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George Lakey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-259
Dates: 1974-1984

Robert Levering Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-080
Abstract

Robert E. Levering is a pacifist and Quaker. He has been the co-author of Fortune magazine's annual list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For," and a speaker on workplace trends and management strategies aimed at improving workplace productivity. Levering is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Martin Luther King Jr. School of Social Change.

Dates: 1967-1972

Lippincott Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-251
Overview Horace Mather Lippincott (1877-1967) was a Quaker editor and historian. The collection contains his speeches and writings on topics primarily concerning the Society of Friends and the history of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Of particular interest is the scrapbook he compiled in 1946 of papers and photographs of the 1913-1914 Joint Group which met weekly to study the Separation in the Society of Friends, along with other papers on the topic and on the first joint meeting of the two...
Dates: 1752 - 2010

Macedonia Cooperative Community Records

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-071
Overview The Macedonia Cooperative Community was formed in 1937 northern Georgia by Morris Randolph Mitchell (1895-1976), an educator who later served as the first president of Friends World College. The Macedonia Cooperative Community, which took its name from a nearby Baptist Church, was comprised of families who worked collectively on dairy, agricultural, forestry, and woodworking projects that provided the economic underpinnings of the community. Originally established as an economic cooperative,...
Dates: 1937-1958

Caleb McComber correspondence

 Collection — othertype: SC-260
Identifier: SFHL-SC-260

Benjamin H. Miller, U.S. Indian Inspector transcribed letters,1889-1890.

 Collection — othertype: SC-250
Identifier: SFHL-SC-250
Overview

The collection consists of typed transcripts of letters published in a local newspaper. They describe the places and people visited during Benjamin H. Miller's tenure as Indian Agent in South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and elsewhere. The nineteen clippings, 1889-1890, were transcribed by William T. Thom, 3rd, a great-grandson. Also includes a typed manuscript introduction that describes Miller's farm, Mt Airy, Montgomery County, Maryland, and a typed index to the letters, 1974-1975.

Dates: ca. 1974-1975

Nine Partners Boarding School papers

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

Norman R. Morrison Memorial Fund Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Norman R. Morrison Memorial Fund
Abstract

Includes correspondence (1965-1966), financial records, reports, newspaper clippings, Friends World College files about the award, and five folders (1965) (primarily receipts for contributions) concerning the Morrison Family Fund.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1965-1968

Mary Sullivan Patterson Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-118
Overview Mary Sullivan Patterson (1906-1987) was a Quaker historian and genealogist from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. The collection contains family papers and correspondence; genealogical notes on the Thomson, Sullivan, and other related families; writings on various topics, especially Delaware County history and the Caleb Pusey House; diaries, notes, correspondence, and a manuscript concerning Patterson's 1957 research trip to England to study Quaker emigration to America. Also a diary and letters...
Dates: 1782-1982

Peace Association of Friends in America Records

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-027
Overview

The Peace Association of Friends in America was organized in 1867 by Orthodox Friends in the New York, Baltimore, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Western and Iowa Yearly Meetings in reaction to the Civil War, with its mission being to convince Friends and others that war was unchristian, inhumane and unnecessary.

