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Friends Neighborhood Guild
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-035
Abstract
Friends Neighborhood Guild is a social welfare agency established by Hicksite Quakers in 1879 to serve the Poplar section of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It began as a volunteer organization for immigrant children and evolved into a settlement house and community center. This collection primarily contains early records of Friends Neighborhood Guild, and also the records of two related Quaker societies, the Friendly Settlement Association and the Spring Street Mission.
Dates:
1880-1962
Friends Sesqui-Centennial Commission
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-037
Abstract
The Friends Sesqui-Centennial Commission was an organization involved with coordinating Quaker activities relating to the sesquicentennial celebration of the American Revolution in 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The collection contains a minute book containing committee and treasurer's reports, registration books, printed material and other records.
Dates:
1925-1926
Germantown Monthly Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-G300
Scope and Contents
Records of Germantown Monthly meeting, 1900-2002, include: vital records, 1900-2002; men’s minutes, 1906-1978; women’s minutes, 1906-1918; ministers’ and elders’ minutes, 1907-1954; financial records, 1907-1968; property records, 1945-1970s; assistance committee contributions, 1957-1962; Germantown Friends School Committee minutes, 1899-1997; library committee account books, 1945-1965; overseers’ minutes, 1907-1976; religious education committee notebooks; sewing group garment work record,...
Dates:
1906-2006
Germantown Preparative Meeting Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-G310
Scope and Contents
Records include: Minutes of the pre-Separation and Orthodox men's meeting and later of joint sessions with women, 1756-1939; Hicksite men's minutes, 1877-1914; pre-Separation and Orthodox women's meeting minutes, 1784-1917; Hicksite women's minutes, 1877-1880; Orthodox account books 1739-1812, 1832-1938; Hicksite account books,1877-1914; Orthodox receipt books, 1859-1895; Orthodox membership, 1799-1843; Hicksite membership, 1807-1812, 1888-1911; Orthodox women's records, 1862-1902; building...
Dates:
1705-1956
Green Street Monthly Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-G700
Abstract
Records of Green Street Monthly Meeting (1775-2016) and its assorted subordinate meetings and organizations, including Greene Street Friends School and Fair Hill Meeting House and Burial Ground.
Dates:
1689 - 2016
Green Street Preparative Meeting Records
Collection — othertype: SW/Ph/G710
Identifier: QM-Ph-G710
Scope and Contents
Records of Green Street Preparative Meeting, 1814-1914, as follows: minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting and joint sessions, 1814-1846, 1850-1858,1875-1914, 1846-1850; Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1814-1827 and 1828-1902; Hicksite treasurer's book, 1849-1912; Hicksite school committee minutes, 1865-1877, 1884-1892, 1892-1904.
Dates:
1814-1914
George M. Justice Memorandums, 1825-1861
Collection — othertype: RG5-298
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-298
Abstract
George M. Justice was a successful Philadelphia merchant and important Hicksite Quaker. Beginning in 1825 until shortly before his death, he kept volumes of memorandum reflecting his thoughts on religion, the Hicksite Separation and its aftermath in Philadelphia, family information, astronomy, slavery, and other topics.
Dates:
1825-1861
Leeds and Maule family genealogy
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-10-004
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of one original book and a set of photocopied indices. The book is handwritten, and along with the genealogy includes many glued in photos, newspaper obituaries, and several genealogies or family trees of Leeds families. The set of indices is presented as an index for the family genealogy, and was compiled in 1947 by Morris Leeds.
Dates:
1947, undated
Wilmer W. Marshall Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-213
Abstract
Wilmer W. Marshall (1847-1905) was a Philadelphia Quaker businessman. He was the son of Caleb and Jane Marshall and a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Hicksite). In 1876, he married out of meeting to Julia Jacoby. The collection includes diaries and a small amount of correspondence and miscellaneous material. The diaries cover the years 1859-1878 and relate daily life, including his attendance at meeting, family concerns, and participation in political meetings during the Civil...
Dates:
1859-1889
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Arch Street Friends) Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-P455
Scope and Contents
Records of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting -- pre-Separation, Orthodox, and post-Reunification -- include: vital records, 1672-2000; men’s minutes, 1682-1978; women’s minutes, 1686-1926; financial records, 1683-1990; trustees’ records, 1683-1970; property records, 1683-1970; property committee records, 1697-1970; committee records, 1711-1970; miscellaneous papers, 1664-1974; Friends Select School records, 1832-1968; records of the Philadelphia Association for the Instruction of Poor Children,...
Dates:
1664-2000
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- Byberry Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
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- Elfreth, Jacob R. Jr., 1837-1924 2
- Elfreth, Jacob R., Sr., 1789-1870 2
- Frankford Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1805-1827) 2
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- Aimwell School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Atkinson, Caroline J., 1881-1953 1
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- Braithwaite, Anna, 1788-1859 1
- Bronner, Edward 1
- Brown, Elizabeth Potts 1
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
- Carter, Arabella, 1867- 1
- Cherry, Charles L. 1
- Chestnut Hill Meeting of Friends (1924-1933 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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- Cunningham, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Anne), 1934-2020 1
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- Evans, Thomas, 1798-1868 1
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- Frankford Monthly Meeting of Friends 1
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- Quaker Information Center 1
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