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Anna Bassett Griscom Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-053

Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence, speeches and writings, and miscellaneous manuscripts of Anna B. Griscom. Of particular interest is material relating to Woodbrooke, a Quaker study center in England where she worked in 1914, and of the Friends World Conference in 1937.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1914-1962

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Anna Bassett Griscom (Elkinton) (1889-1974) was a prominent American Quaker, active in the peace movement. She graduated from Friends Central School, Swarthmore College, and the University of Pennsylvania. She served as Executive Secretary of the Friends General Conference, chairman of a committee to organize the Friends World Conference held at Swarthmore College in 1937, chairman of the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and was a founder of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. She married J. Passmore Elkinton in 1931.

Extent

2 linear ft. (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Anna Bassett Griscom (Elkinton) (1889-1974) was a prominent American Quaker active in the peace movement. She served as Executive Secretary of the Friends General Conference, chairman of a committee to organize the Friends World Conference held at Swarthmore College in 1937, chairman of the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and was a founder of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. She married J. Passmore Elkinton in 1931. The collection includes correspondence, speeches and writings, and miscellaneous manuscripts of Anna B. Griscom. Of particular interest is material relating to Woodbrooke, a Quaker study center in England where she worked in 1914, and of the Friends World Conference in 1937.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into five series:

  1. Genealogical
  2. Correspondence
  3. Speeches and writings
  4. Friends World Conference
  5. Miscellaneous

Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: Anna Bassett Griscom Elkinton, 1962

David C. Elkinton, 1974, 1977

Collection was received as a gift from Anna Griscom Elkinton and her step-son, David C. Elkinton

Related Materials

See also:

  1. Elkinton Family Papers, RG 5/037; Friends World Conference, RG 1; Fellowship of Reconciliation, Swarthmore College Peace Collection.

Processing Information

Collection was received partially processed by donor. Later gifts were added to collection.

Title
An Inventory of the Anna Bassett Griscom Papers, ca. 1914-1962
Author
FHL staff
Date
ca. 1963
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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