Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938. Journal and diary collection, ca. 1599-1986.
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Journal and diary collection, ca. 1599-1986.
Journals, diaries, memoirs, commonplace books, memorandum books, account books, notebooks, academic dissertations, autograph and photograph albums, scrapbooks, letterbooks, records (minute books, etc.), copybooks, book manuscripts, poetry, plays, silhouettes, genealogy, etc. chiefly by or about Quakers. Collection consists primarily of manuscript volumes reflecting Quaker life and thought. Journals and diaries include those of William C. Allen (7 v., worldwide travel in the ministry, 1904-1937), Peter Andrews (travel in England as minister, 1755-1756), Joshua L. Baily (42 v., 1845-1916), George Churchman (10 v., Meetings and travel in ministry, 1759-1813), Thomas Pym Cope (10 v., shipping business and philanthropic concerns, 1800-1851), Jacob R. Elfreth (45 v., 1814-1870) and son Jacob R. Elfreth (64 v., 1861-1924), Elizabeth Reeve Evans (7 v., 1882-1899), Mary Rhoads Haines (3 v., travel in England, includes photographs, 1874-1875), William Hunt (travel as minister, 1748-1772), Isaac Jackson (visit to Maryland Friends w/slaves, 1776), Jane Maule (11 v., 1866-1939), Margaret Hill Morris (Revolutionary War, 1776-1778), John Parrish. (7 v., 1796-1805), William Savery (4 v., 1794-1798), Joshua Sharples (3 v., 1798 visit to Indians), John Shoemaker (3 v., 1805-1815), Henry Simmons (4 v., 1796-1800), Anna Spencer (50 v., 1855-1905), Joseph Walton (19 v., 1875-1894), Thomas Wistar (6 v., 1841-1876), Emma Yarnall (43 v., 1856-1885) and others. Memoirs and autobiographical works of Friends; letterbooks include typed transcripts of letters of James Bringhurst (5 v., 1780-1807); book and other mss. include George Aaron Barton's "Boston Broad Brim," Thomas Clarkson's work on the African slave trade (1808), Logan Pearsall Smith's "On reading Shakespeare"; privately printed book of extracts, letters, etc. of Joseph John Gurney prepared for his family; records of Friends organizations include Friends Hospital records (43 v., 1812-1943), etc.; scrapbooks include 12 v. of Christopher Morley's "The Bowling Green" (1920-1923), Joseph Elkinton's indexed collection of obituaries (1789-1905), clippings on the 1851 Christiana riot collected by William Parker, and a scrapbook of original Quaker records (1633-1750).
ArchivalResource:
ca. 1, 250 items.
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