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Seneca Indians

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

"An Account of a Visit to the Indians in the Autumn of 1806"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-327
Abstract

This collection is comprised of a single letter from David Barclay to Charles Lloyd dated 1807 June 24, which includes "An account of a visit to the Indians in the Autumn of 1806, by one of the Pennsylvania Committee appointed to promote their Civilization" by Isaac Bonsall.

Dates: 1807
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs Documents

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-299
Abstract

This collection contains various reports regarding the education of Indigenous children in Oklahoma between the years 1938-1946 by Quaker, Christian, and Indigenous people. The Indigenous childrens' nation of origin include the Wyandotte Nation, the Seneca Nation, and the Osage Nation. Their schools include The Kickapoo School, the Seneca Indian School, and various Sunday Schools.

Dates: 1932 - 1947; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1947
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

British Friends' letters

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-861
Abstract

Letters of English Friends containing information on Quaker history as well as religious and cultural activities. The collection also includes letters relating to the activities of early Friends.

Dates: 1650 - 1985
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Christopher Densmore Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-326
Abstract

Christopher Densmore served as Curator of Friends Historical Library, retiring in 2018. This collection includes his raw research materials as well as completed papers.

Dates: 1980-2017
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Hiram Doty collected papers relating to Quaker history

 Collection — Othertype SC-029
Identifier: SFHL-SC-029
Abstract This collection includes original manuscripts collected by Hi Doty relating to early Quaker involvement in Indian affairs from 1756 to 1821 and the Friendly Association. Of particular interest are documents concerning the settlement at Oneida and the Treaty of Easton. Correspondents include Tedyuscung, Nathaniel Holland, Frederick Post, John Hunt, William Cooper, Israel Chapin, William Savery, James Pemberton, and Joseph Elkinton. Also included in the collection are several letters written...
Dates: 1756-1874
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Joseph Elkinton journal transcript

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-101
Abstract

Joseph Elkinton's journal entries describe his 1816 trip from Philadelphia to a Quaker missionary settlement and school called "Tunessassa," among the Seneca in upstate New York. His entries describe the preparation for the trip and his travel from Philadelphia to Tunessassa. The location of the original journal is unknown.

Dates: 1816
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Fussell-Lewis Family Papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-045
Identifier: SFHL-SC-045
Abstract This collection includes the papers and correspondence of the Fussell and Lewis famlies. The latter relate primarily family and local news. Of particular interest are several letters by Graceanna Lewis denouncing slavery, an account of the response in New York Yearly Meeting to the disownment of Isaac T. Hopper, and correspondence relating an encounter with the Seneca Indians. Other letters include those written to Mariann Lewis by friends from Kimberton Boarding School, some of which relate...
Dates: 1836-1938-bulk 1836-1866
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Theodore Brinton Hetzel papers and graphics

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1168
Abstract

Theodore Hetzel (1906-1990) was a Quaker professor of engineering at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, whose interests led him to involvement with Native American and Quaker issues. An avid photographer, the materials in this collection are primarily photographic, as well as correspondence and documents.

Dates: 1866-1987; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1987
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Halliday Jackson Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-182
Abstract Halliday Jackson (1771-1835) was a Quaker minister from New Garden and Darby, Pa.. From 1798 to 1800 he joined the Quaker mission to the Seneca Indians organized by the Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Shortly after his return from the mission to the Seneca, Halliday Jackson married Jane Hough and moved to Darby, Pa. Following Jane's death in 1830, Halliday Jackson remarried in 1833 to Ann P. Paschall (1792-1874), also a Quaker minister. These records contain documents...
Dates: 1755-1833
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Halliday Jackson papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-101
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the handwritten correspondence and a handwritten copy of the manuscript "Some Account of my Journey Among the Seneca" by Halliday Jackson.

Dates: 1799-1808
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
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Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections