Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 61 - 70 of 105

Anne Moore journal

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-046
Overview

Anne Moore was a Quaker minister from 1738 to 1783. Journal entries detail her travels as a Quaker minister to Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, parts of New England, and England. Entries also provide descriptions of Quaker meetings, visits from Friends, and Moore’s reflections on religion and advice for her children.

Dates: 1756-1786

Elizabeth Hudson Morris diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-047
Overview

Elizabeth Hudson Morris was a Quaker minister who traveled through the United States, Ireland, and Scotland. Diary entries describe Elizabeth’s travel as a Quaker minister throughout the British colonies in North America, as well as Ireland and Scotland, and Quaker meetings. Copied versions of letters from Jane Hoskins are also included in the volume.

Dates: 1743-1778

Morris family commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-065
Overview

The commonplace book of the Morris family includes copied extracts from the journals of Margaret Morris, which include a description of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793, as well as copied poems, letters written by Mary Morris and Richard Hill Morris, and a clipped illustration depicting early settlers.

Dates: Undated.

Oliver Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-334
Overview The collection contains the papers of the family of Wendell French Oliver, New England and Pennsylvania Wilburite Quakers. Gamaliel Wallis Oliver (1772-1849) was a successful Lynn, Massachusetts, shoe manufacturer who married Charlotte Breed in 1807. Two grandsons, Wendell French Oliver and William Theodore Oliver, were conscientious objectors in WWI and served with the AFSC in European Reconstruction. The collection includes journals, photographs, and related papers of Wendell, W....
Dates: 1706 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1960

Parke Family journals

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-318
Overview

The collection contains diaries and daybooks of Dr. Thomas E. Parke and his wife, Mary Bacon Parke, of Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Very rich in detail, they reflect the life and activities of 20th century Quakers, active in the Society of Friends, business, and philanthropic activities.

Dates: 1896 - 1927

John Parrish diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-053
Overview

John Parrish was a member and minister of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. His diaries describe his travels to Quaker families, including those disowned by their Meeting, throughout Rhode Island, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1796-1805

Mary Sullivan Patterson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-118
Overview Mary Sullivan Patterson (1906-1987) was a Quaker historian and genealogist from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. The collection contains family papers and correspondence; genealogical notes on the Thomson, Sullivan, and other related families; writings on various topics, especially Delaware County history and the Caleb Pusey House; diaries, notes, correspondence, and a manuscript concerning Patterson's 1957 research trip to England to study Quaker emigration to America. Also a diary and letters...
Dates: 1782-1982

Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon Schlesinger Library Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-124
Overview Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon (1890-1979) was born into an extended Quaker family who lived for generations in Clarke and Loudon counties, Virginia. She moved beyond the Virginia Quaker community to a career in the women's movement, first as a campaigner for women's suffrage (1917-1920), then as an educator and political activist in Virginia (1920-1928) and finally as a research economist for the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor (1928-1956). During her retirement years, Pidgeon became...
Dates: 1906-1979

Redman family papers

 Collection — othertype: SC-106
Identifier: SFHL-SC-106
Abstract

This collection includes Mercy Redman's journal of her visits to eighty-seven meetings in New York, New England, and Pennsylvania. During this time she met and travelled with John Woolman. Also included is a copy of the record kept by Thomas Redman of his imprisonment and trial for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the United States. A poem written by John E. Redman and various other family documents are also included.

Dates: 1760-1806

Rosalie Regen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-166
Overview Rosalie Stork Regen (1909-1993) was a Quaker author and playwright who joined the Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting in 1941. She was the daughter of Charles Wharton Stork and Elisabeth von Pausinger Stork. An active member of the Society of Friends, Rosalie taught First Day School and visited Quakers all over the world. The collection includes journals kept continuously from 1936 to the time of her death in 1993. She also maintained a prodigious correspondence with family and friends....
Dates: 1856-1993

Filtered By

  • Subject: diaries X
  • Subject: Society of Friends X
  • Subject: Society of Friends X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Library
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 62
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 43
 
