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John Alston Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-002
Abstract
John Alston (1794-1874) was a Quaker farmer who lived in Middletown, Delaware. This collection contains his journals (1837 (?)-1847 and n.d.), account books and business papers (1821-1874), and essays by Nathan Lord on slavery and salvation (1797).
Dates:
1797-1874
Appoquinimink Preparative Meeting records
Collection — othertype: SW/Ph/A625
Identifier: QM-Ph-A625
Scope and Contents
Records of Appoquinimink Preparative Meeting. Includes Minutes, 1947-1951, with a transcription, and miscellaneous records, 1948-2022. Includes born digital records.
Dates:
1946 - 2024
Joseph Bancroft Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-007
Abstract
Joseph Bancroft (1803-1874) was Hicksite Quaker and cloth manufacturer from Wilmington, Delaware, who worked for the reunification of the Society of Friends in the 1860's and 1870's. He wrote a number of religious tracts and published a book, A Persuasive To Unity, which he published in 1874. At his death, Bancroft established a trust fund to secure the free circulation of this book among Quakers. This collection includes materials which relate to Joseph Bancroft's writing and other...
Dates:
1868-1989 [bulk, 1868-1914]
William P. Bancroft Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-349
Abstract
The collection contains William P. Bancroft's letter books 1880-1928 and a small amount of Bancroft-Clark family correspondence and photographs. Also extensive transcribed material from William Bancroft's letter books and research on family members and individuals with detailed topical inventory.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1880 - 1928; ca. 1880-2003
John Beer Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Beer, John
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence and notes about Beer's work for peace and social justice including: a typescript account of conscientious objector David Emerson's hearing in 1954 in Danville, Illinois; peace involvements in Delaware, 1960s-1980s, including opposition to the Vietnam War and to nuclear weapons; accounts of Western Quarterly Friends (Quakers) visits to the Pentagon to protest the arms race, 1979-1981, including correspondence with Brig. General Richard T. Boverie; opposition...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1954-1985
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Biddle family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-177
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Philadelphia Quaker Owen Biddle (1737-1799), his son, Clement Biddle (1778-1856), and numerous descendants. Owen Biddle, a scientist and merchant, was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and helped in the establishment of Westtown School (1799). Owen Biddle's papers, 1772-1793, (Series 1) include correspondence, and journals, some of which relate to his Revolutionary War activities. Three of his letterbooks, 1778-1779, have been microfilmed. The...
Dates:
1793-1951
Brooks Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-252
Abstract
The Brooks Family Papers contain extensive correspondence, diaries, and other papers from multiple generations of the Buck, Butler, and Brooks families of New England and the Mid-West and the Kerner family of Delaware. Prominently represented are Morgan Brooks (1861-1947), a professor of engineering, and his wife, Frona Marie (Brooks) Brooks (1861-1947). One of their children, Charles Franklin Brooks (1891-1958), became a member of the Society of Friends shortly after marrying Eleanor M....
Dates:
1790-1992 (bulk 1832-1960)
Lewis Walton Brosius Genealogical Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-020
Abstract
Lewis Walton Brosius (1856-1930) was a Hicksite Quaker teacher, businessman and genealogist from Wilmington, Delaware. This collection contains the materials collected by Brosius for his book Genealogy of Henry and Mary Brosius and their descendants with other historical matters connected therewith.
Dates:
1806-1933
John G. Bullock collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1251
Abstract
A collection of materials relating to John Griscom Bullock (1854-1939), a photographer and member of the Photo Secession group. These materials include photographs by John G. Bullock of his daughter Marjorie Bullock at various points in her life from birth in 1889 until 1907, as well as written information about Marjorie Bullock and genealogical materials of the Griscom, Bullock, and related families. Includes John Bullock's early writings.
Dates:
1799-1947
Bye Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-022
Abstract
Contains papers of Quakers of Delaware and southern Chester County (Pa.), particularly members of the Bye, Jenkinson, Passmore, Speakman, and Smith families. The collection includes correspondence, business records, photographs, and memorabilia of E. Mortimer and Pusey Passmore Bye, Thomas Jenkinson, Thomas H. Speakman, and Nathaniel Smith. Also includes accounts of Phebe Thomas who died at the age of 104 in Chester County (Pa.) and had witnessed the Battle of Brandywine as a child.
