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Society of Friends address, 1854 Mar. 11.

Title: Society of Friends address, 1854 Mar. 11.

Society of Friends address circulated in the U.S. following its presentation in Europe.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70970342 View

Joseph A. Boromé papers, 1952-2002

Title: Joseph A. Boromé papers 1952-2002

The Joseph A. Boromé papers consists of his published and unpublished writings on Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian revolution, the island of Dominica, the English and African-American abolitionists John Candler and Robert Purvis, the Underground Railroad, the First Vigilant Committee of Philadelphia, and the African-American spiritualist lecturer and trance medium Paschal Beverly Randolph. The collection also includes research correspondence, notes, copies of historical documents and scrapbooks. One of the scrapbooks contains news clippings about Boromé's early career as a librarian at Columbia University and as the recipient of two research fellowships (1943-1953), as well as reviews he wrote for library journals. The other scrapbook documents his research trip to Dominica in 1953. Additional material in this collection include lists of Dominican and Barbadian organizations in New York City, his doctoral dissertation The Life and Letters of Justin Winsor, letters written to his mother Edith Boromé from 1947 to 1971, several drawings by Boromé, and family memorabilia including materials pertaining to the Dominica Benevolent Association and to his father Louis J. Boromé (1888-1922).

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Day, Mahlon, 1790-1854. Journal of a voyage among the West India Islands, 1839 Nov. 11-1840 Apr. 20.

Title: Journal of a voyage among the West India Islands, 1839 Nov. 11-1840 Apr. 20.

Contemporary copy of a diary kept by Day while on a tour of the West Indies (Nov. 1839-Apr. 1840) in company with Joseph John Gurney, the English Quaker philanthropist, minister, and writer. In most of the places they visited, they did considerable sightseeing, held religious services for all faiths, and were entertained by many residents. They were particularly interested in education, religion, and the condition of the Black population especially on the free islands as compared to those which still permitted slavery. Day also includes many rhymes composed by Gurney to commemorate particular occasions.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (217 p.) ; 8 x 10 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58663089 View

Alexander, Samuel, 1749-1824. British Friends' letters, 1650-1985.

Title: British Friends' letters, 1650-1985.

Chiefly letters; also documents, clippings, published articles, portraits, silhouettes, photographs and misc. mss. related to Friends in England, Ireland and Scotland. Letters shed light on Quaker history and cultural activities; topics discussed include family news, Hicksite Separation, peace, business, slavery, education, N. American Indians, politics, travel, traveling Friends, relief work in Armenia and Quaker publications (especially John Barclay's Diary of Alexander Jaffray, 1833). Includes letters and papers of early Friends. Correspondents include Samuel Alexander, Robert Barrow, Isaac Braithwaite, J. Bevan Braithwaite, John Bright, John Broadhead, John Candler, William Caton, William Dewsbury, Richard Farnworth, Josiah Forster, Ann Fothergill, Samuel Fothergill, Margaret Askew Fell Fox, Elizabeth Fry, David Hall, James Rendel Harris, Mary Howitt, William Howitt, Hannah Kilham, Roger Longworth, Daniel Mildred, Mary Neale, Henry Stanley Newman, Amelia Alderson Opie, Robert Sandilands, Thomas Shillitoe, William Smith, Thomas Story, Joseph Sturge and Ann Whitehead.

ArchivalResource: 185 folders (5 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25735085 View

Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847. AMs, [1818] to John Candler.

Title: AMs, [1818] to John Candler.

Gurney responds to a manuscript on tithes written by Robert Foster with his concerns, based in Friends' testimony, about the priesthood.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52802619 View

Candler, John, 1787-1869. Letters, 1853-1854.

Title: Letters, 1853-1854.

The volume contains copies of 18 letters from Candler to his wife Maria in England, 1853-1854, while he was on an anti-slavery tour of the U.S., including Indiana. He describes his meetings with state governors and their reception of his petition; the support he received from Quaker groups; and the hostility of some supporters of slavery. Also included are notes on the various modes of transportation he employed.

ArchivalResource: 1 bound v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25230784 View

Boromé, Joseph Alfred, 1919-2002. Joseph A. Boromé papers, 1952-2002.

Title: Joseph A. Boromé papers, 1952-2002.

The Joseph A. Boromé papers consists of his published and unpublished writings on Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian revolution, the island of Dominica, the English and African-American abolitionists John Candler and Robert Purvis, the Underground Railroad, the First Vigilant Committee of Philadelphia, and the African-American spiritualist lecturer and trance medium Paschal Beverly Randolph. The collection also includes research correspondence, notes, copies of historical documents and scrapbooks. One of the scrapbooks contains news clippings about Boromé's early career as a librarian at Columbia University and as the recipient of two research fellowships (1943-1953), as well as reviews he wrote for library journals. The other scrapbook documents his research trip to Dominica in 1953. Additional material in this collection include lists of Dominican and Barbadian organizations in New York City, his doctoral dissertation The Life and Letters of Justin Winsor, letters written to his mother Edith Boromé from 1947 to 1971, several drawings by Boromé, and family memorabilia including materials pertaining to the Dominica Benevolent Association and to his father Louis J. Boromé (1888-1922).

ArchivalResource: 4 lin. ft. (4 record cartons)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85031363 View