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Notice : to our fellow members of the Religious Society of Friends, [Philadelphia, Pa.], [ca. 1845 May]

Title: Notice : to our fellow members of the Religious Society of Friends, [Philadelphia, Pa.], [ca. 1845 May]

Printed document. Notice to members of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of an upcoming meeting called to discuss a proposal "to form an association within the limits of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, for the special purpose of promoting and encouraging the production, by free labour, of the articles which are generally procured from [slave labor]." Other sponsors of this meeting, whose names are printed at bottom of notice, include Samuel Hilles, George W. Taylor, and Samuel Rhoads.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm.

https://tripod.brynmawr.edu/permalink/01TRI_INST/1fa7h1r/alma991001123779704921 View

Stratton, Edward F., 1876-1968,. Collected Papers of Ohio Quakers, 1770-1967.

Title: Collected Papers of Ohio Quakers, 1770-1967.

The collection contains historical and biographical information collected by Edward F. Stratton about the Maule, Stratton, Williams, and related Ohio Quaker families, especially those involved in separations in Ohio Yearly Meeting. Of particular interest are Joshua Maule's diaries and his correspondence concerning the Wilburite-Gurneyite and Maulite (Primitive) separations and the Williams family correspondence and diaries written while they were teaching at schools for freed blacks in Mississippi and Texas (1867-1876). Correspondents include Joshua Maule, Thomas B. and Martha S. Gould, Hannah Hall, and Charles Evans. Miscellaneous Society of Friends records include advices, sermons, a report of the Committee on Indian Concerns, Baltimore Yearly Meeting with a letter to "Brother Quakers" from Sawhe asking for aid (1804), an account of a conversation between Thomas Gould and Joseph John Gurney (1838), a letter from a Civil War conscientious objector, and accounts of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes ; 2.75 lin. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67837312 View

Stratton, Edward F., 1876-1968,. Samuel Walton Family Papers, 1813-1890.

Title: Samuel Walton Family Papers, 1813-1890.

The collection contains historical and biographical information collected by Edward F. Stratton, curator of the Salem Quarterly Meeting records and librarian of the Friends Society, Salem, Oh. It includes family correspondence of the Walton family, especially letters to Joseph Walton from his siblings and the correspondence of Samuel and Sarah Walton of Stillwater Monthly Meeting. A large number of the earlier letters were sent to Joseph Walton from his sister, Rebecca Walton. Other correspondents include Lydia L. Walton and Mary and Nathan Kite. Topics include family concerns, the Wilburite-Gurneyite controversy in Ohio and related tensions in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. There are lengthy descriptions of the yearly meetings and meetings for worship with visits by Quaker ministers including Thomas B. Gould, William Evans, and Ezra Comfort.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes ; 1.75 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67837212 View

Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles family papers, Bulk, 1840-1882, 1791-1930

Title: Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles family papers Bulk, 1840-1882 1791-1930

The Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles family papers house the correspondence of a Quaker family who lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Woodbury, New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware; and other surrounding areas from approximately 1840 to 1882. A majority of the letters were written to or by Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles; her husband, John Smith Hilles; and other Tatum or Hilles family members. There is a small sampling of assorted family papers, dating from 1825 to 1901. Included, among other items, are school report cards of William Samuel Hilles from Haverford College and an 1834 memoir of Anne Cooper Tatum, Sarah Hilles’ mother. In addition, there are deeds to properties owned by the Hilles family in Delaware, New Jersey, Illinois and Pennsylvania from 1791 to 1886.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 Linear feet; 11 containers

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_HAVERFORD_USPHCHCColl1213 View

Bowles family correspondence, 1922-1960

Title: Bowles family correspondence 1922-1960

The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. In 1900, the Bowles moved to Japan under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and managed the Friends School and established the Tokyo Friends Center. During World War II, the Bowles family moved to Hawaii and worked with war refugees. The Bowles family correspondence consists of correspondence from Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles to their son Gordon Townsend Bowles from 1922 to 1932 and to Gordon Townsend and Jane T. Bowles from 1932 to 1960. This correspondence is essentially family correspondence, but also includes information regarding the Bowles' Quaker relief work, their views on Quakerism and their day-to-day activities.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 Linear feet

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_HAVERFORD_USPHCHCColl1212 View

Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976. Quaker Concerns Papers, 1938-1951.

