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Quakers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 563 Collections and/or Records:

"Members of the Prison Society: Biographical Vignettes"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-102
Abstract This collection is comprised of the two volume manuscript by Peter P. and Elizabeth W. Jonitis, entitled "Memoirs of the Prison Society: Biographical Vignettes of the Managers of the Philadelphia Society for Assisting Distressed Prisoners and the Members of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, 1787-1830." The biographical sketches were compiled in order to determine how many of the 344 members of the organizations were Quakers, so as to study Quaker...
Dates: 1982

Richard Jordan autobiography

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-124
Abstract

This autobiography describes Richard Jordan's early life in Virginia and North Carolina, and his experiences in the Quaker community.

Dates: Undated.

Kaltenbach Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-291
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of letters written by John E. Kaltenbach to his parents, Edward C. and Ethel Kaltenbach, from Wesleyan University, Yale Divinity School, and while working as the acting director for the Scattergood Hostel for European Refugees in Iowa. Also a small number of letters from his sister, Linda Kaltenbach, while a student at Swarthmore College.

Dates: 1933-1941

"The Reality of the Spiritual World"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-056
Abstract

"The Reality of the Spiritual World," was originally a series of lectures given by Thomas R. Kelly in New York in the Spring of 1940, and given again at Pendle Hill and published in 1942. The volume includes reflections on the nature of God and the nature of the spiritual world.

Dates: 1940

Kelsey Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-110
Abstract

This collection contains materials relating to Rayner Kelsey and his father, Asa Kelsey.

Dates: 1872-1934

Mary S. Kimber papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-111
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the handwritten personal correspondence and receipts of Mary S. Kimber.

Dates: 1897-1904

"A Brief Account of Thomas Kite"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-057
Abstract

The biographical account of Thomas Kite describes Kite's early life, his convincement (conversion to Quakerism), and his testimonies against Elias Hicks during the Hicksite-Orthodox separation.

Dates: Undated.

Klein family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-112
Abstract

This collection is comprised of papers related to the Klein family.

Dates: 1975-1976

Walter Koch correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-146
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the typed correspondence of Walter Koch, and is written in both German and English. Koch generally corresponds with Friends in the United States about their financial "gift," toward his efforts to teach Quaker texts in German schools, and his promotion of the pacifist movement in Germany.

Dates: 1923

Ladd family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-113
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the correspondence of the Ladd family. Letters describe Quaker meetings; traveling to other meetings such as those in Philadelphia, New York, Indiana, Missouri, and Rhode Island; health, family, and numerous Friends; and some discussion of business.

Dates: 1809-1841