northern District. Samuel Noble was a successful tanner. This collection is composed primarily of black and white albums,...
Dates:
1735 - 1980
Longstreth-Noble Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-231
Abstract
The Longstreth family were Pennsylvania Quakers who married into the Cook and Noble families. Thomas B. Longstreth (1796-1867) was a Philadelphia building contractor who married Lydia Noble (1803-1879), and both were active members of Green Street Monthly Meeting. Lydia was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Tompkins) Noble, members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Northern District. Samuel Noble was a successful tanner. The collection includes Longstreth family correspondence, extensive...
Dates:
1735-1980
Patricia Loring papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-316
Abstract
Patricia Loring was a Quaker author, teacher, and retreat leader, most active in her related work in the 1980s and 1990s. She was the author of a widely read Quaker spiritual guide, Listening Spirituality, vols. 1 and 2. For eight years her ministry was supported by Bethesda Friends Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland.
This collection includes a variety of Patricia Loring's papers, largely beginning when she joined the Religious Society of Friends. Much of the collection consists of papers from...
Dates:
1982 - 2015
Los Angeles Committee to Postpone Action on Peacetime Conscription Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Los Angeles Committee to Postpone Action-Peacetime Conscription
Dates:
1945
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Milton Lowenthal Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-191
Abstract
Milton Lowenthal was an activist involved in peace and antinuclear movements in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, specifically those related to Three Mile Island and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was a sponsor of Japanese antinuclear artist Kazuaki Kita. This collection includes correspondence, financial records, manuscripts, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, reference files, and other memorabilia.
Dates:
1962-1994
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Katherine Lower papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-1981-18
Abstract
Katherine Lower came to the Carola Woerishoffer Graduate Department of Social Work and Social Research in the fall of 1946 as a part time lecturer in social research. Eventually she progressed to lecturer, associate professor, professor and finally director and dean of the department. During her administration as director, the social work faculty grew as did the student enrollment. She greatly expanded and enriched the graduate curriculum. The bulk of the collection consists of office...
Dates:
1946 - 1970
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Lower Mansfield Preparative Meeting Records
Collection — othertype: SW/Ph/L680
Identifier: QM-Ph-L680
Scope and Contents
Records of Lower Mansfield Preparative Meeting, 1808-1831.
Dates:
1808-1831
Benjamin H. Lowry orations
Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-135
Abstract
This collection consists of several orations by Lowry as well as his grades at the end of his senior year at Haverford College.
Dates:
1872-1876 and undated