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Friends Neighborhood Guild
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-035
Abstract
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
Friends' Social Union (New York, N.Y.) minutes
Collection — othertype: SC-181
Identifier: SFHL-SC-181
Abstract
Minutes, 1869-1872, of Friends' Social Union, New York City. Aaron M. Powell was one of the early chairmen, and Maria Mitchell included in the speakers. One of the group's continuing concerns was the plight of the American Indians.
Dates:
1869-1872
Albert Lamborn Green Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-175
Abstract
Albert Lamborn Green (1845-1947) was a Quaker Indian Agent for the Otoe Agency in Nebraska during the period of President Grant's "peace policy," 1869-1872. The bulk of the correspondence in this collection is comprised of letters written to Green from Philadelphia Friends in regard to gifts in support of Indian work. Later letters written by Green describe from memory the social life and customs of the Otoe Indians. The collection has information on the Otoe language, vocabulary, etc., and...
Dates:
1869-1935
Samuel M. Janney Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-183
Abstract
Samuel McPherson Janney was a Virginia Quaker minister, author, educator, and reformer. In 1839 he opened a boarding school for girls in Loudoun County. He traveled widely in the ministry, meeting with other denominations as well as being immersed in the contemporary issues facing the Society of Friends. Among his activities were establishing schools for African Americans and women, creating public schools in Virginia, and the abolition of slavery. In 1869 he was appointed Superintendent of...
Dates:
1815-1880
Leonore Hollander Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-329
Abstract
Leonore Beatrice Hollander was a noted chemist who worked in cancer research and devised an early diagnostic test for mononucleosis. A member of the Society of Friends, she was active as a member of the Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting for 25 years. She had a deep interest in the history and culture of the Lenape, the Native American group indigenous to the Philadelphia area. She was an associate member of the United Lenape Band, a leader of the Lenape Land Association, and a...
Dates:
1963 - 1988
Lightfoot Family Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-184
Abstract
The Lightfoot family was a Pennsylvania Quaker family descended from Thomas Lightfoot, a Quaker minister who emigrated from Ireland to Kennett Monthly Meeting in 1716 with his family. The collection includes three journals which have been attributed to his grandson Thomas on the basis of contextual detail. These accounts document visits to meetings in the mid Atlantic region, New Jersey to Virginia, from 1757 to 1760. Jacob Lightfoot, a son of Thomas and Sarah Lightfoot, married Mary...
Dates:
1737-ca. 1948
Josiah P. Marvel papers
Collection — othertype: SC-221
Identifier: SFHL-SC-221
Abstract
Josiah P. Marvel (1896-1959) was a Quaker, who worked with the American Friends Service Committee in France in 1940-41 and in 1942 became the chairman of the Quaker Emergency Service in New York City. This collection contains primarily Marvel's files on the Quaker Emergency Service, including its Civilian Readjustment Committee (a clinic that offered men arrested for soliciting sex with other men the option of psychiatric care in lieu of a prison sentence). The collection also includes a...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942 - 1966
Benjamin H. Miller, U.S. Indian Inspector transcribed letters,1889-1890.
Collection — othertype: SC-250
Identifier: SFHL-SC-250
Abstract
The collection consists of typed transcripts of letters published in a local newspaper. They describe the places and people visited during Benjamin H. Miller's tenure as Indian Agent in South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and elsewhere. The nineteen clippings, 1889-1890, were transcribed by William T. Thom, 3rd, a great-grandson. Also includes a typed manuscript introduction that describes Miller's farm, Mt Airy, Montgomery County, Maryland, and a typed index to the letters, 1974-1975.
Dates:
ca. 1974-1975
New York Association for Educating Colored Male Adults Committee on Ways and Means minutes
Collection — othertype: SC-214
Identifier: SFHL-SC-214
Abstract
The volume contains the minutes of the Ways and Means Committee of the New York Association for Educating Colored Male Adults, 1816-1817, and a list of subscribers. Typed synopsis included.
Dates:
1816-1817
New York Quarterly Meeting Workroom Committee photographs
Collection — othertype: PA-116
Identifier: SFHL-PA-116
Abstract
The Workroom, a project of the 15th Street and 20th Street New York Monthly Meetings, was established in 1940 by the Joint Peace and Service Committee of the New York Monthly Meetings. The sewing room produced garments for needy children during World War II. This collection contains one photo album, two packets of snapshots, and one folder of sixteen loose photographs. The photo album documents the Workroom activities as well as international photos of recipients of garments, with...
Dates:
1940 - 1976
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- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 3
- Dorsey, William, 1811-1874 2
- Evans, Charles, 1802-1879 2
- Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia 2
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 2
- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 2
- Jeanes, Samuel, d.1894 2
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 2
- Parrish, Edward, 1822-1872 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1827- 1955). Sub-committee on Indian Concerns 2
- Saunders, John, 1814-1891 2
- American Friends Service Committee. Refugee Section 1
- Angell, Benjamin, d. 1868 1
- Association of Friends for the Relief of Freedmen (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Atkinson, Lydia T. (Lydia Townsend), 1843-1901 1
- Attica Prison 1
- Attica Prison Friends Meeting (Attica, N.Y.) 1
- Auburn Prison 1
- Auburn Prison Friends Meeting (Auburn, N.Y.) 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee Appointed for Indian Affairs 1
- Bates, Elisha, 1781-1861 1
- Beehive School for Colored Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Benezet House Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Bennett, William, 1804-1873 1
- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
- Biddle, John W., 1835-1916 1
- Biddle, Robert, 1867-1935 1
- Biddle, William C. 1
- Bringhurst, James, 1730-1810 1
- Bringhurst, Joseph, 1733-1811 1
- Brown, Gould 1
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 1
- Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 1
- Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 1
- Carmalt, Caleb 1
- Carman family (Carman, Thomas, 1815-1899) 1
- Carman, Catharine Williams 1
- Carman, Thomas, 1815-1899 1
- Central Soup Society (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 1
- Cooper, Stanley B. 1
- Dean, Nora Thompson 1
- Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
- Dugdale, Joseph A., 1810-1896 1
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
- Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 1
- Foulke, Elizabeth, 1758-1820 1
- Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935 1
- Friendly Settlement Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Friends Ambulance Unit 1
- Friends Boarding Home of the Bucks Quarterly Meeting (Newtown, Pa.) 1
- Friends Boarding Home of the Burlington Quarterly Meeting 1
- Friends Mission No.1 (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Friends Neighborhood Guild 1
- Friends Village (Newtown, Pa.) 1
- Friends' Boarding Home of the Concord Quarterly Meeting 1
- Friends' Boarding House Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Friends' Employment Society (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Friends' Social Union (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Garrett, Martha H., 1839-1927 1
- Gould, Martha S., b. 1813 1
- Gould, Thomas B., 1813-1856 1
- Green, Albert Lamborn, 1845-1947 1
- Grimke, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879 1
- Griscom, Samuel S., 1802-1878 1
- Hall, Hannah, approximately 1836- 1
- Hayes, John Russell, 1866-1945 1
- Hollander, Leonore Beatrice, 1906-2003 1
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 1
- Hunt, Nathan, 1758-1853 1
- Hunt, Uriah, 1796?-1967 1
- Ingram, William S. 1
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 1
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 1
- Janney family 1
- Janney, Elizabeth, 1802-1893 1
- Janney, Joseph, 1800-1866 1
- Jeanes, Joseph 1
- Jewett, Tacy M. 1
- Johnson, Jane 1
- Jones, Horatio Gates, 1822-1893 1
- Joseph Sturge Mission School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 1
- Leidy, Joseph 1
- Lenape Land Association 1
- Lightfoot family 1
- Lightfoot, Mary B. (Mary Bonner), 1820-1907 1
- Lightfoot, Samuel, 1701-1771 1
- Lightfoot, Susanna 1720 1781 (Susanna Hudson Hatton Lightfoot) 1
- Lightfoot, Thomas Montgomery, -1865 1
- Lightfoot, Thomas, 1728-1793 1
- Lightfoot, Thomas, 1821-1896 1
- Locust Street Mission Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Macy, William H., 1805-1887 1
- Maiden Creek Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1735-1829 : Maiden Creek (Pa. : Township)) 1
- Marvel, Josiah P. (Josiah Philip), 1896-1959 1
- Maule family 1
- Maule, Joshua, b. 1806 1
- McClintock, Thomas, 1792?-1876 1 + ∧ less
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