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Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason collected records

 Collection — othertype: SC-218
Identifier: SFHL-SC-218
Abstract

This collection contains information sent to Tyler Williams, agent for Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting, N.J., concerning the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason. It includes the proposal for the Asylum, announcement of its opening, an admission certificate, and other circulars that were sent to meetings under the care of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

Dates: 1812-1831

Collection of Bringhurst Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-046
Abstract Contains the collected correspondence of the Bringhurst family, largely compiled by C. Marshall Taylor. It includes correspondence, 1780-1806, of Philadelphia Quaker businessman James Bringhurst and his letters received from John Murray of New York City. Bringhurst corresponded with family and prominent friends including John Dickinson, Job Scott, Nathan Hunt, James Pemberton, Jesse Kersey, Lindley Murray and Moses Brown. Of particular interest are descriptions of life in Philadelphia and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1780 - 1811; 1780 - 1941

Margaret H. Collins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-266
Abstract

Margaret Hill Collins, a member of the Society of Friends, was an advocate for integrated housing in the Philadelphia suburbs. These papers include her writings and poetry, personal correspondence, and the records of the Community Support Corporation. The latter was a small nonprofit that remodeled and resold homes in low income communities in Delaware County, Pa. It was established in the mid 1970s and was headquartered on Jackson Street in Media.

Dates: 1932-2006

Free Produce Association of Friends of New-York Yearly Meeting collected records

 Collection — othertype: SC-217
Identifier: SFHL-SC-217
Abstract

This collection contains a circular with extracts of the minutes of the Executive Committee of the Free Produce Association of Friends, 1834, which notes its organization in Sixth Month [June] of the previous year; a circular dated 1848 addressed to Isaac Thorne announcing the opening of a store on Pearl Street; and published reports of the Board of Managers, 1849, 1851-1854.

Dates: 1834-1854

Friends General Conference Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-025
Abstract

Friends General Conference is a Quaker organization in the unprogrammed tradition of the Religious Society of Friends which primarily serves affiliated yearly and monthly meetings. For additional information about Friends General Conference, please consult their web site: http://www.fgcquaker.org/info/

Dates: 1867-2013

Green Haven Friends Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-G755
Abstract

Records of Green Haven Friends Meeting. Includes: minutes 1976, and miscellansoue records.

Dates: 1976-1997

New York Association for Educating Colored Male Adults Committee on Ways and Means minutes

 Collection — othertype: SC-214
Identifier: SFHL-SC-214
Abstract

The volume contains the minutes of the Ways and Means Committee of the New York Association for Educating Colored Male Adults, 1816-1817, and a list of subscribers. Typed synopsis included.

Dates: 1816-1817

Edward F. Stratton Collected Papers on Ohio Quakers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-142
Abstract Edward F. Stratton (1876-1968) was a Quaker from Salem and Barnesville, Ohio. He served as Curator of the Salem Quarterly Meeting records and was Librarian of the Friends Society, Salem, Ohio. The collection contains historical and biographical information compiled by Edward F. Stratton about the Maule, Stratton, Williams, and related Ohio Quaker families, especially those involved in separations in Ohio Yearly Meeting. Of particular interest are Joshua's Maule's diaries and correspondence...
Dates: 1770-1967

Partnership for Productivity Records

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Identifier: SFHL-RG4-102
Abstract Contains the records, 1968-1987, of Partnership for Productivity, a Quaker-sponsored program in overseas economic development, created to advise small business ventures primarily in African countries. Founded in 1969 by David H. Scull with an initial project in Western Kenya, it was designed to provide capital for loans or investments combined with management counsel and personal supervision through its two organs, the Partnership for Productivity Foundation/USA, Inc., and the Partnership...
Dates: 1968-1990

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) Records: Committee on Economic Problems (1937-1948)

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Identifier: QM-Phy-730
Abstract

The Committee on Economic Problems was appointed in 1937 to cooperate with the Social Order Committee of the Arch Street Yearly Meeting. Clair Wilcox, a Quaker professor of Economics at Swarthmore College was the first Chair. The Committee was interested in a variety of related issues, including industrial relations, unemployment, and economic and social research.

Dates: 1936-1948

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 11
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Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 3
Quakers -- Social service 3
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Church work with African Americans 2
Economics 2
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Work camps 2
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Names
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Social Order Committee 3
Richie, David S., 1908- 3
American Friends Service Committee 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Committee on Economic Problems 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Committee on Philanthropic Labor (1892-1936) 2
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Social Order Committee (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason 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
Bringhurst, James, 1730-1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph, 1733-1811 1
Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 1
Collins, Margaret H. (Hill), 1908-2006 1
Community Support Corporation (Media, Pa.) 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Dockhorn, Robert B. 1
Evans, Charles, 1802-1879 1
First Day School General Conference 1
Foulke, Elizabeth, 1758-1820 1
Free Produce Association of Friends, of New-York Yearly Meeting 1
Friends General Conference (U.S.) 1
Friends General Conference (U.S.). Publications Committee 1
Friends General Conference (U.S.). Religious Education Committee 1
Friends Housing, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Friends' Union for Philanthropic Labor (U.S.) 1
General Conference of Young Friends Associations (U.S.) 1
Genesee Yearly Meeting of Friends 1
Gould, Martha S., b. 1813 1
Gould, Thomas B., 1813-1856 1
Green Haven Correctional Facility 1
Green Haven Friends Meeting (Stormville, N.Y.) 1
Green Street Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Hall, Hannah, approximately 1836- 1
Hall, Mazie B., 1902-2006 1
Hunt, Nathan, 1758-1853 1
Illinois Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
Indiana University 1
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1975) 1
Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 1
Maule family 1
Maule, Joshua, b. 1806 1
Mullen, Phillip W. 1
Murray, John, 1758-1819 1
Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826 1
New York Association for Educating Colored Male Adults. Committee on Ways and Means 1
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1955) 1
Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 1
Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1854) 1
Ohio Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1921) 1
Partnership for Productivity Service Foundation--Kenya 1
Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Economic Order Section 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee on Economic Problems 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee on Social Concerns 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Coordinating Committee for Testimonies and Concerns 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Friends Workcamp Program 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Social Service Committee 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Social Welfare Committee (1964-1969) 1
Quaker Project on Community Conflict of the New York Yearly Meeting 1
Richie, Mary Wright, 1906-1977 1
Scott, Job, 1751-1793 1
Scull, David Hutchinson, 1914-1983 1
Smiley, A. Keith (Albert Keith), 1910-2001 1
Smith, Hilda Worthington, 1888-1984 1
Stratton family 1
Stratton, Edward F., 1876-1968 1
Swarthmore College 1
Swarthmore Conferences (1896 : Swarthmore, Pa.) 1
Turner, Catherine, 1910-1999 1
Turner, Howard Haines, 1909- 1
Unesco 1
Van Hoy, Judy, 1960- 1
Whitson, Benjamin F., 1867-1957 1
Wilcox, Clair, 1898-1970 1
Williams family 1
Williams, Edward, 1821-1894 1
Williams, Sarah B., 1823-1882 1
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