speeches (documents)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
"Education and Some Educators Among Early Friends"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-006
Overview
The typed speech of Samuel Austin, entitled "Education and Some Educators Among Early Friends," focuses on the history of "Pagan Education" and the transition to "Christian Education." It also highlights early Quaker education and educators.
Dates:
Undated.
Edward Bettle papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-022
Overview
This collection contains papers of the Bettle family, primarily Edward and Jane Temple Bettle.
Dates:
1824-1911
William W. Cadbury and Catharine J. Cadbury collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1192
Overview
The principal creators in the collection are Quakers William Warder Cadbury (1877-1959) and Catharine Jones Cadbury (1884-1970) who spent most of their lives in China. William Warder Cadbury came to China as a medical missionary in 1909.
Dates:
1893-1967
Harold J. Chance papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1214
Abstract
Harold J. Chance (1898-1975) worked for peace education through the American Friends Service Committee, the Peace Caravans, the Youth Section of the Emergency Peace Campaign, the Institute of International Relations, and the Friends Peace Service from 1934-1964. Included in the Harold Chance papers are correspondence, journals, writings, mailings, reports, and materials on the Friends Peace Service. Also included are Harold Haines Brinton's (1884-1973) lectures and course notes on topics such...
Dates:
1938-1964
Darlington, Maryland Anniversary papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-053
Overview
This collection contains papers related to the Darlington, Maryland Anniversary celebration.
Dates:
1937-1938
Essays, sermons, & lectures
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-303
Overview
This collection is comprised of essays, sermons, & lectures related to Quakers and Quaker history.
Dates:
1644-1982, undated
Mary Flowers commonplace book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-013
Overview
The commonplace book of Mary Flowers includes copied letters, the account of the convincement (conversion to Quakerism) of Jane Hoskins, elegies, testimonies, extracts of meeting minutes left by Thomas Brown, and extracts from speeches.
Dates:
1757-1761
"Manuscript of German Lecture: A Year in a French Prison Camp"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-047
Overview
The volume, "Manuscript of German Lecture: A Year in French Prison Camp," is a manuscript of a German lecture given by Walter Horold.
Dates:
1917
Rufus M. Jones papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1130
Abstract
Rufus Matthew Jones was born on January 25, 1863 in South China, Maine. His parents were Edwin and Mary Gifford Hoxie Jones. Their family had been Quakers, and he was brought up in a spartan and religious household. By his own estimate, Rufus M. Jones was deeply influenced as a child by his Aunt Peace Jones for her life of Quaker homily and, as a young man, the spirituality and philosophical powers of oratory and discourse of his other aunt and uncle, the ministers Eli and Sybil Jones. He...
Dates:
1860 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1997
Paul M. Pearson (Paul Martin) Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-121
Overview
Paul M. Pearson (1871-1938) was a noted Quaker educator, editor, and speaker, a professor of Public Speaking at Swarthmore College, the first civilian governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, an assistant director of the U.S. Housing Authority, and a leading founder and executive in the Chautauqua movement. The collection contains biographical and genealogical materials, personal correspondence (1894-1938), writings (published and manuscript), extensive material on the Swarthmore Chautauqua as well...
Dates:
1890-2011 (bulk 1890-1938)
