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Quakers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 563 Collections and/or Records:

Eli Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-106
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the photographs, certificate of removal of Eli Jones, and a single volume of pressed plants.

Dates: 1867-1882
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

George & Ann Jones notebook

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-019
Scope and Content note This collection is comprised of a single volume manuscript notebook, with notes related to a disturbance at the Mulberry Street House, when George and Ann Jones held an evening meeting, in 1826. According to the first entry, at a meeting of the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia, a committee was created for “ascertaining the facts, and enquiring into the cause of the disturbance which occurred in the vicinity of our meeting house a few weeks since.” The notebook records the meetings...
Dates: 1826-1827
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Hannah M. Jones index

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-018
Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of three volumes of an index created by Hannah M. Jones, given to her aunt, Mary Ann Jones. The indexes include the deaths and marriages of Quakers, copied from The Friend, and arranged alphabetically.

Dates: 1827-1914
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Mary Hoxie Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-107
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the typed scripts of a play written by Mary Hoxie Jones, entitled "The King's Missive," as well as two copies of the program of the Annual Business Meeting and Entertainment of Friends Historical Association, and a reproduced letter with a wax seal addressed to "Carles R." and signed by "William Morris," and was presumably used as a prop in a production of "The King's Missive."

Dates: 1930-1931
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Rebecca Jones commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-022
Abstract

The commonplace book of Rebecca Jones includes extracts from H.F.'s manuscript, Samuel Fothergill's remarks upon Cornelius Cayley's application to Friends of Leed's Meeting, the manuscript found among the papers of Thomas Wilson, a sermon preached by Luke Cock at York, the Vision of William Bayley, and the Quaker testimonies of Samuel Fothergill and Rachel Wilson. The volume also includes copied letters to Friends of the Women's Meeting in Dublin, and a letter to Catherine Payton.

Dates: 1786
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Rebecca Jones letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-011
Abstract

Rebecca Jones's letterbook includes her personal correspondence with Leonard Snowdon. Letters describe meetings Jones attended, discussions of the abolition of slavery, and news of friends and family. Included in the volume is a brief account of Jones's convincement.

Dates: 1797-1805
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

"The Trail of Life in the Middle Years"

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-054
Abstract The manuscript of Rufus M. Jones, entitled "The Trail of Life in the Middle Years," is the third volume in an autobiographical series, of which the two preceding volumes are: "Finding the Trail of Life" and "The Trail of Life in College." The narrative begins in the year 1893, when Jones became the editor of "The Friends Review" and began teaching philosophy at Haverford College. In it, he discusses the state of the Society of Friends at the time, and discusses his personal reconciliation of...
Dates: 1934
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Rufus M. Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1130
Abstract Rufus Matthew Jones (1863-1948) was a Quaker historian, mystic, and philosopher. Born in South China, Maine, to Edwin and Mary Gifford Hoxie Jones, he taught philosophy at Haverford College between 1893 and 1934, and was involved in the Haverford Emergency Unit, American Friends Service, and Fellowship of Reconciliation, and is often attributed as having helped to unite Yearly Meetings in the United States. The collection consists of Rufus Jones’ correspondence, diaries, financial papers,...
Dates: 1779 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1875 - 1952
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Samuel Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-108
Abstract

This collection is comprised of two items of Samuel Jones's papers, and includes a copy of his will, as well as a copy of an emancipation document for a family enslaved by Jones.

Dates: 1820, 1833
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

William Jones financial records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-014
Abstract

The business ledgers of William Jones record mortgages, rent payments, taxes, and account balances for various Quaker individuals.

Dates: 1845-1861
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
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Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections