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Edgar R. Norton Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Norton, Edgar R.
Abstract
Includes correspondence, notes and reminiscences, statement of conscience by Edgar Norton; correspondents include Harrop A. Freeman, Norman J. Whitney.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1945-1949; 1945-1949, 1960
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
William Orick Research Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-172
Overview
William Orick (1888-1990), who came to this country as a German refugee, was a Quaker and member of Schenectady Monthly Meeting in New York. He conducted extensive research on how women were regarded in history. The collection contains his research papers primarily include his manuscripts, notes, and correspondence relating to Orick's study on women in the Catholic Church.
Dates:
1945-1990 [bulk 1960-1990]
Levinus King Painter Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-209
Overview
Levinus King Painter (1889-1983) was a Quaker minister, author, and social activist. Born in Spiceland, Indiana, in 1889, he attended Spiceland Academy, Earlham College, and Hartford Theological Seminary. His pastoral service began in Collins, New York, in 1914, and he later served at Poplar Ridge (N.Y.), Monkton and South Starksboro (Vt.), Clintondale (N.Y.), Putney (Vt.), and back to Collins from 1942-56. He also worked as Interim Secretary of Friends Africa Mission from 1956-1957. Papers...
Dates:
1960-1983
Sarah Hopper Palmer Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-115
Overview
Sarah Hopper Palmer (1796-1885) was the eldest child of Isaac T. Hopper (1771-1852), noted Hicksite Quaker abolitionist and social reformer. The collection was apparently compiled as a basis for Lydia Maria Child's Life of Isaac T. Hopper, which was first published in 1853. The original manuscript of the published book is included in the collection. The collection contains material on the Palmer, Hunn and Jenkins families, family correspondence, legal and...
Dates:
1705-1883
Mary B. Parson correspondence
Collection — othertype: SC-014
Identifier: SFHL-SC-014
Abstract
This collection includes personal correspondence between Mary B. Parsons and members of the Braithwaite family, primarily Anna and Isaac Braithwaite. Letters concern family matters and, occasionally, meeting activities at Flushing and Kendal and news of Joseph Gurney and Elizabeth Fry. Other correspondents include J. Bevan Braithwaite and Martha G. Braithwaite.
Dates:
1843-1878
Samuel Parsons correspondence
Collection — othertype: SC-229
Identifier: SFHL-SC-229
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence received by Samuel Parsons of New York Monthly Meeting. Correspondents include William and Hannah Jackson, ministers of New Garden Monthly Meeting, Pa.; London Friends writing to James Mott, Parsons, and Richard R. Lawrence in response to their report of Friends' activities with native Americans; Samuel Bettle of Philadelphia concerning the Separation, offering advice for New York Yearly Meeting; Daniel Comstock describing the program of study at the...
Dates:
1805-1831
Moses Pierce correspondence with George F. White
Collection — othertype: SC-238
Identifier: SFHL-SC-238
Abstract
The collections contains correspondence between George F. White and Moses Pierce in which Pierce asks White to clarify his views on abolition, temperance, and peace. White does not agree with abolitionists who want an immediate end to slavery, and he thinks that Great Britain's Abolition of Slavery Act was a ill-conceived. He notes the wretched conditions of factories and mines in England and Scotland as other forms of slavery. Pierce, in copies or drafts of the letters he sent, argues that...
Dates:
1839-1926 (bulk 1842-1846)
Edna Postlethwaite Family papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-125
Overview
Edna Postlethwaite (1892-1972) graduated from Swarthmore College in 1914 and earned a masters degree from Columbia University. A Quaker and a member of New York Monthly Meeting of Friends, she was a teacher and involved in many social concerns. The collection contains the letters and diaries of Edna Postlethwaite and photocopies of the letters of G. Edmund Stratton, her uncle, and also a Swarthmore College graduate. Of particular interest is the correspondence of the former with her parents,...
Dates:
1894-1962
Some memorandum of the proceedings of the Select Preparative and Monthly Meeting of Jericho, in the case of Anne Willis, Thomas Willis, and Phebe Willis,
Collection — othertype: SC-219
Identifier: SFHL-SC-219
Overview
This volume contains two copies in the same hand of the account of the charge against Anne, Thomas, and Phebe Willis before Jericho Preparative and Monthly Meetings and their defense of their views; the first version includes a copy of the essay written and signed in their defense, and the second version omits the essay but includes more detail about Elias Hicks' remarks.
