Showing Collections: 11 - 19 of 19
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
Rufus M. Jones papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1130
Abstract
Rufus Matthew Jones (1863-1948) was a Quaker historian, mystic, and philosopher. Born in South China, Maine, to Edwin and Mary Gifford Hoxie Jones, he taught philosophy at Haverford College between 1893 and 1934, and was involved in the Haverford Emergency Unit, American Friends Service, and Fellowship of Reconciliation, and is often attributed as having helped to unite Yearly Meetings in the United States. The collection consists of Rufus Jones’ correspondence, diaries, financial papers,...
Dates:
1779 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1875 - 1952
Morris family commonplace book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-065
Abstract
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.
Rosalie Regen Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-166
Abstract
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
Sharpless Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1111
Abstract
Letters, accounts, diaries, and journals of members of the interrelated Sharpless and Kite families, including the papers of Joshua Sharpless (1746/7-1826) and letters of Mary Kite (1792-1861) as well as the papers of Edward G. Smedley, ca. 1836-1908, dealing with his experiences as a conscientious objector during the Civil War, 1863-1866.
Dates:
1748-1875
Douglas V. and Dorothy M. Steere papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1174
Abstract
Douglas and Dorothy Steere were prominent figures of the Quaker movement in the twentieth century, and deeply committed to the causes of peace and spiritual enrichment. This commitment is evident in their involvement with Quaker-led relief work after World War II, Quaker spiritual retreats, international diplomacy, and Dorothy’s work with the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Douglas taught philosophy at several institutions including Haverford College, and published extensively on topics...
Dates:
1896-2003
Khalil A. Totah and Eva Marshall Totah papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1210
Abstract
The papers revolve around three topics and provide a picture of Quakers in Palestine in the 20th century: Khalil A. Totah, his second wife, Eva Marshall Totah and his first wife, Ermina Jones Totah. Khalil Totah discusses the situation in Palestine, primarily in the 1930s, and speaks of his own life and aspirations, as when he became a Quaker minister. His diaries expand the picture, adding information about Friends Boys School in Ramallah (Palestine) and his understanding of the political...
Dates:
1896-1955
Charles and Priscilla Townsend Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-350
Abstract
Members of the Charles and Priscilla Townsend family were active in the Society of Friends in Philadelphia and in Quaker concerns, especially penal reform, abolition, and the natural sciences. The collection includes journals, correspondence, and writings in addition to transcripts and reference material on family members. Much of the material is available in published form.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1811 - 1858; 1793-2020
Walton-Kite Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1178
Abstract
The collection consists predominantly of the papers of the Walton family, but also contains Kite family and Fawcett family papers.
Dates:
1789-1937
Filtered By
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Library
- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 15
- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 4
- Subject
- diaries 14
- correspondence 11
- letters (correspondence) 6
- photographs 6
- Quaker women 4
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 4
- Diaries 3
- Photographs 3
- Quakers 3
- Quakers -- Education 3
- Quakers -- Family relationships 3
- Quakers -- Travel 3
- Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 3
- manuscripts (documents) 3
- speeches (documents) 3
- Missionaries -- China 2
- Palestine 2
- Photography 2
- Quaker women -- 19th century -- Correspondence 2
- Quaker women -- Diaries 2
- Quakers -- Germany 2
- Quakers -- Middle East 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
- Quakers -- Poetry 2
- Quakers -- Travel -- 20th century 2
- Society of Friends -- Jamaica 2
- Society of Friends -- Japan 2
- Society of Friends -- Missions -- China 2
- Society of Friends -- Missions -- Palestine 2
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- autobiographies (documents) 2
- certificates 2
- lecture notes 2
- marriage certificates 2
- Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania 1
- Academic writing 1
- American Literature -- New England 1
- American Poetry -- Women authors 1
- American fiction 1
- American fiction -- Women authors 1
- American poetry 1
- American poetry -- 20th century 1
- Americans -- Travel -- 20th century 1
