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Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1003
Overview
Records deal with the work of Friends in running mission stations in Oklahoma to the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma (Bah Kho-je), the Modoc Nation, the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, the Shawnee Tribe, the Osage Nation (Wahzhazhe) and other Native American peoples. Letters from superintendents and missionaries in the field describe the difficulties and experiences of Friends in their work. Topics discussed include attempts to Christianize Native Americans, improve...
Dates:
1758-1929
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
Overview
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
Convention of Delegates from the Seven Yearly Meetings (Hicksite) on Indian Affairs. Executive Central Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-017
Overview
The Convention of Delegates was an association of seven Hicksite Yearly Meetings who managed Indian 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. Janney,...
Dates:
1869-1884
Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SFHL-SC-043
Abstract
Correspondence, including that with civil and military authorities, accounts of preliminary meetings with Indian delegates, and invoices, relating to the Treaty of Easton.
Dates:
1756 - 1762
Friends Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-031
Overview
Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia was an organization of Hicksite Quakers in Philadelphia founded in 1869 to solicit donations of money and goods to distribute to the Indian tribes in Nebraska assigned to the care of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) during the period of Grant's peace policy. The collection includes reports and minutes, financial reports, correspondence, and lists of goods.
Dates:
1869-1875
Albert Lamborn Green Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-175
Overview
Albert Lamborn Green (1845-1947) was a Quaker Indian Agent for the Otoe Agency in Nebraska during the period of President Grant's "peace policy," 1869-1872. The bulk of the correspondence in this collection is comprised of letters written to Green from Philadelphia Friends in regard to gifts in support of Indian work. Later letters written by Green describe from memory the social life and customs of the Otoe Indians. The collection has information on the Otoe language, vocabulary, etc., and...
Dates:
1869-1935
Theodore Brinton Hetzel papers and graphics
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1168
Abstract
Theodore Hetzel (1906-1990) was a Quaker professor of engineering at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, whose interests led him to involvement with Native American and Quaker issues. An avid photographer, the materials in this collection are primarily photographic, as well as correspondence and documents.
Dates:
1866-1987; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1987
Enoch Hoag letterbooks
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1104
Overview
Letters to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington, letters to Indian Agents under the jurisdiction of Hoag, and letters characterized as "Individual letters" from 1870 to 1878.
Dates:
1870-1878
Enoch Hoag papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1034
Overview
This collection includes correspondence, financial papers, and an account book concerning the finances of the Central Superintendency and Quaker work involving Native Americans.
Dates:
1865-1883
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