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New York Yearly Meeting collection on conscientious objection

 Collection — othertype: SC-223
Identifier: SFHL-SC-223
Abstract This collection contains papers concerning conscientious objection collected by New York Yearly Meeting. Folder 1 contains a small amount of correspondence regarding COs in 1914 from Ulysses DeRosa, a member of New York Yearly Meeting (Orthodox); folders 2 and 3 contain largely correspondence, 1939-1946, concerning work with COs by the subcommittee on Conscientious Objectors of the New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Peace and Social Order, Joint Work-Camp Committee, and the Metropolitan...
Dates: 1914-1970

Collection of sufferings of Flushing Friends during the American Revolution

 Collection — othertype: SC-243
Identifier: SFHL-SC-243
Abstract

Contains a document listing the Sufferings of Friends belonging to Flushing Monthly Meeting given to the Committee appointed to inspect the Sufferings of Friends, 1782. Also, accounts submitted by individuals and related epistles, 1775 and 1778, from London and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings.

Dates: 1775-1789

Lee Stern Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-170
Abstract

Lee Stern (1915-1992), was a Quaker pacifist, conscientious objector to war, involved in peace groups and organizations, and a teacher of nonviolence.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1936-1992

Joseph Tallcot correspondence

 Collection — othertype: SC-186
Identifier: SFHL-SC-186
Abstract

Contains five letters from Quaker educator Joseph Talcot, including one to New York Yearly Meeting for Sufferings and five to Samuel Parsons (1744-1841), long-time elder and clerk of New York Yearly Meeting. The letters deal with concerns of the Meeting for Suffering and providing literature to Friends in remote quarterly meetings.

Dates: 1814-1824, 1827

Alson D. Van Wagner New York Yearly Meeting Papers

 Collection — othertype: RG5-274
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-274
Abstract

Contains research, drafts and correspondence collected by Alson D. Van Wagner concerning two New York Yearly Meeting publications, Quaker Crosscurrents: Three Hundred Years of Friends in the New York Yearly Meeting, published in 1995, and New York Yearly Meeting Directory 1993. Of particular interest is the research done on identifying New York Yearly Meeting women ministers.

Dates: 1992 - 1994

Grace Tower Warren photograph albums and diary as New York Yearly Meeting Secretary

 Collection — othertype: PA-159
Identifier: SFHL-PA-159
Abstract

Grace Tower Warren (later Sturge), served as Secretary for New York Yearly Meeting 1923-1926. These photographs document the meeting houses in New York and Warren's travel during her term as Secretary of NYYM. There is an accompanying diary of her travels.

Dates: 1923 - 1926

Daniel P. Whitley correspondence with New York Yearly Meeting Friends

 Collection — othertype: SC-242
Identifier: SFHL-SC-242
Abstract

The collections contains correspondence between Daniel P. Whitley with Friends in New York Meeting concerning issues of faith. Primary correspondent is Joseph A. Vlaskamp, General Secretary of the Yearly Meeting.

Dates: 1988-1991

Thomas Willis writings relating to the Separation and Quaker testimonies

 Collection — othertype: SC-220
Identifier: SFHL-SC-220
Abstract These writings, apparently a draft in answer to Evan Lewis's defense of Hicks, elucidate Willis's beliefs and his account of the Separation, including his being part of the committee that presented the complaint against Hicks which culminated in the disownment of Hicks in 1829 by the Orthodox faction. Willis defends the importance of the Bible, the divinity of Jesus, and the authority of the Church. Includes a draft of a letter to Josiah Forster (1848) in which Willis refers to the Wilburite...
Dates: 1807-1848

L. Hollingsworth Wood Prison Reform Papers

 Collection — othertype: SC-202
Identifier: SFHL-SC-202
Abstract

Contains primarily correspondence, 1934-1937, relating to Wood's interest in prison reform, particularly convict labor. Also a several items reflecting his interest in other Quaker concerns.

Dates: 1913 - 1937

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New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings 2
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Bowne, Amy, 1795- 1
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Collins, Sarah, b. 1795 1
Cromwell, Caroline A., b. 1833 1
Darby, Deborah 1
DeRosa, Ulysses, 1892- 1
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Friends' Book and Tract Committee (New York, N.Y.) 1
Garvan, Theresa 1
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Hoag, May 1
Jackson, Anna M. (Anna Margaret), 1848-1920 1
Jackson, William M. (William Morris), 1837-1919 1
Lindley Murray Fund (Organization) 1
Ludlam, Sarah, d. 1841 1
Mekeel, Amy Grace, 1885-1976 1
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Monthly Meeting of New York (Society of Friends : approximately 1671-1828 : New York, N.Y.) 1
Murray, Catherine Bowne 1
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New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1955). Philanthropic Committee 1
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New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955). French War Victims Fund 1
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955). Scipio Quarterly Meeting 1
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Peace and Service Committee (1955-1966) 1
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Scipio Quarterly Meeting 1
Peace and Service Committee of the New York Yearly Meetings 1
Peace and Social Action Program 1
Quaker Project on Community Conflict of the New York Yearly Meeting 1
Stern, Lee, 1915-1992 1
Sturge, Grace T. W. (Grace Tower Warren), 1890-1985 1
Taber, Anna F. 1
Taber, Elizabeth W. 1
Tallcot, Joseph, 1768-1853 1
Underhill, Hannah 1
Underhill, Sarah F. 1
Vlaskamp, Joseph A., 1929-2001 1
Waring, Eileen B. 1
Whitley, Daniel P., 1945- 1
Wilbur, Henry Watson, 1851-1914 1
Willis, Thomas, 1770 or 1771-1864 1
Wood, L. Hollingsworth (Levi Hollingsworth), 1874-1956 1
Wood, M. S. (Mary Sutton), 1805-1894 1
Wood, William, 1797-1877 1
Wright, Phebe C. 1
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