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Hollywood Children's Summer Home of Baltimore City

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-079
Abstract

The Hollywood Children's Summer Home of Baltimore City was a Quaker association established in 1892 to provide a two-week outing in the countryside for poor children of Baltimore City and vicinity. It was closed in 1917, due to the proliferation of other fresh air charities in Baltimore. The collection includes minutes, financial records, roll book, and annual reports.

Dates: 1892-1922

Home for the Moral Reform of Destitute Colored Children

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-044
Abstract The Home for the Moral Reform of Destitute Colored Children, an Orthodox Quaker charity which provided shelter and education for black children, was organized in 1854 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Home was incorporated in 1860. By the end of the 19th century, the organization's primary function was providing financial support for other educational and shelter programs for black youths, including The Shelter (Association for the Care of Colored Orphans). This bound volume contains the...
Dates: 1859-1907

Ladies Benevolent Association of New Brighton (Pa.)

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-072
Abstract The Ladies Benevolent Association of New Brighton was a largely Quaker women's society, founded in 1846 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, to provide clothing and other necessities to destitute poor. In 1907, the Ladies Benevolent Association cooperated with groups to engage a visiting nurse; this organization, known as the District Nurse Association was disbanded five years later. After World War II, the need for sewing declined, and the Ladies Benevolent Association then turned its support to...
Dates: 1846-1977

New York Female Association records

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Identifier: SFHL-RG4-095
Abstract

Formed in 1798 to give aid to the sick poor, the New York Female Association created the first public female school in New York in 1800. Until 1845, it worked with the Free School Society to establish and maintain public schools in New York while also continuing its efforts to help the indigent. Since 1845, the association has been a small gift-giving committee. The collection includes minutes and financial records.

Dates: 1798-1988

Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys (Cheyney, Pa.) Records

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Identifier: SFHL-RG4-043
Abstract

Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys was founded in 1855 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Home for Destitute Colored Children, a Hicksite Quaker women's charity which provided shelter and education for black children (generally boys) and then placed them with private families. The Home built a new facility in Cheyney, Pa, in 1922, and the name was changed to Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys in 1945. The collection contains minutes, financial and legal records, and reports.

Dates: 1855-1956

Swarthmore Refugee Resource House

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-088
Abstract The Swarthmore Refugee Resource House, Swarthmore, Pa., was founded in 1979 by members of Swarthmore Monthly Meeting as a place of temporary assistance and shelter for legal refugees in gaining independence by providing them with shelter, counseling and tutoring in English. The Swarthmore Refugee House was incorporated in 1988 as a non-profit corporation. However, the House was laid down in 1994 when Swarthmore College reclaimed its building and the Board was unable to find either sufficient...
Dates: 1979-1994

The Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women records

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Identifier: SFHL-RG4-053
Abstract

This Hicksite Quaker women's charity was organized in 1844 and incorporated in 1856. Its mission was to provide employment in sewing for poor women. Lucretia Mott served as president until 1866. The Association went out of existence in 1926. The collection contains legal documents, financial records, membership list (1849-1872), reports, correspondence, and related papers.

Dates: 1841-1929

Young Friends Aid Association (New York, N.Y.)

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Identifier: SFHL-RG4-097
Abstract Founded in 1873 in New York City and incorporated in 1890, the Young Friends' Aid Association sought to provide the destitute with the temporary pecuniary or material aid necessary to support them into financial independence. Substantial aid was given to unemployed fathers, the homeless, and widows with children, although scholarships and student loans were also made available on occasion. The collection includes minutes, lists of members, financial records, and a scrapbook of activities...
Dates: 1873-1967

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Quaker women -- Pennsylvania -- Societies and clubs 3
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Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing 2
Friends' Employment Society (New York, N.Y.) 2
Young Friends Aid Association (New York, N.Y.) 2
Angell, Benjamin, d. 1868 1
Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.) 1
Association of Friends for the Relief of Freedmen (New York, N.Y.) 1
Beaver Valley General Hospital (New Brighton, Pa.) 1
Beehive School for Colored Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Benezet House Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
Biddle, Robert, 1867-1935 1
Biddle, William C. 1
Bogardus, Joseph A., 1851-1896 1
Bowne, Amy, 1795- 1
Bringhurst, James, 1730-1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph, 1733-1811 1
Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 1
Carman family (Carman, Thomas, 1815-1899) 1
Carman, Catharine Williams 1
Carman, Thomas, 1815-1899 1
Central Employment Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Central Soup Society (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Collins, Sarah, b. 1795 1
Cooper, Stanley B. 1
Cox, John, 1860-1951 1
Cromwell, Caroline A., b. 1833 1
Davis, Mary E., d. 1879 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
District Nurse Association of New Brighton (Pa.) 1
Evans, Charles, 1802-1879 1
Foulke, Elizabeth, 1758-1820 1
Free-School Society of New-York 1
Friendly Settlement Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Friends Mission No.1 (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Friends Neighborhood Guild 1
Fuel Saving Society of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia 1
Garvan, Theresa 1
Grandom Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Grandom, Hartt, 1778-1840 1
Hawkins, Harry A., b. 1860 1
Hoag, May 1
Hollywood Children's Summer Home of Baltimore City 1
Home for Destitute Colored Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Home for the Moral Reform of Destitute Colored Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Hunt, Nathan, 1758-1853 1
Ingram, William S. 1
Jackson, Anna M. (Anna Margaret), 1848-1920 1
Jackson, William M. (William Morris), 1837-1919 1
Jeanes, Joseph 1
Jeanes, Samuel, d.1894 1
Joseph Sturge Mission School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 1
Ladies Benevolent Association of New Brighton (Pa.) 1
Lawton, Albert R., 1858-1930 1
Leidy, Joseph 1
Lindley Murray Fund (Organization) 1
Locust Street Mission Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Ludlam, Sarah, d. 1841 1
McInnes, Robert K. 1
Minturn, Mary 1
Murray, Catherine Bowne 1
Murray, John, 1758-1819 1
Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826 1
New York Colored Mission 1
New York Female Association (Society of Friends) 1
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955) 1
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women 1
Northern Female Association for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 1
Parrish, Edward, 1822-1872 1
Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 1
Perot, T. Morris 1
Philadelphia First Day School Union 1
Philadelphia Society for Supplying the Poor with Soup 1
Philadelphia Soup House 1
Robins, George 1
Scott, Job, 1751-1793 1
Spring Street Mission (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Spring Street Settlement (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys (Cheyney, Pa.) 1
Swarthmore Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends). Refugee Committee 1
Swarthmore Refugee Resource House 1
Taber, Anna F. 1
Taber, Elizabeth W. 1
Underhill, Hannah 1
Underhill, Sarah F. 1
Waring, Eileen B. 1
Whitson, Benjamin F., 1867-1957 1
William Keinath Fund 1
Wood, M. S. (Mary Sutton), 1805-1894 1
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