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Stabler Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-234
Abstract
Contains the papers of the Stabler family of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Greenwich, Ct., and their collateral lines. The collection spans six generations of a Quaker family and includes diaries, daybooks, albums, pictures, and voluminous correspondence concerned primarily with family issues. Louisa Merritt Field (1826-1914) married Edward Hartshorne Stabler (1813-1877) in 1859. He was the son of Edward Stabler (1769-1831), an Alexandria, Virginia, druggist, by his second wife, Mary Hartshorne. They...
Dates:
1835-1955(bulk)
Stabler-Lea Family Papers,
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-140
Abstract
The Stabler and Lea families were Quakers of Sandy Spring, Maryland, and Alexandria, Virginia. The collections contains chiefly correspondence of Mary Lea Stabler (1822-1888), with her mother, Elizabeth Ellicott Lea (1793-1858), her sister, Martha Lea (1819-1900), her brother, James Lea (1816-1857), and Martha Ellicott Tyson (1795-1873).
Dates:
1835-1932
Stackhouse Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-306
Abstract
The Stackhouse family was a Pennsylvania and New Jersey Quaker family with roots in the earliest settlement of America. The papers include diaries, ledgers, correspondence and other family papers and voluminous genealogical research conducted by Powell Stackhouse, Jr. They were united by the descendants of two sons of Amos and Mary (Powell) Stackhouse who shared an interest in family history. Powell Stackhouse, Jr., (1827-1900) was a real estate lawyer and conveyancer who pursued a...
Dates:
1804 - 1951; Majority of material found within 1820-1916
William Macy Stanton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-242
Abstract
Contains the papers of William Macy and Lois V. Stanton, compiled by Lois V. Stanton. The Stantons were active Quakers, and William Macy Stanton, Jr., was a conscientious objector in WWII. Both Stantons served in the American Friends Service Committee reconstruction efforts in Europe after the war as well as other Quaker activities and organizations. William Stanton worked for Swarthmore College for over twenty-five years, serving as director of physical plant. Of particular interest are the...
Dates:
1937-1995
T. Noel (Thomas Noel) Stern Writings
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-249
Abstract
The collection contains the writings of T. Noel Stern and his wife, Katherine. The writings document his professional and volunteer activities, from his work with the U.S. Forestry Service (1941) to his involvement with Dartmouth town government (1990s). Also reviews of his autobiographical novel, Secret Family (published privately in 1988). The autobiography concerns his life as the child of parents born out of wedlock in early 1910's America.
Dates:
1939-1995
Jane Stokes letterbooks
Collection — othertype: SC-124
Identifier: SFHL-SC-124
Abstract
This collection includes three volumes of letters, copied by Jane Stokes. These include letters sent and received by Jane Stokes and her sister (?) Sarah, primarily among female friends and of a personal nature. Also copied are two letters of John Comly, on the subject of Quaker conduct of life.
Dates:
1799-1809
Stout-Alston Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-141
Abstract
The Stout and Alston families were Quaker merchant families of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Delaware and Maryland. This collection of paper contains the personal and business correspondence, business and legal papers of Quaker merchants in Delaware, Philadelphia, and Maryland. The papers are chiefly of Jacob Stout (1774-1855), of Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware, who served as Governor of Delaware and Judge of Court of Appeals, and Jonathan Alston of Leipsic, Delaware.
Dates:
1750-1905 (bulk, 1750-1830)
Anna W. Stout correspondence received
Collection — othertype: SC-272
Identifier: SFHL-SC-272
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence received by Anna W. Stout who attended the Preparative Department at Swarthmore College from 1884 to 1886 and then moved to Grand Meadow, Minn. Five letters are from Albert M. Johnson; four from Arabella Carter; and a single letter (1886) is from Alice Bowman Comly at Swarthmore which mentions improvements at the College made on the observatory and a new track and grandstand. The bulk of the letters (18) are from her cousin Frank W. Hibbs, a student at...
Dates:
1864-1891 (-1886-1891)
Priscilla Walker Streets Genealogical Research Papers,
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-143
Abstract
Priscilla Walker Streets (1848-1927) was a birthright member of Radnor Monthly Meeting (Quaker) and a genealogist of the Walker family of Chester Valley, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Thomas R. and Mary Baynes Walker and in 1875 was married to Dr. Thomas Hale Streets. These papers are largely genealogical data compiled on the Walker family for her book, Lewis Walker of Chester Valley and His Descendents, 1686-1896, and correspondence after its publication.
Dates:
1779-ca. 1923 (bulk 1880-1923)
Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys (Cheyney, Pa.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-043
Abstract
Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys was founded in 1855 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Home for Destitute Colored Children, a Hicksite Quaker women's charity which provided shelter and education for black children (generally boys) and then placed them with private families. The Home built a new facility in Cheyney, Pa, in 1922, and the name was changed to Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys in 1945. The collection contains minutes, financial and legal records, and reports.
Dates:
1855-1956
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- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 198
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- 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
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