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Quakers -- Education

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Sturge Mission School Opening and Friends' Freedmen's Relief Association Funds Request

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-280
Abstract This collection contains a leaflet regarding the opening of Joseph Sturge's First Day School at the Friends Locust St. Mission House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 1st, 1865. The school was established as First Day school for poor African Americans and immigrants. The school later merged and formed the Benezet House Association to provide education and relief to African Americans. Lack of demanding and funding led to the school's demolishment in 1945. There is also a letter from...
Dates: December 1862 and September 1874
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Leon Kanegis papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1193
Abstract

The papers of Quaker Leon Kenagis who deliberated over some of the challenging issues of the 20th century, such as civil rights, religion and education.

Dates: 1932-2003
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Kent-Barnard Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-079
Abstract Daniel Kent, emigrated to Chester County, Pa. from Ireland, in 1785. He joined the Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1790, and married Esther Hawley in 1791. Their great-grandson Henry Simmons Kent (1833-1906) was active in the establishment of Swarthmore Monthly Meeting and the Borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. The collection includes material used by Daniels' great-granddaughter Ella Kent Barnard in preparation for the writing of three books. Among these materials are genealogical charts...
Dates: 1785/1928
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Elizabeth R. Lippincott (Elizabeth Roberts) Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-088
Abstract

Elizabeth Roberts Lippincott (1888-1979) was a Quaker genealogist from Moorestown, New Jersey. The collection contains chiefly genealogical and card files relating to the Lippincott, Shinn, Thorne, and related Quaker families of Moorestown and elsewhere, together with correspondence, journals, and essays, and collected materials relating to Quaker history, particularly various Friends Meetings and Moorestown Friends School.

Dates: 1793-1979
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Morris Lloyd Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-091
Abstract

Morris Lloyd (1856-1932) was a Philadelphia Quaker and the nephew of Elizabeth Lloyd Jr. Collection includes genealogical chart of descent from Robert Lloyd and Lowry Jones of Merion; diary (1832) of Mary Beans, a Bucks County school teacher; commonplace books of Elizabeth Lloyd, Jr.; Morris Lloyd's diaries (1880) of a trip to California. and printed material kept by the family.

Dates: 1832-1939
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Annie M. Lukens papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-077
Identifier: SFHL-SC-077
Abstract

This collection includes letters and papers of Annie M. Lukens, written while she attended Swarthmore College. Included are letters to her parents, describing her daily schedule and activities, and several brief anecdotes.

Dates: 1870-1872
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Mather-Nicholson family papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-297
Abstract

Collection contains student work books, two marriage certificates and four school certificates relating to the Thomas T. and Rachel (Nicholson) Mather family.

Dates: 1822-1903
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Media Friends School records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-127
Abstract

This collection is comprised of materials concerning appeals for funds and the admission of all qualified children regardless of race to Media Friends School in the late 1930s.

Dates: 1937-1965
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Lindley Murray Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-198
Abstract

Lindley Murray, Quaker author and grammarian, was born in 1745 in Pennsylvania and resided in England for many years while publishing grammar books and religious tracts. The collection is primarily composed of letters written by Lindley Murray and other family members between 1785 and 1822.

Dates: 1785-1830
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

John W. Nason Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D08
Abstract In June 1940 at the age of thirty-five, John W. Nason (1905-2001) became the eighth president of Swarthmore College. A strong proponent of the Honors Program, he continued the mission of academic excellence established by Frank Aydelotte while adapting the campus to the pressures of World War. The first series of this collection, 1927-1965, contains John W.Nason's official correspondence and correspondence with faculty. There is also one box of reports collected by Nason's Vice President...
Dates: 1927-1965
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections