Records, 1863-1978.

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Records, 1863-1978.

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Correspondence, charter, bylaws, minutes of Executive Board and Women's Aid Committee, school reports and statistics, financial records, printed reports, and copies of the Association's publication, the Freedmen's Friend. Includes material relating to the Association's initial efforts to provide relief and instruction to newly freed slaves in the South, its subsequent development of schools for the children of freedmen; its support and management of Christiansburg Industrial Institute, Cambria, Virginia; and its more recent efforts to support education for blacks at various colleges, including Bryn Mawr, Earlham, Guilford, and Haverford.

5 linear ft.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 7167138

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Christiansburg Industrial Institute

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Bryn Mawr college

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Friends' Freedmen's Association

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Organization of Philadelphia Quakers founded 1863 as Friends' Association of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity, for the Relief of Colored Freedmen; purpose was to provide relief and education to freed slaves during and after the Civil War; name changed ca. 1873. From the description of Records, 1863-1978. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 26626033 ...

New Garden Boarding School

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Haverford college

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Haverford College was founded in 1833 as a Quaker school for boys. Today it is a coeducational, non-sectarian college applying the Quaker values of consensus and honor code. From the description of Archival records, 1831-[ongoing]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 60246925 ...

Earlham College

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