Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 151
Abington monthly meeting manumissions
"Account of Isaac Coates, Joshua Sharpless & John Pierce's Visits to the Indian Reservation in Western New York"
This copy of an account from 1798 and 1799 was written in an unknown hand likely in the latter half of the 19th century. The volume describes Isaac Coates, Joshua Sharpless, and John Pierce's travel to Native American reservations on behalf of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Indian Committee, and the work they did while there.
Ackworth School, England records
Ackworth School was founded in 1779 as a co-educational boarding school for Quaker children by Dr. John Fothergill and other Quakers. It is located in West Workshire, England. It was intended to be a board school for children whose parents were not rich. This collection is comprised of four volumes, one of which is a transcription of one of the other volumes. They all relate to the rules and regulations for the Ackworth School in England.
William C. Allen diaries
Diaries of William C. Allen's religious visits around the world from 1904 to 1937. Entries generally describe the customs, manners, language, transportation, food, and religious beliefs of each location Allen visited, as well as Quaker meetings he lead and religious and political leaders he met with in each place he visited. One volume of the collection does not record a religious visit, but is a record of Allen's thoughts on World War I, which he kept during 1917.
Samuel Allinson commonplace book
Samuel Allinson was a Quaker active in early New Jersey politics. The commonplace book of Samuel Allinson includes reflections on a variety of topics, including: Jealousy, Constancy and Fortitude, Human Trouble or Infelicity, Deceit, Novels, Romances, Riches and Poverty, Parents and Children, Women, and Marriage. He also includes remarks on slavery (p. 71), and extracts of poetry.
Peter Andrews journal
Journal kept during Andrews's travels in England during the years 1755 and 1756. Entries describe his voyage from Philadelphia to Newcastle, including the weather, fellow passengers, and Quaker meetings held on board. Upon Andrews’s arrival in England, entries describe visits to fellow Quakers, Quaker meetings, and discussions of the state of the Society of Friends in England.
"The Contribution of the Quakers to the Reconstruction of the Southern States"
Takeo Arishima correspondence
This collection is comprised of the personal correspondence of Takeo Arishima, a Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. Also includes a single portrait photograph of Arishima.
Iwao Frederick Ayusawa correspondence
This collection is comprised of the personal correspondence of Iwao Frederick Ayusawa.
James A. Babbitt photograph album
This collection includes photographs from World War I Europe. Photographs include those taken on a ship to Europe, at a hospital in France, and at a number of battlefields throughout Europe. This volume includes graphic images of war casualties.
Filtered By
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Quakers -- History 91
- Quakers 76
- diaries 49
- correspondence 38
- Quakers -- Diaries 35
- manuscripts (documents) 19
- Quaker women 18
- Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 16
- Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 16
- Quakers -- Family relationships 15
- Society of Friends -- Education 14
- travel literature 14
- photographs 13
- Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 12
- Society of Friends -- Japan 12
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 12
- Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 11
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 11
- Quakers -- Travel 11
- Indians of North America 10
- Quakers -- Education 10
- Society of Friends 10
- Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 10
- commonplace books 10
- Society of Friends -- Clergy -- Diaries 9
- Antislavery movements -- United States 8
- Japan 8
- Quaker missionaries 7
- Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 7
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 7
- clippings (information artifacts) 7
- Quaker businesspeople 6
- letters (correspondence) 6
- minutes (administrative records) 6
- Haverford (Pa.) 5
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History 5
- Quaker abolitionists 5
- Slavery -- United States 5
- Society of Friends -- Missions 5
- Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 5
- World War, 1914-1918 5
- World War, 1939-1945 5
- Business -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 4
- Courtship -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 4
- Education -- United States 4
- Quaker women -- United States 4
- Quakers -- Ireland 4
- Quakers -- Middle East 4
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs 4
- Seneca Indians 4
- Society of Friends -- Barbados 4
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 4
