Records, 1937-1984.

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Records, 1937-1984.

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Minutes of the Trustees, 1945-1979; a charter; photocopy of amendment to charter, 1950; treasurer's annual reports, 1950-1965; administrative letters, 1957-1958. Also, five scrapbooks of news clippings concerning historic value of Bowne House and events sponsored by the Society, 1945-1980; booklets about Bowne House and Quakers in Flushing, 1937-1975; guest books, 1947-1966. Collection includes color photographs and slides of interior of Bowne House and of special events such as teas given for Bowne descendants. Some of these photographs are identified and some have corresponding negatives, 1977-1984. Negatives of volunteer tour guides dressed in period clothing, n.d. Also, descriptive inventory of antiques in Bowne House and genealogical tree of the Bowne and Parsons families, who lived in and owned the house.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Society of Friends

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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...

Parsons family.

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Bowne House (Flushing, New York, N.Y.)

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Bowne family.

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Bowne House Historical Society. Trustees.

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Bowne, John, 1627-1695

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Epithet: of Matlock Bank, in Matlock, husbandman, son of William Bowne late of the same British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000615.0x0003b6 John Bowne (1627-1695) of Flushing, Long Island. From the description of John Bowne's journal and related papers, 1649-1676. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58660271 ...

Bowne House Historical Society

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Collecting area: Materials pertaining to Bowne and Parsons families of Flushing and their descendents. Will also accept documents about the history of Flushing. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155466422 Founded 1945 to maintain and preserve historic Bowne House in Flushing built in 1661 by John Bowne, defender of religious freedom, the Bowne House Historical Society encourages and maintains interest in the early history of Flush...