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"Account of Isaac Coates, Joshua Sharpless & John Pierce's Visits to the Indian Reservation in Western New York"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-130
Abstract
This copy of an account from 1798 and 1799 was written in an unknown hand likely in the latter half of the 19th century. The volume describes Isaac Coates, Joshua Sharpless, and John Pierce's travel to Native American reservations on behalf of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Indian Committee, and the work they did while there.
Dates:
Undated.
American Friends' letters
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-851
Abstract
The collection is composed chiefly of letters of members of the Society of Friends in the United States from the 17th to the 20th centuries; there are also documents, clippings, published articles, and miscellaneous manuscripts.
Dates:
1682-1986
Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1003
Abstract
Records deal with the work of Friends in running mission stations in Oklahoma to the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma (Bah Kho-je), the Modoc Nation, the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, the Shawnee Tribe, the Osage Nation (Wahzhazhe) and other Native American peoples. Letters from superintendents and missionaries in the field describe the difficulties and experiences of Friends in their work. Topics discussed include attempts to Christianize Native Americans, improve...
Dates:
1758-1929
David Bacon journal
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-003
Abstract
David Backon kept a journal during his time with the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confderacy) in 1974. Entries describe Bacon’s journey to the Haudenosaunee territory, and interactions between himself and the members of the Haudenosaunee, as well as discussions between representatives from the United States and Six Nations governments concerning the treaty that was to determine the land rights of the Haudenosaunee after the end of the Revolutionary War. Bacon also includes his accounts of...
Dates:
1794
Baltimore Yearly Meeting draft epistles collection
Collection — othertype: SC-269
Identifier: SFHL-SC-269
Abstract
Collection of manuscript drafts of epistles prepared by Baltimore Yearly Meeting to send to the Yearly Meetings of Philadelphia, New York, Rhode Island, and North Carolina. Most concern the education and treatment of Indians, African Americans, and Quaker children; also, opposition to war and the production of liquor by Friends. All are handwritten with corrections.
Dates:
1776-1815
Convention of Delegates from the Seven Yearly Meetings (Hicksite) on Indian Affairs. Executive Central Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-017
Abstract
The Convention of Delegates was an association of seven Hicksite Yearly Meetings who managed Indian affairs in the Northern Superintendency during the period of President U.S. Grant's “Peace Policy.” The collection contains correspondence and reports of Indian agents, extracts from minutes and reports, financial records, legislative documents, and printed materials published by the convention. Persons represented include William Burgess, John G. Gasmann, Albert L. Green, Samuel M. Janney,...
Dates:
1869-1884
James Emlen journal
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-021
Abstract
The diary details Emlen's travels in rural Pennsylvania to small towns and settlements of fellow Quakers. Entries often describe tensions and interactions between white settlers and Indigenous populations. Treaties between white settlers and native groups are also discussed.
Dates:
1794
Albert Lamborn Green Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-175
Abstract
Albert Lamborn Green (1845-1947) was a Quaker Indian Agent for the Otoe Agency in Nebraska during the period of President Grant's "peace policy," 1869-1872. The bulk of the correspondence in this collection is comprised of letters written to Green from Philadelphia Friends in regard to gifts in support of Indian work. Later letters written by Green describe from memory the social life and customs of the Otoe Indians. The collection has information on the Otoe language, vocabulary, etc., and...
Dates:
1869-1935
Zebedee Haines Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-056
Abstract
Zebedee Haines (1843-1923) was a Quaker who was active in the work of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends and of its Indian Committee in the late 19th century. Zebedee was also a student, teacher, administrator, and school committee member at Westtown School. The Haines family ran a dairy farm in West Grove, Pennsylvania. The collection contains family correspondence and diaries. Also includes letters of Zebedee Haines to his wife, describing his visits to Tunesassa and to native...
Dates:
1857-1922
Theodore Brinton Hetzel papers and graphics
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1168
Abstract
Theodore Hetzel (1906-1990) was a Quaker professor of engineering at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, whose interests led him to involvement with Native American and Quaker issues. An avid photographer, the materials in this collection are primarily photographic, as well as correspondence and documents.