Dates: 1868-1944

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 21
Swarthmore College Peace Collection 16
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Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 16
Quakers -- United States 13
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 7
Quakers -- Social life and customs 7
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
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Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 6
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 5
Quakers -- United States -- Civil War, 1861–1865 5
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Quakers -- United States -- History 4
Society of Friends -- United States 4
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 3
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 3
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 3
Quakers -- Diaries 3
Quakers -- Maryland 3
Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 3
Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 3
Society of Friends -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 3
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 3
diaries 3
letters (correspondence) 3
African American churches -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 2
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 2
African Americans -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 2
Church work with Indians -- Society of Friends 2
Direct action -- History -- Sources 2
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934 2
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 2
Quakers -- 19th century -- Biography 2
Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries 2
Quakers -- Correspondence 2
Quakers -- Family relationships 2
Quakers -- Genealogy 2
Quakers -- Great Britain 2
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- History 2
Race relations -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 2
Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 2
Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 2
Society of Friends -- Congresses 2
Society of Friends -- Correspondence 2
Society of Friends -- Iowa 2
Society of Friends -- Schisms and separations 2
Society of Friends -- Sermons 2
Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 2
Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Quakers 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Religious aspects 2
correspondence 2
Adoption -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Adoption -- Vietnam -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Education 1
Agriculture -- Iowa 1
Agriculture -- Maryland 1
American Literature -- New England 1
American Poetry -- Women authors 1
American fiction 1
American fiction -- Women authors 1
American poetry 1
American poetry -- 20th century 1
Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Antislavery movements -- United States 1
Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
Baltimore (Md.) -- Quakers 1
Biological warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Business 1
Byberry (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Canada -- Description and Travel 1
Chapman family 1
Charities -- Maryland -- Baltimore 1
Charities -- Vietnam 1
Chemical warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Children's literature 1
Church work with the poor -- Society of Friends 1
Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Collective settlements -- New York (State) -- Rifton -- History -- Sources 1
Congresses and conventions -- England -- London 1
Congresses and conventions -- Great Britain 1
Congresses and conventions -- Iowa 1
Congresses and conventions -- Iowa -- Oskaloosa 1
Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- United States 1
Conscientious objectors -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Cooperative societies -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
Cooperative societies -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Courtship -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Crime prevention -- Citizen participation -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Death 1
Diaries 1
Disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Education 1
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Names
American Friends Service Committee 5
Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 4
A Quaker Action Group 3
Lyttle, Bradford 3
Willoughby, George, pacifist 3
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Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 2
Flanagan, Ross, 1934- 2
Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 2
Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 2
Friends Mississippi Project 2
Lakey, George 2
Levering, Robert, 1944- 2
Lippincott family 2
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) 2
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 2
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
Newton, Ray 2
Nine-Partners' Boarding School (Washington, N.Y.) 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 2
Stewart, Annalee, 1900?- 2
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 2
Walker, Charles C. 2
Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 2
Woodward, Walter Carleton, 1878-1942 2
Young, Wilmer J. 2
Abrams, Irwin, 1914-2010 1
Alexander, Horace Gundry, 1889-1989 1
All American Friends Conference (1929 : Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1
Allen family 1
Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 1
Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938 1
Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
American Friends Service Committee. Committee on Rights of Conscience 1
American Friends Service Committee. Peace Section 1
Anthony, Robert L. 1
Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) 1
Apsey, Lawrence S. 1
Arnold family 1
Augur, Margaret Riggs 1
Ayusawa, Iwao, 1894-1972 1
Bacon family 1
Bacon, Edith Farquhar, 1892-1988 1
Bacon, Elizabeth, 1794-1844 1
Bacon, Francis R. (Francis Rogers), 1888-1965 1
Bacon, George 1
Bacon, Samuel Allen, 1848-1908 1
Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends (Stony Run) 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
Barnes, Roswell P. (Roswell Parkhurst), 1901-1949 1
Baumgardt, David, 1890-1963 1
Beheiren 1
Bigelow, Albert, 1906- 1
Bissell, Faith 1
Blickenstaff, Harold 1
Block Association of West Philadelphia 1
Boardman, Elizabeth Jelinek, 1917- 1
Bradford Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 1
Braxton, John Worth 1
Brayley, Miriam E. 1
Broomell, Anna Pettit 1
Brown, Francis G., 1917-2012 1
Burr, Barbara R. 1
Butterworth, Harrison 1
Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 1
Canadian Friends Service Committee 1
Canton Christian College 1
Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China) 1
Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 1
Carpenter family 1
Cary, John R. 1
Champney, Horace 1
Chapman family 1
Chapman, Ann B. (Ann Baldwin), 1788-1854 1
Chapman, T. Ellwood 1
Citizens Local Alliance for a Safer Philadelphia 1
Civilian Public Service 1
Clark family 1
Clark, Edward M. 1
Clark, Lucy S. 1
Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 1
Coffin, Jerry D. 1
Comfort family 1
Committee for Nonviolent Action 1
Committee of Responsibility to Save War-Burned and War-Injured Vietnamese Children 1
Committee on Militarism in Education (U.S.) 1
Corson, Helen H. 1
Cowley, Christopher 1
Cox, John, approximately 1754-1847 1
Davidov, Marv 1
De Hartog, Jan, 1914-2002 1
De Hartog, Marjorie 1
De Leeuw, Rachel 1
Desai, Narayan 1
Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 1
Dietze, Carla 1
Dolci, Danilo 1
Drath, Phillip 1
Dyer, Henry W. 1
Eaton, Robert Whittington 1
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