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Isaac Stephenson diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-076
Abstract

Isaac Stephenson was a British Quaker minister who went on religious visits throughout Great Britain and the United States. His diary entries describe Stephenson's travels in the Quaker ministry in New England, including descriptions of towns he visited, Friends who hosted him or with whom he visited, and Meetings attended.

Dates: 1823-1824

Stokes family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-050
Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of the papers of the Stokes family, and includes diaries, a notebook from Joseph Stokes' time at Westtown School, and an autograph album.

Dates: 1839-1887

Janet Stokes diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-077
Abstract

Janet Stokes was a British Quaker who moved to Philadelphia in the 1970s. She worked at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and served as a hospital chaplain after she retired. Entries are generally related to personal and religious reflection and descriptions of Stokes's struggles with depression.

Dates: 1996-1997

Joel Swayne diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-078
Abstract

Joel Swayne's diary entries describe his journey to the Seneca nation and the two years he spent there. Swayne provides detailed descriptions of Cornplanter (Gaiänt'wakê), the chief, his family, the village and villagers, cultural differences between the Quakers and the Senecas, the difficulty of the language barrier, and discussions between Quaker missionaries and Seneca members.

Dates: 1798-1800

Mary Howell Swett diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-079
Abstract

Diary of Mary Swett's religious visit to England in 1797. Entries describe her travel, attendance at meetings, and Quaker hosts in England.

Dates: 1797-1799

Thomas family diaries

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Identifier: HC.MC-1333
Abstract

The Thomas family were Philadelphia and later Maryland Quakers who lived and worked primarily on a farm called "Fairland" in Harford County, MD. The collection consists of diaries, daguerreotypes, and one financial ledger.

Dates: 1860-1925

William Thompson diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-080
Abstract

Diary entries are largely related to William Thompson's family's grocery business, family news, illness, social calls, and Quaker meetings he attended. He occasionally also describes Quakers from England and Ireland making religious visits to America.

Dates: 1860

Khalil A. Totah and Eva Marshall Totah papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1210
Abstract The papers revolve around three topics and provide a picture of Quakers in Palestine in the 20th century: Khalil A. Totah, his second wife, Eva Marshall Totah and his first wife, Ermina Jones Totah. Khalil Totah discusses the situation in Palestine, primarily in the 1930s, and speaks of his own life and aspirations, as when he became a Quaker minister. His diaries expand the picture, adding information about Friends Boys School in Ramallah (Palestine) and his understanding of the political...
Dates: 1896-1955

Updegraff Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1031
Abstract

Letters; diaries; genealogical material; land grants signed by Presidents John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, and Franklin Pierce; and other papers of the Updegraff family, mainly those of David B. Updegraff, which provide a picture of Quakerism in 19th-century Ohio.

Dates: 1810-1929; Majority of material found within 1810 - 1896

Hannah Milhous Vernon papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-173
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the papers of Hannah Milhous Vernon, and includes two unbound commonplace books, the loose pages of Vernon's diaries, and a single unbound volume of meeting minutes for the Damorris Monthly Meeting of Women Friends.

Dates: 1855-1889

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Atwater, Richard Mead 1
Bacon, Edith Farquhar, 1892-1988 1
Bacon, Elizabeth, 1794-1844 1
Bacon, Francis R. (Francis Rogers), 1888-1965 1
Bacon, Francis, 1812-1870 1
Bacon, Samuel Allen, 1848-1908 1
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Baily, Theodate Lang 1
Balderston, Lloyd, 1863-1933 1
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Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690 1
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Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 1
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