Dates:
circa 1828
Purdy Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-243
Overview
The collection contains account books, financial papers, family correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of William Purdy, a New York Quaker preacher, and his family. He was a member of Amawalk Monthly Meeting, attending Croton preparative and worship meetings, and traveled in the ministry, leaving an undated record of the Friends and meetings that he visited. Purdy was donated money, land, and labor towards building a new bridge and school house in Cortlandt. Collection also includes...
Dates:
1801-2004
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- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 19
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 6
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 6
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955) 5
- Parsons, Samuel, 1774-1841 5
- Swarthmore College 5
- Jackson, William M. (William Morris), 1837-1919 4
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1957 : New York, N.Y.) 4
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1955) 4
- Braithwaite, Anna, 1788-1859 3
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 3
- Cox, John, 1860-1951 3
- Friends World College 3
- Jackson, Anna M. (Anna Margaret), 1848-1920 3
- Long Island University 3
- Monthly Meeting of New York (Society of Friends : Orthodox : New York, N.Y.). Peace and Service Committee 3
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1957 : New York, N.Y.). Peace and Service Committee 3
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee on a Friends World College 3
- Nine-Partners' Boarding School (Washington, N.Y.) 3
- American Friends Service Committee 2
- Bates, Elisha, 1781-1861 2
- Bogardus, Joseph A., 1851-1896 2
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 2
- Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880 2
- Friends' Employment Society (New York, N.Y.) 2
- Gibbons family 2
- Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893 2
- Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892 2
- Gillingham family 2
- Gillingham, Anna, 1878-1964 2
- Hallock family 2
- Hicks family 2
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 2
- Hopper family 2
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 2
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 2
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 2
- Marlborough Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite: 1828-1847 : Milton, N.Y.) 2
- Marvel, Josiah P. (Josiah Philip), 1896-1959 2
- Moses Brown School 2
- Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826 2
- New York Friends Group 2
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1958-1974 : New York, N.Y.) 2
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings 2
- Nicklin, George L. 2
- Oakwood School (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) 2
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 2
- Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899 2
- Quaker Emergency Service Readjustment Center (New York, N.Y.) 2
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 2
- Scott, Job, 1751-1793 2
- Seaman, David, 1791-1844 2
- Spears Mobile Clinics 2
- Tallcot, Joseph, 1768-1853 2
- Underhill, Rachel W., 1844-1923 2
- Westtown Boarding School 2
- Wilbur, Henry Watson, 1851-1914 2
- Willis, Thomas, 1770 or 1771-1864 2
- Wood, L. Hollingsworth (Levi Hollingsworth), 1874-1956 2
- Wood, M. S. (Mary Sutton), 1805-1894 2
- Wood, William, 1797-1877 2
- Yearly Meeting of Congregational Friends (Waterloo, N.Y.) 2
- Young Friends Aid Association (New York, N.Y.) 2
- Young Friends' Association (New York, N.Y.) 2
- A Quaker Action Group 1
- Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922 1
- Ackworth School 1
- Adams, Martha D. 1
- Ahimsa Farm 1
- Albertson family 1
- Alsop, John , b.1813 1
- Alternatives to Violence Project 1
- Amoroso, Peter F. 1
- Angell, Benjamin, d. 1868 1
- Arnold family 1
- Association of Friends for the Relief of Freedmen (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Axford, Roger W. 1
- Bacon, George B., 1835-1890 1
- Bailey, Hannah J. (Hannah Johnston), 1839-1923 1
- Bajer, Fredrik, 1837-1922 1
- Baker, Aaron, 1772-1830 1
- Barnard College 1
- Barnard, Hannah, 1754?-1825 1
- Barrows, Samuel J. (Samuel June), 1845-1909 1
- Battin, Isaac, approximately 1835-1912 1
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 1
- Bettle, Samuel, 1774-1861 1
- Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown, 1825-1921 1
- Blatch, Harriot Stanton, 1856-1940 1
- Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 1
- Blom, Dorothea Johnson, -1911 1
- Boardman, Anna Florence, 1913-1978 1
- Bowery Savings Bank of New York 1
- Bowne family 1
- Bowne, Amy, 1795- 1
- Bowne, John, 1627-1695 1
- Bradley, A. Day (Amos Day), -1905 1
- Brainerd, Cephas, 1831-1910 1
- Braithwaite family 1 ∧ less
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