Dates:
1866-1987; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1987
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- Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 31
- Quakers -- History 9
- Indians of North America 8
- Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934 6
- Indians of North America -- Missions 6
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- Quakers -- Social life and customs 4
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- correspondence 4
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- Iowa Indians 1
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- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
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- Quakers -- Seneca Indians -- Treaties 1
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- Real property -- New York (State) 1
- Seneca Indians -- Education 1
- Seneca Indians -- Government relations -- 1789-1869 1
- Seneca Indians -- Land tenure 1
- Seneca Indians -- New York (State) 1
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- Seneca Indians -- Treaties 1
- Shawnee Indians -- History 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1827-1948) 5
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 4
- White, Barclay, 1821-1903 4
- Cornplanter, Seneca chief 3
- Green, Albert Lamborn, 1845-1947 3
- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 3
- Lightfoot, Thomas, 1821-1896 3
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1827- 1955). Sub-committee on Indian Concerns 3
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee 3
- Simmons, Henry 3
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 2
- Delaware Indians. Lenape Indians. Lenni Lenape Indians 2
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 2
- Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942 2
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 2
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 2
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 2
- Jeanes, Samuel, d.1894 2
- Joint Committee on Indian Affairs of the Four Yearly Meetings of Baltimore, Genesee, New York, and Philadelphia (Society of Friends : Hicksite) 2
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 2
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955) 2
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 2
- Parsons, Samuel, 1774-1841 2
- Peirce, John, 1756-1833 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1837-1850) 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 2
- Saunders, John, 1814-1891 2
- Sharpless, Joshua 2
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Great Nemaha Agency 2
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Otoe Agency 2
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Santee Sioux Agency 2
- Wistar, Thomas 2
- Wood, Carolena Morris, 1871-1936 2
- Woolman, John, 1720-1772 2
- American Friends Service Committee 1
- Associated Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 1
- Bacon, David 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1968). Standing Committee on the Indian Concern 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- Bates, Elisha, 1781-1861 1
- Bettle, Samuel, 1774-1861 1
- Borton, Hugh 1
- Bradley, A. Day (Amos Day), -1905 1
- Brown, Levi K. (Levi Kirk), 1814-1899 1
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 1
- Burgess, William, d.1905 1
- Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 1
- Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842 1
- Churchman, George, 1730-1814 1
- Coates, Isaac, d. 1809 1
- Coffin, Elijah, 1798-1862 1
- Coleman, John Royston 1
- Collins, Micajah, 1764-1827 1
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 1
- Convention of Delegates of the Seven Yearly Meetings on Indian Affairs (Society of Friends : Hicksite) 1
- Convention of Delegates of the Seven Yearly Meetings on Indian Affairs (Society of Friends : Hicksite). Central Executive Committee 1
- Cooper, Griffith M., 1790?-1864. 1
- Deer, Ada Elizabeth 1
- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 1
- Dorsey, William, 1811-1874 1
- Emlen, James, 1760-1798 1
- Forbush, Bliss, 1896-1990 1
- Friends Boarding School for Indian Children (Tunesassa, N.Y.) 1
- Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia 1
- Garrett, Thomas, 1789-1871 1
- Garrigues, Edward, 1756-1845 1
- Gasmann, John G. 1
- Genesee Yearly Meeting of Friends 1
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 1
- Griest, Jesse W., 1837-1885 1
- Groth, Mary Coates 1
- Haines, Anna P. (Anna Philips), 1849-1924 1
- Haines, Mary Elizabeth, 1886-1920 1
- Haines, T. Harvey (Thomas Harvey), b. 1871 1
- Haines, Zebedee, 1843-1923 1
- Harris, J. Rendel (James Rendel), 1852-1941 1
- Haverford College 1
- Hayes, John Russell, 1866-1945 1
- Hazard, Elizabeth L. 1
- Hetzel, Theodore Brinton, 1906-1990 1
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 1
- Hunt, John, 1711 or 1712-1778 1
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 1
- Jackson, Rachel, 1807?-1883 1
- Janschka, Fritz 1
- Jones, Esther A. Balderston, 1891-1967 1
- Kelsey, Rayner Wickersham 1
- Kent, Mahlon B., d.1929 1
- Ladd, Benjamin 1
- Lightfoot family 1
- Lightfoot, Mary B. (Mary Bonner), 1820-1907 1
- Lightfoot, Samuel, 1701-1771 1
- Lightfoot, Susanna 1720 1781 (Susanna Hudson Hatton Lightfoot) 1
- Lightfoot, Thomas Montgomery, -1865 1
- Lightfoot, Thomas, 1728-1793 1
- Lightner, Isaiah 1
- Macy, William H., 1805-1887 1
- Maiden Creek Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1735-1829 : Maiden Creek (Pa. : Township)) 1
- Masters family 1 + ∧ less
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