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Painter Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-110
Abstract
The Painter family was an early Pennsylvania Quaker family that married into the Minshall family of Delaware County. In 1681, William Penn granted Thomas Minshall a land tract which now includes the Tyler Arboretum. The property was home to eight generations of the same family. The collection includes family correspondence, business and legal papers, property records, papers on interests and concerns of the Painter brothers, genealogical papers, and miscellaneous deeds and other papers...
Dates:
1687-1948
Levinus King Painter Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-209
Abstract
Levinus King Painter (1889-1983) was a Quaker minister, author, and social activist. Born in Spiceland, Indiana, in 1889, he attended Spiceland Academy, Earlham College, and Hartford Theological Seminary. His pastoral service began in Collins, New York, in 1914, and he later served at Poplar Ridge (N.Y.), Monkton and South Starksboro (Vt.), Clintondale (N.Y.), Putney (Vt.), and back to Collins from 1942-56. He also worked as Interim Secretary of Friends Africa Mission from 1956-1957. Papers...
Dates:
1960-1983
Levinus Painter papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-143
Abstract
A single folder collection that includes a map of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, research notes, and multiple copies of the typed manuscript by Levinus Painter, entitled "The Beginnings of Quakerism in the Monongahela Valley. Also included is a single letter written by Painter regarding his research.
Dates:
1935-1951
Palestine Human Rights Campaign Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Palestine Human Rights Campaign
Dates:
1977-1982
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Anna S. Palmer Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-304
Abstract
Family and Quaker papers collected by Anna S. Palmer (1881-1973), a member of Falls Monthly Meeting. Included is a manuscript volume containing copies of letters, genealogical information, and memorials concerning John Simpson (1739-1811), Quaker minister; collected postcards of Quaker meeting houses; and other miscellaneous Quaker manuscripts.
Dates:
circa 1840-1910
Palmer Brothers Civil War Letters
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-207
Abstract
The Palmer brothers belonged to a Quaker family of Concord Monthly Meeting, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Three sons of William W. and Hannah Trimble Palmer, all birthright Quakers, served in the Union Army during the Civil War. This collection contains fifty letters and transcriptions of the same, written to family members by Quaker brothers, John, William T., and Edward L. Palmer during their service in the Union army. Letters from John Palmer also describe his post-military service...
Dates:
1845-1862
Charles Palmer Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-112
Abstract
Charles Palmer (1863-1966) was a Quaker teacher, lawyer, and real estate broker from Chester, Pennsylvania. The collection includes family correspondence, including that of Palmer as a student at Swarthmore College, diaries of Palmer's father, Lewis Palmer (1837-1917), mother, Hannah H. Palmer (1836-1917), and other family members in Chester and Delaware counties, Pa., account books, business and legal papers, essays, poetry, clippings, memorabilia, and other papers. Includes material...
Dates:
1829-1942
Charles Palmer Topical Files
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-328
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of printed ephemera and related correspondence of Charles Palmer of Chester, Pennsylvania. The materials reflect his interests in temperance and other social reforms, politics, the Society of Friends, and other topics. While there is a small amount of correspondence, most is related to business or community involvement on Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Dates:
1894-1917
Edgar Zavitz Palmer and Boyd Zavitz Palmer papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-113
Abstract
Edgar Zavitz Palmer (1898-1977) was a graduate of Swarthmore College, Class of 1919, and a professor of economics at several universities. This collection contains material relating to Edgar’s collection of Quaker meeting house pictures, his personal and professional correspondence, his relief work in Europe after World War I, and his son Boyd Zavitz Palmer’s application for conscientious objector status.
Dates:
1890 - 1994
Palmer Family Photographs
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-087
Abstract
The Palmer family was a Hicksite Quaker family who settled in Bucks County, PA, but who were also active in Delaware County, especially as several family members attended Swarthmore College. Dating from the 1880s to the 1890s, this collections consists of cabinet cards and cartes de visite that depict members of the Palmer family as well as family relatives or friends.
Dates:
1880s-1890s
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- World War, 1939-1945 34
- Reports 33
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- newsletters 33
- Chester County (Pa.) -- Genealogy 32
- Quakers -- Genealogy 32
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 32
- notebooks 32
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 31
- Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 31
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey -- Burlington County 31
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) 31
- autobiographies (documents) 31
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- family papers 29
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- Quakers -- United States 28
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- Disarmament -- History -- Sources 27
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- Peace movements -- United States 26
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania 26
- World War, 1914-1918 26
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- International organization -- History -- Sources 25
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- Philadelphia (Pa.) 25
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- Student Activities 25 + ∧ less
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- Haverford College 312
- Swarthmore College 175
- American Friends Service Committee 127
- Bryn Mawr College 103
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 47
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 44
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 43
- Civilian Public Service 41
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 38
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 38
- Westtown Boarding School 38
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 32
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 32
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 29
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 28
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 27
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 27
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 26
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 25
- Fox, George 25
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 24
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 22
- War Resisters League 21
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 21
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 19
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 19
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 19
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 18
- Friends General Conference (U.S.) 18
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 18
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 17
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 17
- United Nations 17
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 16
- League of Nations 16
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 16
- Woolman, John, 1720-1772 16
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 15
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 15
- Haverford College. Office of the President 15
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 15
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 15
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 15
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 15
- Adelman, Seymour, 1906-1985 14
- Cope family 14
- Jones, Mary Hoxie 14
- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 14
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 14
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 14
- Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 14
- Taylor family 14
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 13
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 13
- Lloyd family 13
- Lyttle, Bradford 13
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 13
- Friends World Committee for Consultation 12
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 12
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 12
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 12
- Kaufman, Abraham 12
- Morris family 12
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 12
- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 11
- Evans family 11
- Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 11
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 11
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 11
- Sharpless family 11
- Smith family 11
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 11
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 11
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 10
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 10
- Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 10
- Earlham College 10
- Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971 10
- George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 10
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 10
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1955) 10
- Newton, Ray 10
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 10
- Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920 10
- Smith, Daniel B., 1792-1883 10
- Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 9
- Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 9
- Brown family 9
- Bryn Mawr College Library 9
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 9
- Cooper family 9
- Cope, Thomas P. (Thomas Pim), 1768-1854 9
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 9
- Elkinton family 9
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 9
- Fothergill, Samuel 9
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 9
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 9
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 9
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 9 + ∧ less
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