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Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-335
Abstract
The collection contains the correspondence of Anna M. Simpson White (1866-1965), daughter of David and Tacie Satterthwaite Simpson of Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She was a birthright member of Falls Monthly Meeting. In 1871 the family transferred to Middletown Monthly Meeting where in 1905 Anna married Ashton White, a local farmer. He died in 1911. The correspondence contains primarily informal letters received from family and friends with mention of family, Quaker meetings,...
Dates:
1868 - 1924
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-801-11-023
Abstract
Four pamphlets from the 1920s related to the White-Williams Foundation, and educational charity in Philadelphia.
Dates:
1921 - 1922
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-P100
Scope and Contents
Records include: Orthodox meeting minutes, 1822-1853 and 1858-1902; records of the building of the Whiteland Meetinghouse in 1879
Dates:
1822-1922
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-164
Abstract
Benjamin F. Whitson (1867-1957) of Moylan, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was a Quaker businessman. Whitson was active in Quaker affairs such as Friends World Conference in 1937 and the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and in Quaker concerns such as peace, temperance, and education. He was the son of Thomas H. and Phebe (Cooper) Whitson, and his family and extended family has deep Quaker associations. Both Benjamin Whitson and his father, were recognized as Quaker ministers and made visits to...
Dates:
1835-1957
Collection — othertype: SC-295
Identifier: SFHL-SC-295
Abstract
The collection contains typescripts of lectures written by Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist Signe Wilkinson. Most are autobiographical and reflect her Quaker beliefs as well as activism through art. The papers are annotated and often include doodles and sketches.
Dates:
1997 - 2020
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-083
Abstract
Mary Knowles (b. 1910), a librarian at the William Jeanes Memorial Library in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, and Plymouth Monthly Meeting were the center of a “Red Scare” controversy in 1953-56 when Mrs. Knowles was accused of being a member of the Communist Party. Mary Knowles had pleaded the Fifth Amendment in 1953 before the Jenner Committee (Senate Internal Security Subcommittee) regarding her employment as secretary at the Samuel Adams School in Boston Mass. When she refused to take the...
Dates:
1939-1961 [bulk 1953-1960]
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1115
Abstract
The William Penn Charter School archives contain the financial, historical, business, and social records of the school, dating back as far as 1611. Documents signed by William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, and former Philadelphia mayors William Hudson and Edward Shippen, are included as well as a variety of school texts and memorabilia, which illuminate the traditions and history of the William Penn Charter School.
Dates:
1611-1992
Collection — othertype: SC-201
Identifier: SFHL-SC-201
Abstract
Contains family correspondence and some other papers of the extended Williams family, primarily from Esther and Benjamin Williams who were Philadelphia Quakers and from their nephew, Charles B. Williams, the son of Thomas Williams. Correspondents include Lippincotts, Warner, Roberts, and Dubre family members. Of special interest is a letter from Charles B. Williams, 1853, describing the vacationing habits of Philadelphians at mid-century. Also, a 1856 letter from Isaac Williams concerning...
Dates:
1804-1863
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-801-02-009
Abstract
The collection consists of a letter from 1827 addressed to the Mayor of Philadelphia, Joseph Watson, about a potentially fugitive enslaved man, George Williams.
Dates:
1827 June 18
Collection — othertype: SW/Ph/W550
Identifier: QM-Ph-W550
Scope and Contents
Records of Willistown Monthly Meeting, 1936-2006, include: Hicksite and United minutes since 1939; Hicksite and United trustees' minutes, 1942-1980 ; Hicksite and United financial records, 1936-1984 ; minutes of Willistown Preparative Meeting (1940-1952), 1935-1952.
Dates:
1936-2006