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White Creek Preparative Meeting Records
Collection — othertype: SW/NY/W557
Identifier: QM-NY-W557
Abstract
Records of White Creek Preparative Meeting, 1818-1853. Includes Women's minutes, 1818-1853.
Dates:
1818-1853
Whiteland Preparative Meeting of Friends Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-P100
Scope and Contents
Records include: Orthodox meeting minutes, 1822-1853 and 1858-1902; records of the building of the Whiteland Meetinghouse in 1879
Dates:
1822-1922
John Whiting Severall Book and Papers
Collection — othertype: SC-146
Identifier: SFHL-SC-146
Abstract
This collection contains a bound volume of manuscript essays by early English Quaker John Whiting, most written during his imprisonment for failing to pay tithes. These essays include accounts of his confinement, testimonies on tiths, and accounts of Mary Whiting and of William Penn. Also included is typescript of a 1955 article written for the Journal of the Friends Historical Society by Frederick B. Tolles which describes the contents and significance of the volume.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1679-1695; 1679-1695, 1955
Daniel P. Whitley correspondence with New York Yearly Meeting Friends
Collection — othertype: SC-242
Identifier: SFHL-SC-242
Abstract
The collections contains correspondence between Daniel P. Whitley with Friends in New York Meeting concerning issues of faith. Primary correspondent is Joseph A. Vlaskamp, General Secretary of the Yearly Meeting.
Dates:
1988-1991
Whittier Fellowship Committee records
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-027
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of one volume of typed minutes from the Whittier Fellowship Committee.
Dates:
1911-1918
John Greenleaf Whittier letterbook
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-025
Abstract
John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and editor, as well as an involved abolitionist. He was a delegate to the Anti-Slavery Society in 1833, a member of the State Legislature in 1835, founded the antislavery Liberty party in 1840, and ran for Congress in 1842. Topics covered in Whittier's letterbook include news of health and family, as well as discussions of contributions to "The Non-Slaveholder" and discussions of English Friends.
Dates:
1842-1873
Wicomico River Friends Meeting Records
Collection — othertype: SW/Ph/W520
Identifier: QM-Ph-W520
Scope and Contents
Records of Wicomico River Friends Meeting, 1987-2003. Includes minutes, 1987-2003.
Dates:
1955-2003
John Wilbur papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-856
Abstract
Primarily letters of John Wilbur giving in great detail his position relative to the views of Joseph John Gurney and rhe separation of New England Yearly Meeting. His trip to Great Britain in 1853-54 is documented as well.
Dates:
1831-1873
William Jeanes Memorial Library Controversy Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-083
Abstract
Mary Knowles (b. 1910), a librarian at the William Jeanes Memorial Library in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, and Plymouth Monthly Meeting were the center of a “Red Scare” controversy in 1953-56 when Mrs. Knowles was accused of being a member of the Communist Party. Mary Knowles had pleaded the Fifth Amendment in 1953 before the Jenner Committee (Senate Internal Security Subcommittee) regarding her employment as secretary at the Samuel Adams School in Boston Mass. When she refused to take the...
Dates:
1939-1961 [bulk 1953-1960]
William Penn Charter School archives
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1115
Abstract
The William Penn Charter School archives contain the financial, historical, business, and social records of the school, dating back as far as 1611. Documents signed by William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, and former Philadelphia mayors William Hudson and Edward Shippen, are included as well as a variety of school texts and memorabilia, which illuminate the traditions and history of the William Penn Charter School.
Dates:
1611-1992
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- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 29
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- Haverford College 17
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 17
- Westtown Boarding School 17
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 16
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 14
- Friends General Conference (U.S.) 9
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 9
- Woolman, John, 1720-1772 9
- Civilian Public Service 8
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 8
- Fox, George 8
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 8
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 8
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 8
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1955) 8
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955) 8
- Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 7
- Friends Peace Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.) 7
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 7
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 7
- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 7
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1957 : New York, N.Y.) 7
- Parsons, Samuel, 1774-1841 7
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 7
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1827-1948) 7
- Brinton, Anna Cox 6
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 6
- Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 6
- Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends 6
- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 6
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 6
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 6
- Friends World Committee for Consultation 6
- Green Street Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.) 6
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 6
- McClintock, Thomas, 1792?-1876 6
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) 6
- Monthly Meeting of New York (Society of Friends : approximately 1671-1828 : New York, N.Y.) 6
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 6
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 6
- New England Yearly Meeting of Friends 6
- Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 6
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 6
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 6
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 6
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 6
- Sharpless family 6
- Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 6
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 6
- Wilbur, John, 1774-1856 6
- Brown family 5
- Chalkley, Thomas, 1675-1741 5
- Cornplanter, Seneca chief 5
- Earlham College 5
- Friends World College 5
- Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee (London, England) 5
- George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 5
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 5
- Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817 5
- Kite family 5
- Miller, Richmond P. (Richmond Pearson), 1902-1972 5
- Monthly Meeting of New York (Society of Friends : Orthodox : New York, N.Y.) 5
- Mott, James, 1788-1868 5
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1958-1974 : New York, N.Y.) 5
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 5
- Parrish, John, 1729-1807 5
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Social Order Committee 5
- Poole, William, 1764-1829 5
- Schofield, Martha 5
- Scott, Job, 1751-1793 5
- Sharpless, Joshua 5
- Simmons, Henry 5
- Society of Friends 5
- Walton family 5
- Walton, George A. (George Arthur), 1883- 5
- White, Barclay, 1821-1903 5
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 5
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 5
- Young Friends Movement (Philadelphia, Pa.) 5
- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 4
- Bowles, Gilbert, 1869-1960 4
- Bowles, Minnie, 1868-1958 4
- Brinton family 4
- Bryn Mawr College 4
- Cadbury family 4
- Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971 4
- Evans, Thomas, 1798-1868 4
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 4
- Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 4
- Fothergill, Samuel 4
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