- Women and religion 4
- family papers 4
- financial records 4
- postcards 4
- scrapbooks 4
- speeches (documents) 4
- Agriculture -- United States 3
- Authors, Japanese 3
- Children -- United States -- History 3
- Indians of North America -- Government relations 3
- Indians of North America -- Missions 3
- Japan -- History 3
- Motherhood -- United States -- History 3
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 3
- Quakers -- China 3
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 3
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 3
- Religion -- Study and teaching 3
- Rhode Island 3
- Society of Friends -- Missions -- China 3
- Wills 3
- Women clergy -- United States -- Diaries 3
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany 3
- deeds 3
- genealogical tables 3
- lecture notes 3
- marriage certificates 3
- photograph albums 3
- sketches 3
- Abolitionists 2
- Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 2
- Academic writing 2
- Antislavery movements -- History 2
- China -- History -- 20th Century 2
- Church work -- Society of Friends 2
- Education 2
- England 2
- Germany 2
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 2
- Kickapoo Indians -- History 2
- New York (State) 2
- Osage Indians -- History 2
- Pacifism 2
- Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948 2
- Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1917-1948 2
- Poetry 2
- Quakers -- Germany -- History 2
- Quakers -- Great Britain 2 ∧ less
- Language
- English 150
- German 1
- Names
- American Friends Service Committee 17
- Haverford College 10
- Westtown Boarding School 7
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 6
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 6
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 5
- Bowles, Minnie, 1868-1958 4
- Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 4
- Fox, George 4
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1827-1948) 4
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 4
- Society of Friends 4
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 3
- Bettle, Samuel 3
- Bowles, Gilbert, 1869-1960 3
- Bryn Mawr College 3
- Cornplanter, Seneca chief 3
- Friends Girls School (Tokyo, Japan) 3
- Greene, Rowland 3
- Harvard University 3
- Jones, Mary Hoxie 3
- Parrish, John, 1729-1807 3
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 3
- Scattergood, Joseph 3
- Sharpless, Joshua 3
- Simmons, Henry 3
- Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 3
- Akihito, Emperor of Japan 2
- Bacon, David 2
- Bowles, Gordon Townsend 2
- Bowles, Jane T. 2
- Cadbury family 2
- Cadbury, Catharine Balderston 2
- Cadbury, William Warder 2
- Canton Christian College 2
- Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China) 2
- Carter family 2
- Dillwyn, William, 1743-1824 2
- Ely, Ruth 2
- Evans, Thomas, 1798-1868 2
- Evans, William, 1787-1867 2
- Friends World Committee for Consultation 2
- Hartshorne, Anna C. (Anna Cope) 2
- Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox: 1828- ) 2
- Leeds, Morris Evans 2
- Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia 2
- Ling nan da xue (Guangzhou, China) 2
- Madāris al-Frindz (Rām Allāh) 2
- Morris family 2
- Nicholson family 2
- Nitobe, Inazō, 1862-1933 2
- North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends (1698- ) 2
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 2
- Rhoads, Esther Biddle, 1896-1979 2
- Rhoads, Hannah 2
- Rhoads, Samuel, 1806-1868 2
- Tokyo Friends Center 2
- Vaux family 2
- Vaux, George, Jr., 1863-1927 2
- Walcott, Mary Vaux, 1860-1940 2
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 2
- Wistar, Thomas 2
- Wood, Carolena Morris, 1871-1936 2
- Wood, James, 1839-1925 2
- Woolman, John, 1720-1772 2
- Abington Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 1
- All American Friends Conference (1929 : Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1
- Allen family 1
- Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938 1
- Allinson, Elizabeth 1
- Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 1
- Allinson, William J., 1810-1874 1
- American Bible Society 1
- American Chamber of Commerce in France 1
- American Peace Society of Japan 1
- Andrews, Peter 1
- Anna Morris Shinn Maier 1
- Anscombe, Francis Charles 1
- Babbitt, James A. 1
- Bacon, Edith Farquhar, 1892-1988 1
- Bacon, Francis R. (Francis Rogers), 1888-1965 1
- Bacon, George 1
- Bacon, Samuel Allen, 1848-1908 1
- Balderston, Lloyd, 1863-1933 1
- Balderston, Mary F. 1
- Barbour, Hugh 1
- Barnes, Gregory Allen, Sir 1
- Bean family 1
- Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 1
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 1
- Bedford Farmers' Club (Bedford (Westchester County, N.Y.)) 1
- Benezet, Anthony 1
- Benson, Lewis 1
- Bloomfield family 1
- Bloomfield, Isabella Macomb 1
- Bloomfield, Joseph, 1753-1823 1
- Bowen, Catherine Drinker 1
- Bowles, Herbert E. 1
- Braithwaite, Anna, 1788-1859 1 ∧ less