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Edwin B. Bronner papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1171
Overview
Papers from the Fourth World Conference of Friends (Quakers) which was held at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1967. Edwin Bronner was chair of the Executive Committee of the American Section, but there was worldwide representation by Friends and guests. A well known speaker at the conference was U.N. Secretary General U Thant.
Dates:
1952-1978
Broomell-Cleghorn-Fisher Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-278
Overview
This collection contains material collected by Anna Pettit Broomell and primarily consists of the writings and correspondence of Broomell, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and Sarah Cleghorn.
Dates:
1876-1967
Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends (Bucks County, Pa.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-011
Overview
The Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends, a Quaker Bible distribution society, located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was established in 2nd month, 1830, under the Bible Association of Friends in America. Its purpose was to supply “Friends and others with the Holy Scripture, “to encourage “the frequent and serious perusal of them”, and to promote “a more accurate knowledge of their invaluable contents”. All subscriptions collected by the Auxiliary were turned over to the parent body,...
Dates:
1830-1845
Business Problems Group records
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-005
Overview
The Business Problem Group of Philadelphia was part of the Social Order Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Orthodox whose purpose was to "deal with prblems of the relation between employers and employees. This collection contains three bound volumes of minutes from meetings of the Business Problems Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. The group met and had presentations and programs.
Dates:
1919-1935
Larry Scott Butler Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-315
Overview
Larry Scott Butler is a Quaker activist who was involved in civil rights work in Alabama in 1965 and was a leader in the gay rights movement in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and the diary he kept while participating in the SCOPE project, Barbour County, Alabama, which was sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The collection includes minutes and remarks on the early history of the Committee on Homosexuality of Philadelphia...
Dates:
1965 - 2015
Byberry Hall Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-012
Overview
Byberry Hall Association was organized in 1854 when the citizens of Byberry township and vicinity decided to form a company for the purpose of erecting a building where residents could meet to hear lectures, hold elections, etc. This collection contains the records of the Byberry Hall Association, 1847-1981. It includes the secretary's book containing minutes (1854-1905); account books, deeds and miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1847-1981
Byberry Library Company Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-013
Overview
Byberry Library Company was founded in 1794 and incorporated in 1799. Located in the Byberry section of Philadelphia, Pa., the Library was generally under Quaker management. The collection includes the minutes of the director's meetings; constitution and by-laws, financial and property records, and miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1794-1922
Byberry School Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-014
Overview
The Byberry School Association was formed in 1837 by several members of the Society of Friends, mostly members of Byberry Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) for the purpose of raising stock to buy land and erect a secondary school in Byberry, Pennsylvania. It includes minutes, financial records, and some miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1837-1844
Mary Bye Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-024
Overview
Mary (Du Bois) Bye, Quaker peace and social activist and member of Doylestown Monthly Meeting of Friends in Pennsylvania, was born in 1913. This collection consists of the papers relating to Mary Bye's political activity. It includes correspondence, notes, clippings, and other files concerning peace and justice issues.
Dates:
1966-[on-going]
Cadbury-Brown Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1177
Abstract
19th-century papers of the interrelated Cadbury and Brown Quaker families.
Dates:
1804-1974
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- Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 6
- Friends General Conference (U.S.) 6
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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
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- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1827-1948) 6
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 6
- Brown family 5
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 5
- Bryn Mawr College 5
- Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 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
- 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
- Brinton family 4
- Cadbury family 4
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- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 4
- Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 4
- Fox, George 4
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- New England Yearly Meeting of Friends 4
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- Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 4
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 4
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 4
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 4
- Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.) 4
- Sharpless family 4
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- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 4
- White, Barclay, 1821-1903 4
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 4
- 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
- All American Friends Conference (1929 : Oskaloosa, Iowa) 3
- 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
- Chalkley, Thomas, 1675-1741 3
- Cornplanter, Seneca chief 3
- Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 3
- Dugdale, Joseph A., 1810-1896 3
- Evans, Charles, 1802-1879 3
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 3
- Evans, William Bacon, 1875-1964 3
- Flanagan, Ross, 1934- 3
- Foulke family 3
- Foulke, Joseph, 1786-1863 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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