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Quakers -- New Jersey

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

J. Wilmer Lundy Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-092
Abstract J. Wilmer Lundy (1869-1966), Quaker businessman and writer, was the son of Joseph and Mary Evans Lundy of Rancocas, New Jersey. He graduated from Trenton Business College in 1889 and in 1900 formed a partnership with Elmer J. Shinn. In 1895 he married Bessie Morris Roberts, daughter of Stacy and Harriet Roberts. They had one daughter, Elizabeth, who married an Indian businessman and took the name Kamela Nimbkar. J. Wilmer Lundy died in Newtown in 1966 at the age of 97. The collection...
Dates: 1781-1964

Matlack family genealogy

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-10-006
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of five items, which originally came from MC 1120. The materials are all genealogical in subject, and were mostly compiled by Asa Matlack and Asa Matlack Stackhouse.

Dates: Undated, 1895

Joseph S. (Joseph Steward) Middleton Genealogical Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-103
Abstract

Joseph Steward Middleton (1839-1928) was a member of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). This collection contains genealogical materials on the Middleton, Thorne, and Steward families of New Jersey which were collected by Joseph S. Middleton from various sources. It includes notes compiled by another Middleton family genealogist, Catherine H. Middleton.

Dates: 1903-1937

New Jersey Society of Promoting the Abolition of Slavery records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-018
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of two volumes, one from the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and one from its Burlington County branch. They both contain minutes. The state Society provided nominations of members to the county groups, as well as created rules, by-laws, and constitutions to run those organizations. Much of their work was in the oversight of the county branches. The Burlington County branch minutes also contain the revised constitution, as well as...
Dates: 1793-1809

Laura Lippincott Pancoast correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-091
Identifier: SFHL-SC-091
Abstract

This collection includes letters received by Laura Lippincott Pancoast regarding the movement for temperance and women's suffrage. Letters refer to Francis B. Willard, and describe in detail the activities and philosophies of J. Ellen Foster. Letters discuss the issue of the WCTU's involvement with party policies. Correspondents include Anna H. Shaw, Anna A. Gordon, and J. Ellen Foster.

Dates: 1888-1917

Peaslee-Engle Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-273
Abstract

Correspondence of the related Peaslee/Peasley and Engle families, as collected by Emma P. Engle. Includes letters to her parents while she was a student at Swarthmore College.

Dates: 1893-1961

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Peace and Concerns Standing Committee (1998-2015)

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-706
Scope and Contents

Records of the Peace and Concerns Standing Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1998-2003.

Dates: 1998-2003

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Worship and Care Standing Committee (1998-2015)

 Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/410
Identifier: QM-Phy-410
Scope and Contents

Records of the Worship and Care Standing Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1998-2003.

Dates: 1998-2003

Aaron M. (Aaron Macy) Powell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-122
Abstract

Aaron M. (Aaron Macy) Powell, 1832-1899, was a Quaker social reformer. The collection contains correspondence, much of it letters of condolence following the death (1867) of Powell's daughter Elizabeth, biographical materials and tributes, and mss. of his biographies of George Fox and Wendell Phillips.

Dates: 1858-1915

Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting account of the Separation

 Collection — Othertype SC-275
Identifier: SFHL-SC-275
Abstract

The collection contains two detailed draft manuscript reports of the events and proceedings in Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting and the Quarterly Meeting with attention to property and control of the records.

Dates: 1827-1829