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Walter R. Miles correspondence concerning Why be loyal to the Society of Friends?

 Collection — othertype: SC-081
Identifier: SFHL-SC-081

Abstract

In April of 1911, Walter R. Miles, then professor at Iowa State University, posed this query to other Quakers: Why be loyal to the Society of Friends as a distinct denomination? This collection includes responses he received over the next year from prominent Friends across the nation, particularly educators from the Midwest. The letters present their spiritual and doctrinal philosophies. Authors include J. Herschell Coffin, H. Lavinia Bailey, O. Edward Janney, Edward Grubb, Joseph Elkinton, Rufus Jones, Isaac Sharples, President of Haverford College, John F. Hanson, Murray S. Kenworthy, L.L. Hobbs, founder of Whittier College, Edwin McGrew, Charles E. Tebbets, Edmund Stanley, and others.

Dates

  • Creation: 1911

Creator

Restrictions on Access

This collection is available for research use.

Biographical / Historical

Walter R. Miles, a Quaker educator born in 1885, was a professor of Philosophy and Psychology at the State University of Iowa.

Extent

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Rubinfine. Method of acquisition--Purchased from; Date of acquisition--1981.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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