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Anthony Benezet letters
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-852
Abstract
A collection of letters of Anthony Benezet (1713-1784), a prominent Friend, philanthropist and teacher. These letters, which are addressed to various persons, reflect cultural and religious aspects, the efforts of Friends to abolish slavery, interest in education, opposition to intolerance and war, missionary work, and observations on Indigenous Americans. Mention is made in the letters of Conrad Weiser, George Whitfield, Samuel Wetherill, and others; and there are frequent references to...
Dates:
1750 - 1936
Zelma Corning Brandt papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: BMC-M92
Abstract
Zelma Corning Brandt (1891-1990) was a social crusader active throughout the twentieth century. Her chief interests included the independence and development of colonial countries, American Indian affairs, nuclear disarmament, women’s issues, and geriatric concerns. The collection consists of correspondence, travel notes, diaries and writings, and publications and reports, especially from 1960-1989. Brandt’s longevity and attention to detail provide a complete view of various world and...
Dates:
1906 - 1989
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Anna Pettit Broomell Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-019
Abstract
This collection contains papers and relics collected by Anna Pettit Broomell concerning Quaker families of Columbiana County, Ohio, and Salem County, New Jersey. It includes family correspondence, accounts, albums, school copybooks, notebooks, piece book, almanacs, clippings, printed material, and memorabilia of the Pettit, Hussey, Griffith, and related families. Includes letters from Hannah G. Pettit of Columbiana County, Ohio, to her sister, Hester G. Hussey, from David Pettit to his...
Dates:
1797-1919
Clendenon Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-339
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, journals, and other papers of the Robert and Elizabeth Clendenon family who served as Quaker missionaries to the Native Americans in Tunesassa, Cattaraugus County, New York, in 1812-1816 and were early settlers of Ceres, McKean County, Pennsylvania. Of special note are the diary and correspondence of Robert Clendenon. The bulk of the correspondence was received by Lydia Clendenon Chevalier and includes two letters dictated by Jacob Johnson, a member...
Dates:
1789 - 1975
Coffin Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-029
Abstract
The Coffin family were Quakers of Wayne County, Indiana. Elijah Coffin was born in 1793 in Guilford County, N.C., the son of Bethuel and Hannah Dicks Coffin. His son and daughter-in-law, Charles F. and Rhoda M. Coffin were active in the peace movement, prison reform, reform of the treatment of the insane, and the temperance movement. Father and son both served as Clerk of Indiana Yearly Meeting. The collection contains family correspondence, journals, business papers, and miscellaneous...
Dates:
1797-1932
Convention of Delegates from the Seven Yearly Meetings (Hicksite) on Indian Affairs. Executive Central Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-017
Abstract
The Convention of Delegates was an association of seven Hicksite Yearly Meetings who managed Native American affairs in the Northern Superintendency during the period of President U.S. Grant's “Peace Policy.” The collection contains correspondence and reports of Indian agents, extracts from minutes and reports, financial records, legislative documents, and printed materials published by the convention. Persons represented include William Burgess, John G. Gasmann, Albert L. Green, Samuel M....
Dates:
1869-1884
E. Newbold Cooper / Margaret Hawkins collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1180
Abstract
Represents, in large measure, the Cooper and Wills families of E. Newbold Cooper and the Green, Hawkins, and Sharpless families of Margaret Hawkins.
Dates:
1820s-1979
Frederica de Laguna papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-1975-06
Abstract
The papers of Frederica de Laguna consist of family and personal photographs, collections of clippings, typescripts, and publication materials of this Bryn Mawr College professor and scholar in anthropology, who studied Arctic cultures.
Dates:
1922 - 1975
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Hiram Doty collected papers relating to Quaker history
Collection — othertype: SC-029
Identifier: SFHL-SC-029
Abstract
This collection includes original manuscripts collected by Hi Doty relating to early Quaker involvement in Indian affairs from 1756 to 1821 and the Friendly Association. Of particular interest are documents concerning the settlement at Oneida and the Treaty of Easton. Correspondents include Tedyuscung, Nathaniel Holland, Frederick Post, John Hunt, William Cooper, Israel Chapin, William Savery, James Pemberton, and Joseph Elkinton. Also included in the collection are several letters written...
