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Lippincott Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-251
Abstract
Horace Mather Lippincott (1877-1967) was a Quaker editor and historian. The collection contains his speeches and writings on topics primarily concerning the Society of Friends and the history of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Of particular interest is the scrapbook he compiled in 1946 of papers and photographs of the 1913-1914 Joint Group which met weekly to study the Separation in the Society of Friends, along with other papers on the topic and on the first joint meeting of the two...
Dates:
1752 - 2010
Maps
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-951-07
Abstract
This collection is comprised of the maps from the Quaker collection.
Dates:
1770-1946, undated
Joseph Miller Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-193
Abstract
Joseph Miller was a mortgage banker; founder and president of Barco, Inc. He was an activist for peace and social justice causes such as welfare rights, including the Philadelphia Urban Finance Corporation and the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy.
Dates:
1960-1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Arch Street Friends) Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-P455
Scope and Contents
Records of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting -- pre-Separation, Orthodox, and post-Reunification -- include: vital records, 1672-2000; men’s minutes, 1682-1978; women’s minutes, 1686-1926; financial records, 1683-1990; trustees’ records, 1683-1970; property records, 1683-1970; property committee records, 1697-1970; committee records, 1711-1970; miscellaneous papers, 1664-1974; Friends Select School records, 1832-1968; records of the Philadelphia Association for the Instruction of Poor Children,...
Dates:
1664-2000
Morris family commonplace book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-065
Abstract
The commonplace book of the Morris family includes copied extracts from the journals of Margaret Morris, which include a description of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793, as well as copied poems, letters written by Mary Morris and Richard Hill Morris, and a clipped illustration depicting early settlers.
Dates:
Undated.
Marriott C. Morris scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-04-010
Abstract
Marriot C. Morris's scrapbooks are largely comprised of clippings, pamphlets, and brochures related to travel, bicycling, Haverford College, and the history of Philadelphia and Germantown.
Dates:
1879-1887
Morris/Engle Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1025
Abstract
Although the central figure in this collection is the Philadelphia Quaker businessman and philanthropist, T. Wistar Brown (1826-1916), it also includes materials relating to his father Moses Brown, mother Mary Wistar Brown, and wife Mary Farnum Brown, along with other members of the Brown family. Among the papers are correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks and deeds.
Dates:
1820-1938
Collection of John Melchior Ogden papers
Collection — othertype: SC-171
Identifier: SFHL-SC-171
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of John Melchior Ogden, including newspaper clippings, letters and receipts, as well as notices from charitable associations such as the Carpenters' Company and the House of Refuge. Also included are letters to Charles Smith Ogden regarding the book, In Memoriam John Melchior Ogden, as well as reminiscences of Philadelphia in 1800 by Jesse Ogden, and an engraving of Fairhill Meeting House by Joseph Pennell.
Dates:
1825-1885
Henry T. Osborne correspondence
Collection — othertype: SC-291
Identifier: SFHL-SC-291
Abstract
The collection consists of the correspondence of Henry T. Osborne (1868-1896), a civil engineer and member of Weare Monthly Meeting, New Hampshire. The letters were sent to family and friends at home, most from Amesbury, Massachusetts, where he worked as a surveyor with John P. Titcomb (1891-1932). His family was involved in temperance and peace concerns. Henry's letters mention attending Quaker meetings, John Greenleaf Whittier, the religious views of P. T. Barnum, and visiting sites in...
Dates:
1890 - 1892
Pemberton Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-039
Abstract
The collection contains primarily family correspondence of the three Pemberton brothers -- Israel, James, and John, prominent members of the Society of Friends in Philadelphia who were exiled to Virginia during the Revolutionary War for their pacifism. It also includes a small number of correspondence from Edward Stabler and Alexander White, an account on the life of James Pemberton, and the will of his wife, Phebe Lewis Pemberton. Topics include the Pembertons' exile to Winchester, Va.,...
Dates:
1756-1812
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- Green Street Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
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- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 2
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Friends Workcamp Program 2
- Richardson, Elliott, 1881-1964 2
- Sharpless family 2
- Shinn family 2
- Van Hoy, Judy, 1960- 2
- Allen family 1
- Allen, Charles, 1776-1843 1
- Allen, George Briedenhart, 1804-1869 1
- American Chamber of Commerce in France 1
- American National Red Cross 1
- American Unitarian Association 1
- Association of Friends for the Relief of Freedmen (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Atkinson, Caroline J., 1881-1953 1
- Bettle family 1
- Bettle, Jane, 1773-1840 1
- Bettle, Samuel, 1774-1861 1
- Bettle, Samuel, 1809-1880 1
- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
- Biddle, Robert, 1867-1935 1
- Biddle, William C. 1
- Bowne, Amy Robinson 1
- Boyd, Lizette, 1838-1867 1
- Braithwaite, Anna, 1788-1859 1
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- Bringhurst, James, 1730-1810 1
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- Bunting, Samuel J., 1862-1946 1
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- Carter, Arabella, 1867- 1
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- Comly, Rebecca, 1773-1832 1
- Committee on Race Relations (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa. : 1929-1969) 1
- Committee on Race Relations (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa. : 1929-1969). Beliefs into Actions Program 1
- Committee on Race Relations (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa. : 1929-1969). Friends Chester Project 1
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- Cunningham, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Anne), 1934-2020 1
- Davis, Bainbridge C., 1910-1993 1
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- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
- Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916. 1
- Earlham College 1
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