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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 Proprium...
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
Ahimsa Farm Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ahimsa Farm
Dates:
1940-1942
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
AIDS Working Group Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-769
Overview
The AIDS Working Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting began in 1992 as a response to the growing severity of the AIDS epidemic. The main focus of the group, organized under the title of "A Quaker Ministry to Persons With AIDS," was to visit those terminally ill with AIDS to provide solace, friendship, and spiritual counseling. The AIDS Working Group also organized the Quaker presence at the Philadelphia AIDS Walk and held retreats and seminars for caregivers of AIDS patients. The group was...
Dates:
1991-2000
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- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 29
- Westtown Boarding School 29
- 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
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 24
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 24
- Fox, George 23
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- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 20
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 19
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 19
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 18
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 18
- League of Nations 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
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 17
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 16
- Friends General Conference (U.S.) 16
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 16
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 16
- Haverford College. Office of the President 15
- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 15
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 15
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 15
- Woolman, John, 1720-1772 15
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 14
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 14
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 14
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 13
- Cope family 13
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 13
- Kaufman, Abraham 13
- Lyttle, Bradford 13
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 12
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 12
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 12
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 12
- Lloyd family 12
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 12
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 12
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Geneva, Switzerland (International Office) 12
- Adelman, Seymour, 1906-1985 11
- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 11
- Friends World Committee for Consultation 11
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 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
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 10
- Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971 10
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 10
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 10
- Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 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
- Baer, Gertrude 9
- 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
- Evans family 9
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 9
- Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 9
- Fothergill, Samuel 9
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 9
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 9
- George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 9
- McReynolds, David 9
- Morley, Christopher 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, Daniel B. 9
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