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Quakers -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 588 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Rhoads papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-192
Abstract

This collection includes six notebooks created by Edward Rhoads, primarily on physics. Also includes a photograph and a book of sketches.

Dates: 1892-1895, undated

Esther B. Rhoads collection on Quakers in Japan

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-156
Abstract

This collection is comprised of three folders of materials related to Quakers in Japan, and specifically focuses on information about Anna C. Hartshorne, an American Quaker, and Inazo Nitobe, a Japanese Quaker, collected by Esther B. Rhoads.

Dates: 1897-1935

William G. Rhoads diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-057
Abstract

The first pages of William G. Rhoads's diary ask a series of questions concerning moral behavior and manners, which Rhoads subsequently answers in each entry. Entries also detail Rhoads's apprenticeship as a book keeper, social calls, and Quaker meetings he attended.

Dates: 1858

Rhoads & Wing letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-031
Abstract

This letterbook contains the correspondence between William G. Rhoads, Samuel Rhoads, and Asa Wing. The volume includes both personal and business correspondence.

Dates: 1868-1881

John Richards letterbooks

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-016
Abstract Each volume of John Richards's letterbooks contains business correspondence related to his work as an Indian Agent in Kansas. All letters are written by John Richards, and the majority of letters are addressed to Enoch Hoag, the Superintendent of Indian Affairs. In addition to Enoch Hoag, correspondence in Richards's letterbooks is addressed to the following: Dunlap & Flora, Russell Shlickler, James Haworth, F. Buckley, Robert Ferris, George P. Laflin, Henry Breiner, General Davidson,...
Dates: 1870-1876

"Book of Epistles of George Fox, Founder of Quakerism"

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-031
Abstract These manuscripts of "Book of Epistles of George Fox, Founder of Quakerism," which was originally written in 1714 by Thomas Richardson, are typed transcripts of the original document, as compiled by Thomas Richardson's descendants, Edward Wanton Smith, Esther Morton Smith, and Anna Wharton Wood. The manuscript includes an introduction which discusses the history of Thomas Richardson's volume of the epistles of George Fox and its inheritance to subsequent generations, and provides...
Dates: 1937-1938

Walter Robson journal

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-058
Abstract

Walter Robson's journal is entitled “Voyage to America and travels in the United States.” Its entries describe Robson's departure from England and his voyages to and from the United States, including weather, accommodations, and fellow passengers. While in the United States, Robson traveled to various Friends and meetings in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Ohio, Chicago, Iowa, Indianapolis, Baltimore, North Carolina, and New York.

Dates: 1877-1878

Anne Eliza Rodman commonplace book

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-030
Abstract

The commonplace book of Anne Eliza Rodman includes poetry and quotations, largely religious or historical in nature.

Dates: 1823

"Transition from the Horse and Buggy Days to the Space Age"

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-103
Abstract

The autobiography or memoir of Ruth Abbott Rogers is structured to act as a tour of the family home, called Quillity, outside of Philadelphia. In Rogers's words, "I will start at the top of the house under the slate roof and wander down room by room going over the accumulation of a family from colonial times in America." The manuscript therefore acts as both an autobiography of Roger's own life in the house, and as a family history.

Dates: 1963

Martha Routh journal

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-059
Abstract

Martha Routh's journal describes her voyage from London to Boston, which she took in 1794. Entries describe the small group of Quakers that Routh traveled with, including Thomas Scattergood, as well as descriptions of the weather, communications with other ships during the journey, and Routh's struggles with illness on board. The journal ends when Routh arrives in Boston, and her last entry describes her Quaker hosts there, and the burial of a man who died on board the ship.

Dates: 1794