Society of Friends -- Sermons
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Edward Hicks Manuscript Collection
Collection — Othertype MSS-016
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-016
Abstract
This collection is composed of the draft manuscript of the memoirs and journal of Edward Hicks and related miscellaneous papers. Included are his drafts of the first pages of the memoirs, photocopies of letters and sermons of Hicks relating to the Hicksite Separation, abolition, and Quaker spirituality. Also included are a typescript copy of Samuel Johnson's letter to Edward Hicks on slavery, the original of Hicks' responses, and a letter from Isaac Parry to Benjamin Ferris after the death...
Dates:
1836 - 1952; Majority of material found within 1836 - 1849
Samuel M. Janney Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-183
Abstract
Samuel McPherson Janney was a Virginia Quaker minister, author, educator, and reformer. In 1839 he opened a boarding school for girls in Loudoun County. He traveled widely in the ministry, meeting with other denominations as well as being immersed in the contemporary issues facing the Society of Friends. Among his activities were establishing schools for African Americans and women, creating public schools in Virginia, and the abolition of slavery. In 1869 he was appointed Superintendent of...
Dates:
1815-1880
Jesse Kersey papers
Collection — Othertype SC-199
Identifier: SFHL-SC-199
Abstract
Includes letters, sermons, and manuscript fragments, as well as an 1824 printed epistle from London Yearly Meeting. The papers provide important insight into Kersey's faith and his thoughts on the Separation in the Society of Friends.
Dates:
1824-1841
John Mott papers
Collection — Othertype SC-208
Identifier: SFHL-SC-208
Abstract
Contains transcriptions of John Mott's letters to family and friends and journals, probably compiled to circulate in manuscript form. Also some original letters from John Mott to his family. Mott wrote extensively on his religious views, particularly on Quaker testimony and the issues of the Hicksite separation, as well as the conflicts within Genesee Yearly Meeting which led to the separation of Congregational (Progressive) Friends. Of special interest is a draft of responses to queries...
Dates:
1822-1851
Edward F. Stratton Collected Papers on Ohio Quakers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-142
Abstract
Edward F. Stratton (1876-1968) was a Quaker from Salem and Barnesville, Ohio. He served as Curator of the Salem Quarterly Meeting records and was Librarian of the Friends Society, Salem, Ohio. The collection contains historical and biographical information compiled by Edward F. Stratton about the Maule, Stratton, Williams, and related Ohio Quaker families, especially those involved in separations in Ohio Yearly Meeting. Of particular interest are Joshua's Maule's diaries and correspondence...
Dates:
1770-1967
Moses Pierce correspondence with George F. White
Collection — Othertype SC-238
Identifier: SFHL-SC-238
Abstract
The collections contains correspondence between George F. White and Moses Pierce in which Pierce asks White to clarify his views on abolition, temperance, and peace. White does not agree with abolitionists who want an immediate end to slavery, and he thinks that Great Britain's Abolition of Slavery Act was a ill-conceived. He notes the wretched conditions of factories and mines in England and Scotland as other forms of slavery. Pierce, in copies or drafts of the letters he sent, argues that...
Dates:
1839-1926 (bulk 1842-1846)
Leon A. Rushmore collection of New York Yearly Meeting miscellaneous papers
Collection — Othertype SC-213
Identifier: SFHL-SC-213
Abstract
This collection of miscellaneous papers collected by Leon A. Rushmore includes several religious essays or sermons, a copy of Nicholas Waln's 1772 prayer, and an undated address "To the great Sachems and Chief of the [missing] sitting around the Counsill at new york" possibly transcribed from dictation.
Dates:
ca. 1789-1833
Friends Historical Library Collection of Sermons
Collection — Othertype MSS-047
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-047
Abstract
Collected sermons received from miscellaneous sources.
Dates:
1737 - 1870
Samuel Walton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-254
Abstract
The Waltons were prominent Quakers in Philadelphia, Pa., and Belmont County, Ohio. Joseph Walton (1817-1898) taught at Westtown School, edited the Quaker periodical, The Friend, and served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox). His brother, Samuel Walton (1827-1899), moved to Ohio in 1847 and in 1854 married Sarah James Edgerton at Stillwater Monthly Meeting, the center of Wilburite Quakerism in Ohio. The family was deeply involved in matters relating to the Society of Friends....
Dates:
1813-1890
George H. and Elizabeth G. Watson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-268
Abstract
Elizabeth Grill Watson was a Quaker minister, feminist theologian, Bible scholar, and writer. George H. Watson was a Quaker educator and President Emeritus of Friends World College. The collection primarily documents their ministries focused on social justice.
Dates:
1970-1999