Subject
diaries 68
Quakers -- Diaries 49
Quakers -- History 27
Quakers -- Social life and customs 21
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 17
∨ more
Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 15
correspondence 15
travel literature 14
Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 13
Quakers -- Travel 13
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 12
Quaker women 12
Society of Friends -- Clergy -- Diaries 11
Diaries 9
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 9
photographs 9
Quakers 8
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 8
Society of Friends 8
letters (correspondence) 8
Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 7
Indians of North America 5
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 5
Quaker women -- Diaries 5
Quaker women -- United States 5
Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries 5
Quakers -- Education 5
Quakers -- Genealogy 5
Society of Friends -- Education 5
Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 5
account books 5
manuscripts (documents) 5
Abolitionists 4
Antislavery movements -- United States 4
Haverford (Pa.) 4
Indians of North America -- Missions 4
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 4
Philadelphia (Pa.) 4
Quaker abolitionists 4
Quakers -- Family relationships 4
Quakers -- New Jersey 4
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs 4
Quakers -- Social service 4
Seneca Indians 4
Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 4
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 4
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 4
Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 4
deeds 4
lecture notes 4
speeches (documents) 4
Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 3
Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 3
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 3
Diaries -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 3
Motherhood -- United States -- History 3
Photographs 3
Quaker businesspeople 3
Quaker women -- United States -- Diaries 3
Quakers -- Maryland 3
Quakers -- United States -- Civil War, 1861–1865 3
Quakers -- Virginia 3
Society of Friends -- Charities 3
Society of Friends -- Clergy 3
Society of Friends -- Doctrines 3
Society of Friends -- Missions 3
Society of Friends -- Missions -- Palestine 3
Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 3
Wills 3
Women clergy -- United States -- Diaries 3
World War, 1914-1918 3
autobiographies (documents) 3
clippings (information artifacts) 3
commonplace books 3
family papers 3
marriage certificates 3
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Aiken 2
Agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 2
Agriculture -- United States 2
American poetry 2
Business -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 2
Charities -- Maryland -- Baltimore 2
Conservative Quakers 2
Education -- Pennsylvania 2
Education -- South Carolina -- Aiken 2
England 2
Indians of North America -- Government relations 2
International relief -- Europe 2
Japan 2
Lay ministry -- Pennsylvania 2
Missionaries -- China 2
Palestine 2
Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948 2
Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1917-1948 2
Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 2
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History 2
Photography 2
Poetry 2
Poetry -- Women authors 2
Prison reformers 2
∧ less
 
Names
American Friends Service Committee 12
Haverford College 10
Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 5
Kite family 5
Sharpless family 5
∨ more
Swarthmore College 5
Westtown Boarding School 5
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 4
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 4
Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 4
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 4
Walton family 4
Brinton family 3
Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 3
Cornplanter, Seneca chief 3
Harvard University 3
Society of Friends 3
Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 3
Bacon, David 2
Bacon, George 2
Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 2
Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 2
Brinton, Anna Cox 2
Brown family 2
Cadbury family 2
Cadbury, Catherine J. 2
Cadbury, William Warder 2
Coleman, John Royston 2
Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 2
George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 2
Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942 2
Hunn family 2
Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 2
Jones, Mary Hoxie 2
Kite, Mary, 1793?-1861 2
Lippincott family 2
Lloyd family 2
Madāris al-Frindz (Rām Allāh) 2
Moore family 2
Morris family 2
New England Yearly Meeting of Friends 2
Parrish, John, 1729-1807 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1827-1948) 2
Scattergood family 2
Scattergood, Thomas, 1748-1814 2
Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.) 2
Schofield, Martha 2
Sharples, Edith, 1743-1787 2
Sharples, Joshua, 1747-1826 2
Sharpless, Joshua 2
Shipley family 2
Shoemaker family 2
Simmons, Henry 2
Swayne, Joel 2
Turner family 2
Valentino, Carmen 2
Walker family 2
Walton, George A. (George Arthur), 1883- 2
Woolman School (Swarthmore, Pa.) 2
Woolman, John, 1720-1772 2
Alexander, H.P. 1
Alexander, Samuel, 1840-1914 1
Allen family 1
Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938 1
Allinson family 1
Allinson, Margaret 1
Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 1
Allinson, Samuel, 1808-1883 1
Allinson, William J., 1810-1874 1
Allison family 1
Alsop family 1
American Bible Society 1
American League against War and Fascism 1
American League for Peace and Democracy 1
American Peace Society 1
Andrews, Peter 1
Angell, Benjamin, d. 1868 1
Ash, Samuel S. (Samuel Shinn), 1829-1911 1
Ash, Sarah J. (Sarah Jane), 1835-1912 1
Associated Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 1
Backhouse, James, d. 1890 1
Bacon family 1
Bacon, Edith Farquhar, 1892-1988 1
Bacon, Elizabeth, 1794-1844 1
Bacon, Francis R. (Francis Rogers), 1888-1965 1
Bacon, Samuel Allen, 1848-1908 1
Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
Balderston, Ida Smedley (Ida Roberts Smedley Balderston), 1896-1993 1
Balderston, Lloyd, 1863-1933 1
Balderston, Mary F. 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968) 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
Barbour, Hugh 1
Baumgardt, David, 1890-1963 1
Bean family 1
Bean, James, 1822-1915 1
Beck, M.E. 1
Bedford Farmers' Club (Bedford (Westchester County, N.Y.)) 1
∧ less