Albert J. Edmunds papers, 1887-1941.

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Albert J. Edmunds papers, 1887-1941.

The bulk of the material, letters from J. Rendel Harris to Albert Edmunds is concerned primarily with Edmunds' major research interest--parallels or intersections of Buddhism and Christianity. There are also letters from Edmunds, most prominently on this same topic. In addition, there are also letters to Edmunds from Amelia Mott Gummere, Rufus Jones, Morris Leeds, Robert Rogers, Felix Morley, Edith Sharpless, Rayner Kelsey, Christopher Morley, et al.

2 boxes (ca. 200 items)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7411522

Haverford College Library

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Harris, J. Rendel (James Rendel), 1852-1941

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Epithet: biblical scholar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0002c2 For full biographical information, see entry for James Rendel Harris (1852-1941) in Who Was Who ; FBA, 1927. James Rendel Harris held many academic posts from 1882 including Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1882-5, Haverford College, 1885-92; lecturer in palaeography, Cambridge, 1893-1903; First Principal and Director of ...

Morley, Felix, 1894-

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Felix Muskett Morley (1894-1982) was director of the Geneva office of League of Nations Association of the United States from 1929 to 1931. He served as editor of the Washington Post from 1933 to 1940. He was president of Haverford College from 1940 to 1945, and cofounder and editor of Human Events from 1945 to 1950. He was a columnist for Nation's Business from 1946 to 1969, and Washington correspondent for Barron's Weekly from 1950 to 1954. He authored Unemployment Relief in Great Britain in 1...

Kelsey, Rayner Wickersham, 1879-1934

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History professor and Quaker minister. Rayner W. Kelsey (1879-1934) was professor of history at Haverford College from 1909-1934. He served as president of Friends' Historical Association from 1913-1915 and edited the Bulletin of the association from 1922-1932. Kelsey was the author of "Friends and the Indians" (1917) and editor of the journal of Théophile Cazenove (1740-1811). From the description of Notes on American and agricultural history, 1919-1930. (Haverford College Library)...

Leeds, Morris Evans, 1869-1952

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Rogers, Robert William, 1864-1930

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Gummere, Amelia M. (Amelia Mott), 1859-1937.

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Historian. Amelia M. Gummere was the daughter of Richard and Susan (Thomas) Mott of Burlington, N.J. In 1882 she married Francis Barton Gummere. She was a noted writer on Quaker subjects and was editor of the Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association and president of the John Woolman Association. From the description of Papers, 1884-1937. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 25898182 ...

Edmunds, Albert J. (Albert Joseph), 1857-1941

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Albert J. Edmunds was born in England in 1857 and immigrated to the United States in 1885. He attended Friend's school as a child and graduated from the University of London in 1877. Upon settling in the Philadelphia area, Edmunds became a librarian at Haverford College. After a short time at the Philadelphia Library, Edmunds joined the staff at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1891 and remained there until 1936. At an early age Edmunds, who never married, devoted his life to vegetarian...

Sharpless, Edith Forsythe, 1883-1956

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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...

Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

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American author and journalist. From the description of Letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1940 October 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810653 Christopher Morley was an American editor, an author, and a Rhodes scholar. Morley was one of the founders of the "Saturday Review of Literature," of which he was an editor from 1924 to 1940. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. His novels include PANASSUS ON WHEELS (1917), THE HAUNTED BOOKS...