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Underwood Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-153
Abstract
The Underwood family was a Quaker family, of Millville, Pennsylvania, and Woodbury, New Jersey. The collection contains chiefly papers of Warner Underwood (1851-1941), Quaker businessman and philanthropist, and his wife, Tamar Eliza John Underwood (1848-1932), including personal correspondence, financial and legal records (1876) relating to a sawmill in Centre County, Pa., student copy work, memorabilia, and historical material relating to Millville.
Dates:
1833-1927
Union Lyceum (Montgomery Co., Pa.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-065
Abstract
The Union Lyceum, established 1875, was a literary society whose membership consisted primarily of members of the Society of Friends in the Ambler and Gwynedd area of Montgomery County, Pa. The records contain minutes 1875-1900 (gap 1891-1900) and the 25th Anniversary Program.
Dates:
1875-1900
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
Judy and Michael Van Hoy Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-341
Abstract
The papers of Judy and Michael Van Hoy, members of Green Street Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who have been deeply involved in social justice concerns particularly through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Workcamps programs. Both also were active in international workcamps, especially in Kenya. Judy Van Hoy maintained correspondence with many international workcampers, including extensive correspondence with Jane Swart, a South African who worked at the Quaker Peace Centre...
Dates:
1967 - 2015
Alson D. Van Wagner New York Yearly Meeting Papers
Collection — othertype: RG5-274
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-274
Abstract
Contains research, drafts and correspondence collected by Alson D. Van Wagner concerning two New York Yearly Meeting publications, Quaker Crosscurrents: Three Hundred Years of Friends in the New York Yearly Meeting, published in 1995, and New York Yearly Meeting Directory 1993. Of particular interest is the research done on identifying New York Yearly Meeting women ministers.
Dates:
1992 - 1994
George Vaux Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-238
Abstract
The Vaux family was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family active in a number of charitable concerns, particularly as relate to the education of African-Americans. This collection includes papers from three George Vauxes: 1832-1915, 1863-1927, and 1908-1996, spanning a little over a century from the 1890s to the 1990s. There are administrative documents from the Institute of Colored Youth (later known as the Richard Humphreys Foundation), Friends Freedmens Association, and the Emlen...
Dates:
1885-1995
Eugene Vickers Civil War correspondence
Collection — othertype: SC-138
Identifier: SFHL-SC-138
Abstract
This small collection of Civil War correspondence consists of letters of a Hicksite Quaker family of West Chester, Pennsylvania, received by Eugene Vickers while he was serving with Company C of the 97th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the coastal South. Most of the letters are from his mother, Elizabeth (Painter) Vickers. A few are from his brothers, Jonathan and Joseph P. Vickers, who also served the Union cause, and his father, Joseph Vickers. The material is particularly...
Dates:
1862-1864
Vipont-Brown-Crowley Family Papers
Collection — othertype: SC-157
Identifier: SFHL-SC-157
Abstract
The Vipont, Brown, and Crowley families were active Quakers in England and were particularly involved in Mount Street Monthly Meeting.
Dates:
1802-1993
Ernest Votaw Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-154
Abstract
Ernest Votaw (1894-1988) was the Quaker administrator of a child feeding program in Germany in 1919-1922. The collection contains reports and related materials (some in German) of the Friends Feeding Mission, 1910-1923, other activities of the American Friends Service Committee, and reference material collected by Ernest Votaw in post-war Germany concerning jail conditions and other social problems. The collection also includes a small amount of correspondence and four articles written by...
Dates:
1913-1929
Walker-Conard-Cowgill Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-155
Abstract
The Walkers, Conard, and Cowgills were Quaker families of Frederick County, Virginia, and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The collections contains papers of the Walker and allied Coates, Cowgill, and Conard families, including general correspondence (1792-1912), Civil War correspondence and diaries (1893-1900) of Union soldier Edward B. Conard (ca. 1844-1917), diaries (1896-1898) of Jacob Walker, ledger (1847-1887) of David Walker (1818-1889), journals, financial and legal papers,...
Dates:
1699-1912 [bulk 1792-1912]
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- Swarthmore College 52
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- 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
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- 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
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