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Wills Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1112
Abstract
Papers relate to the first settlement of Burlington, NJ at the end of the 17th century, and include deeds, wills, marriage certificates and other papers, particularly of Wills family members.
Dates:
circa 1720-1926
Alexander Wilson and Edith J. Wilson Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Alexander Wilson and Edith J. Wilson
Scope and Contents
Collection consists primarily of correspondence from imprisoned British conscientious objectors (1916-1919); also includes leaflets, pamphlets and typescript material about conscientious objection and efforts to free the imprisoned objectors; one folder of examples of British World War I propaganda collected by Alexander Wilson Collection includes one folder of printed material of writings by Edith J. Wilson.
Dates:
1916-1922
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
E. Raymond Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-070
Abstract
E. Raymond Wilson (1896-1987), a Quaker peace lobbyist, helped found the Friends Committee on National Legislation in 1943 and served as its Executive Secretary until 1962. He also helped organize the Committee on Militarism in Education in 1925. From 1931 to 1943, he served as Field and Education Secretary of the Peace Section of the American Friends Service Committee. He was the author of two books.
The papers of E. Raymond Wilson contain personal and professional correspondence,...
Dates:
1914-1987
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Photographs from the E. Raymond Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-067
Abstract
E. Raymond Wilson (1896-1987), a Quaker peace lobbyist, helped found the Friends Committee on National Legislation in 1943 and served as its Executive Secretary until 1962. He also helped organize the Committee on Militarism in Education in 1925. From 1931 to 1943, he served as Field and Education Secretary of the Peace Section of the American Friends Service Committee. He was the author of two books. This collection of photographs contains family photographs, greeting cards, and newspaper...
Dates:
1930 - 1981
Hannah Wilson papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-344
Abstract
Primarily manuscript letters addressed to Hannah Wilson of Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a member of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting. Most of the correspondents were family and friends of the Wilson, Schofield, and Williams families. The letters contain family news with reference to social and political concerns including slavery and abolition. The letters were transcribed and published with annotations. The collection also contains photographs of the Mills family (Hannah's...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1836 - 1860; 1795 - 1920
Norman Wilson articles
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-179
Abstract
This collection is comprised of a single folder of the articles of Norman H. Wilson, typed and xeroxed, many of which focus on education in the United States and abroad. Also includes brochures for the First and Second Annual Normal Wilson Memorial Conferences. The collection also includes an itemized index of each article.
Dates:
1956-1974
Rachel Wilson diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-086
Abstract
Rachel Wilson was a Quaker minister who made a religious visit to the British colonies in North America in 1768, and attended the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in the fall of 1769, where she addressed John Woolman. The diary of Rachel Wilson's religious visit to New England and Charleston, South Carolina, from England. Entries describe her travels, Quaker families visited, and meetings attended.
Dates:
1768-1769
Wing family correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-180
Abstract
This collection is comprised of a single folder of the personal correspondence of the Wing family.
Dates:
1827-1832
Wing family papers
Collection — othertype: SC-239
Identifier: SFHL-SC-239
Abstract
The collection contains journals and two commonplace books, business papers, and a few family letters. It includes a small journal written by a young woman (unknown) on a trip from New York City to Poughkeepsie, 6 month 1835; an album, 1834, which contains a list of the scholars and teachers at Nine Partners Boarding School, and an undated commonplace book containing copies of Quaker sermons and other writings. A Friends Pocket Almanac for the year 1857 contains brief notes concerning family...
Dates:
1788-1857
Winston-Clark Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1165
Abstract
Approximately 500 letters (also a few clippings, poems and other items) of the related Clark and Winston families of Virginia and Indiana. Letters discuss family and friends, the small schools that many members of these families began in the Midwest, as well as comments on politics, slavery, religion, education, the Civil War and friends/family fighting in the Confederate army, and other topics.
Dates:
1814-1900
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- deeds 16
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- English 1645
- French 6
- German 5
- Spanish; Castilian 2
- Italian 1
- Names
- American Friends Service Committee 73
- Swarthmore College 53
- Haverford College 42
- Westtown Boarding School 33
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 29
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 27
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 26
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 22
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 20
- Fox, George 18
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 18
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 15
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 14
- Friends General Conference (U.S.) 12
- Lloyd family 12
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 11
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 11
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 11
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 10
- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 10
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 10
- Woolman, John, 1720-1772 10
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 9
- Brown family 9
- Civilian Public Service 9
- Cope family 9
- Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 9
- Friends World Committee for Consultation 9
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 9
- Jones, Mary Hoxie 9
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 9
- Smith family 9
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 8
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 8
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 8
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 8
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 8
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 8
- Sharpless family 8
- Taylor family 8
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 8
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 8
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 7
- Elkinton family 7
- Evans family 7
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 7
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 7
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 7
- George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 7
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 7
- Jones family 7
- Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817 7
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 7
- Moore family 7
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 7
- Parsons, Samuel, 1774-1841 7
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 7
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 7
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 7
- Society of Friends 7
- Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 7
- Walton family 7
- Wharton, Deborah Fisher, 1795-1888 7
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 7
- A Quaker Action Group 6
- Allen family 6
- Bacon family 6
- Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 6
- Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 6
- Bryn Mawr College 6
- Cadbury family 6
- Comfort, William Wistar 6
- Cooper family 6
- Fothergill, Samuel 6
- Haines family 6
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 6
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 6
- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 6
- Lyttle, Bradford 6
- Matlack family 6
- Morris family 6
- Morris, Elliston P. (Elliston Perot), 1899-1980 6
- Parrish, John, 1729-1807 6
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1827-1948) 6
- Price family 6
- Scott, Job, 1751-1793 6
- Shinn family 6
- Simmons, Henry 6
- Smith, Daniel B., 1792-1883 6
- Tolles, Frederick Barnes, 1915-1975 6
- Valentino, Carmen 6
- Wharton family 6
- Wharton, Joseph, 1826-1909 6
- Williams family 6
- Wilson family 6
- Baily, Joshua L. (Joshua Longstreth), 1826-1916 5
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 5
- Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690 5
- Bettle, Samuel 5
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 5 + ∧ less
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