Dates:
1685-1931
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- Quakers -- Delaware 19
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- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Austria 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 1
- Social reform 1
- Social reformers -- Delaware -- History -- Sources 1
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- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- 19th century 1
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- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- Delaware -- History -- Sources 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
- Wilmington, Del. -- Social life and customs 1
- Women -- Family relationships 1
- Women -- Societies and clubs 1
- Women and Peace -- History 1
- geological maps 1
- letter books 1
- manuscripts (documents) 1
- maps (documents) 1
- photographs 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- Ferris, Anna M., 1815-1890 3
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 3
- American Friends Service Committee 2
- Bancroft family 2
- Bancroft, William P. (William Poole), 1835-1928 2
- Ferris family 2
- Ferris, David, 1821-1908 2
- Ferris, Deborah, 1813-1897 2
- George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 2
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 2
- Kerner, Barbara Brooks, 1922-2007 2
- Smith family 2
- Westtown Boarding School 2
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
- Alston, John, 1794-1874 1
- Alston, Jonathan 1
- Appoquinimink Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1947- ) 1
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
- Bancroft, Joseph, 1803-1874 1
- Beer, John Joseph, 1927- 1
- Biddle family 1
- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
- Biddle, Mary, 1780-1849 1
- Biddle, Owen, 1737-1799 1
- Biddle, William Canby, 1864-1942 1
- Bishop, Robert R. (Ridgway) 1
- Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
- Bringhurst, Joseph, 1767-1834 1
- Brooks family 1
- Brooks, Benjamin Franklin, 1816-1887 1
- Brooks, Charles Franklin, 1891-1958 1
- Brooks, Eleanor S. (Eleanor Stabler), 1892-1986 1
- Brooks, Esther, 1859-1942 1
- Brooks, Francis Augustus, 1824-1902 1
- Brooks, Franklin Herrick, 1866-1922 1
- Brooks, Frona Marie, 1861-1947 1
- Brooks, Morgan, 1861-1947 1
- Brosius family 1
- Brosius, Lewis Walton, 1856-1930 1
- Buck family 1
- Buck, Charles W., 1833-1933 1
- Bullock, John G., 1854-1939 1
- Bullock, Marjorie 1
- Butler family 1
- Bye family 1
- Bye, E. Mortimer (Enoch Mortimer), 1818-1894 1
- Bye, Pusey P. (Pusey Passmore), 1846-1931 1
- Delaware Draft Counseling & Education Service, Inc. 1
- Emerson, David 1
- Emma Worrell (1834-1930) 1
- Essler, Fanny 1
- Farris family 1
- Fennell, George, b.1787 1
- Ferris, Fanny, 1778-1833 1
- Ferris, Hannah, 1793-1860 1
- Ferris, Henry 1
- Ferris, John, 1775-1802 1
- Ferris, Matilda, 1853-1937 1
- Ferris, Ziba, 1743-1794 1
- Fothergill family 1
- Fothergill, Alexander, 1709-1788 1
- Fothergill, Alexander, 1788-1843 1
- Fothergill, Ann, 1830- 1
- Fothergill, Samuel 1
- Fothergill-Quinlan, Winifred Quigley 1
- Friends Social Lyceum (Wilmington, Del.) 1
- Gibbons, Mary, 1795-1876 1
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 1
- Heald family 1
- Heald, Jacob 1
- Heald, Pusey Bancroft, 1896-1972 1
- Heald, Pusey, 1838-1928 1
- Hilles, Eli, 1783-1863 1
- Hollingsworth, H. (Henry), 1737-1803 1
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 1
- Howell family 1
- Hunn family 1
- Hunn, John, 1818-1894 1
- Hunt, Nathan, 1758-1853 1
- Hurnard, Hannah, 1778?-1835 1
- Hurnard, Robert, b.1774 1
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 1
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 1
- James, Dorothy Biddle 1
- Jenkins family (Jenkins, Jabez, 1792-1858) 1
- Jenkins, Ezekiel, 1802-1873 1
- Jenkins, Patience H. (Patience Hunn), 1805-1884 1
- Jenkinson family 1
- Jenkinson, Thomas, 1794-1890 1
- John Fothergill 1
- Judge, Hugh, 1750?-1834 1
- Kerner, Benjamin 1
- Kerner, Winifred 1
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 1
- Knight family 1
- Knight, Elizabeth Knorr, 1814-1841 1
- Knight, Lavinia Lloyd, 1816-1863 1
- Lewis, Lucy Biddle, 1861- 1
- Lord, Nathan, 1792-1870 1
- Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 1 + ∧ less
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