"Members of the Prison Society: Biographical Vignettes"
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of the two volume manuscript by Peter P. and Elizabeth W. Jonitis, entitled "Memoirs of the Prison Society: Biographical Vignettes of the Managers of the Philadelphia Society for Assisting Distressed Prisoners and the Members of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, 1787-1830." The biographical sketches were compiled in order to determine how many of the 344 members of the organizations were Quakers, so as to study Quaker contributions to early prison reform in the United States.
Dates
- Creation: 1982
Creator
- Jonitis, Elizabeth Wright (Person)
- Jonitis, Peter Paul (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Peter Paul Jonitis (1913-2007) was born on April 23, 1913, in West Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Wright, and the couple had two children, Karen and Peter Paul Jr. He died on June 9, 2007, in Lewiston, Maine.
Elizabeth Wright (1921-2009) was born January 6, 1921, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Clark Brick Wright and Elizabeth T. Kirk. She attended Earlham College, and completed her bachelor's at the University of Pennsylvania. She later earned her master's in Special Education from Temple University. She married Peter Paul Jonitis, and the couple had two children, Karen and Peter Paul Jr. She died on December 20, 2009, in Troy, Michigan.
Extent
0.33 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection is comprised of the two volume manuscript by Peter P. and Elizabeth W. Jonitis, entitled "Memoirs of the Prison Society: Biographical Vignettes of the Managers of the Philadelphia Society for Assisting Distressed Prisoners and the Members of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, 1787-1830." The biographical sketches were compiled in order to determine how many of the 344 members of the organizations were Quakers, so as to study Quaker contributions to early prison reform in the United States.
Acquisition
Unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed October, 2015.
- Title
- "Members of the Prison Society: Biographical Vignettes," 1982
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- October, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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