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Anna Spencer diaries
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-075
Abstract
Anna Spencer's diary entries describe weather, social calls, domestic duties, family news, attendance at meetings, births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community, and the health of herself and family members.
Dates:
1855-1905
Spencer Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-963
Abstract
The 19th century correspondence and commonplace books of members of the Quaker Spencer family.
Dates:
1729 - 1905; Majority of material found within 1812 - 1905
Stabler Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-234
Abstract
Contains the papers of the Stabler family of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Greenwich, Ct., and their collateral lines. The collection spans six generations of a Quaker family and includes diaries, daybooks, albums, pictures, and voluminous correspondence concerned primarily with family issues. Louisa Merritt Field (1826-1914) married Edward Hartshorne Stabler (1813-1877) in 1859. He was the son of Edward Stabler (1769-1831), an Alexandria, Virginia, druggist, by his second wife, Mary Hartshorne. They...
Dates:
1835-1955(bulk)
Stackhouse Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-306
Abstract
The Stackhouse family was a Pennsylvania and New Jersey Quaker family with roots in the earliest settlement of America. The papers include diaries, ledgers, correspondence and other family papers and voluminous genealogical research conducted by Powell Stackhouse, Jr. They were united by the descendants of two sons of Amos and Mary (Powell) Stackhouse who shared an interest in family history. Powell Stackhouse, Jr., (1827-1900) was a real estate lawyer and conveyancer who pursued a...
Dates:
1804 - 1951; Majority of material found within 1820-1916
Douglas V. and Dorothy M. Steere papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1174
Abstract
Douglas and Dorothy Steere were prominent figures of the Quaker movement in the twentieth century, and deeply committed to the causes of peace and spiritual enrichment. This commitment is evident in their involvement with Quaker-led relief work after World War II, Quaker spiritual retreats, international diplomacy, and Dorothy’s work with the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Douglas taught philosophy at several institutions including Haverford College, and published extensively on topics...
Dates:
1896-2003
Isaac Stephenson diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-076
Abstract
Isaac Stephenson was a British Quaker minister who went on religious visits throughout Great Britain and the United States. His diary entries describe Stephenson's travels in the Quaker ministry in New England, including descriptions of towns he visited, Friends who hosted him or with whom he visited, and Meetings attended.
Dates:
1823-1824
Stokes family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-050
Scope and Content note
This collection is comprised of the papers of the Stokes family, and includes diaries, a notebook from Joseph Stokes' time at Westtown School, and an autograph album.
Dates:
1839-1887
Janet Stokes diaries
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-077
Abstract
Janet Stokes was a British Quaker who moved to Philadelphia in the 1970s. She worked at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and served as a hospital chaplain after she retired. Entries are generally related to personal and religious reflection and descriptions of Stokes's struggles with depression.
Dates:
1996-1997
Strawbridge Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1114
Abstract
A window into the lives of two 19th century Quaker families, the Hackers and Morrises, in part recording a journey in the Quaker ministry as well as events of the Civil War.
Dates:
1776-1898
Joel Swayne diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-078
Abstract
Joel Swayne's diary entries describe his journey to the Seneca nation and the two years he spent there. Swayne provides detailed descriptions of Cornplanter (Gaiänt'wakê), the chief, his family, the village and villagers, cultural differences between the Quakers and the Senecas, the difficulty of the language barrier, and discussions between Quaker missionaries and Seneca members.
Dates:
1798-1800
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