Quakers -- History
Found in 588 Collections and/or Records:
Friends Institute minutes
This collection is comprised of one book of Board of Managers minutes from the Friends Institute. It includes the organizations' by-laws, minutes from the beginning of the organization, as well as an attendance record in the back.
Friends' Institute scrapbook
The scrapbook of the Friends' Institute includes materials related to the Friends' Institute for Young Men, particularly for the lectures and events of the organization. Lectures focus on a variety of topics, including business ethics, party politics, early friends and their services in America, the idolatry of culture, and Siberian convicts. Also included are the annual reports of the board of managers.
Friends' Reading Room Association records
Friends Summer School of Religious History records
This collection is comprised of the two volumes of the Friends Summer School of Religious History records. The first volume includes list of attendees at the Friends Summer School of Religious History held at Haverford College, 1900 & 1904. The second volume includes the list of attendees at the Friends’ Summer School of Religious History, Bryn Mawr, 1907, and Haverford, 1910-1912. The records include names, addresses, and religious affiliations of the attendees.
Friends World Conference minutes
This collection is comprised of the typed minutes of a Meeting of the Committee on arrangements for the London Conference.
William Frost correspondence
This collection is comprised of the handwritten letter (1809) between William Frost and Samuel Jenkins, and two letters between Thomas E. Drake and C.E.H. Whitlock concerning the sale of the original William Frost letter.
"George Fox, Seine Botschaft, Seine Wesen und Seine Leben"
Emil Fuch's manuscript "George Fox, Seine Botschaft, Seine Wesen un Seine Leben" is written in German. In English, the title of the manuscript is "George Fox, his Message, his Essence, and his Life."
"Quaker Influences on Whitman's Religious Thought"
Walter B. Fulghum's dissertation "Quaker Influences on Whitman's Religious Thought" analyzes the influences of Quakerism, particularly the influences of Elias Hicks and Hicksite Quakerism, on Walt Whitman's religious thought. The manuscript discusses ways in which Whitman's personal demeanor and behavior reflected a Quaker influence, and connects Quakerism to the themes in Whitman's "Leaves of Grass."
Garret family library catalog
This collection is comprised of the single volume manuscript list of the volumes in the Garret family library. The volume is organized by genre, including biographies, histories, journals, Christian morals, science, books of reference, essays & prose literature, poetry, travels & geography, fiction, foreign languages, Latin, and miscellaneous.
Garrett family genealogical records
This collection is comprised of the Garrett family genealogial records, and includes manuscripts concerning family history, research notes, and photographs of family members.