Title: Quaker Concerns Papers, 1938-1951.

Contains papers compiled mainly while Evans was Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), 1938-1946. Much of the collection concerns Quaker activities during World War II, particularly regarding conscientious objection and Civilian Public Service. Organizations and committees represented include Friends Committee on National Legislation, Civilian Public Service, World Council of Churches, World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches, and Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends). Correspondents include Clarence Pickett, Paul Comly French, Paul J. Furnas.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes ; 3.5 lin. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53907552 View

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Records, 1668-[ongoing]

Title: Records, 1668-[ongoing]

Records of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and its constituent monthly, preparative, and quarterly meetings.

ArchivalResource: ca. 4000 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27970857 View

Collins, Eliza Cope, 1812-1880. Cope-Collins-Morris family papers, 1825-1880 1825-1855.

Title: Cope-Collins-Morris family papers, 1825-1880 1825-1855.

Primarily letters by Mary Ann Cope Morris and letters to Eliza Cope Collins; including the letter of the latter's husband William Morris describing cholera epidemic in Philadelphia, as well as abolitionist activity, Philadelphia Quaker life, Yearly Meetings and a trip through an Oneida Indian village with details about life there. In addition, there are two family deeds, some other papers and some engravings of family members.

ArchivalResource: ca. 75 items ; 33 cm. and smaller

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122931774 View

Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974. Rufus M. Jones papers, 1860-1997 [manuscript]

Title: Rufus M. Jones papers, 1860-1997 [manuscript]

Papers include: correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, financial papers, Jones' notes in preparation for classes taught at Haverford College, lectures and short articles, medals and other artifacts, photographs and materials about him compiled primarily after his death. In addition, there are the correspondence and photographs of Jones' wife, Elizabeth, and of daughter, Mary Hoxie. Topics of importance in this collection are Rufus Jones' teaching, his writing and editing, especially of The American Friend, his religious beliefs, his efforts toward the reunification of branches within the Society of Friends, his work for various service organizations, peace issues, his friendships and his family. In addition to Rufus Jones himself, his first wife Sarah, wife Elizabeth and daughter Mary Hoxie, some correspondents include: American Friends Service Committee, The American Friend, M. Catherine Albright, Hannah Bean, Joel Bean, Gilbert Bowles, J. Bevan Braithwaite, William Charles Braithwaite, A. Neave Brayshaw, Howard H. Brinton, Bryn Mawr College, Henry J. Cadbury, Corder Catchpool, John Henry Douglas, Theodore Dreiser, Joseph Elkinton, Edward L. Farr, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Five Year's Meeting, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Friends Foreign Missionary Association, Joan Mary Fry, A. Ruth Fry, Mahatma Gandhi, John B Garrett, Edwardd Grubb, J. Rendel Harris, Henry Hartshorne, Henry Hodgkin, L. Violet Hodgkin Holdsworth, Herbert Hoover, Aldous Huxley, Allen Jay, Peace Jones, Augustine Jones, Eli Jones, Rheinallt Jones, Richard Mott Jones, Thomas R. Kelly, Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry, J. Walter Malone, Katharine E. McBride, A. J. Muste, Fridtjof Nansen, New England Yearly Meeting, Henry Stanley Newman, Violet Oakley, Kirby Page, Marion Park, Francis G. Peabody, Hubert Peet, Pendle Hill, Norman Penney, Levi T. Pennington, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Clarence Pickett, Esther Tuttle Pritchard, P. W. Raidabaugh, James. E. Rhoads, Theodore W. Richards, Abby A. Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, Arnold Rowntree, B. Seebohm Rowntree, John Wilhelm Rowntree, J. Henry Scattergood, Isaac Sharpless, Theodor Sippell, Douglas Steere, Rabindranath Tagore, M. Carey Thomas, Wilbur K. Thomas, Agnes L. Tierney, Khalil Totah, D. Elton Trueblood, Evelyn Underhill, Elizabeth Gray Vining, Carolena M. Wood, James Wood, D. Robert Yarnall.

