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Westfield Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-W480
Scope and Contents Records of Westfield Preparative Meeting, 1801-1921, as follows: Hicksite minutes, 1801-1921; Orthodox/United men’s minutes, 1827-1956; Hicksite women's minutes, 1801-1901; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1827-1911; Hicksite burial records, 1813-1881; Hicksite graveyard accounts, 1828-1917; Orthodox financial records, 1828-1917; Hicksite school trustees' minutes, 1885-1902; Orthodox school trustees’ minutes, 1829-1884; First Day School minutes, 1871-1888; account book, catalogue and subscription...
Dates: 1801-1921

Westmoreland, Bridgewater, and New Hartford Preparative Meetings (Orthodox) Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-W529
Abstract

Minutes of Bridgewater Preparative Meeting, 1828-38; minutes of New Hartford Preparative Meeting 1828-65; and minutes of Westmoreland Preparative Meeting 1826-1828 and 1860-92;

Dates: 1828-1870

Westmoreland Monthly Meeting Records (including Bridgewater (Pre-Separation and Orthodox) and New Hartford)

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-W525
Abstract

Records of Westmoreland Monthly Meeting and its Pre-Separation and Orthodox predecessors, 1867-1924. Includes minutes, 1817-1920; vital records, 1818-85; and miscellaneous items, 1827-1914.

Dates: 1817-1920

Dorcas Weston papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-178
Abstract

This collection is comprised of a single folder of loose, handwritten notes made by Dorcas Weston. The notes focus on the family history and genealogy of Quaker families in the U.S., including the Wing family in Massachusetts, the Sisson family in Rhode Island, and the Gifford family in Massachusetts.

Dates: Undated

Weston-Super-Mare Peace Society Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Weston-Super-Mare Peace Society
Dates: 1910-1941

Susanah Weston commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-039
Abstract

The commonplace book of Susanah Weston includes an abstract of a letter from James Thornton, an account of a vision, excerpts of a Yearly Meeting of Ministers and Elders (1789), a letter from an Irish Friend to Catherine Payton, a prayer delivered at Hertford, and a testimony from the Monthly Meeting of Canterbury.

Dates: 1796

Westtown Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-W500
Scope and Contents

The original records of Westtown Monthly Meeting include: vital records: removals, 1920-1942, and membership, 1920-1969; joint meeting minutes, 1920-1990; ministers and elders minutes, 1920-1988 (Preparative Meeting); overseers minutes, 1967-2000.

Dates: 1920-[ongoing]

Thomas Wetherald papers

 Collection — othertype: SC-143
Identifier: SFHL-SC-143
Abstract

This collection includes letters from Thomas Wetherald written to his family while he traveled in the ministry. Some of his letters concern Elias Hicks and the Hicksite controversy. Also included is a sermon of Thomas Wetherald.

Dates: 1823-1828

Edith Wetherill (Ives) scrapbook

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: BMC-9LS-2
Abstract Edith Wetherill was a member of the Bryn Mawr Class of 1892. She was one of the founders of the Civic Club in Philadelphia, which was one of the first organizations of its kind in the country. She was an active volunteer, working with the Bellevue Hospital, the Unitarian Church, the Red Cross, and the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office. Her scrapbook houses Wetherill's one volume scrapbook. The scrapbook is very large and contains materials from 1888-1934, both well before and after Wetherill...
Dates: 1888 - 1934
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Samuel Wetherill Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-257
Abstract Samuel Wetherill (1736-1816), a Philadelphia manufacturer of cloth, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, was a birthright Quaker born in Burlington, N.J. During the Revolutionary War, he actively supported the military effort and was disowned from Philadelphia Monthly Meeting in 1779. In 1781, he, along with other disowned Quakers, founded an independent Quaker meeting, called the Society of Free Quakers. This collection contains correspondence primarily from another group of disowned Quakers...
Dates: 1780-1816

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Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 1982
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Subject
Quakers -- History 587
Quakers 562
correspondence 358
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 246
manuscripts (documents) 224
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letters (correspondence) 221
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Haverford (Pa.) 146
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 144
Quaker women 141
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Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 125
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 114
Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Haverford 112
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 97
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 95
photographs 93
Quakers -- Family relationships 90
financial records 88
Student publications 86
commonplace books 86
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 81
minutes (administrative records) 81
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 80
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Quakers -- New York (State) 74
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scrapbooks 73
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Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 67
clippings (information artifacts) 67
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 62
Society of Friends -- Delaware 61
genealogies (histories) 59
Quakers -- New Jersey 58
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 58
Society of Friends -- Maryland 58
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 54
account books 49
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Quakers -- Societies, etc. 47
travel literature 47
emails 45
Quaker businesspeople 44
Quaker women -- United States 42
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 41
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Church controversies -- Society of Friends 37
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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
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 30
Literature 30
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family papers 29
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 28
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lecture notes 28
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Peace movements -- United States 26
Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania 26
World War, 1914-1918 26
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German 30
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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
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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
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