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Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends (Bucks County, Pa.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-011
Abstract
The Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends, a Quaker Bible distribution society, located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was established in 2nd month, 1830, under the Bible Association of Friends in America. Its purpose was to supply “Friends and others with the Holy Scripture, “to encourage “the frequent and serious perusal of them”, and to promote “a more accurate knowledge of their invaluable contents”. All subscriptions collected by the Auxiliary were turned over to the parent body,...
Dates:
1830-1845
George H. Burr Collected Papers on the Quaker Separation
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-313
Abstract
The Burr Collection includes manuscripts which document the Hicksite position during the Separation of 1827/28 in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and the trial over the Crosswicks School Fund. It is directly related to the Southard Papers/RG5/312, which contain a more complete description of the controversy. It also includes Burr's manuscript on the History of the Society of Friends which he compiled for Southard as background in preparing his case representing the Hicksite position.
Dates:
1822 - 1836
Larry Scott Butler Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-315
Abstract
Larry Scott Butler is a Quaker activist who was involved in civil rights work in Alabama in 1965 and was a leader in the gay rights movement in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and the diary he kept while participating in the SCOPE project, Barbour County, Alabama, which was sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The collection includes minutes and remarks on the early history of the Committee on Homosexuality of Philadelphia...
Dates:
1965 - 2015
Byberry Hall Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-012
Abstract
Byberry Hall Association was organized in 1854 when the citizens of Byberry township and vicinity decided to form a company for the purpose of erecting a building where residents could meet to hear lectures, hold elections, etc. This collection contains the records of the Byberry Hall Association, 1847-1981. It includes the secretary's book containing minutes (1854-1905); account books, deeds and miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1847-1981
Byberry Library Company Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-013
Abstract
Byberry Library Company was founded in 1794 and incorporated in 1799. Located in the Byberry section of Philadelphia, Pa., the Library was generally under Quaker management. The collection includes the minutes of the director's meetings; constitution and by-laws, financial and property records, and miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1794-1930
Byberry School Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-014
Abstract
The Byberry School Association was formed in 1837 by several members of the Society of Friends, mostly members of Byberry Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) for the purpose of raising stock to buy land and erect a secondary school in Byberry, Pennsylvania. It includes minutes, financial records, and some miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1837-1844
Mary Bye Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-024
Abstract
Mary (Du Bois) Bye, Quaker peace and social activist and member of Doylestown Monthly Meeting of Friends in Pennsylvania, was born in 1913. This collection consists of the papers relating to Mary Bye's political activity. It includes correspondence, notes, clippings, and other files concerning peace and justice issues.
Dates:
1966-[on-going]
Mary Capper correspondence
Collection — othertype: SC-017
Identifier: SFHL-SC-017
Abstract
Transatlantic correspondence between Mary Capper and the Cadbury family in Philadelphia. Letters concern family and spiritual matters. Correspondents include Joel and Caroline Cadbury, and their daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Cadbury.
Dates:
1816-1835
Carman family papers
Collection — othertype: SC-230
Identifier: SFHL-SC-230
Abstract
The collections contain journals, correspondence, and miscellaneous Quaker papers. A small journal kept by Thomas Carman, 1864 and 1867, describes his travels which included upstate New York, Baltimore, and Richmond (where he attended general Quaker meetings and visited African American services). Also a photocopy of a journal kept by Catharine Williams, describing a trip to Iowa in 1864 where she attended Yearly Meeting. Correspondents include Benjamin Angell, Edward Dorland, George M....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1786-1894
Helen M. Carroll Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-305
Content Description
Helen Carroll's files related to her peace and social concerns, including some material on Swarthmore borough (inc Swarthmore U. N Committee), the PYM U. N.committee, and other Quaker-related papers.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1955-1992
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- American Friends Service Committee 26
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 21
- Swarthmore College 21
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 20
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 12
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 11
- Friends General Conference (U.S.) 9
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 8
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 8
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 8
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 7
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 7
- Parsons, Samuel, 1774-1841 7
- Westtown Boarding School 7
- Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 6
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 6
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 6
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 6
- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 6
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 6
- McClintock, Thomas, 1792?-1876 6
- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 5
- George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 5
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 5
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 5
- Mott, James, 1788-1868 5
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 5
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1955) 5
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955) 5
- Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 5
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 5
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 5
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 5
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 5
- Poole, William, 1764-1829 5
- Schofield, Martha 5
- Scott, Job, 1751-1793 5
- Woolman, John, 1720-1772 5
- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 4
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 4
- Chalkley, Thomas, 1675-1741 4
- Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 4
- Foulke family 4
- Foulke, Joseph, 1786-1863 4
- Friends Conference on Religion and Psychology 4
- Friends World College 4
- Garrigues, Edward, 1756-1845 4
- Green Street Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.) 4
- Hayes, John Russell, 1866-1945 4
- Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 4
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) 4
- New England Yearly Meeting of Friends 4
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1957 : New York, N.Y.) 4
- Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1854) 4
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 4
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 4
- Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.) 4
- Truman, George 4
- Walton, George A. (George Arthur), 1883- 4
- Walton, J. Barnard (Joseph Barnard), 1885-1963 4
- Young Friends' Association (New York, N.Y.) 4
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 3
- Brinton family 3
- Brinton, Anna Cox 3
- Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 3
- Brown family 3
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 3
- Clark, Rebecca Timbres, 1896- 3
- Dugdale, Joseph A., 1810-1896 3
- Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971 3
- Fothergill, Samuel 3
- Friends Housing, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Friends Meeting of Washington (Washington, D.C.) 3
- Friends World Committee for Consultation. Section of the Americas 3
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 3
- Genesee Yearly Meeting of Friends 3
- Gould, Thomas B., 1813-1856 3
- Gwynedd Boarding School (Gwynedd, Pa.) 3
- Hicks family 3
- Hunn family 3
- Hunt family 3
- Hunt, John, 1740-1824 3
- Janney family 3
- Jenkins family (Jenkins, Jabez, 1792-1858) 3
- Jones, Margaret E., 1895-1984 3
- Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817 3
- Kimber, Emmor, 1775-1850 3
- Long Island University 3
- Mather family 3
- Monthly Meeting of New York (Society of Friends : Orthodox : New York, N.Y.). Peace and Service Committee 3
- Mott, John, 1783-1848 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
- Plymouth Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 3
- Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899 3
- Price family 3
- Rotch, William, 1759-1850 3
- Seaman, David, 1791-1844 3
- Sharples, Edith, 1743-1787 3
- Sharples, Joshua, 1747-1826 3 + ∧ less
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