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Don Yoder research papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-354
Abstract Donald M. Yoder (1921-2015) was a prominent scholar, folklorist, and author specializing in Pennsylvania folklife, recognized for establishing the term “folklife” in American academics. His primary focus was on Pennsvlvania German folklife, but he also had an interest in traditional Quaker culture and arts (meeting house architecture, dolls and crafts, etc.), in part due to his genealogy as part of the Quaker Wickersham family. This collection contains personal, professional, and...
Dates: 1873 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1990

Young Friends' Association (Kennett Square, Pa.)

 Collection
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 (Purchase, N.Y.)

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-075
Abstract

The Young Friends' Association, a Quaker social and study group, was established in Purchase, New York, in 1892. The Association was modeled after a similar organization in Philadelphia and met regularly to discuss topics of mutual interest. The collection contains one bound volume of minutes, 1892-1894.

Dates: 1892-1894

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

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Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 18
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Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries 16
Quakers -- New York (State) 15
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 11
Quakers -- Social service 10
Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 10
Literature -- Societies, etc. 9
Quakers -- New Jersey 9
Quakers -- United States 9
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 9
Quaker women 8
Quakers -- Education 8
Quakers -- Genealogy 8
Quakers -- Maryland 8
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 8
Quakers -- Virginia 8
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albums (books) 8
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Quakers -- Delaware 7
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 7
Quaker women -- Pennsylvania 6
Quakers -- Ohio 6
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 6
Society of Friends -- Correspondence 6
Society of Friends -- United States 6
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 5
Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 5
Quaker abolitionists 5
Quaker authors 5
Quaker social reformers 5
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Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 5
Society of Friends -- Clergy 5
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Philadelphia (Pa.) 4
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County 4
Slavery -- United States 4
Society of Friends -- Charities 4
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Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 4
Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania 4
account books 4
Abolitionists 3
Byberry (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
Canada -- Description and Travel 3
Delaware County (Pa.) 3
Indians of North America -- New York (State) 3
Media (Pa.) 3
Montgomery County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 3
Pennsylvania -- Genealogy 3
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 3
Prison reform -- Society of Friends 3
Quaker businesspeople 3
Quaker farmers 3
Quaker women -- Education 3
Quakers -- Iowa 3
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century 3
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Quakers in business 3
Schools -- Pennsylvania 3
Society of Friends -- History 3
Society of Friends -- History -- 19th century 3
Society of Friends -- History -- Societies, etc. 3
Society of Friends -- Ohio 3
Virginia -- History -- Sources 3
Youth -- Religious life 3
Youth -- Societies and clubs 3
African Americans -- Education 2
Agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 2
Aiken (S.C.) -- Social conditions -- History -- 19th century 2
Antislavery movements 2
Antislavery movements -- United States 2
Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
Baltimore (Md.) -- Quakers 2
Charities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 2
Church work with African Americans 2
Church work with Indians -- Society of Friends 2
Church work with the poor -- Society of Friends 2
Darby (Pa.) -- History 2
Delaware -- History -- Sources 2
Delaware County (Pa.) -- Genealogy 2
Diaries 2
Education -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County 2
Education -- South Carolina -- Aiken 2
Farm life 2
Freed persons -- Education -- South Carolina 2
Indians, treatment of 2
Nonprofit organizations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History 2
Phrenology 2
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Swarthmore College 18
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 6
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 6
Westtown Boarding School 6
American Friends Service Committee 5
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Jackson, John, 1809-1855 5
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 4
Foulke family 4
George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 4
Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 4
Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 4
Stabler family 4
Walker family 4
Brown family 3
Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 3
Comly, John, 1773-1850 3
Fisher family 3
Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834 3
Gibbons family 3
Haines family 3
Hamm, Thomas D. 3
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 3
Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 3
Miller family 3
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) 3
Moore family 3
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 3
Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899 3
Price family 3
Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.) 3
Schofield, Martha 3
Sharpless family 3
Warner family 3
Williams family 3
Young Friends' Association (New York, N.Y.) 3
Allen family 2
Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 2
Bunting family 2
Carter, Arabella, 1867- 2
Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880 2
Cocke family 2
Cooper family 2
Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 2
Engle family 2
Fallowfield Monthly Meeting of Friends 2
Ferris family 2
Ferris, Anna M., 1815-1890 2
Fisher, Jabez Maud, 1750-1779 2
Fisher, Miers, 1748-1819 2
Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 2
Foster family 2
Foulke, Joseph, 1786-1863 2
Friends Boarding School (Barnesville, Ohio) 2
Friends Instruction Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893 2
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892 2
Gwynedd Boarding School (Gwynedd, Pa.) 2
Hallowell family 2
Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 2
Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 2
Hoag, Huldah, 1762-1850 2
Hopper family 2
Howland family 2
Hunn family 2
Hunn, Lydia Jones Sharpless, 1818-1911 2
Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 2
Janney family 2
Jenkins family (Jenkins, Jabez, 1792-1858) 2
John family 2
John, Phebe, 1780-1855 2
John, Reuben, 1744-1822 2
Knight family 2
Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912 2
Lippincott, H. Mather, Jr. (Horace Mather), 1921-2010 2
Lloyd family 2
Mather family 2
Meyers family 2
New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1957 : New York, N.Y.) 2
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955) 2
Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1854) 2
Palmer family 2
Paschall family 2
Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 2
Penn Sewing School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
Poole, William, 1764-1829 2
Richardson, Elizabeth C., 1863-1947 2
Richardson, Nathaniel, 1839-1920 2
Rotch, William, 1734-1828 2
Sharon Female Academy (Darby, Pa. : Township) 2
Sharples, Edith, 1743-1787 2
Sharples, Joshua, 1747-1826 2
Shinn family 2
Smith family 2
Stratton, Edward F., 1876-1968 2
Swain, Joseph, 1857-1927 2
Tallcot, Joseph, 1768-1853 2
Truman, George 2
Turner family 2
Tyson family 2
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