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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

Vaux collection of correspondence, documents and graphics

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1167
Abstract

The collection provides insights into several issues important within the history of Quakerism, such as the abolition of slavery, education and Native American rights, as well as graphics depicting American travel views, Native American sites, Haverford College, Quaker individuals and places associated with Quakers.

Dates: 1659-1978

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

 Collection
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

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

Samuel Wetherill Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-257
Abstract Samuel Wetherill (1736-1816), a Philadelphia manufacturer of cloth, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, was a birthright Quaker born in Burlington, N.J. During the Revolutionary War, he actively supported the military effort and was disowned from Philadelphia Monthly Meeting in 1779. In 1781, he, along with other disowned Quakers, founded an independent Quaker meeting, called the Society of Free Quakers. This collection contains correspondence primarily from another group of disowned Quakers...
Dates: 1780-1816

Alexander Wilson and Edith J. Wilson Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Alexander Wilson and Edith J. Wilson
Scope and Contents

Collection consists primarily of correspondence from imprisoned British conscientious objectors (1916-1919); also includes leaflets, pamphlets and typescript material about conscientious objection and efforts to free the imprisoned objectors; one folder of examples of British World War I propaganda collected by Alexander Wilson Collection includes one folder of printed material of writings by Edith J. Wilson.

Dates: 1916-1922

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 36
Swarthmore College Peace Collection 26
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 5
 
Subject
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 23
Society of Friends -- History 20
Quakers -- Social life and customs 8
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 7
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Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
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Quakers -- Pennsylvania 6
Quakers -- Societies, etc. 6
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 5
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 5
Society of Friends -- History -- 19th century 5
Literature -- Societies, etc. 4
Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 4
Society of Friends -- History -- 20th century 4
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 3
Quaker authors 3
Quakers -- History 3
Quakers -- Ohio 3
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 3
Quakers -- Virginia 3
Society of Friends -- Congresses 3
Society of Friends -- Doctrines -- History 3
Society of Friends -- History -- 18th century 3
Society of Friends -- Peace testimony 3
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 3
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 3
Society of Friends -- Sermons 3
Society of Friends -- Testimonies and concerns 3
Society of Friends and world politics -- History -- Sources 3
African American churches -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 2
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 2
African Americans -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 2
Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 2
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 2
Disarmament -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 2
Disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 2
Lay ministry -- Pennsylvania 2
Mysticism 2
Nuclear disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 2
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 2
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 2
Peace walks and marches 2
Quaker women -- Pennsylvania 2
Quakers -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 2
Quakers -- Ireland 2
Quakers -- New Jersey 2
Quakers -- New York (State) 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 2
Quakers -- Social service 2
Race relations -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 2
Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 2
Slavery -- United States 2
Society of Friends -- Colorado -- Denver 2
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Society of Friends -- Doctrines 2
Society of Friends -- Education 2
Society of Friends -- History -- 17th century 2
Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 2
Society of Friends -- Mexico 2
Society of Friends -- Michigan -- Detroit 2
Society of Friends -- New York (State) 2
Society of Friends -- North Carolina 2
Society of Friends -- Ohio 2
Society of Friends -- Oregon -- Elkton 2
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Society of Friends -- Tennessee 2
Society of Friends -- United States 2
Society of Friends -- Virginia 2
Society of Friends -- Washington (D.C.) 2
Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 2
Spiritual life -- Society of Friends 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain -- Sources 2
letters (correspondence) 2
photographs 2
Abolitionists 1
African Americans -- England 1
American periodicals 1
Animal rights 1
Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Antislavery movements 1
Antislavery movements -- United States 1
Arms control 1
Astronomical observatories 1
Asylum, Right of -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
Biological warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Boarding schools -- Pennsylvania 1
Bucks County (Pa.) -- Race relations -- History -- Sources 1
Byberry (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Capital punishment -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Charities -- France 1
Chemical warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Christian education 1
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Language
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
Names
American Friends Service Committee 7
Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 6
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 4
Swarthmore College 4
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 3
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Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 3
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 3
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 3
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 3
Willoughby, George, pacifist 3
Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938 2
American Friends Fellowship Council 2
American Friends Service Committee. Message Committee 2
American Young Friends Fellowship 2
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 2
Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 2
Bye, Mary, 1913- 2
Civilian Public Service 2
Clark, Rebecca Timbres, 1896- 2
Conference of All Friends (1920) (London, England) 2
Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971 2
French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 2
Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 2
Friends Conference on Religion and Psychology 2
Friends Mississippi Project 2
Friends Peace Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
Furnas, Paul J. 2
Goodenow, Leanore 2
Haverford College 2
Heacock, Walter G. 2
Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 2
Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 2
Jones, Margaret E., 1895-1984 2
Jones, T. Canby (Thomas Canby), 1921-2014 2
McClintock, Thomas, 1792?-1876 2
Newton, Ray 2
Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 2
Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1854) 2
Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
Penn, William, 1644-1718 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 2
Pickard, Irene 2
Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 2
Shaffer, Leslie D., 1901-1950 2
Simkin, Margaret T. 2
Simkin, Robert L. 2
Stratton, Edward F., 1876-1968 2
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 2
Walker, James F., d.1978 2
Walton, J. Barnard (Joseph Barnard), 1885-1963 2
Wider Quaker Fellowship (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
Yarnall, Stanley R. (Stanley Rhoads), 1871-1964 2
57th Street Meeting of Friends (Chicago, Ill.) 1
A Quaker Action Group 1
American Friends Reconstruction Unit 1
American Friends Service Committee. Civilian Public Service 1
American Friends' Peace Conference (1901) (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
American Peace Society 1
Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 1
Ann Arbor Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Ann Arbor, Mich.) 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 Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Atlanta Sanctuary Committee 1
Baer, Gertrude 1
Baily, Sydney 1
Ballantyne, Edith 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
Barr, Allen H. 1
Beaver, Gilbert A., -1952 1
Beede, Willis 1
Bennett, William, 1804-1873 1
Benson, Lewis 1
Biddle, William Canby, 1864-1942 1
Bigelow, Albert, 1906- 1
Billikopf, Jacob, 1883-1950 1
Binford, Raymond, 1876-1951 1
Blickenstaff, Harold 1
Block Association of West Philadelphia 1
Bolzau, Dr. Emma 1
Borkholder, Philip L. 1
Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 1
Boulding, Elise 1
Bowles, Gilbert, 1869-1960 1
Boynton, Percy Holmes, 1875-1946 1
Brinton, Anna Cox 1
Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 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
Buchinger, Hans, -1910 1
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