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Ackworth School, England records
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-001
Overview
Ackworth School was founded in 1779 as a co-educational boarding school for Quaker children by Dr. John Fothergill and other Quakers. It is located in West Workshire, England. It was intended to be a board school for children whose parents were not rich. This collection is comprised of four volumes, one of which is a transcription of one of the other volumes. They all relate to the rules and regulations for the Ackworth School in England.
Dates:
1785-1786, undated
Ad Hoc Committee for Financing the Youth and Family Facility at Burlington Meetinghouse Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-255
Scope and Contents
Records of the Ad-Hoc Committee for Financing the Youth and Family Facility at Burlington Meetinghouse held at Haverford include the group's Minutes (1990-1995), Correspondence (1988-1993), Financial Records (1989-1992), records pertaining to Keast and Hood Engineers (1992-1993) and its Operations and Use Subcommittee (1993-1994).
Dates:
1987-1995
Dr. Mavis Kelsey Collection of Adams-Harris Papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M17
Overview
John Quincy Adams, later President of the United States, acted as Chief Plenipotentiary of the American delegation negotiating the Treaty of Ghent, and ending the War of 1812. Levett Harris was the American Consul (later the Charge d'Affaires) in Russia at this time. Adams's letters containing observations on the course of the negotiations, mediated by the Emperor Alexander, to Levett Harris are included in this collection. Harris, when later seeking appointment as Minister to Russia, was...
Dates:
1814 - 1820
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Jane Addams Collection
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-001
Overview
A world-famous social reformer; co-founded the first settlement house in America in 1889; championed many causes on behalf of the urban poor, such as protection of immigrants, child labor laws, industrial safety, juvenile courts, and recognition of labor unions; a leading figure in the movement for international peace; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
Dates:
1838-; Majority of material found within 1880-1935
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Adelman Miscellaneous Prints
Collection
Identifier: BMC-Adelman-Misc
Overview
This collection contains a series of folders of miscelleneous prints from Seymour Adelman's collection. These prints were put here because they didn't fall into any of his main categories of collecting (architecture, portraiture, publishing, history of Philadelphia, etc.), and because they were not appropriate as objects for the art and artifact collection.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Adelman Oversized Prints
Collection
Identifier: BMC-Adelman-Oversized Prints
Overview
This box contains miscelleneous oversized materials from Seymour Adelman. Folder 1 contains 15 architectural prints: Mostly achitecture details of churches, as well as a few full views of churches. The folder contains etchings and lithographs, one print is hand colored. Folder 2 contains two portraits, one lithograph and one drawing by an unknown artist. Folder 3 contains A series of "Old Farmer Giles Rhyme Sheets" and a single title page “Graduale Romanum ad Normam Missalis exhibens...
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Adirondack Friends Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-A293
Overview
Records of Adirondack Friends Meeting, 1985-ongoing. Includes: membership Records 1952-1990 & ca. 1893-1993; newsletters, 1985-1989.
Dates:
ca. 1893-1995
Adrian Preparative Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-G-A315
Scope and Contents
Records of Adrian Preparative Meeting, 1836-74. Includes Minutes 1848-72 and Women's minutes 1836-74. Volumes also include minutes of the men's and women's monthly meeting minutes, 1848-1849.
Dates:
1836-1874; 1836-1874
Agape Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-237
Abstract
The Agape Foundation was a non-profit public foundation, which raised and distributed funds to groups working for nonviolent social change. From its formation in 1969 by a group of pacifists and anti-war activists in Palo Alto, California, the Agape Foundation provided millions of dollars to nonviolent, grassroots organizations throughout the western United States. It was headquartered in San Francisco. In 2010 the Agape Foundation merged with the Peace Development Fund.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970-2010
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Agreement between Pennsylvania and the Susquehanna and Sheona
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-056
Overview
Agreement between James Logan, on behalf of William Penn, and six Susquehanna and Sheonah related to who can live among the Native Americans, permits for liquor sales, and punishments for those who declare that the English are not their friends.
Dates:
1700
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- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 30
- Indians of North America 30
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- Academic writing 23 ∧ less
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- Haverford College 213
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- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 47
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 44
- Civilian Public Service 41
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 35
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 35
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 31
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 31
- Westtown Boarding School 30
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 28
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 26
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 25
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 25
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 25
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 25
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 24
- Fox, George 23
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 21
- War Resisters League 21
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 20
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 19
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 18
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 18
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 18
- United Nations 18
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 18
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 17
- League of Nations 17
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 17
- Friends General Conference (U.S.) 16
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 16
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 15
- Haverford College. Office of the President 15
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 15
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 15
- Woolman, John, 1720-1772 15
- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 14
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 14
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 14
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 14
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 14
- Cope family 13
- Lyttle, Bradford 13
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 12
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 12
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 12
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 12
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 12
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 12
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 12
- Kaufman, Abraham 12
- Lloyd family 12
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 12
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 12
- Adelman, Seymour, 1906-1985 11
- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 11
- Friends World Committee for Consultation 11
- Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 11
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 11
- Jones, Mary Hoxie 11
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 11
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Geneva, Switzerland (International Office) 11
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 10
- Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971 10
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 10
- Morris family 10
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1955) 10
- Newton, Ray 10
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 10
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 10
- Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 10
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 9
- Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 9
- Brown family 9
- Cadbury family 9
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 9
- Cooper family 9
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 9
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 9
- Fothergill, Samuel 9
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 9
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 9
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 9
- George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 9
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 9
- Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 9
- McReynolds, David 9
- Morris, Elliston P. (Elliston Perot), 1899-1980 9
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955) 9
- Reynolds, Barbara (Barbara Leonard) 9
- Sharpless family 9
- Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920 9
- Smith family 9
- Smith, Daniel B. 9
- Society of Friends 9
- Taylor family 9
- Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 9 ∧ less
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