Dates:
1756-1874
Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent records
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-999
Abstract
This collection includes various documents relating to the The Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian descent, including business correspondence (chiefly on financial matters), treasurer's accounts and reports, receipts, bills, inventories, trustees minutes. Also a printed copy of will of Samuel Emlen and deed to land in Warminster, Bucks Co., 1765 (recorded 17[8]7).
Dates:
1765 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1838 - 1956
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- Cornplanter, Seneca chief 8
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 6
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1827-1948) 6
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee 5
- Simmons, Henry 5
- Green, Albert Lamborn, 1845-1947 4
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 4
- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 4
- Sharpless, Joshua 4
- White, Barclay, 1821-1903 4
- American Friends Service Committee 3
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 3
- Fothergill, Samuel 3
- Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures 3
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 3
- Haverford College 3
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 3
- Lightfoot, Thomas, 1821-1896 3
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 3
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 3
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1837-1850) 3
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1827- 1955). Sub-committee on Indian Concerns 3
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 3
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee Appointed for the Gradual Civilization and Welfare of the Indian Natives (1795-1827) 3
- Saunders, John, 1814-1891 3
- Savery, William, 1750-1804 3
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Central Superintendency 3
- Wistar, Thomas 3
- Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 2
- Bacon, David 2
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 2
- Borton, Hugh 2
- Bryn Mawr College 2
- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 2
- Dorsey, William, 1811-1874 2
- Elkinton, Joseph, 1794-1868 2
- Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
- Emlen, Samuel 2
- Friends Boarding School for Indian Children (Tunesassa, N.Y.) 2
- Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia 2
- Hoag, Enoch, 1812-1884 2
- Jeanes, Samuel, d.1894 2
- Joint Committee on Indian Affairs of the Four Yearly Meetings of Baltimore, Genesee, New York, and Philadelphia (Society of Friends : Hicksite) 2
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 2
- Kelsey, Rayner Wickersham 2
- Macy, William H., 1805-1887 2
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 2
- Pemberton, Israel, 1715-1779 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 2
- Smith, John, 1722-1771 2
- Society of Friends 2
- Swayne, Joel 2
- Teedyuscung, Delaware chief, 1700-1763 2
- United States. Board of Indian Commissioners 2
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Great Nemaha Agency 2
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Otoe Agency 2
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Santee Sioux Agency 2
- Vaux family 2
- Vaux, George, III, 1909-1996 2
- Vaux, George, Jr., 1863-1927 2
- Vaux, George, 1832-1915 2
- Waln, Nicholas, 1742-1813 2
- Wills family 2
- Wistar, Edward Morris (1852-1941) 2
- Allinson family 1
- Allinson, Elizabeth 1
- Allinson, Margaret 1
- Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 1
- Allinson, Samuel, 1808-1883 1
- Allinson, William J., 1810-1874 1
- Allinson, William, 1766-1841 1
- Allison family 1
- American Association of Retired Persons 1
- Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 1
- Angell, Stephen Ward, 1952- 1
- Arnold, Mary Ellicott 1
- Ashford, Bailey K. (Bailey Kelly) 1
- Aslan, Ana 1
- Associated Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 1
- Baldwin, James, 1841-1925 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1968). Standing Committee on the Indian Concern 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- Barclay, David, 1729-1809 1
- Barton, Clara, 1821-1912 1
- Bassett family 1
- Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 1
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 1
- Benezet, Anthony 1
- Bennett, William, 1804-1873 1
- Benoit, Emile 1
- Bliss, George I. 1
- Bonsall, Isaac 1
- Bradley, A. Day (Amos Day), -1905 1
- Brandt, Carl, 1892-1957 1
- Brandt, Zelma Corning, 1891-1990 1
- Brent, Charles Henry 1
- Broomell, Anna Pettit 1
- Brown, Gould 1
- Brown, Levi K. (Levi Kirk), 1814-1899 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1 + ∧ less
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