ArchivalResource: 157 boxes (78.5 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/456102340 View

A brief account of Thomas Kite.

Title: A brief account of Thomas Kite. ca. 1845-1875.

A biographical account of Thomas Kite after his death.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 15 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/184904385 View

Elkinton family. Papers, 1736-1984.

Title: Papers, 1736-1984.

ArchivalResource: 50 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30313402 View

Baily, Joshua L. (Joshua Longstreth), 1826-1916. Papers, 1818-1956.

Title: Papers, 1818-1956.

Correspondence, addresses, articles, poetry, legal and financial papers, printed material, photographs and other misc. papers primarily of Joshua L. Baily. Correspondence of Joshua L. Baily includes ca. 62 letters (1856-1874) between Baily and his wife, Theodate Lang Baily; ca. 15 letters (1852-1864) by Baily to his mother, Elizabeth Baily, giving a detailed account of the effect of the Wilbur-Gurney controversy on various Yearly Meetings (especially Baltimore Yearly Meeting, 1854); ca. 63 letters (1846-1915) by Baily to family and Friends; ca. 300 letters (1845-1915) to Baily from family, prominent Friends and colleagues. Letters discuss Society of Friends affairs (in particular, Wilbur-Gurney controversy and effect on New York, Baltimore and Ohio Yearly Meetings), temperance (including coffeehouses, Pa. Prohibition Party), work of Kansas Freedmen's Relief Association, African American education (including Institute for Colored Youth, Cheyney, Pa.), prison reform (Pa. Prison Society) and other philanthropic concerns. Correspondents include John Bellows, Anthony Comstock, Elizabeth L. Comstock, Neal Dow, Laura S. Haviland, John Pim, John Wanamaker, Booker T. Washington and others. Includes ca. 53 speeches (n.d., 1880-1913) by Baily, topics include Theodore L. Cuyler, Neal Dow, Wm. U. Ditzler, race relations, temperance and prohibition, peace, Eastern Penitentiary, etc.; notes on Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (1844-1874) taken by Baily; articles (printed and holograph) by Baily on temperance, John D. Bemo (Tel-a-mas-mico), Neal Dow, slavery, Bible study, etc.; autograph book (1840) and travel diary (1905, Great Britain) of Baily; poetry by Baily and others; "Narrative of a visit to Burlington ..." (1836) by Loyd Baily (1817-1843); misc. legal and financial papers; printed ephemera (broadsides, menus, etc.) related to Baily's philanthropic concerns; testimonials, memorials, etc. on the death of Joshua L. Baily.

ArchivalResource: ca. 700 items (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29216272 View

Vaux family. Vaux collection of correspondence, documents, and graphics, 1657-1978.

Title: Vaux collection of correspondence, documents, and graphics, 1657-1978.

This addition to the Vaux family papers of correspondence, documents and graphics most prominently reflects the research interests of George Vaux VIII and the photographic work of George Vaux Jr. and George Vaux X. The correspondence and documents relate to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, including the Forrest Trust, Lewis Legacy for Poor Children, Richardson Trust, Josiah White Schools and the constituent meetings of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Western District, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Northern District and Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District, but also Quaker topics such as Quakers in Tortola and Barbados, Quakers in Charleston, S.C., the Bible Association of Friends in America, The Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent, Friends Historical Society, and Haverford College. The graphics include glass slides of American travel views and Native American sites, and of Haverford College, especially those taken by George Vaux, Jr., but also by William S. Vaux and M.M. Vaux, and photographs and other art media of Quakers and places with Quaker connections, such as Meetinghouses, burial grounds, Tortola and Barbados. There are also 2 albums of 35mm and stereoscopic slides by George Vaux X, including Meetinghouses and Quaker sites on Barbados and Tortola. Especially prominent in the collection are George Vaux VIII, George Vaux IX, and George Vaux X. Correspondents include: Joel Cadbury, Richard Cadbury, Harriet Durham, Amelia Mott Gummere, Henry Hartshorne, Rufus Jones, Albert Cook Myers, Norman Penney, James E. Rhoads, Charles Roberts, Isaac Sharp.

ArchivalResource: 24 boxes (12 linear ft.) and 2 albums.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56408373 View