Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 712
Abington Friends School (Abington, Pa.) Account book
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-001
Abstract
Abington Friends School was established by Abington Monthly Meeting in the latter part of the eighteenth century as a day school. The account book covers the period 1828-1842. Pupil's names are given with the status of their payments, etc.
Dates:
1828-1842
All American Friends Conference (Oskaloosa, Ia.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-002
Abstract
All American Friends Conference (1929) was a conference of Quakers from the United States and Canada which was held in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in September 1929. This collection contains a journal kept by Rebecca Thomas Miller, program, list of participants, pictures, and other records relating to the Conference.
Dates:
1929
Allen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-001
Abstract
Contains the papers of the Allen Family, a Quaker family of Philadelphia and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, which traced its ancestry back to one of William Penn's commissioners. Includes papers relating to the Allen and related Breidenhart, Casdorp, Gibbons, Hubley, Jacobs, Matlack, and Samuel families. The Allen family papers contain extensive genealogical material, family correspondence, journals and memorials which provide excellent source material on Quaker family life in the 19th...
Dates:
1700-1954
Alsop Family Papers
Collection — othertype: SC-191
Identifier: SFHL-SC-191
Abstract
This collection contains the correspondence of the Alsop and Brown families, particularly Othniel Alsop, Hannah Brown Alsop, and Othneil's English siblings, Ann and Robert Alsop. Other correspondents include Alice Jackson, Mary Coffin, and Ann Douglas. Also included are Othniel's naturalization documents, various wills, and calling cards from friends. Of particular interest is a letter dated 1799 from Othniel Alsop to sister in England, describing the "contagious fever" (yellow fever), a...
Dates:
1795-1830
John Alston Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-002
Abstract
John Alston (1794-1874) was a Quaker farmer who lived in Middletown, Delaware. This collection contains his journals (1837 (?)-1847 and n.d.), account books and business papers (1821-1874), and essays by Nathan Lord on slavery and salvation (1797).
Dates:
1797-1874
American Friends Service Committee, Committee on Rights of Conscience Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-006
Abstract
Contains the records of American Friends Service Committee, Committee on Rights of Conscience, 1955-1962, including minutes and other supporting documents. Persons represented include Faith Bissell, Miriam E. Brailey, Harrop Freeman, Frederick Fuges, Alan Howe, Mary Knowles, Patrick M. Malin, Roland Pennock, Sara Pickus, Harry B. Sprogell, Frederick B. Tolles, and John T. Watkins.
Dates:
1955-1962
Mary Ellicott Arnold (1876-1968) Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-003
Abstract
Mary Ellicott Arnold (1876-1968) was a Quaker writer and social activist, known for her work with consumer cooperatives. After an unsuccessful farming venture in her youth, Mary Ellicott Arnold and her lifelong companion, Mabel Reed, worked with the Karok Indians in California as employees of the United States Indian Bureau. After a period as chief organizer for the U.S. Employment Service in New York State, she and Mabel Reed were involved in a number of successful cooperative ventures. She...
Dates:
1888-1970
Ash-Schofield Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-004
Abstract
Samuel Shinn Ash and his wife, Sarah Jane Schofield Ash, were prominent Quakers, active in a variety of philanthropic activities, including anti-slavery, peace, temperance, women's rights, and education. Samuel Shinn Ash was apprenticed as an engineer and machinist and worked in manufacturing. This collection consists of family papers, manuscript letters and memorabilia, largely of a domestic nature. Includes some descriptions of Meetings and religious journeys, of the early struggles of...
Dates:
1796 - 1933; Majority of material found within 1833 - 1912
Association for the Care of Colored Orphans Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-008
Abstract
The Association for the Care of Colored Orphans, also known as “The Shelter,” was founded in Philadelphia by Quaker women in 1822 to care for black orphans, both boys and girls, within a nurturing, home-like environment. In 1915, it relocated to Cheyney, Pa, and became a home for girls. In 1965, its name was changed to “Friends Shelter for Girls,” and its mission evolved to serve as a home for teenaged girls. In 1981 it ceased to function as a group home and was succeeded by Friends...
Dates:
1822-1979
Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-009
Abstract
The Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons was a Quaker organization organized in 1789 in Philadelphia to operate a charity school for black adults. The Association provided free adult education to African-Americans until 1904 when it was dissolved and its assets were transferred to the Institute for Colored Youth. This collection contains minutes, financial records, and some correspondence of the Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult...
