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Charles and Priscilla Townsend Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-350
Abstract
Members of the Charles and Priscilla Townsend family were active in the Society of Friends in Philadelphia and in Quaker concerns, especially penal reform, abolition, and the natural sciences. The collection includes journals, correspondence, and writings in addition to transcripts and reference material on family members. Much of the material is available in published form.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1811 - 1858; 1793-2020
Mira Sharpless Townsend Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-320
Abstract
The collection contains papers of Mira Sharpless Townsend, a major Quaker social activist and reformer in Philadelphia. Mira Sharpless Townsend (1798-1859) was born in Philadelphia, attended Friends Select School, and in 1828 married Samuel Townsend (1800-1887). He was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting by whom she had six children, only two surviving to adulthood: Emily Sharpless Townsend who married Powell Stackhouse and Clara Gordon Townsend, married William Penn Troth. During...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1815 - 1858; 1806 - 1910
Trenton Friends Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-064
Abstract
The Trenton Friends Association was formed in 1892 in Trenton, New Jersey, to promote “a thorough knowledge of the history and testimonies of the Society of Friends.” Meetings were held monthly, except in the summer, in the Trenton Friends meeting house. Papers were presented on a variety of topics. The collection contains minutes, constitution and bylaws, and manuscripts of papers read at meetings.
Dates:
1892-1908
Trenton Friends Literary Society Minute book
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-105
Abstract
Trenton Friends Literary Society was formed by a group of Quakers in Trenton, New Jersey, who met every two weeks at members' homes to discuss books, poetry and lectures. Collection contains Minutes of Trenton Friends Literary Society, 1893-1903. Also includes 1893 essay by Dr. Laura Satterthwaite, entitled An Appeal for Loyalty to Truth rather than Sect.
Dates:
1893-1903
Turner Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-152
Abstract
This collection centers around the family and descendants of Joseph Turner, Jr., (1790-1850) and his wife Rebecca (Sinclair) Turner (1787-1877), members of Baltimore Monthly Meeting-Western District. They raised eight children and had fifty-four grandchildren. As a young man, Joseph left the family plantation near Still Pond, Kent County, Maryland, and became a lumber merchant in Baltimore. He served as Clerk of the Lombard Street Meeting. Rebecca was a recorded minister and traveled widely....
Dates:
1776-1954
Howard Haines Turner Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-210
Abstract
Howard Haines Turner (1909-1996) was a Quaker economist and educator who was active in a variety of social concerns, particularly in improving the justice system. He also had a lifelong interest in cooperative communities and worked in South Vietnam under the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
Dates:
1927-1995
Tyler Arboretum papers relating to Quakers
Collection — othertype: SC-137
Identifier: SFHL-SC-137
Abstract
This collection includes photocopies of papers in the Tyler Arboretum Library that relate to Quakers. Included is a list of public Friends, verses of Job Scott, and minutes from Chester Monthly Meeting of Friends.
Dates:
1656-1828
Correspondence concerning John Unthank Gift
Collection — othertype: SC-232
Identifier: SFHL-SC-232
Abstract
Contains correspondence concerning the gift of Dr. John Unthank of Limerick, Ireland, of £1,000, to be divided between two concerns: first, to the Ohio, Indiana and Baltimore Yearly Meetings to be applied by them through their Indian committees toward promoting the so-called civilization and Christian instruction of Native Americans; and, secondly£250 each to Indiana and Ohio Yearly Meetings toward establishing boarding schools for the children of members. Samuel Parsons of New York Yearly...
Dates:
1835-1837
Updegraff Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1031
Abstract
Letters; diaries; genealogical material; land grants signed by Presidents John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, and Franklin Pierce; and other papers of the Updegraff family, mainly those of David B. Updegraff, which provide a picture of Quakerism in 19th-century Ohio.
Dates:
1810-1929; Majority of material found within 1810 - 1896
Judy and Michael Van Hoy Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-341
Abstract
The papers of Judy and Michael Van Hoy, members of Green Street Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who have been deeply involved in social justice concerns particularly through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Workcamps programs. Both also were active in international workcamps, especially in Kenya. Judy Van Hoy maintained correspondence with many international workcampers, including extensive correspondence with Jane Swart, a South African who worked at the Quaker Peace Centre...
Dates:
1967 - 2015
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- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 11
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- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 7
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- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 6
- Parsons, Samuel, 1774-1841 6
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 6
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 6
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 6
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 6
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1827-1948) 6
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 6
- Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 5
- Brown family 5
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 5
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 5
- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 5
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 5
- Friends World Committee for Consultation 5
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 5
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 5
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 5
- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 5
- Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817 5
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 5
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955) 5
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 5
- Parrish, John, 1729-1807 5
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 5
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 5
- Schofield, Martha 5
- Scott, Job, 1751-1793 5
- Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 5
- Wilbur, John, 1774-1856 5
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 4
- Bowles, Minnie, 1868-1958 4
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- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 4
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 4
- Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.) 4
- Sharpless family 4
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- Walton family 4
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- Willoughby, George, pacifist 4
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 4
- Woolman, John, 1720-1772 4
- Young Friends' Association (New York, N.Y.) 4
- A Quaker Action Group 3
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- Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 3
- Bowles, Gilbert, 1869-1960 3
- Braithwaite, Anna, 1788-1859 3
- Brinton, Anna Cox 3
- Cadbury, William Warder 3
- Canton Christian College 3
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- Carter family 3
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- Cornplanter, Seneca chief 3
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- Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 3
- Evans, Charles, 1802-1879 3
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 3
- Evans, William Bacon, 1875-1964 3
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- Fox, George 3
- Friends Freedmen's Association 3
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- Garrigues, Edward, 1756-1845 3
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 3
- Genesee Yearly Meeting of Friends 3
- Gould, Thomas B., 1813-1856 3
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