- Arabs 1
- Asylums 1
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
- Bible. Acts 1
- Business -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Charities 1
- Children's literature 1
- China -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union 1
- China -- History -- 20th Century 1
- China -- Politics and Government -- 1949- 1
- Christian education 1
- Classicists 1
- Conscientious objection 1
- Conservative Quakers 1
- Cuba 1
- Death -- Religious aspects 1
- Diaries -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Ercildoun (Pa.) 1
- Farmers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Finland 1
- Food relief -- Germany 1
- Germany 1
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945- 1
- Haverford (Pa.) 1
- Hawaii 1
- Health 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Indians of North America -- Government relations 1
- International relief 1
- International relief -- Africa 1
- International relief -- Europe 1
- International relief -- Germany 1
- Israel -- History 1
- Japan 1
- Japan -- Description and travel -- Sources 1
- Japan -- History 1
- Kinzua Dam (Pa.) 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
- Lebanon 1
- Leprosy -- China 1
- Literature -- Women authors 1
- Manuscripts, American 1
- Marriage 1
- Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Medicine -- China 1
- Mental health 1
- Middle East -- Description and travel 1
- Missionaries 1
- Missionaries -- China -- Correspondence 1
- Missionaries, Medical -- China 1
- Missions -- China 1
- Montessori method of education 1
- Mysticism 1
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography 1
- Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948 1
- Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1917-1948 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- American Friends Service Committee 6
- Haverford College 6
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 4
- Harvard University 3
- Kite family 3
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 3
- Society of Friends 3
- Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 3
- Walton family 3
- Westtown Boarding School 3
- Brinton family 2
- Brinton, Anna Cox 2
- Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 2
- Cadbury family 2
- Cadbury, Catherine J. 2
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 2
- Cadbury, William Warder 2
- Coleman, John Royston 2
- Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942 2
- Jones, Mary Hoxie 2
- Lloyd family 2
- Shipley family 2
- Allen family 1
- Alsop family 1
- Associated Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 1
- Bacon family 1
- Bacon, Edith Farquhar, 1892-1988 1
- Bacon, Elizabeth, 1794-1844 1
- Bacon, Francis R. (Francis Rogers), 1888-1965 1
- Bacon, George 1
- Bacon, Samuel Allen, 1848-1908 1
- Balderston, Lloyd, 1863-1933 1
- Balderston, Mary F. 1
- Baumgardt, David, 1890-1963 1
- Bean family 1
- Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 1
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 1
- Bloomfield family 1
- Bloomfield, Isabella Macomb 1
- Bloomfield, Joseph, 1753-1823 1
- Borton, Hugh 1
- Bowles, Minnie, 1868-1958 1
- Brinton, David, 1864-1945 1
- Brinton, Edward 1
- Brinton, Eleanor Fisher, 1868-1958 1
- Brinton, Joseph, 1828-1917 1
- Brinton, Mary H. (Mary Howland), 1833-1870 1
- Brinton, Ruthanna 1
- Brinton, William Fisher, 1909-2008 1
- Brinton, Yuki 1
- Broomell, Anna Pettit 1
- Brown family 1
- Burton, Emma Cadbury 1
- Cadbury, Catharine Balderston 1
- Cadbury, Catharine Jones 1
- Cadbury, Lydia Caroline Brown, 1889-1978 1
- Cadbury, Sara Manatt 1
- Canton Christian College 1
- Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China) 1
- Carter family 1
- Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 1
- Coates family 1
- Coates, Benjamin Hornor, 1797-1881 1
- Coates, Benjamin, 1808-1887 1
- Coates, George M., 1845-1894 1
- Coates, Sarah Hornor, 1825-1912 1
- Coates, William Morrison, 1845-1937 1
- Collins family 1
- Collins, Isaac 1
- Collins, Isaac, 1787-1863 1
- Collins, Rebecca, 1805-1892 1
- Comfort family 1
- Coppin, Fanny Jackson 1
- Cox family 1
- Cox, Alvin J., 1907- 1
- Cox, Charles 1
- Cresson family 1
- Cresson, Caleb, 1775-1821 1
- Cresson, Francis Macomb, 1867- 1
- Cresson, George Vaux, 1836-1908 1
- Cresson, Isabella Bloomfield Gumbes, 1844-1913 1
- Cresson, Mary B. 1
- Cresson, Sarah E., 1787-1870 1
- Cresson, Susan Vaux, -1890 1
- Cresson, William Penn, 1814-1892 1
- Cripps, Arthur Shearly, 1869-1952 1
- Deer, Ada Elizabeth 1
- Earlham College 1
- Ecumenical Institute of Spirituality 1
- Elfreth family 1
- Emlen family 1
- Emlen, Sarah Foulke Farquhar (Sarah Foulke Farquhar Emlen), 1787-1849 1
- Evans family 1
- Fahnestock, Zephine 1
- Fawcett family 1
- Fell family 1
- Fisher family 1
- Fisher, Abraham, 1823-1909 1
- Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 1
- Fisher, Sarah Wright, 1822-1886 1 + ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more
