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Amy Grace Mekeel papers concerning Conservative Friends, New York Yearly Meeting

 Collection — othertype: SC-286
Identifier: SFHL-SC-286
Abstract

The collectionn contains Mekeel's notes and abstracts concerning Quaker meetings in the Scipio and Farmington Quarterly Meetings of New York Yearly Meeting, particularly concerning the various nineteenth century Orthodox separations. There is also a small group of correspondence focused on Quaker meeting records.

Dates: 1946 - 1968

Emlen Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-038
Abstract Contains papers relating to the Emlen family, residents of Middletown and West Chester, Pennsylvania. Chiefly correspondence (1817-1849) of Sarah Foulke Farquhar Emlen (1787-1849), Quaker minister, relating to her travels to visit Friends' meetings in England, Ireland, New England, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. Also correspondence of Quaker ministers 1740-1790, copybooks, and memorabilia. Includes material relating to Westtown School, a Quaker boarding...
Dates: 1740 - 1886; Majority of material found within 1817 - 1849

Friends World College Collected Papers 1957-1992

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-116
Abstract Friends World College was conceived as an accredited, co-educational, degree-granting liberal arts college combining a residence program with the opportunity for foreign travel and study. Planned as a "college without walls," it was sponsored by the New York Yearly Meeting and opened in September 1965. It was merged into Long Island University in 1991. The collection contains Mary-Cushing Niles's files pertaining to all aspects of Friends World College. Mary-Cushing Niles (1900-1993), a...
Dates: 1957-1992

Ruth P. Ringenbach Collected Friends World College Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-247
Abstract Ruth P. Ringenbach, a member of Westbury Monthly Meeting, was a member of the Friends World College Association and served on the New York Yearly Meeting Liaison Committee. She was treasurer of the Association from 1978-1985. Friends World College became independent of New York Yearly Meeting in 1975, but members of the Association who were also members of New York Yearly Meeting served as a liaison between Friends World College and New York Yearly Meeting, keeping the Yearly Meeting...
Dates: 1975-1985

Friends World College Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-082
Abstract Friends World College was conceived as an accredited, co-educational, degree-granting liberal arts college combining a residence program with the opportunity for foreign travel and study. Planned as a "college without walls," it was sponsored by the New York Yearly Meeting and opened in September 1965. The College flourished in the 1960s counterculture environment, but ran into financial difficulties in the 1970s. While much of its support came from...
Dates: 1958-2001

Hicks Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-282
Abstract

The Hicks family was a Long Island, New York, Quaker family with extensive connections to prominent members of the Society of Friends. The collection contains correspondence, mostly relating to Quaker concerns, received by Isaac Hicks (1815-1900) and others; genealogical research of Benjamin D. Hicks, and miscellaneous collected papers concerning the Society of Friends and Swarthmore College.

Dates: 1784-1940

Isaac Hicks Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-197
Abstract Isaac Hicks (1767-1820) was a New York Quaker merchant. He established a large fleet of international trading vessels and financially helped to support his cousin, Edward Hicks (1780-1849), the Pennsylvania Quaker folk artist. Isaac Hicks traveled extensively with his cousin, Elias Hicks (1748-1830), the New York Quaker minister. The collection contains primarily the correspondence of Isaac Hicks, including letters from Isaac Hicks to his wife describing religious journeys taken with Elias...
Dates: 1798-ca. 1956 (bulk 1798-1818)

New York Yearly Meeting collection of papers concerning slavery

 Collection — othertype: SC-284
Identifier: SFHL-SC-284
Abstract

The collection contains a small number of miscellaneous papers relating to efforts within New York Yearly Meeting to support the manumission of enslaved people, abolition, and education of formerly enslaved people, 1778-1870. Most are copies of reports presented to New York Monthly Meeting or to the Yearly Meeting, compiled as a reference file.

Dates: 1778 - 1870

New York Yearly Meeting Records: Elsie K. Powell House

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NYy-530
Abstract

The Elsie K. Powell House is a Quaker retreat and conference center located in Old Chatham, New York. The collection contains materials relating to the establishment of the Powell House and its function as a Quaker retreat and conference center.

Dates: 1927-2017

Nine Partners Boarding School papers

 Collection — othertype: SC-246
Identifier: SFHL-SC-246

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New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 6
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Long Island University 3
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee on a Friends World College 3
Parsons, Samuel, 1774-1841 3
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Hicks family 2
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 2
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings 2
Nicklin, George L. 2
American Friends Service Committee 1
Bates, Elisha, 1781-1861 1
Bradley, A. Day (Amos Day), -1905 1
Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 1
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 1
Churchman, John, 1753-1805 1
Comly, John, 1773-1850 1
Elliott Baldwin Hunt 1
Emlen family 1
Emlen, James, 1760-1798 1
Emlen, James, 1792-1866 1
Emlen, Samuel 1
Emlen, Samuel, 1829-1920 1
Emlen, Sarah Foulke Farquhar (Sarah Foulke Farquhar Emlen), 1787-1849 1
Eyre, Isaac, 1819-1904 1
Fisher, Miers, 1748-1819 1
Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834 1
Forster, Josiah, 1782-1870 1
Fothergill, Samuel 1
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892 1
Grimke, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879 1
Hazard, Elizabeth L. 1
Hicks, Benjamin D. (Benjamin Doughty), 1836-1906 1
Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 1
Hicks, Isaac, 1767-1820 1
Hicks, Isaac, 1815-1900 1
Hicks, John D., 1829-1907 1
Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 1
Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 1
Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 1
Jericho Preparative Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Nassau County, N.Y.) 1
Kite, Thomas, 1785-1845 1
Marriott, Charles 1
Mekeel, Amy Grace, 1885-1976 1
Monkton Monthly Meeting of Friends (approximately 1925-1996 : Monkton, Vt.) 1
Monthly Meeting of New York (Society of Friends : approximately 1671-1828 : New York, N.Y.) 1
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955). Farmington Quarterly Meeting (1828-1955) 1
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955). Meeting for Sufferings 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. Scipio Quarterly Meeting 1
Niles, Mary Cushing Howard 1
Nine-Partners' Boarding School (Washington, N.Y.) 1
Painter, Levinus King 1
Pottenger, Flora E., 1890-1980 1
Powell House (Old Chatham, N.Y.) 1
Purdy family 1
Purdy, William, d. 1847 1
Ringenbach, Ruth P. (Ruth Pretakewitz), 1922-1999 1
Rotch, Thomas, 1767-1823. 1
Rotch, William, 1734-1828 1
Samuel S. & William Wood (Firm) 1
Scott, Job, 1751-1793 1
Shillitoe, Thomas, 1754-1836 1
Sky Island Hostel (Nyack, N.Y.) 1
Swarthmore College 1
Tallcot, Joseph, 1768-1853 1
The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of the Free People of Color 1
Tingue, Arthur M. 1
Townsend, Richard H., 1804- 1
Tuke, Esther, 1727-1794 1
Unthank, John, 1754-1840 1
Vlaskamp, Joseph A., 1929-2001 1
Westtown Boarding School 1
Whitley, Daniel P., 1945- 1
Wilbur, John, 1774-1856 1
Willets, William, 1808-1844 1
Willis, Thomas, 1770 or 1771-1864 1
Wood, M. S. (Mary Sutton), 1805-1894 1
Wood, Samuel, 1760-1844 1
Wood, William, 1797-1877 1
Young Friends' Association (New York, N.Y.) 1
Young Friends' Association (Purchase, N.Y.) 1
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