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"Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House: A Biography"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-010
Abstract
The manuscript of Gergory Barnes's "Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House: A Biography" provides a history of Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House from the purchase of the land by William Penn in 1683, to the present, including important Quaker individuals, the influence of Philadelphia's history on the Meeting House, the Orthodox-Hicksite separation, and the Wilburite-Gurneyites.
Dates:
2011
Bartlett Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-014
Abstract
This collection is comprised of the correspondence, school records, financial records, legal documents, and miscellaneous papers of various members of the Bartlett family.
Dates:
1842-1859
Bernard Barton Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-311
Abstract
The collection contains primarily the corrrespondence of Bernard Barton, English Quaker poet and bank clerk. Most of the letters are to William S. Fitch, a chemist and druggist, and other correspondents include R. Ackerman and Edward Moxon. Many of the letters concern Barton's poetry. Also included are few poems and other papers. All items in the collection were written by Bernard Barton; most were written from the location of Woodbridge (Suffolk, England).
Dates:
1818 - 1848
Bernard Barton letterbook
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-002
Abstract
This collection includes of the single letterbook of Bernard Barton, as well as correspondence related to the history of the letterbook, dated 1942. The letterbook contains personal correspondence from friends and family, and letters are often related to personal and family news, Barton's poetry and writings, and literature in general. Letter writers include Charles Lamb, Thomas Campbell, Elizabeth Fry, Charles Lloyd, Andrew Ritchie, Robert Southey, John Scott, Horatio Smith, Mary White, and...
Dates:
1822-1837
"The Boston Broad Brim"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-011
Abstract
The manuscript of George A. Barton, entitled "The Boston Broad Brim," appears to be satirical in nature, and, according to the introduction supplied by the manuscript, "The Boston Broad Brim is published Semi-Occasionally for the benefit of the Boston Meeting. It is the official organ of the Whittier Association," and was previously called the "Highland Hall News, and was a weekly paper." This volume provides a brief satirical history of Quakers, particularly their move from Switzerland to...
Dates:
1884
George A. Barton papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-015
Abstract
This collection is comprised of the two copies of the manuscripts of George Aaron Barton, as well as correspondence related to the collection.
Dates:
1951
Harold Barton Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Barton, Harold
Abstract
In the early 1940s National Mental Health Foundation originated in 1944-1945 when Harold Barton and three associates, serving at Byberry State Hospital in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), announced plans for a national campaign to improve the conditions in mental hospitals. The exposure of these conditions through the efforts of men serving in CPS, and their efforts to be a nonviolent presence in mental institutions, began a new movement in mental health care in the U.S. The National Mental...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1944-1949
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Bartram Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-008
Abstract
This collection includes correspondence, autograph albums, photographs, and other memorabilia of the Bartram and related families of Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Dates:
1843-1874
Bassett Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-009
Abstract
This collection contains deeds, will, land and other property documents of the Bassett, Wright, and other families of Salem County, NJ, many of whom were Quakers.
Dates:
1676-1846
Bassett-Little Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-277
Abstract
The collection contain papers of the Bassett and Little families who resided in Swarthmore, Pa., in the first half of the twentieth century. In the 1980s, May Virginia Bassett Little (1913-1994) created a series of family scrapbooks accompanied by short memoirs and excerpts from her diaries. Her father was a birthright Quaker, and the family had deep roots in Swarthmore College and the Borough of Swarthmore. Her husband, Ralph V. Little, Jr., (1909-2001), also was raised in Swarthmore. Their...
Dates:
ca. 1923-2015
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- English 1644
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- American Friends Service Committee 73
- Swarthmore College 53
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- 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
- 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
- Friends World Committee for Consultation 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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