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Benjamin F. Whitson Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-164
Abstract Benjamin F. Whitson (1867-1957) of Moylan, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was a Quaker businessman. Whitson was active in Quaker affairs such as Friends World Conference in 1937 and the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and in Quaker concerns such as peace, temperance, and education. He was the son of Thomas H. and Phebe (Cooper) Whitson, and his family and extended family has deep Quaker associations. Both Benjamin Whitson and his father, were recognized as Quaker ministers and made visits to...
Dates: 1835-1957

William Jeanes Memorial Library Controversy Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-083
Abstract Mary Knowles (b. 1910), a librarian at the William Jeanes Memorial Library in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, and Plymouth Monthly Meeting were the center of a “Red Scare” controversy in 1953-56 when Mrs. Knowles was accused of being a member of the Communist Party. Mary Knowles had pleaded the Fifth Amendment in 1953 before the Jenner Committee (Senate Internal Security Subcommittee) regarding her employment as secretary at the Samuel Adams School in Boston Mass. When she refused to take the...
Dates: 1939-1961 [bulk 1953-1960]

Williams family papers

 Collection — othertype: SC-201
Identifier: SFHL-SC-201
Abstract Contains family correspondence and some other papers of the extended Williams family, primarily from Esther and Benjamin Williams who were Philadelphia Quakers and from their nephew, Charles B. Williams, the son of Thomas Williams. Correspondents include Lippincotts, Warner, Roberts, and Dubre family members. Of special interest is a letter from Charles B. Williams, 1853, describing the vacationing habits of Philadelphians at mid-century. Also, a 1856 letter from Isaac Williams concerning...
Dates: 1804-1863

Hannah Wilson papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-344
Abstract Primarily manuscript letters addressed to Hannah Wilson of Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a member of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting. Most of the correspondents were family and friends of the Wilson, Schofield, and Williams families. The letters contain family news with reference to social and political concerns including slavery and abolition. The letters were transcribed and published with annotations. The collection also contains photographs of the Mills family (Hannah's...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1836 - 1860; 1795 - 1920

Young Friends' Association (Kennett Square, Pa.)

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Identifier: SFHL-RG4-076
Abstract

Young Friends' Association (Kennett Square, Pa.), a Quaker social and study group, was established in 1892 in Kennett Square, Pa. This collection contains the constitution and minutes, 1892-1905, in one bound volume.

Dates: 1892-1905

Young Friends' Association (West Chester, Pa.) Minutes

 Collection — othertype: SC-279
Identifier: SFHL-SC-279
Abstract

Young Friends' Association (West Chester, Pa.), a Quaker social and study group, was established in 1895 in West Chester, Pa. This collection contains the constitution and minutes, 1895-1904, in one bound volume.

Dates: 1895-1904

Young Friends Movement (Philadelphia, Pa.) records

 Collection — othertype: SC-189
Identifier: SFHL-SC-189
Abstract

Collection includes material on Young Friends' Movement seminars and conferences, financial records and statistics, Executive Committee minutes and correspondence, and photographs from seminars. Also includes some correspondence of Elizabeth and Ross Wilbur.

Dates: 1931-1939

Wilmer J. and Mildred Binns Young Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-289
Abstract

Wilmer J. Young (1887-1983), a Quaker teacher and peace activist born in Iowa, was involved in post World War I reconstruction in France and Poland. He married Mildred Binns in 1922, and together they worked with AFSC work camps and cooperative farms until he began to teach at Pendle Hill in 1955. The collection contains primarily journals and correspondence from his time in France.

Dates: 1909-2014

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Swarthmore College 41
American Friends Service Committee 12
Westtown Boarding School 12
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 11
Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 6
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Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 6
Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 6
Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 6
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 6
Foulke family 5
George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 5
Hunn family 5
Lloyd family 5
Smedley family 5
Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 4
Comly, John, 1773-1850 4
Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures 4
Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 4
Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 4
Jackson, John, 1809-1855 4
Jenkins family (Jenkins, Jabez, 1792-1858) 4
Palmer family 4
Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 4
Penn, William, 1644-1718 4
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 4
Sharpless family 4
Truman, George 4
Wharton, Joseph, 1826-1909 4
Williams family 4
Allen family 3
Bunting family 3
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 3
Cooper family 3
Darlington family 3
Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 3
Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 3
Fisher family 3
Fisher, Thomas, 1741-1810 3
Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 3
Gwynedd Boarding School (Gwynedd, Pa.) 3
Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 3
Hamm, Thomas D. 3
Haverford College 3
Hayes, John Russell, 1866-1945 3
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 3
Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 3
Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 3
Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912 3
Mather family 3
Miller family 3
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) 3
Ogden family 3
Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 3
Parrish family 3
Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 3
Parrish, Edward, 1822-1872 3
Paschall family 3
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 3
Preston, Ann, 1813-1872 3
Price family 3
Richardson family 3
Schofield, Martha 3
Scott, Job, 1751-1793 3
Sellers family 3
Sharples, Edith, 1743-1787 3
Sharples, Joshua, 1747-1826 3
Smith family 3
Swarthmore Chautauqua Association 3
Taylor family 3
Walker family 3
Walton family 3
Warner family 3
Wharton family 3
Whitson, Benjamin F., 1867-1957 3
Wilson family 3
Abington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 2
American Anti-slavery Society 2
Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.) 2
Atkinson family 2
Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-1956 2
Balderston, C. Canby (Caleb Canby), 1897-1979 2
Balderston, Ida Smedley (Ida Roberts Smedley Balderston), 1896-1993 2
Bartram family 2
Bassett family 2
Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 2
Birdsall, William W. (William Wilfred), 1854-1909 2
Bond, Elizabeth Powell, 1841-1926 2
Brinton family 2
Broomell, Anna Pettit 2
Buckingham Monthly Meeting of Friends 2
Byberry Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
Bye family 2
Cadbury family 2
Carter, Arabella, 1867- 2
Chase, William Merritt, 1848-1916 2
Chester Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1681-1827) 2
Chester Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1934) 2
Churchman, George, 1730-1814 2
Comly family 2
Darby Monthly Meeting of Friends 2
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