Quakers -- West Indies
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Jenkins lantern slide collection
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-196
Overview
Charles F. Jenkins (1864-1951) was a prominent Quaker who was involved with Green Street Monthly Meeting, the American Friends Service Committee, the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (1919-1934), and Friends Intelligencer. He was also a Manager of Swarthmore College for 40 years and President of the Board from 1933 to 1944. He is also the author of "Tortola: A Quaker Experiment of Long Ago in the Tropics".
This collection contains primarily lantern slides, both...
Dates:
1910 - 1950
Thornton Family Research Papers (copies)
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-150
Overview
This group of papers relating to the Thornton family, all copies, were made available to Harriet Frorer Durham, a Quaker writer who was working on a biography of Dr. William Thornton (1759-1828) of Philadelphia. William Thornton of England, Dr. Thorton's descendent, provided the papers. The collection contains genealogical material compiled for Dr. William Thornton and photocopies of business and legal papers (1673-1802).
Dates:
1673-1963