Dates:
1789-1905
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 198
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 162
- Quakers -- New York (State) 64
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 62
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 52
- Quakers -- Education 47
- Quakers -- Societies, etc. 46
- Quakers -- New Jersey 41
- Quakers -- Diaries 36
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 36
- Society of Friends -- Education 35
- diaries 35
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 33
- Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 33
- Quaker women 28
- Society of Friends -- Charities 27
- Quakers -- United States 26
- genealogies (histories) 26
- Quakers -- Social service 24
- Quakers -- Correspondence 21
- Quakers -- Genealogy 21
- Quakers -- Maryland 21
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 20
- Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries 19
- Society of Friends -- Charities -- Records and correspondence 19
- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 18
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania 18
- Charities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 17
- Quakers -- Indiana 17
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 17
- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 16
- Quaker businesspeople 16
- Quakers -- Virginia 16
- Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 16
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 15
- Quaker authors 15
- Quakers -- Delaware 15
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 15
- Society of Friends -- Doctrines 15
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 15
- Quaker women -- Pennsylvania 14
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 14
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County 13
- Education -- Pennsylvania 12
- Quaker social reformers 12
- Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 12
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) 12
- Charities -- Pennsylvania 11
- Quakers -- England 11
- Quakers -- Massachusetts 11
- Quakers -- Ohio 11
- Quakers -- Portraits 11
- Social service -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 11
- Society of Friends -- History 11
- albums (books) 11
- Antislavery movements 10
- Literature -- Societies, etc. 10
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County 10
- Society of Friends -- United States 10
- Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 9
- Nonprofit organizations -- Pennsylvania 9
- Quakers 9
- Quakers -- Poetry 9
- Schools -- Pennsylvania 9
- Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 9
- Society of Friends -- Sermons 9
- Abolitionists 8
- Byberry (Philadelphia, Pa.) 8
- Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934 8
- Prison reform -- Society of Friends 8
- Quaker abolitionists 8
- Quaker educators 8
- Quakers -- Delaware -- Wilmington 8
- Quakers -- Great Britain 8
- Quakers -- Maryland -- Baltimore 8
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- 20th century 8
- Slavery -- United States 8
- Society of Friends -- Clergy 8
- Spiritual life -- Society of Friends 8
- Women in charitable work -- Pennsylvania 8
- account books 8
- Church work with Indians -- Society of Friends 7
- Church work with the poor -- Society of Friends 7
- Indians of North America -- Missions 7
- Pennsylvania -- Genealogy 7
- Poor -- Services for -- Pennsylvania 7
- Prison reformers 7
- Quaker women -- Diaries 7
- Quakers -- History 7
- Quakers -- Iowa 7
- Quakers -- North Carolina 7
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 7
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 7
- Social service -- Pennsylvania 7
- Society of Friends -- Correspondence 7
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- New York 7
- Society of Friends -- Schisms and separations 7
- United States -- History -- Colonial period -- ca. 1600-1775 7
- African Americans -- Services for -- Pennsylvania 6
- Charities -- New York (State) -- New York 6 + ∧ less
- Names
- Swarthmore College 52
- American Friends Service Committee 27
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 20
- Westtown Boarding School 17
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 15
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 12
- Friends General Conference (U.S.) 11
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 11
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 11
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 11
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 9
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 8
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 7
- George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 7
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 7
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 7
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 7
- Parsons, Samuel, 1774-1841 7
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 7
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 7
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 6
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 6
- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 6
- Lloyd family 6
- Moore family 6
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 6
- Scott, Job, 1751-1793 6
- Valentino, Carmen 6
- Wharton family 6
- Wharton, Joseph, 1826-1909 6
- Williams family 6
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 5
- Cooper family 5
- Fisher family 5
- Foulke family 5
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 5
- Hunn family 5
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 5
- Jenkins family (Jenkins, Jabez, 1792-1858) 5
- Jenkins, Charles Francis, 1865-1951 5
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 5
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1955) 5
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955) 5
- Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 5
- Palmer family 5
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 5
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 5
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 5
- Price family 5
- Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.) 5
- Schofield, Martha 5
- Smedley family 5
- Smith family 5
- Tolles, Frederick Barnes, 1915-1975 5
- Truman, George 5
- Walker family 5
- Wharton, Deborah Fisher, 1795-1888 5
- Wilson family 5
- Bassett family 4
- Bond, Elizabeth Powell, 1841-1926 4
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 4
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 4
- Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 4
- Coffin family 4
- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 4
- Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 4
- Elkinton family 4
- Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 4
- Forbush, Bliss, 1896-1990 4
- Fothergill, Samuel 4
- Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures 4
- Gibbons family 4
- Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893 4
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 4
- Hallowell family 4
- Hayes, John Russell, 1866-1945 4
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 4
- Jackson, William M. (William Morris), 1837-1919 4
- Mott, James, 1788-1868 4
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1957 : New York, N.Y.) 4
- Parrish family 4
- Parrish, Edward, 1822-1872 4
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 4
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 4
- Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899 4
- Sharpless family 4
- Stabler family 4
- Taylor family 4
- Thomas family 4
- Walton family 4
- Young Friends' Association (New York, N.Y.) 4
- Alexandria Boarding School (Alexandria, Va.) 3
- Allen family 3
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968) 3
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 3
- Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 3
- Braithwaite, Anna, 1788-1859 3
- Brinton family 3
- Broomell, Anna Pettit 3
- Brown family 3 + ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more
