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Charles Evans diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-023
Overview
Charles Evans was a Quaker physician and was active in the Quaker community. His "Diary of a European Trip, 1861" details Evans's voyage from Philadelphia to England, including descriptions of the captain and other cabin passengers, illness on board, and the weather during the voyage. Upon arrival in England, diary entries relate visits to Friends, Quaker meetings, and Evans's tour of England.
Dates:
1861
William Bacon Evans papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1020
Overview
The papers of Quaker William Bacon Evans (1875-1964), a traveler to the Middle East, including Palestine, Syria and Lebanon and to Europe. His letters and journals are complemented by letters to him from a number of prominent people.
Dates:
1787-1963
Fowler Orphanage Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-123
Overview
Fowler Orphanage (later Fowler Home for Girls) in Cairo, Egypt was founded in 1906 with money collected by John and Esther Fowler, both members of the Society of Friends. The Fowler Orphanage Association, afiliated with Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative), was formed in 1927 to provide support and met yearly until it was laid down in 1987. Collection includes minutes of the Association as well as related correspondence, financial records, and photographs.
Dates:
1926-1987
Friends' Opportunity in the Orient
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-036
Overview
Friends Opportunity in the Orient was an unofficial Hicksite organization which sponsored a Quaker teacher in Canton, China, in the 1920s. The collection contains primarily correspondence with Margaret Hallowell Riggs, who was sponsored to teach at Canton Christian College and Canton Hospital.
Dates:
1923-1924
Friends Service Council Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Friends Service Council
Abstract
The collection includes minutes of meetings (May-December 1939), annual reports and yearbooks, periodicals, and pamphlets.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1939-1969
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Stephen Grellet papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-967
Overview
Letters, diary fragments and other miscellaneous papers. Primarily related to Grellet's travels in Europe, Russia and Haiti as Quaker missionary. Topics include his spiritual life, meeting leaders of religious denominations in Europe, with Friends and other religious sects (Saints), visits to schools, prisons, poorhouses and hospitals during travels, visits with members of European aristocracy, Russian nobility and Pope Pius VII (1819), social and religious situation in Haiti (1816).
Dates:
1796 - 1955; Majority of material found within 1796 - 1833
Joseph Haines papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-095
Overview
This collection is comprised of three folders of the papers of Joseph H. Haines.
Dates:
1917-2002
Halliday Jackson papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-101
Overview
This collection is comprised of the handwritten correspondence and a handwritten copy of the manuscript "Some Account of my Journey Among the Seneca" by Halliday Jackson.
Dates:
1799-1808
Collection of papers concerning John Jackson
Collection — othertype: SC-064
Identifier: SFHL-SC-064
Abstract
This is an artificial collection of papers concerning John Jackson, his spiritual teachings, and his religious mission to the West Indies. Included are essays by an unknown author, regarding John Jackson's views on Quaker ministry and doctrine as presented in his work"A Dissertation.. on Christian Ministry." An eight part manuscript entitled "Some account of the life and labors of John Jackson" is also unsigned. Also included is a bound volume of copies of letters written by John Jackson to...
Dates:
1840-1900
Alice Jones diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-037
Overview
This collection is comprised primarily of the original, handwritten diary of Alice Jones, and a photocopy of the original. Diary entries discuss the history of the Friends School in Ramallah, Palestine, religious reflection and discussions concerning the divides between Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Palestine, and discussions concerning the politics within Palestine. Jones also provides descriptions of the children she teaches at the school.In addition to the Jones's diary,...
Dates:
1919-1946; 1930
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- Japan Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) 2
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- Madāris al-Frindz (Rām Allāh) 2
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- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 1
- Jackson, Rachel, 1807?-1883 1
- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 1
- Japan Friends Service Committee 1
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