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Friends Literary and Library Association of New York
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-096
Abstract
The Friends Literary and Library Association was a Hicksite Quaker organization formed in New York City in 1880 to provide the opportunity for mutual improvement in religious and literary subjects. Records from 1880 to 1906 include minutes, treasurers' records, and library catalogues.
Dates:
1880-1906
Friends Reading Circle of Media
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-070
Abstract
Friends Reading Circle of Media was a Quaker book group established in 1877 in Media, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of discussing Quaker and other religious writings and as a social gathering for Friends. This collection contains its minutes, 1877-1891. Also included are minutes of the Friends Reading Circle for the Northern District, 1875-1876, whose secretary, Elton B. Gifford, moved to the Media area in 1877.
Dates:
1877-1891
Friends Social Lyceum (Wilmington, De.)
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-071
Abstract
Friends Social Lyceum, a Quaker social and study group, was established by 1872 in Wilmington, Delaware. This collection contains the minutes, 1872-1881, in two bound volumes.
Dates:
1872-1882
Friends Social Union (Ambler, Pa.)
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-038
Abstract
Friends Social Union was a Hicksite Quaker social club established in 1907 in Ambler, Pennsylvania. The collection contains minutes, 1907 1924.
Dates:
1907-1924
Friends' Social Union (New York, N.Y.) minutes
Collection — othertype: SC-181
Identifier: SFHL-SC-181
Abstract
Minutes, 1869-1872, of Friends' Social Union, New York City. Aaron M. Powell was one of the early chairmen, and Maria Mitchell included in the speakers. One of the group's continuing concerns was the plight of the American Indians.
Dates:
1869-1872
Friends Temperance Union (New York, N.Y.)
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-094
Abstract
Records of the Friends Temperance Union of New York, a Quaker organization which promoted abstinence from all alcohol. It was founded in 1876 and ceased to meet after 5/1898. Includes Minutes, Executive Committee minutes, a Treasurer's book, and miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1876-1905
Charles De Garmo Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D04
Abstract
This collection contains the official correspondence and other related documents, of Charles De Garmo, fourth President of Swarthmore College (1891-1898).
Dates:
1891-1898
George Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-170
Abstract
John M. George (1802-1887) was the son of Joseph and Alice Malin George. He was a birthright Quaker and member of Radnor Monthly Meeting. The George family came to Pennsylvania from Wales in 1708 and settled in Blockley Township, Pennsylvania. The George family papers include correspondence (1705-1864), other personal papers (1681-1887), business and financial accounts (1734-1887), and estate papers (1714-1883). Of particular note are the estate accounts of many family members and other...
Dates:
1705-1959 [bulk 1705-1887]
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-174
Abstract
Abby Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893), daughter of Isaac T. Hopper (1771-1852), was an important figure in many of the reform movements of the mid- and late nineteenth centuries, especially abolition and her work with the Women's Prison Association and Isaac T. Hopper Home. In 1833, she married fellow Hicksite Quaker, James Sloan Gibbons (1810-1892), a member of the New York Yearly Meeting of Friends. Her daughter, Sarah Hopper Emerson, used some of this material as a basis for her 1897 biography...
Dates:
1824-1992 [bulk 1850-1892]
Stephen Gould diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-027
Abstract
Stephen Gould was an active Quaker and a repairer of clocks in Newport, Rhode Island. His diary entries include descriptions of social calls, Quaker Meetings, the health of Gould's young son, births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community, and discussions of the War of 1812 and Gould's opposition to warfare in general.
Dates:
1812-1815
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