Quakers -- Genealogy
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
Edwin C. Tyson Research Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-314
Abstract
The collection contains research and writings concerning the history of Menallen Monthly Meeting, research correspondence, Tyson family genealogical research, and some Meeting correspondence assembled by Edwin C. Tyson before his death in 1945. It includes his correspondence with genealogists and local historians regarding Quaker families and property in Adams and York Counties, Pennsylvania.
Dates:
1898 - 1945; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1945
Williams Family Genealogy, 1902
Collection — Othertype MSS-021
Identifier: MSS 021
Scope and Contents
Carbon copy of typescript of Williams Family Genealogy, 1730-1901, with additional charts provided by Thomas H. Shoemaker.
Dates:
1902
Don Yoder research papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-354
Abstract
Donald M. Yoder (1921-2015) was a prominent scholar, folklorist, and author specializing in Pennsylvania folklife, recognized for establishing the term “folklife” in American academics. His primary focus was on Pennsvlvania German folklife, but he also had an interest in traditional Quaker culture and arts (meeting house architecture, dolls and crafts, etc.), in part due to his genealogy as part of the Quaker Wickersham family. This collection contains personal, professional, and...
Dates:
1873 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1990
