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Henry Simmons letterbooks
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-019
Overview
Henry Simmons, who belonged to the Middletown Monthly Meeting, spent a year with the Seneca near Cornplanter's village along with Halliday Jackson and Joel Swayne. There, the group of missionaries set up a school and model farm. Simmons's letterbooks are comprised of business and government correspondence related to his work with various Indigenous nations.
Dates:
1797-1799, undated
Smiley family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1113
Abstract
In 1883, Quakers Albert Keith Smiley and his brother Daniel Smiley organized the first annual conference to discuss assistance to Native Americans at their estate at Lake Mohonk in New York state. These conferences were widely attended by specialists in various fields, as well as important officials. Only later were Native Americans represented. The concern to "uplift" was also directed at Filipino, Hawaiian, African American and Puerto Rican peoples, though attention at the conferences was...
Dates:
1885-1983; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1930
Edith R. Solenberger papers on the Kinzua Project
Collection — othertype: SC-122
Identifier: SFHL-SC-122
Abstract
This collection includes papers of Edith R. Solenberger, concerning her involvement in the Kinzua Project of the Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Included are letters regarding the Seneca Indians, and letters regarding their legal representation.
Dates:
1961-1970
Joel Swayne diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-078
Overview
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
Thomas Wistar and Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1188
Overview
Papers of the Wistar family, especially concentrating on the work among Native Americans in the Central and Northern Superintendency of Indian Commissioner Thomas Wistar (1798-1876) in the mid-19th century.
Dates:
1691-1936
Jonah Thompson correspondence
Collection — othertype: SC-131
Identifier: SFHL-SC-131
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence received by English Quaker Jonah Thompson. The bulk of these are written by Friends in Pennsylvania, relating the developing conflict between the Pennsylvania government and the Delaware Indians, and expressing concern with the role Quakers should have in a military defense of the colony. Included is a detailed account of developments regarding this issue in the Pennsylvania government by James Pemberton. Other prominent Philadelphia correspondents...
Dates:
1756-1759
Turner Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-152
Overview
This collection centers around the family and descendants of Joseph Turner, Jr., (1790-1850) and his wife Rebecca (Sinclair) Turner (1787-1877), members of Baltimore Monthly Meeting-Western District. They raised eight children and had fifty-four grandchildren. As a young man, Joseph left the family plantation near Still Pond, Kent County, Maryland, and became a lumber merchant in Baltimore. He served as Clerk of the Lombard Street Meeting. Rebecca was a recorded minister and traveled widely....
Dates:
1776-1954
Universal Peace Union Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-038
Overview
The most colorful and important peace organization to rise from the the Civil War was the Universal Peace Union (UPU). This militant band grew out of reaction against compromising tactics which the American Peace Society adopted during the Civil War.
Dates:
1846-1938; Majority of material found within 1867-1923; Majority of material found within 1938
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Vaux collection of correspondence, documents and graphics
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1167
Overview
The collection provides insights into several issues important within the history of Quakerism, such as the abolition of slavery, education and Native American rights, as well as graphics depicting American travel views, Native American sites, Haverford College, Quaker individuals and places associated with Quakers.
Dates:
1659-1978
Vaux Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1217
Overview
The Vaux family was deeply involved with Quaker and Native American affairs throughout much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. George Vaux, Sr. was involved in Quaker activity through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other Quaker meetings throughout the world (including Antigua and London). Both George Vaux, Jr. and Mary Morris Vaux Walcott, his sister, served as commissioners for the U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners. This organization was established by the United States Congress in...
Dates:
1708-1995; Majority of material found within 1912-1932
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- 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
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- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 3
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 3
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1837-1850) 3
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- Savery, William, 1750-1804 3
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- Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 2
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- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 2
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- Waln, Nicholas, 1742-1813 2
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- Wistar, Edward Morris (1852-1941) 2
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- Allinson, Elizabeth 1
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- Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 1
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- Allinson, William J., 1810-1874 1
- Allinson, William, 1766-1841 1
- Allison family 1
- American Association of Retired Persons 1
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- Barton, Clara, 1821-1912 1
- Bassett family 1
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- Bennett, William, 1804-1873 1
- Benoit, Emile 1
- Bliss, George I. 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
- Burgess, William, d.1905 1
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