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Friends Historical Library Quaker meeting reference files

 Collection — othertype: PG-1
Identifier: SFHL-PG-1
Abstract PG6 Quaker meeting reference files consists primarily of publications by and about Quaker meetings and committees, including pamphlets, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other materials (mostly secondary source), collected at various times from various sources, and organized by meeting. It also includes directories (including lists of Quaker member organizations and individual Quakers) and epistles (letters exchanged between Quaker organizations, especially from one yearly meeting to...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 2020

Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting account of the Separation

 Collection — othertype: SC-275
Identifier: SFHL-SC-275
Abstract

The collection contains two detailed draft manuscript reports of the events and proceedings in Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting and the Quarterly Meeting with attention to property and control of the records.

Dates: 1827-1829

Lawrence Scott Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-090
Abstract

Lawrence Scott was a construction engineer, Baptist clergyman, and Quaker activist. He worked as an activist against the testing of nuclear weapons and biological weapons research. He was the supervisor for the Friends Mississippi Project, project director of the Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick in Maryland, executive secretary of the Peace Action Center and a founder of A Quaker Action Group.

Dates: 1955-1965

C. Marshall (Caleb Marshall) Taylor, Trends amongst Friends questionnaires

 Collection — othertype: SC-215
Identifier: SFHL-SC-215
Abstract

This collection contains the completed questionnaires and related correspondence which were the basis for C. Marshall Taylor's Trends amongst Friends : Study which was made as a result of a questionnaire sent to pastors of Friends churches in U.S.A. The study was made independently by Taylor to survey the reaction of Friends pastors concerning the possibility of unification of all American Friends.

Dates: 1944-1945

Theodore Brinton Hetzel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hetzel
Abstract

Theodore Brinton Hetzel was a semi-professional photojournalist and took many photographs of peace and anti-war activities in the Philadelphia area and in Washington, D.C. from the late 1950s through the mid 1970s.

Dates: 1956-1986

Edward Thomas and Margaret Loring Thomas Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Thomas, Edward-Margaret Loring Thomas
Abstract

Edward Thomas was a chemist and chemical patent lawyer in New York City. His wife Margaret Loring Thomas had been active in settlement work and a teacher of home economics before marriage. Both were activist, pacifist Quakers.

Dates: 1917-1952

Trenton Friends Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-064
Abstract

The Trenton Friends Association was formed in 1892 in Trenton, New Jersey, to promote “a thorough knowledge of the history and testimonies of the Society of Friends.” Meetings were held monthly, except in the summer, in the Trenton Friends meeting house. Papers were presented on a variety of topics. The collection contains minutes, constitution and bylaws, and manuscripts of papers read at meetings.

Dates: 1892-1908

Vipont-Brown-Crowley Family Papers

 Collection — othertype: SC-157
Identifier: SFHL-SC-157
Abstract

The Vipont, Brown, and Crowley families were active Quakers in England and were particularly involved in Mount Street Monthly Meeting.

Dates: 1802-1993

Samuel Walton Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-254
Abstract The Waltons were prominent Quakers in Philadelphia, Pa., and Belmont County, Ohio. Joseph Walton (1817-1898) taught at Westtown School, edited the Quaker periodical, The Friend, and served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox). His brother, Samuel Walton (1827-1899), moved to Ohio in 1847 and in 1854 married Sarah James Edgerton at Stillwater Monthly Meeting, the center of Wilburite Quakerism in Ohio. The family was deeply involved in matters relating to the Society of Friends....
Dates: 1813-1890

Weston-Super-Mare Peace Society Collected Records

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Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Weston-Super-Mare Peace Society
Dates: 1910-1941

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Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 4
Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 4
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Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 3
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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 3
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Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 2
Friends Mississippi Project 2
Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 2
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 2
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Penn, William, 1644-1718 2
Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 2
Stratton, Edward F., 1876-1968 2
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 2
Willoughby, George, pacifist 2
Yarnall, Stanley R. (Stanley Rhoads), 1871-1964 2
A Quaker Action Group 1
Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938 1
American Friends Reconstruction Unit 1
American Peace Society 1
Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 1
Anthony, Robert L. 1
Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) 1
Apsey, Lawrence S. 1
Atkinson, Caroline J., 1881-1953 1
Atlanta Friends Meeting. Social Concerns Committee 1
Atlanta Sanctuary Committee 1
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968) 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee Appointed for Indian Affairs 1
Barnard, Hannah, 1754?-1825 1
Beaver, Gilbert A., -1952 1
Bennett, William, 1804-1873 1
Biddle, William Canby, 1864-1942 1
Bigelow, Albert, 1906- 1
Billikopf, Jacob, 1883-1950 1
Blickenstaff, Harold 1
Block Association of West Philadelphia 1
Boynton, Percy Holmes, 1875-1946 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Cedric Vipont, 1896-1972 1
Brown, Dorothy, 1874-1968 1
Brown, E. Vipont (Edward Vipont), 1863-1955 1
Brown, Emily, 1827-1903 1
Brown, Gould 1
Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 1
Butler, Thomas S. (Thomas Stalker), 1855-1928 1
Byberry Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
Bye, Mary, 1913- 1
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
Canadian Friends Service Committee 1
Carmalt, Caleb 1
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1
Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 1
Carroll, Kenneth L. (Kenneth Lane) 1
Carter, Arabella, 1867- 1
Cary, John R. 1
Chester Friends Association (Chester, Pa.) 1
Church Peace Union 1
Churchman, John, 1753-1805 1
Citizens Local Alliance for a Safer Philadelphia 1
Comly, John, 1773-1850 1
Committee for Nonviolent Action 1
Conference of Christian Pacifists 1
Corson, Helen H. 1
Crowley family 1
Crowley, Mary Catherine, 1834-1912 1
Cummings, Carol R. (Carol Riemer), 1936-2006 1
Cummings, Frank E., Quaker 1
Curti, Merle (Merle Eugene), 1897-1996 1
Davidson, Carlisle G. 1
Davis, Timothy 1
Dorsey, William, 1811-1874 1
Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976 1
Dugdale, Joseph A., 1810-1896 1
Elderkin, Noble S. (Noble Strong), 1878-1966 1
Elgon Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends : Kenya) 1
Emergency Committee for the Assistance of Germans, Austrians, and Hungarians in Distress (Society of Friends) 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
Evangelical Friends Association 1
Evans, Charles, 1802-1879 1
Evans, William Bacon, 1875-1964 1
Evans, William, 1787-1867 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
First Day School General Conference 1
Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends : U.S.). Peace Board 1
Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 1
Flanagan, Ross, 1934- 1
Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959 1
Forster, Josiah, 1782-1870 1
Fothergill, Samuel 1
Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935 1
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