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John Woolman papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-185
Overview
The collection contains some papers of John Woolman, an American Quaker minister.
Dates:
1749
World Council of Churches Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-044
Overview
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
World Without War Council Collected Records
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Jay Worrall's Research Notes for The Friendly Virginians: America's First Quakers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1224
Overview
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)
Emma Worrell Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-193
Overview
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
Rebecca Wright diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-093
Overview
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
Anna Yarnall diaries
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-094
Overview
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
Emma C. Yarnall commonplace book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-043
Overview
The commonplace book of Emma C. Yarnall includes quotations on religious subjects, excerpts of letters, and excerpts of poetry and literature.
Dates:
1878
Yarnall family history
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-10-009
Scope and Contents
This collection is a handwritten family history of the Yarnall family, compiled by Charles Yarnall. It is loose paper that has been bound at an unknown date.
Dates:
undated
Yearly Meeting Epistles and Extracts
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-971
Overview
Contemporary copies of epistles and extracts of Yearly Meeting minutes, of Meeting for Sufferings, and of Women Friends, of London, Dublin, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Virginia, Rhode Island from 1698-1944.
Dates:
1668 - 1944
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- English 1635
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- Names
- American Friends Service Committee 70
- Swarthmore College 54
- Haverford College 42
- Westtown Boarding School 31
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 30
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 28
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 23
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 22
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 20
- Fox, George 18
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 17
- 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
- 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
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 9
- Smith family 9
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 8
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 8
- Friends World Committee for Consultation 8
- George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 8
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 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
- 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
- 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
- Taylor family 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
- 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
- Scott, Job, 1751-1793 6
- Shinn family 6
- Simmons, Henry 6
- Smith, Daniel B. 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
- Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 5
- Bettle, Samuel 5
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 5
- Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 5 ∧ less
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