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Benezet House Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-010
Overview
The Benezet House Association, Philadelphia, Pa., was formed in 1917 to assist and educate the City's poor African American and immigrant residents. It was created by the merger of the Joseph Sturge Mission School, a First Day school for African Americans founded in 1865; Anthony Benezet School, founded in 1795 as the School for Black People and their Descendants (also known as the Raspberry Street School); and Western District Colored School, founded 1848 under the care of Twelfth Street...
Dates:
1846-1945
Central Soup Society
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-100
Overview
The Central Soup Society of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was incorporated on March 6, 1861, with the charitable purpose of distributing soup and other food to the poor and needy during the inclement seasons. The organization was founded by Hicksite Quakers and continued to serve the people of Philadelphia throughout the 20th century. It survives at the turn of the 21st century as a foundation. Records of the Central Soup Society; includes financial records, minutes, and miscellaneous...
Dates:
1860-1968
Friends Neighborhood Guild
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-035
Overview
Friends Neighborhood Guild is a social welfare agency established by Hicksite Quakers in 1879 to serve the Poplar section of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It began as a volunteer organization for immigrant children and evolved into a settlement house and community center. This collection primarily contains early records of Friends Neighborhood Guild, and also the records of two related Quaker societies, the Friendly Settlement Association and the Spring Street Mission.
Dates:
1880-1962
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- Beehive School for Colored Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Benezet House Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
- Biddle, Robert, 1867-1935 1
- Biddle, William C. 1
- Central Soup Society (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Cooper, Stanley B. 1
- Evans, Charles, 1802-1879 1
- Friendly Settlement Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Friends Mission No.1 (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Friends Neighborhood Guild 1
- Ingram, William S. 1
- Jeanes, Joseph 1
- Jeanes, Samuel, d.1894 1
- Joseph Sturge Mission School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Leidy, Joseph 1
- Locust Street Mission Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- McInnes, Robert K. 1
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 1
- Parrish, Edward, 1822-1872 1
- Perot, T. Morris 1
- Philadelphia First Day School Union 1
- Robins, George 1
- Spring Street Mission (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Spring Street Settlement (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1 ∧ less
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