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Friends' Opportunity in the Orient

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-036

Scope and Contents

Letters, treasurer's reports, pictures and other papers relating to the work of the organization.

Dates

  • Creation: 1923-1924

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Friends Opportunity in the Orient was an unofficial Hicksite organization which sponsored a Quaker teacher in Canton, China, in the 1920s.

Extent

0.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Friends Opportunity in the Orient was an unofficial Hicksite organization which sponsored a Quaker teacher in Canton, China, in the 1920s. The collection contains primarily correspondence with Margaret Hallowell Riggs, who was sponsored to teach at Canton Christian College and Canton Hospital.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into four series. The series are:

  1. Correspondence
  2. Treasurer's Report
  3. Pictures
  4. Other papers relating to the organization.

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Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Bernard Walton, 1957

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These papers were given to Bernard Walton, secretary, by Alfred Wright, treasurer, and by Bernard Walton to the Friends Historical Library.

Title
An Inventory of the Friends' Opportunity in the Orient Records, 1923-1924
Author
FHL staff
Date
2000
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries

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