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Edward F. Stratton Collected Papers on Ohio Quakers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-142
Abstract Edward F. Stratton (1876-1968) was a Quaker from Salem and Barnesville, Ohio. He served as Curator of the Salem Quarterly Meeting records and was Librarian of the Friends Society, Salem, Ohio. The collection contains historical and biographical information compiled by Edward F. Stratton about the Maule, Stratton, Williams, and related Ohio Quaker families, especially those involved in separations in Ohio Yearly Meeting. Of particular interest are Joshua's Maule's diaries and correspondence...
Dates: 1770-1967

Karen A. Reixach Prison Reform Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-258
Abstract

Contains correspondence, minutes, and other papers concerning Karen A. Reixach's work with Quaker meetings at Auburn Prison and Attica Prison in New York State, 1974-1986. A member of Rochester Monthly Meeting, she was active in prison reform and Quaker outreach to prisoners. She served on the Rochester Monthly Meeting and New York Yearly Meetings Prison Committees and as clerk of the Oversight Committee at Attica Prison.

Dates: 1974-1986

Sewing Society (New York, N.Y.) minutes

 Collection — othertype: SC-182
Identifier: SFHL-SC-182
Abstract

The collection contains the minutes, 1833-1853, of the Sewing Society which was established in 1833 by a group of New York Orthodox Quaker women. Its mission was to prepare clothing for the poor.

Dates: 1833-1853

Anne E. Sheppard correspondence

 Collection — othertype: SC-118
Identifier: SFHL-SC-118
Abstract This collection includes letters received by Anne E. Sheppard from members of her family, including her mother, Margaret G. Sheppard, and her cousins John W. Biddle, Martha H. Garrett, Rebecca C. Sheppard, and Mary M. Sheppard. Of these the most extensive are those of Martha H. Garrett, describing the daily life, education, and concerns of a young Quaker woman in Philadelphia in the 1860's. Especially interesting are her accounts of Freedmen's relief work and of her unorthodox practice of...
Dates: 1856-1869

Society for the Free Instruction of the Black People writing assignments

 Collection — othertype: SC-011
Identifier: SFHL-SC-011
Abstract

This collection includes thank-you letters from African-American scholars to their Quaker teachers of the Society for the Free Instruction of the Black People. Also included are other writing assignments.

Dates: 1790-1802

Swarthmore Refugee Resource House

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-088
Abstract The Swarthmore Refugee Resource House, Swarthmore, Pa., was founded in 1979 by members of Swarthmore Monthly Meeting as a place of temporary assistance and shelter for legal refugees in gaining independence by providing them with shelter, counseling and tutoring in English. The Swarthmore Refugee House was incorporated in 1988 as a non-profit corporation. However, the House was laid down in 1994 when Swarthmore College reclaimed its building and the Board was unable to find either sufficient...
Dates: 1979-1994

The Harned (Moylan, Pa.)

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-083
Abstract

The Harned was a non-profit boarding home for the elderly in Moylan, PA, under the care of Media Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. It operated under the direction of The Harned Committee. It was established in 1940 through the bequest of Quaker sisters, Phebe and Katherine Harned, and laid down in 1994. The collection contains minutes and reports, admission and financial papers, and other related information.

Dates: 1931-1996

Mira Sharpless Townsend Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-320
Abstract The collection contains papers of Mira Sharpless Townsend, a major Quaker social activist and reformer in Philadelphia. Mira Sharpless Townsend (1798-1859) was born in Philadelphia, attended Friends Select School, and in 1828 married Samuel Townsend (1800-1887). He was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting by whom she had six children, only two surviving to adulthood: Emily Sharpless Townsend who married Powell Stackhouse and Clara Gordon Townsend, married William Penn Troth. During...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1815 - 1858; 1806 - 1910

Turner Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-152
Abstract This collection centers around the family and descendants of Joseph Turner, Jr., (1790-1850) and his wife Rebecca (Sinclair) Turner (1787-1877), members of Baltimore Monthly Meeting-Western District. They raised eight children and had fifty-four grandchildren. As a young man, Joseph left the family plantation near Still Pond, Kent County, Maryland, and became a lumber merchant in Baltimore. He served as Clerk of the Lombard Street Meeting. Rebecca was a recorded minister and traveled widely....
Dates: 1776-1954

Correspondence concerning John Unthank Gift

 Collection — othertype: SC-232
Identifier: SFHL-SC-232
Abstract Contains correspondence concerning the gift of Dr. John Unthank of Limerick, Ireland, of £1,000, to be divided between two concerns: first, to the Ohio, Indiana and Baltimore Yearly Meetings to be applied by them through their Indian committees toward promoting the so-called civilization and Christian instruction of Native Americans; and, secondly £250 each to Indiana and Ohio Yearly Meetings toward establishing boarding schools for the children of members. Samuel Parsons of New York Yearly...
Dates: 1835-1837

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Society of Friends -- Charities 11
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Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934 6
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Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 3
Church work with African Americans -- Society of Friends 3
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Indians, treatment of 3
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 3
Quaker women 3
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 3
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African Americans -- Pennsylvania 2
African Americans -- Services for -- Pennsylvania 2
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Church controversies -- Society of Friends 2
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Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 2
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Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
diaries 2
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African Americans -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Agriculture -- Maryland 1
American poetry -- Quaker authors 1
Antislavery movements 1
Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania -- History 1
Austria -- History -- 1938–1945 1
Authors and publishers -- United States 1
Baltimore (Md.) -- Quakers 1
Capital punishment 1
Charities -- Maryland -- Baltimore 1
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Church work with gays -- Society of Friends 1
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Congregational Friends 1
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Corporate minutes 1
Delaware Indians 1
Education -- Pennsylvania 1
Food relief -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Fox Indians 1
Freed persons -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
Freed persons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Freed persons -- Services for -- Southern States 1
Freed persons -- Southern States 1
Freed persons -- United States -- Social conditions 1
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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
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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
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