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Elbert Russell Writings

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-133
Abstract Elbert Russell (1871-1951) was a Quaker teacher, historian, and writer. His was a leading voice in bringing the insights of liberal, British Friends on the primacy of revelation and the importance of scholarship in the renewal of faith into American Quakerism. He was professor of Bible at Earlham College starting in 1895 and also served as chaplain. He resigned his position in 1915, later taught at Johns Hopkins, and then became Dean at Duke University. This collection contains primarily...
Dates: 1893-1951

C. Marshall (Caleb Marshall) Taylor, Trends amongst Friends questionnaires

 Collection — othertype: SC-215
Identifier: SFHL-SC-215
Abstract

This collection contains the completed questionnaires and related correspondence which were the basis for C. Marshall Taylor's Trends amongst Friends : Study which was made as a result of a questionnaire sent to pastors of Friends churches in U.S.A. The study was made independently by Taylor to survey the reaction of Friends pastors concerning the possibility of unification of all American Friends.

Dates: 1944-1945

Trenton Friends Association Records

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Identifier: SFHL-RG4-064
Abstract

The Trenton Friends Association was formed in 1892 in Trenton, New Jersey, to promote “a thorough knowledge of the history and testimonies of the Society of Friends.” Meetings were held monthly, except in the summer, in the Trenton Friends meeting house. Papers were presented on a variety of topics. The collection contains minutes, constitution and bylaws, and manuscripts of papers read at meetings.

Dates: 1892-1908

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

Samuel Walton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-254
Abstract The Waltons were prominent Quakers in Philadelphia, Pa., and Belmont County, Ohio. Joseph Walton (1817-1898) taught at Westtown School, edited the Quaker periodical, The Friend, and served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox). His brother, Samuel Walton (1827-1899), moved to Ohio in 1847 and in 1854 married Sarah James Edgerton at Stillwater Monthly Meeting, the center of Wilburite Quakerism in Ohio. The family was deeply involved in matters relating to the Society of Friends....
Dates: 1813-1890

Samuel Wetherill Correspondence

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-257
Abstract Samuel Wetherill (1736-1816), a Philadelphia manufacturer of cloth, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, was a birthright Quaker born in Burlington, N.J. During the Revolutionary War, he actively supported the military effort and was disowned from Philadelphia Monthly Meeting in 1779. In 1781, he, along with other disowned Quakers, founded an independent Quaker meeting, called the Society of Free Quakers. This collection contains correspondence primarily from another group of disowned Quakers...
Dates: 1780-1816

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Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 3
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 3
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American Friends Service Committee. Message Committee 2
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Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 2
Clark, Rebecca Timbres, 1896- 2
Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971 2
Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 2
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 2
Friends Conference on Religion and Psychology 2
Goodenow, Leanore 2
Heacock, Walter G. 2
Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 2
Jones, Margaret E., 1895-1984 2
McClintock, Thomas, 1792?-1876 2
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 2
Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1854) 2
Penn, William, 1644-1718 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 2
Pickard, Irene 2
Shaffer, Leslie D., 1901-1950 2
Simkin, Margaret T. 2
Simkin, Robert L. 2
Stratton, Edward F., 1876-1968 2
Walker, James F., d.1978 2
Walton, J. Barnard (Joseph Barnard), 1885-1963 2
Wider Quaker Fellowship (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
Yarnall, Stanley R. (Stanley Rhoads), 1871-1964 2
57th Street Meeting of Friends (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938 1
American Peace Society 1
Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 1
Ann Arbor Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1
Atkinson, Caroline J., 1881-1953 1
Atlanta Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Baily, Sydney 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968) 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee Appointed for Indian Affairs 1
Barnard, Hannah, 1754?-1825 1
Beede, Willis 1
Bennett, William, 1804-1873 1
Billikopf, Jacob, 1883-1950 1
Binford, Raymond, 1876-1951 1
Bolzau, Dr. Emma 1
Bowles, Gilbert, 1869-1960 1
Boynton, Percy Holmes, 1875-1946 1
Brinton, Anna Cox 1
Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Cedric Vipont, 1896-1972 1
Brown, Dorothy, 1874-1968 1
Brown, E. Vipont (Edward Vipont), 1863-1955 1
Brown, Emily, 1827-1903 1
Brown, Gould 1
Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 1
Buchinger, Hans, -1910 1
Burr, George H. (George Harris), born 1791 1
Burridge, Florence 1
Burridge, Seaton 1
Butler, Thomas S. (Thomas Stalker), 1855-1928 1
Byberry Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
Carmalt, Caleb 1
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1
Carroll, Helen M. (Carroll, Helen Mansfield), 1912-1997 1
Carroll, Kenneth L. (Kenneth Lane) 1
Carter, Arabella, 1867- 1
Chester Friends Association (Chester, Pa.) 1
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Churchman, John, 1753-1805 1
Cleveland Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Cleveland, Ohio) 1
College Park Association of Friends 1
Comly, John, 1773-1850 1
Conference of All Friends (1920) (London, England) 1
Connecticut Valley Association (Society of Friends) 1
Crosswicks Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1919-1958) 1
Crowley family 1
Crowley, Mary Catherine, 1834-1912 1
Curti, Merle (Merle Eugene), 1897-1996 1
Davidson, Carlisle G. 1
Davidson, Pearl 1
Davis, Bainbridge C., 1910-1993 1
Davis, Timothy 1
Dorsey, William, 1811-1874 1
Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976 1
DuBois, Rachel Davis 1
Dugdale, Joseph A., 1810-1896 1
Durham Monthly Meeting of Friends (Durham, N.C.) 1
Earlham College 1
Eaton, Emily, 1874- 1
Eaton, Horace Ainsworth, 1871-1958 1
Edgerton, Mae 1
Elgon Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends : Kenya) 1
Elliott, Errol T., 1887-1971 1
Elmira Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends: Elmira, N.Y.) 1
Emlen family 1
Emlen, James, 1760-1798 1
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