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The Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-053
Abstract
This Hicksite Quaker women's charity was organized in 1844 and incorporated in 1856. Its mission was to provide employment in sewing for poor women. Lucretia Mott served as president until 1866. The Association went out of existence in 1926. The collection contains legal documents, financial records, membership list (1849-1872), reports, correspondence, and related papers.
Dates:
1841-1929
The Temperance Association of Friends of Media (Media, Pa.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-063
Abstract
The Temperance Association of Friends of Media was a Quaker temperance association in Media, Pennsylvania, established in 1883. The records include the constitution, minutes, financial records, correspondence, and related papers.
Dates:
1883-1909
Wilbur K. (Wilbur Kelsey) Thomas Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-149
Abstract
Wilbur K. Thomas (1882-1953), a Quaker born in Indiana, was executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee from 1918 to 1929. He graduated from Friends University in 1904, served as pastor of various Quaker churches, graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1907, earned a Ph.D. from Boston University in 1914, and was a member of Boston Friends Meeting after 1909. He was director of the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation in Philadelphia from 1930 to 1946. The collection contains...
Dates:
1914-1933
James Thornton correspondence
Collection — othertype: SC-132
Identifier: SFHL-SC-132
Abstract
This collection includes letters written to and by James Thornton, mostly regarding his work and the work of other Friends in travelling ministry, both in the United States and in England. Among the correspondents are John Pemberton, Samuel Allinson, Henry Drinker, Thomas Fisher, Rebecca Jones, and William Rathbone.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1669-1792- 1771-1792
Charles and Priscilla Townsend Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-350
Abstract
Members of the Charles and Priscilla Townsend family were active in the Society of Friends in Philadelphia and in Quaker concerns, especially penal reform, abolition, and the natural sciences. The collection includes journals, correspondence, and writings in addition to transcripts and reference material on family members. Much of the material is available in published form.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1811 - 1858; 1793-2020
Tyler Arboretum papers relating to Quakers
Collection — othertype: SC-137
Identifier: SFHL-SC-137
Abstract
This collection includes photocopies of papers in the Tyler Arboretum Library that relate to Quakers. Included is a list of public Friends, verses of Job Scott, and minutes from Chester Monthly Meeting of Friends.
Dates:
1656-1828
Updegraff Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1031
Abstract
Letters; diaries; genealogical material; land grants signed by Presidents John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, and Franklin Pierce; and other papers of the Updegraff family, mainly those of David B. Updegraff, which provide a picture of Quakerism in 19th-century Ohio.
Dates:
1810-1929; Majority of material found within 1810 - 1896
Judy and Michael Van Hoy Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-341
Abstract
The papers of Judy and Michael Van Hoy, members of Green Street Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who have been deeply involved in social justice concerns particularly through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Workcamps programs. Both also were active in international workcamps, especially in Kenya. Judy Van Hoy maintained correspondence with many international workcampers, including extensive correspondence with Jane Swart, a South African who worked at the Quaker Peace Centre...
Dates:
1967 - 2015
George Vaux Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-238
Abstract
The Vaux family was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family active in a number of charitable concerns, particularly as relate to the education of African-Americans. This collection includes papers from three George Vauxes: 1832-1915, 1863-1927, and 1908-1996, spanning a little over a century from the 1890s to the 1990s. There are administrative documents from the Institute of Colored Youth (later known as the Richard Humphreys Foundation), FriendsÂ’ FreedmenÂ’s Association, and the Emlen...
Dates:
1885-1995
Eugene Vickers Civil War correspondence
Collection — othertype: SC-138
Identifier: SFHL-SC-138
Abstract
This small collection of Civil War correspondence consists of letters of a Hicksite Quaker family of West Chester, Pennsylvania, received by Eugene Vickers while he was serving with Company C of the 97th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the coastal South. Most of the letters are from his mother, Elizabeth (Painter) Vickers. A few are from his brothers, Jonathan and Joseph P. Vickers, who also served the Union cause, and his father, Joseph Vickers. The material is particularly...
Dates:
1862-1864
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- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 9
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- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 5
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- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 3
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 3
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 3
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- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 3
- Mather family 3
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) 3
- Parrish, John, 1729-1807 3
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 3
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- Schofield, Martha 3
- Scott, Job, 1751-1793 3
- Sharples, Edith, 1743-1787 3
- Sharples, Joshua, 1747-1826 3
- Sharpless family 3
- Smedley family 3
- Abington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 2
- Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 2
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- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 2
- Biddle, William Canby, 1864-1942 2
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- Bye, Mary, 1913- 2
- Conference of All Friends (1920) (London, England) 2
- Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 2
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- Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing 2
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- Hodgkin, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1877-1933 2
- Holcombe, Hadassah M. L. (Hadassah Moore Leeds), 1891-1878 2
- Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 2
- Hunn, John, 1818-1894 2
- Institute for Colored Youth (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
- Jeanes, Anna T. (Anna Thomas), 1822-1907 2
- Jenkins family (Jenkins, Jabez, 1792-1858) 2
- Kite family 2
- Kite, Mary, 1793?-1861 2
- Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912 2
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
- Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839 2
- Miller, Richmond P. (Richmond Pearson), 1902-1972 2
- Mott, James, 1788-1868 2
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 2
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
- Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 2
- Paschall family 2
- Penn Sewing School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 2
- Plymouth Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
- Preston, Ann, 1813-1872 2
- Providence Preparative Meeting of Friends (Media, Pa.) 2
- Rathbone, William, 1757-1809 2
- Richard Humphreys Foundation 2
- Rotch, William, 1759-1850 2
- Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.) 2
- School of the Spirit (Society of Friends) 2
- Seaman, David, 1791-1844 2
- Sharon Female Academy (Darby, Pa. : Township) 2
- Smith, Samuel, ca. 1738-1817 2
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 2
- Thomas, Wilbur K. (Wilbur Kelsey), 1882-1953 2
- Thornton, James, 1727-1794 2
- Truman, George 2
- Tuke, Esther, 1727-1794 2
- Walton family 2
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