Showing Collections: 1621 - 1630 of 1646
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-092
Abstract
John Woolman's diary from his voyage to England in 1772, the original manuscript of which is held at the Mount School, York, United Kingdom. Entries discuss Woolman's travel with Samuel Emlen, including preparations for the voyage, description of weather conditions, conditions on board, religious reflection, and reflection on the slave trade.
Dates:
1772
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-103
Abstract
This collection is comprised of the correspondence, financial records, notes, and photographs of the John Woolman Memorial House.
Dates:
1924-1942
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-185
Abstract
The collection contains some papers of John Woolman, an American Quaker minister.
Dates:
1749
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-044
Abstract
Bliss Forbush (1896-1987), Quaker educator, administrator, and author, was born in 1896 and died in 1987. Bliss Forbush served as a member of the American Section of the World Council of Churches, 1941-1951, representing Friends General Conference and as a delegate to the first Assembly of the World Council of Churches in 1948. This collection contains primarily minutes, leaflets, and articles printed in Quaker and other periodicals, relating to the World Council of Churches and possible...
Dates:
1941-1961
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World Without War Council
Abstract
Turn Toward Peace attempted to coordinate the efforts of peace organizations for more effective action in the 1960s. World Without War Council was chosen as the group's new name in 1967 to help clarify that it was a council made up of iany organizations set up to work for long-term change.
Dates:
1966-1983
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1224
Abstract
Jay Wesley Worrall Jr. (1916-2010) was born in Pennsylvania and graduated from Haverford College in 1937. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. In 1942, he married Carolyn Randal. After the war, he worked as a marketing manager and joined the Religious Society of Friends as a member of the Reading Meeting. He served again in the military during the Korean War. He was an active participant in the civil rights movement and worked to assist prisoners in reentering...
Dates:
1990-1994 (these dates are only based on the publication date of The Friendly Virginians, and are not factual, as there are no available dates)
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-193
Abstract
Emma Worrell (1834-1930) was a Quaker teacher from Wilmington, Delaware, active in Wilmington women's club activities. The collection contains some genealogical correspondence about the Worrell, Lamborn and Bringhurst families of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, and family memorabilia and scrapbooks. Also included is an imaginary diary of a trip to California, 1869, by Emma Worrell for the Friends Lyceum and a testimonial book presented to her by the New Century Club,...
Dates:
1869-1929
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-093
Abstract
Entries in Rebecca Wright's diary of her religious visit to England and Ireland provide an account of her voyage to Ireland, her recuperation in Waterford after arriving, her attendance at meetings in Ireland, her travel to Liverpool, and attendance at meetings throughout England.
Dates:
1784, Undated
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-094
Abstract
Anna Yarnall's diary entries describe weather, social calls, domestic duties, family news, attendance at meetings, births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community, and the health of herself and family members.
Dates:
1856-1885
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-043
Abstract
The commonplace book of Emma C. Yarnall includes quotations on religious subjects, excerpts of letters, and excerpts of poetry and literature.
Dates:
1878