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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
Emlen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-038
Abstract
Contains papers relating to the Emlen family, residents of Middletown and West Chester, Pennsylvania. Chiefly correspondence (1817-1849) of Sarah Foulke Farquhar Emlen (1787-1849), Quaker minister, relating to her travels to visit Friends' meetings in England, Ireland, New England, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. Also correspondence of Quaker ministers 1740-1790, copybooks, and memorabilia. Includes material relating to Westtown School, a Quaker boarding...
Dates:
1740 - 1886; Majority of material found within 1817 - 1849
Media-Providence Friends School
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-050
Abstract
Media-Providence Friends School was established in 1981 through the merger of two educational institutions, Media Friends' School and Providence Friends School, both located in Media, Pennsylvania. The collection include minutes, financial records, correspondence and other papers, and pictures relating to Media Friends' School (1876-1881), Friends' Select School (Media) which merged with Media Friends' in 1930 (1885-1930), Providence Friends School (1974-1981), and Media-Providence Friends...
Dates:
1881-[ongoing]
Pendle Hill School Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Pendle Hill School
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of some information about the history and organization of Pendle Hill, but is primarily composed of programs about Pendle Hill activities, 1960-.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1934-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Religious Education Committees
Collection — othertype: HV/Phy/576
Identifier: QM-Phy-576
Scope and Contents
Records of the PYM Religious Education Committee (REC) include the committee's Minutes (1923-1983), Section Minutes (1905-1970), the minutes of its Advisory Committee (1956-1959), Executive Committee (1922-1993), Representative Meeting (1986-1989), and Committee on Worship and Ministry (1984-1987), its Correspondence (1943-1956), Conference Papers (1948-1988), Financial Records (1863-1971) and Publications (1975-2000), among other resource materials and miscellaneous papers. The REC...
Dates:
1863-2000
Richardson-Yarnall family papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-187
Abstract
The collection contains personal papers, primarily correspondence, of members of the Richardson and Yarnall families, Pennsylvania Quakers who emigrated to America in the 1680s. The families were united by the marriage in 1816 of Nathaniel Richardson and Hannah Yarnall of Byberry. Of special significance are the diaries of Quaker ministers Peter Yarnall (1754-1798) and his second wife, Hannah Haines Thornton Yarnall (1765-1822) and their correspondence with family and fellow ministers. ...
Dates:
1722 - 1962
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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- Names
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 1
- Benezet, Anthony 1
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 1
- Byberry Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
- Byberry School Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Carter, W. (William), 1651-1739 1
- Churchman, John, 1753-1805 1
- Emlen family 1
- Emlen, James, 1760-1798 1
- Emlen, James, 1792-1866 1
- Emlen, Samuel 1
- Emlen, Samuel, 1829-1920 1
- Emlen, Sarah Foulke Farquhar (Sarah Foulke Farquhar Emlen), 1787-1849 1
- Forster, Josiah, 1782-1870 1
- Fothergill, Samuel 1
- Friends' Select School (Media, Pa,) 1
- Gummere, Richard M. (Richard Mott), 1883-1969 1
- Jones, Richard Mott, 1843-1917 1
- Kite, Thomas, 1785-1845 1
- Media Friends' School (Media, Pa.) 1
- Media Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- Media-Providence Friends School (Media, Pa.) 1
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- Penn, William, 1644-1718 1
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- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. First Day School Association 1
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- Providence Friends School (Media, Pa.) 1
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- Richardson family 1
- Richardson, Elizabeth C., 1863-1947 1
- Richardson, Elliott, 1842-1887 1
- Richardson, Elliott, 1881-1964 1
- Richardson, Hannah Yarnall, 1797-1876 1
- Richardson, Mordecai, 1784-1808 1
- Richardson, Nathaniel, 1793-1872 1
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- Tuke, Esther, 1727-1794 1
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- Wilbur, John, 1774-1856 1
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- Yarnall, Hannah, 1765-1822 1
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- Yarnall, Rebecca, 1786-1859 1
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