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Arch Street Meeting House renovations photographs
Collection — othertype: PA-132
Identifier: SFHL-PA-132
Abstract
The Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was designed by Owen Biddle Jr. in 1803 in the Georgian style. It was completed in 1811. This collection contains photographs and negatives from renovations undertaken in 1990-1992 of the roof of the meetinghouse.
Dates:
1990 - 1992
Francis R. Bacon (1878-1965) Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-006
Abstract
Francis R. Bacon (1878-1965), a birthright Quaker, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Architecture in 1913 and was later Dean of Western Reserve University's School of Architecture. He married Edith Melrose Farquhar in 1915, and in the early 1920's they participated in the AFSC child feeding programs in Germany and Russia. This collection primarily includes correspondence, notes, photographs, and other materials related to Francis R. Bacon's research on 17th...
Dates:
1941-1964
Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting lantern slide collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SFHL-PA-219
Abstract
This is a collection of glass lantern slides, originally owned by Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (CPMM), and likely compiled by the Philadelphia Young Friends' Association. Most slides depict Quaker meetinghouses, portraits of Quakers, slides of Quaker conferences, or topics relating to Quakerism in the United Kingdom.
Dates:
circa 1900-1920
Cooper-Richardson family photographs
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-118
Abstract
The Cooper family were Quakers of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, attending meetings in the Woodbury and Byberry areas. Materials in this collection focus on the children of William E. and Elizabeth Roberts Cooper, their spouses and children. William Evans Cooper (1812-1856) married Elizabeth Matlack Roberts (1815-1902) at Woodbury Monthly Meeting in Gloucester County, N.J., in 1836. They had 8 children: Annie who married Ezra Lippincott, Sarah, Mary Kaighn who married Nathaniel Richardson,...
Dates:
1863 - 1977
Watson W. Dewees Meeting House Photographs
Collection — othertype: PA-011
Identifier: SFHL-PA-011
Abstract
This collection consists of Friends' meeting house photographs taken circa 1905 by Watson Wood Dewees. The meeting houses depicted are located in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Southeastern Ohio, Maryland and Delaware.
Dates:
1905
Friends Center Corporation records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-133
Abstract
The records document the planning and progress of renovations of Friends Center, a campus of Quaker-related organizations in Center City, Philadelphia. Friends Center Corporation was organized in 1972 to oversee construction plans. It is responsible for managing the Friends Center property with the goal of furthering the beliefs and testimonies of the Reigious Society of Friends. Documents illustrate Quaker process in the world of business and construction. Includes minutes, financial,...
Dates:
1917-2010
Friends Historical Association
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-026
Abstract
Friends Historical Association is an organization that promotes research and publication on topics in Quaker history. Membership and editorial offices are located at Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges. Minutes of the organization after 1964 are at Haverford College.
Dates:
1942-2001
Friends Historical Library collection of meetinghouse photograph collections
Sub-Group
Identifier: SFHL-PA-QMH
Abstract
Here are listed, in approximate chronological order, collections of photographs of Quaker meetinghouses, stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. The collections were photographed or assembled by various individuals at various times.
Dates:
1800 - 2000
George School Collection of Meeting House and George School Photographs
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-070
Abstract
This collection of photographs was assembled by the George School Archives and transferred to the Friends Historical Library. It consists primarily of photographs of Philadelphia-area Quaker Meeting Houses taken by Gilbert Cope and A.A. Buzby from the 18070s to 1930s. There are also a few photographs by other photographers, photographs of Meeting Houses beyond Philadelphia, and George School graduating classes. George School is a Quaker school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Dates:
1870 - 1936
Wayne Bassett Hadley photograph collection
Collection — othertype: PA-151
Identifier: SFHL-PA-151
Abstract
Wayne B. Hadley (1926-2001) was a family historian whose particular interest was in Quaker history and genealogy. This collection contains family photographs, both in photo albums and loose, and slides of various meeting houses and residences.
Dates:
1926 - 2001
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- Bradford Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
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- Congenies Two Months Meeting (Society of Friends : Congenies, France) 1
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- Dublin Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
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- Exeter Monthly Meeting of Friends (1955- ) 1
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- Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942 1
- Green Street Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Green Street Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.). Fair Hill Friends' Meeting 1
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- Hadley family 1
- Hadley, Wayne B. (Wayne Bassett), 1926-2001 1
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- Lancaster Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
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- Lippincott, H. Mather, Jr. (Horace Mather), 1921-2010 1
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- Morgan, Arthur E. (Arthur Ernest), 1878-1975 1
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- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Sub-Committee having Charge of the Income of the Samuel T. Jeanes Fund for Meeting House Purposes 1
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- Price, Walter F., 1857-1951 1
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- Replogle, Ruth Hinshaw, 1896- 1
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