Quaker Miscellany, 1659-1984.

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Quaker Miscellany, 1659-1984.

1659-1984

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28814757

Correspondence, diaries, memoirs, essays, published articles, clippings, poetry, maps, genealogy, wills, manumissions, photographs, plays and other papers related to Quakers. Chiefly misc. material of and about Friends: histories of Meetings and Meeting-houses in U.S. and elsewhere; published articles on Society of Friends; family genealogies (Woolman, etc.). Includes material on: Friends in New Zealand, Norway, Alaska, Kansas and elsewhere, slavery, race relations, peace and wartime service, Quakers in fiction, Hicksite controversy, etc.; also material on Rufus M. Jones and other prominent Friends; papers and records of Quaker families, individuals and organizations including Ellis family papers (ca. 1798-1884), Friends Institute records (1880-1928), Friends World Conference minutes (1st, 1920), Hallowell family papers (1858-1884), Janney family papers (1800-1875), Joint Committee of the Religious Society of Friends for Montgomery and Bucks Counties records (1943-1949), Newlin family papers (1839-1866), Sansom Perot papers, Esther B. Rhoads papers, Scattergood family papers and others. Letters of Sarah Cadbury (1840-1918) on visit to Va. in 1866; letters of Thomas E. Drake (b.1907) re: slavery; account of visit to Va. in 1866 by Sarah Shoemaker Carter (ca. 1840-1931); John Danson's 1720 epistle to Friends of Long Island; also manuscripts (originals, copies) of books, essays and articles, including Roland Herbert Bainton "A refugee from the Netherlands: David Joris," Lewis Benson "The Christian universalism of George Fox, " Ella Cassaigne "John Woolman d'aprés son journal et ses écrits, " William P. Pinkham "His voice to me: or, Divine guidence of a believing life, " Richenda C. Scott "Friends in Russia, " Albert J. Wahl's endnotes to "Jesse Herman Holmes 1864-1942, A Quaker's affirmation for man, " John G. Whittier "Hymn of the Dunkers, " John Woolman's holograph ms. "A word of remembrance & caution to the rich &c."

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Haverford College Library

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Woolman, John, 1720-1772

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John Woolman was a Mount Holly, New Jersey, Quaker minister who advocated the abolition of slavery. From the description of Papers, 1669-1830 (inclusive), 1669, 1752-1800, 1830 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122633025 ...

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

Conference of All Friends (1920 : London, England)

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Scattergood family.

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Wolman family.

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Rhoads, Esther Biddle, 1896-1979

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Friends Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Drake, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward), 1907-

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Drake was Professor of History and curator of the Quaker Collection at Haverford College. Rayner Kelsey served in the same capacities. From the description of TLS, 1934 December 16 : New Haven, CT to Wilfred Kelsey. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 27722628 ...

Bainton, Roland Herbert, 1894-1984

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Roland Bainton was born in England and emigrated first to Canada in 1898 and then to the United States in 1902. He received a B.A. from Whitman College, a B.D. from Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from Yale, as well as many honorary degrees. Bainton taught church history at Yale Divinity School from 1920 to 1962, serving as Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History from 1936. Bainton wrote prolifically and was an authority on Luther and the Reformation, Christian attitudes toward war, C...

Janney family.

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Ellis family.

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Carter, Sarah Shoemaker, ca. 1840-1931.

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Wahl, Albert J.

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Cadbury, Sarah, 1840-1918

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Benson, Lewis

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Lewis Benson was a recorded minister in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and is best known for his research and lecturing on the message of George Fox (founder of Quakerism). From the description of Papers, 1932-1986. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 27722749 ...

Hallowell family.

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Moore, Charles Hubbard, 1806-1873.

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Perot, Sansom, 1794-1840

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Nichols, Thomas P.

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Cassaigne, Ella.

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Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948

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American educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Seattle, to Edward Wagenknecht, [no year] Jan. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864395 Epithet: Professor of Philosophy Haverford College USA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0002fb Jones was a Quaker historian, theologian and philosopher. He taught at Haverford College, 1893-1934. From the descrip...

Scott, Richenda C.

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Pinkham, William R.

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Danson, John, fl. 1720.

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Newland family.

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