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Jones Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1009
Abstract
The papers of Eli and Sybil Jones, 19th century Quaker missionaries, most notably to the Middle East where they established missions on Mt. Lebanon and in Ramallah, Palestine; the correspondence of Charles and Ellen Jones, also 19th century Quaker missionaries in Ramallah; and the letters of Quaker James Parnell Jones, son of Eli and Sybil Jones, who fought in the Civil War.
Dates:
1821-1918
Lewis-Garrigues collection of family papers
Collection — othertype: SC-046
Identifier: SFHL-SC-046
Abstract
This collection centers on the correspodence and family history of the Garrigues family and the Price family, to whom the former were linked with the marriage of Edward Garrigues and Margaret Price. The correspondence, received by Edward Garrigues, is from many prominent Quaker ministers, including Isaac Hicks as he travelled with his cousin, Elias Hicks. Other correspondents include Rebecca Jones, Sarah Scattergood, Stephen Grellet, Charity Cook, Deborah Darby, and Martha Routh. The letters...
Dates:
1753-1840
Lingnan University papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-272
Overview
Materials related to Lingnan University in China.
Dates:
1935
Letters and reports concerning Quakers work with Native Americans in Nebraska
Collection — othertype: SC-293
Identifier: SFHL-SC-293
Overview
This small collection contains letters and reports concerning Friends work with Native Americans in Nebraska during the era of Grant's Peace Policy.
Dates:
1793, 1867-1885 and undated; Majority of material found within 1867 - 1888
Herbert Nicholson papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-138
Overview
This collection is comprised of the papers of Herbert Nicholson. It includes sections of a manuscript, letters to Herbert Nicholson from individuals he met in Japan, photographs of Herbert Nicholson and others, and Nicholson's research notes related to Japanese internment.
Dates:
1949-1982
Daniel and Emily Oliver papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1134
Overview
Daniel and Emily Oliver arrived in Brummana, Syria (later Lebanon) in 1895 and were put in charge of the Friends Mission School at Ras el-Metn. The papers consist primarily of correspondence between the Olivers and supporters of their work, Marriott and Jane Morris, Elliston and Ann Morris, Thomas and Ethel Potts, and Grace and William Rhoads, concerning the work of the orphanage and school at Ras el-Metn, and the schools at Brummana; also included are photographs of the buildings, children,...
Dates:
1907-1960
Levinus King Painter Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-209
Overview
Levinus King Painter (1889-1983) was a Quaker minister, author, and social activist. Born in Spiceland, Indiana, in 1889, he attended Spiceland Academy, Earlham College, and Hartford Theological Seminary. His pastoral service began in Collins, New York, in 1914, and he later served at Poplar Ridge (N.Y.), Monkton and South Starksboro (Vt.), Clintondale (N.Y.), Putney (Vt.), and back to Collins from 1942-56. He also worked as Interim Secretary of Friends Africa Mission from 1956-1957. Papers...
Dates:
1960-1983
Parry H. Paul papers concerning Quaker relief work in Russia
Collection — othertype: SC-094
Identifier: SFHL-SC-094
Abstract
This collection includes papers of Parry H. Paul's time in Eastern Europe on a Quaker relief mission between 1921 and 1923. Included are his daily journal, photographs of Warsaw and Russia in the 1920's, lecture notes on agricultural relief in Russia, and a copy of Robert Dunn's article on the same subject.
Dates:
1921-1923
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) Records: Foreign Missionary Association (1882-1950)
Collection — othertype: HV/Phy/830
Identifier: QM-Phy-830
Scope and Contents
Records of the Foreign Missionary Association of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1921-1953, include its Minutes (1882-1921) as well as the records of its Executive Board (1883-1923), International Committee (1918-1924), Young Women's Auxiliary and other Miscellaneous reports and correspondence (1883-1923). Also included are records from the Committee's Branches at Downingtown, Germantown, Haverford, Moorestown, Philadelphia and West Chester Meetings.
Dates:
1882-1923
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) Records: Mission Board (1923-1956)
Collection — othertype: HV/Phy/836
Identifier: QM-Phy-836
Scope and Contents
Records of the Mission Board of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting at Haverford include the minutes, financial accounts and other records from the time of the groups inception in 1923 until 1956, as well as those of its branches at Germantown, Haverford and Moorestown Monthly Meetings and other miscellaneous documents, including the extensive diary collection of missionary Edith F. Sharpless, which begins in 1908 but provides a thorough chronicle of her experience with the Mission Board in...
Dates:
1923-1956
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- American Friends Service Committee 3
- Bowles, Gilbert, 1869-1960 3
- Bowles, Minnie, 1868-1958 3
- Cadbury, William Warder 3
- Canton Christian College 3
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- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 3
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 3
- Ling nan da xue (Guangzhou, China) 3
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. International Outreach Committee (1974-) 3
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 2
- Bowles, Gordon Townsend 2
- Bowles, Jane T. 2
- Cadbury, Catharine Balderston 2
- Cadbury, Catherine J. 2
- Cornplanter, Seneca chief 2
- Foreign Missionary Association of Friends of Philadelphia 2
- Friends Girls School (Tokyo, Japan) 2
- Germantown Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
- Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942 2
- Haverford Monthly Meeting of Friends (1904-) 2
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 2
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 2
- Japan Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) 2
- Jones, Esther A. Balderston, 1891-1967 2
- Madāris al-Frindz (Rām Allāh) 2
- Moorestown Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1951- ) 2
- Oliver, Daniel, 1870-1952 2
- Rees, Deborah, 1876-1967 2
- Rees, Emory J., 1870-1947 2
- Sharpless, Edith Forsythe 2
- Sharpless, Joshua 2
- Simmons, Henry 2
- Women’s Foreign Missionary Association of Friends of Philadelphia 2
- Adede, Rose 1
- Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938 1
- Alsop family 1
- American Peace Society of Japan 1
- Augur, Margaret Riggs 1
- Balderston, Lloyd, 1863-1933 1
- Balderston, Mary F. 1
- Bowles, Herbert E. 1
- Bradley, A. Day (Amos Day), -1905 1
- Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 1
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- Convention of Delegates of the Seven Yearly Meetings on Indian Affairs (Society of Friends : Hicksite) 1
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- Cook, Charity, 1745-1822 1
- Darby, Deborah, 1754-1810 1
- Delaware Indians. Lenape Indians. Lenni Lenape Indians 1
- Dunn, Robert W. (Robert Williams), 1895- 1
- Evans family 1
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- Evans, William Bacon, 1875-1964 1
- Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 1
- Forbush, Bliss, 1896-1990 1
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- Friends' Centre (Shanghai, China) 1
- Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia 1
- Garrigues family 1
- Garrigues, Edward, 1756-1845 1
- Gasmann, John G. 1
- Green Street Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Green, Albert Lamborn, 1845-1947 1
- Groth, Mary Coates 1
- Haines, Joseph H. 1
- Haines, William Henry 1
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 1
- Harris, J. Rendel (James Rendel), 1852-1941 1
- Hazard, Elizabeth L. 1
- Henry, James M. 1
- Hicks, Isaac, 1767-1820 1
- Hilden, Joy Totah 1
- Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 1
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- Hunt, John, 1711 or 1712-1778 1
- Husayni , Amin, Grand Mufti, 1893-1974 1
- 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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