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Quaker Physicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

William P. Camp Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-244
Abstract William P. Camp (1917-1999) was a Pennsylvania psychiatrist, concerned with ethics in the mental health field and very active in his profession and in Quaker organizations. His wife, Kay Camp, was a teacher and peace activist who served as the president of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Both of the Camps were active in Quaker concerns and members of Norristown Monthly Meeting. The papers chronicle Dr. Camp’s life, particularly his professional and volunteer activities....
Dates: 1936-1992
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Friends Medical Society

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-034
Abstract

Friends Medical Society is an informal association established in 1950 to voice Quaker concerns in the field of medicine, and, more specifically, to act as a medical and advisory resource for the American Friends Service Committee and other national and international medical programs. Its records contain minutes of the annual meetings, correspondence, and some miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 1950-1983
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Livezey-Laughlin family photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-167
Identifier: SFHL-PA-167
Abstract

Thomas Livezey Laughlin (1873-1946), an Ohio physician and a Quaker, was the son of George and Anna Louise Laughlin. His son, Thomas L. Laughlin Jr. (1907-1973) was also a medical doctor. This collection of photographs depicts family members, scenery (Livezey home, hunting, etc.), and vacation photos including international travel.

Dates: 1909 - 1970
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Robert Bryan Michener and Edith Riner Michener. Kenya correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-317
Abstract The collection contains the correspondence of Robert Bryan Michener and Edith Riner Michener written while serving as Quaker missionaries in Kenya, East Africa, in the 1930s. Working under the auspices of the American Friends African Mission, a program of the Five Years Meeting, R. Bryan Michener served as a physician at the hospital in Kaimosi and then principal of the Boys’ School. Edith Michener first taught English at the Boys’ School and then organized the Girls’ Boarding School. ...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1930 - 1970; 1920 - 1984
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Parke Family journals

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-318
Abstract

The collection contains diaries and daybooks of Dr. Thomas E. Parke and his wife, Mary Bacon Parke, of Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Very rich in detail, they reflect the life and activities of 20th century Quakers, active in the Society of Friends, business, and philanthropic activities.

Dates: 1896 - 1927
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Richardson-Yarnall family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-187
Abstract The collection contains personal papers, primarily correspondence, of members of the Richardson and Yarnall families, Pennsylvania Quakers who emigrated to America in the 1680s. The families were united by the marriage in 1816 of Nathaniel Richardson and Hannah Yarnall of Byberry. Of special significance are the diaries of Quaker ministers Peter Yarnall (1754-1798) and his second wife, Hannah Haines Thornton Yarnall (1765-1822) and their correspondence with family and fellow ministers. ...
Dates: 1722 - 1962
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Travilla-Speakman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-352
Abstract The collection is composed largely of correspondence and related papers of Anna Travilla Speakman and her husband William Williams Speakman, Quakers of Swarthmore and Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania. Also represented is Anna's mother, Martha Newport Travilla, a Quaker minister who corresponded regularly with Samuel Willets. The Speakmans had a wide circle of friends in the extended Quaker community, particularly in Swarthmore College. The collection contains family photographs, some...
Dates: ca 1850-1950
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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