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Ann Wharton War Relief correspondence

 Collection — othertype: SC-144
Identifier: SFHL-SC-144
Abstract

This collection includes letters written to Anna Wharton regarding her relief efforts for formerly enslaved people and war hospitals during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1862-1863

Women's Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Freedman letter and financial papers

 Collection — othertype: SC-149
Identifier: SFHL-SC-149
Abstract

This collection includes letters and papers concerning the shipment of clothing to Freedmen in Virginia. A letter from Lydia H. Atkinson gives information on the reception of the goods and their dispersal. Lists of specific items sent are also included.

Dates: 1863-1866

Wood Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-192
Abstract

The Wood Family Papers contains papers from a Quaker family active in 19th century New York City Friends affairs, compiled by M. S. (Mary Sutton) Wood. Included are business correspondence concerning the printing house founded by Samuel Wood and his sons, correspondence from prominent Friends concerning work for social causes including abolition, freedmen, prisoners, First Day schools, and peace, and genealogical material, writings, and reminiscences by Mary S. Wood.

Dates: 1784-1874

Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall Refugee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-256
Abstract Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall and her husband, D. Robert Yarnall, were Quakers, active in the American Friends Service Committee relief efforts. They worked with the Quaker center in Vienna, Austria, during the summer of 1938 to help in the emigration of German and Austrian Jews. The collection contains correspondence concerning their work with refugees and letters from refugees asking for assistance, especially the musician and composers Karl Weigl and his wife, Vally, who emigrated in October...
Dates: 1938-1945

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Society of Friends -- Charities 11
Church work with Indians -- Society of Friends 8
Quakers -- Social life and customs 8
Church work with the poor -- Society of Friends 7
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Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934 6
Nonprofit organizations -- Pennsylvania 6
Church work with older people -- Society of Friends 5
Indians of North America -- Missions 5
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 5
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 5
Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 5
Quakers -- Social service -- United States 4
Quakers -- Societies, etc. 4
Society of Friends -- Nebraska 4
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 4
Abolitionists 3
Charities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 3
Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 3
Church work with African Americans -- Society of Friends 3
Church work with refugees -- Society of Friends 3
Indians, treatment of 3
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 3
Quaker women 3
Quakers -- Social service 3
Society of Friends -- Charities -- Records and correspondence 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 3
African Americans -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
African Americans -- Pennsylvania 2
African Americans -- Services for -- Pennsylvania 2
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Church controversies -- Society of Friends 2
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Church work with immigrants -- Pennsylvania 2
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Indians of North America 2
Indians of North America -- Nebraska 2
Old age homes -- Pennsylvania 2
Philadelphia (Pa.) 2
Poor -- Services for -- New York (State) -- New York 2
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Prison reform -- Society of Friends 2
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Quaker authors 2
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Quaker women -- New York (State) -- New York 2
Quakers -- Maryland 2
Quakers -- Nebraska 2
Quakers -- New York (State) 2
Quakers -- Poor -- Services for 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 1
Church work -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Church work with Indians 1
Church work with gays -- Society of Friends 1
Church work with older people -- Pennsylvania 1
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Clothing and dress 1
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Congregational Friends 1
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Corporate minutes 1
Delaware Indians 1
Education -- Pennsylvania 1
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Freed persons -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
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Freed persons -- Southern States 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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