Margaret Hope Bacon collection on Henry Joel Cadbury
Scope and Contents
This collection contains research notes and cassette tape recordings created by Margaret Hope Bacon during the writing of her book Let This Life Speak: The Legacy of Henry Joel Cadbury, published in 1987.
Dates
- Creation: 1985-1987, undated
Creator
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 (Author, Person)
- Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 (Author, Person)
- Cadbury, Warder H. (Author, Person)
- Steere, Dorothy M., 1908-2003 (Author, Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Margaret Hope Bacon (1921-2011) was an American Quaker scholar. An Alumna of Antioch College, she wrote biographies of prominent Quakers, including Henry Joel Cadbury. She also wrote fiction and nonfiction.
Henry Joel Cadbury (1883-1974) was a biblical scholar and Quaker historian. He was a professor at Haverford College and Harvard University. He was the director of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) from 1928 to 1934 and from 1944 to 1960. He delivered the Nobel Prize lecture in 1947 on behalf of the AFSC and the British Friends Service Council, when the two organizations accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the Religious Society of Friends.
Extent
1.4 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains research notes and cassette tape recordings created by Margaret Hope Bacon during the writing of her book Let This Life Speak: The Legacy of Henry Joel Cadbury, published in 1987.
Acquisition
The Margaret Hope Bacon collection on Henry Joel Cadbury was donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 1993 by Margaret Hope Bacon. Accession no. 5697.
Processing Information
Processed by Mary A. Crauderueff; completed February, 2016.
Subject
- Haverford College (Organization)
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) (Organization)
- Title
- Margaret Hope Bacon collection on Henry Joel Cadbury, 1985-1987, undated
- Author
- Mary A. Crauderueff
- Date
- February, 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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