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Abington Friends School (Abington, Pa.) Account book

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-001
Abstract

Abington Friends School was established by Abington Monthly Meeting in the latter part of the eighteenth century as a day school. The account book covers the period 1828-1842. Pupil's names are given with the status of their payments, etc.

Dates: 1828-1842

Ackworth School, England records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-001
Abstract

Ackworth School was founded in 1779 as a co-educational boarding school for Quaker children by Dr. John Fothergill and other Quakers. It is located in West Workshire, England. It was intended to be a board school for children whose parents were not rich. This collection is comprised of four volumes, one of which is a transcription of one of the other volumes. They all relate to the rules and regulations for the Ackworth School in England.

Dates: 1785-1786, undated

Aimwell School records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1183
Abstract

The Aimwell School in Philadelphia was founded in 1796 by Anne Parrish (1760-1800) for the purpose of providing "a good English education" in the primary and grammar grades for underprivileged girls. It was instituted by the Society for the Free Instruction of Female Children and operated under the management of the Society of Friends.

Dates: 1796-1935

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

Association of Friends Schools Executive Committee minutes

 Collection — othertype: SC-262
Identifier: SFHL-SC-262
Abstract

Contains the minutes of the Executive Committee of the Association of Friends School. Inserted into the volume are the constitution, conference programs, and some reports.

Dates: 1900-1921

Atlantic City Friends Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-113
Abstract Contains the records, 1872-1976, of the Trustees for Friends' Meeting House and Lots at Atlantic City, N.J., and the records, 1986-1991, of the committee of the board of managers of Atlantic City Friends School which tried to save the School. Records are lacking between 1976 and 1986. The Trustees for Friends' Meeting House and Lots at Atlantic City was a self-perpetuating and independent board of trustees which held title to the properties in which Atlantic City Friends Meeting and Atlantic...
Dates: 1872-1991

Bristol Friends' School Minutes

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-004
Abstract

This collection contains one minute book from the Bristol Friends' School for Girls and Boys, in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1875-1880

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

Chappaqua Mountain Institute Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-C426
Abstract

Includes: minutes, 1867-1909, and financial records ca. 1870-1889.

Dates: 1867-1909

Croton Valley Local Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-C777
Abstract

Records of Croton Valley Local Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) and its pre-Separation predecessor, Croton Valley Preparative Meeting, 1818-1938. Includes: Minutes 1818-1902 and 1929-1938, women's minutes, 1836-1866, and minutes of the Trustees of Croton Valley School, 1817-1825.

Dates: 1818-1938

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Swarthmore College 8
Haverford College 4
Westtown Boarding School 4
Friends World College 3
George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 3
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Long Island University 3
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee on a Friends World College 3
American Friends Service Committee 2
Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 2
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 2
Earlham College 2
Foulke family 2
Friends Council on Education (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
Friends Educational Association (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1862-1864) 2
Friends Freedmen's Association 2
Friends General Conference (U.S.) 2
Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942 2
Gwynedd Boarding School (Gwynedd, Pa.) 2
Holcombe, Hadassah M. L. (Hadassah Moore Leeds), 1891-1878 2
Institute for Colored Youth (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1955) 2
Nicklin, George L. 2
Nine-Partners' Boarding School (Washington, N.Y.) 2
Oliver, Daniel, 1870-1952 2
Penn, William, 1644-1718 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Education Committee (1872-1950) 2
Richard Humphreys Foundation 2
Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.) 2
Schofield, Martha 2
Swarthmore College. Board of Managers 2
Walton, George A. (George Arthur), 1883- 2
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 2
Wood, L. Hollingsworth (Levi Hollingsworth), 1874-1956 2
Woolman, John, 1720-1772 2
Young Friends Movement (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
Abington Friends School (Abington, Pa.) 1
Abington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 1
Ackworth School 1
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 1
Aimwell School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Akihito, Emperor of Japan 1
All American Friends Conference (1929 : Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1
Allen family 1
American Civil Liberties Union 1
American Commission on Conditions in Ireland 1
American League against War and Fascism 1
American League for Peace and Democracy 1
American Peace Society 1
American Unitarian Association 1
Association of Friends Schools. Executive Committee 1
Atlantic City Area Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Galloway, N.J.) 1
Atlantic City Friends School (Atlantic City, N.J.) 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1968). Committee on Education 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968) 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
Bates, Elisha, 1781-1861 1
Benezet, Anthony 1
Birdsall, William W. (William Wilfred), 1854-1909 1
Bowne, Amy, 1795- 1
Bristol Friends' School 1
Bronner, Edward 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Cedric Vipont, 1896-1972 1
Brown, Dorothy, 1874-1968 1
Brown, E. Vipont (Edward Vipont), 1863-1955 1
Brown, Elizabeth Potts 1
Brown, Emily, 1827-1903 1
Brown, Miriam Jones 1
Brummana High School 1
Bryn Mawr College 1
Byberry Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
Byberry School Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Carter family 1
Carter, W. (William), 1651-1739 1
Chappaqua Mountain Institute (School : Chappaqua, N.Y.) 1
Cherry, Charles L. 1
Cheyney Training School for Teachers 1
Christian Arbitration and Peace Society 1
Christiansburg Industrial Institute 1
Churchman, George, 1730-1814 1
Churchman, John, 1753-1805 1
Clothier, Isaac 1
Coffin, Elijah, 1798-1862 1
Collins, Sarah, b. 1795 1
Comly, John, 1773-1850 1
Committee on Race Relations (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa. : 1929-1969) 1
Committee on Race Relations (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa. : 1929-1969). Beliefs into Actions Program 1
Committee on Race Relations (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa. : 1929-1969). Friends Chester Project 1
Committee on Race Relations (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa. : 1929-1969). Green Circle Program 1
Conference on the Churches and Social Welfare 1
Cox, Sallie (Sarah Jones), 1837-1930 1
Cromwell, Caroline A., b. 1833 1
Croton Valley Local Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1954 : Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 1
Croton Valley Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1804-1828 : Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 1
Crowley family 1
Crowley, Mary Catherine, 1834-1912 1
Curtis, Barbara 1
Davis, Bainbridge C., 1910-1993 1
Delaware Indians. Lenape Indians. Lenni Lenape Indians 1
Deming, Vinton 1
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