Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Esther A. and Lloyd Balderston papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1185
Abstract
Materials documenting the life of Esther Balderston Jones during her time as a missionary in Japan (1914-1924) and from her father, Lloyd Balderston, about family history and geneology.
Dates:
1885-1961
Elizabeth Cunningham family papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-347
Abstract
Elizabeth Cunningham (1934-2020) was a Quaker who held administrative positions at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in the 1980s and 1990s. He husband William Cunningham (1930-2019) was a philosophy professor at Cheyney University. This collection documents the couple's lives, as well as that of Elizabeth's mother Jennie Ault, with a focus on the 1950s and 1960s.
Dates:
1914 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1968
Judy and Michael Van Hoy Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-341
Abstract
The papers of Judy and Michael Van Hoy, members of Green Street Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who have been deeply involved in social justice concerns particularly through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Workcamps programs. Both also were active in international workcamps, especially in Kenya. Judy Van Hoy maintained correspondence with many international workcampers, including extensive correspondence with Jane Swart, a South African who worked at the Quaker Peace Centre...
Dates:
1967 - 2015
