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Quakers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 563 Collections and/or Records:

Joel Bean papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-017
Overview

This collection is comprised of the papers of Joel Bean, and includes notes, clippings, and printed photographs of various quakers.

Dates: 1914

Gustave Auguste de Beaumont papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-018
Overview

This collection is comprised of the single letter from Gustave de Beaumont to Samuel Wood, as well as clippings from the Bulletin of Friends Historical Association, regarding Tocqueville and Beaumont in Philadelphia.

Dates: 1831, 1952

"The Philadelphia Quakers in the Industrial Age: 1865-1920"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-012
Overview

Phillip S. Benjamin's dissertation, entitled "The Philadelphia Quakers in the Industrial Age: 1865-1920," and materials related to the manuscript, including an undated draft and Benjamin's notes for his dissertation, which are kept on notecards, describe and analyze Quaker responses to the changing social conditions in the United States created by industrialization, urbanization, and the increasing homogenization and secularization of United States culture.

Dates: 1976

"The White Quakers Dublin, 1842-1858"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-136
Overview

"The White Quakers of Dublin, 1842-1848," an essay by Ernest H. Bennis, focuses on Joshua Jacob, an Irish Quaker who began his own branch of Quakerism, called the "White Quakers."

Dates: Undated.

Lewis Benson papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-020
Overview

This collection contains a letter from Lewis Benson to Henry Cadbury and a typed manuscript of Benson's lecture on "The Christian Universalism of George Fox."

Dates: 1959

"Bernard Barton, Quaker Poet"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-139
Overview

Photocopy of a typed manuscript written by Mildred Ayars Purnell, submitted as partial fulfillment for her master's in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.

Dates: 1941

"The History of Augusta Quakers: A Bicentennial Presentation"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-013
Overview

This manuscript of Faith Brown Bertsche details the history of Quakers in Georgia, particularly Augusta Meeting in Augusta, Georgia.

Dates: 1976

Bettle family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-024
Overview

This collection contains the personal correspondence of Elizabeth, Mary, and Samuel Bettle.

Dates: 1825-1890

Bettle Family materials

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-245
Overview

This collection contains eight letters written to members of the Bettle family.

Dates: 1825-1846

Jane Bettle correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-023
Overview

This collection is comprised of the personal correspondence of Jane Bettle.

Dates: 1813-1851