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Quaker church buildings

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Lippincott Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-251
Abstract Horace Mather Lippincott (1877-1967) was a Quaker editor and historian. The collection contains his speeches and writings on topics primarily concerning the Society of Friends and the history of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Of particular interest is the scrapbook he compiled in 1946 of papers and photographs of the 1913-1914 Joint Group which met weekly to study the Separation in the Society of Friends, along with other papers on the topic and on the first joint meeting of the two...
Dates: 1752 - 2010

Friends Historical Library meetinghouse picture file

 Collection — Othertype PA-MPF
Identifier: SFHL-PA-MPF
Abstract

This collection consists of images of various Quaker meetinghouses across the world, collected at various times from various sources, by the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Dates: 1800 - 2000

Roy Moger. New York Yearly Meeting photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-092
Abstract

This collection contains personal photographs taken by Roy Moger of places, persons, and events concerning New York Yearly Meeting in the 1960s. Of special interest are photographs of the meeeting houses, the March on Washington and a Memorial for the Children of Birmingham.

Dates: 1956-1970

Edgar Zavitz Palmer and Boyd Zavitz Palmer papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-113
Abstract

Edgar Zavitz Palmer (1898-1977) was a graduate of Swarthmore College, Class of 1919, and a professor of economics at several universities. This collection contains material relating to Edgar’s collection of Quaker meeting house pictures, his personal and professional correspondence, his relief work in Europe after World War I, and his son Boyd Zavitz Palmer’s application for conscientious objector status.

Dates: 1890 - 1994

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Meeting House Trusts Granting Group and its predecessors

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-223
Abstract

The Meeting House Trust Funds Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is responsible for the administration of both the Samuel Jeanes Trust Fund and the Charleston Fund. Both funds assist meetings in the acquisition, repair and restoration of meeting houses and their grounds.

Dates: 1719-1995

Pictures of Meetinghouses - Outside of the United States

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-924
Abstract

A collection of photographs, drawings, postcards, and news articles on meetinghouses located outside of the United States. Photographs feature both the building and meeting members. Drawings are both printed and originals.

Dates: Undated

Walter F. Price papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1187
Abstract

Materials relate to Walter F. Prices' Haverford College graduating class of 1881 over time and some of his architecture; work as a member of the firm Price & Walton.

Dates: 1878-1945