William Jeanes Memorial Library Controversy Papers, 1939-1961 (bulk 1953-1960).

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William Jeanes Memorial Library Controversy Papers, 1939-1961 (bulk 1953-1960).

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This collection includes legal papers, correspondence, and other materials relating to the William Jeanes Memorial Library Controversy concerning the hiring of Mary Knowles as librarian by the Library Committee of Plymouth Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania. The collection contains background material concerning the William Jeanes Memorial Library and Mary Knowles, who was convicted of contempt of Congress in 1957 for refusing to answer questions arising out of the Jenner Committee (Senate Internal Security Subcommittee) and successfully appealed the conviction in 1960.

3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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William Jeanes Memorial Library (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.)

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Knowles, Mary, 1910-

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Mary (Ruth Gardner) Knowles was born in 1910 in Watertown, Massachusetts. Mary Knowles worked for the Samuel Adams School for Social Studies, Boston, as an office secretary 1945-1948, and was certified as a librarian by the State of Massachusetts. In 1953, she appeared before the Jenner Committee, a Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. Mary Knowles was hired by the Jeanes Memorial Library in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, in 1953, and became the focus of a McCarthy-era controversy. She was co...

Plymouth Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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In 1936, Plymouth Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) became Plymouth Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at the dissolution of the original Gwynedd Monthly Meeting (Hicksite). Plymouth became a united meeting in 1953 by affiliation with the two Abington Quarterly Meetings. This is currently an active monthly meeting. From the description of Minutes, 1936-[ongoing]. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 29490423 ...

William Jeanes Memorial Library (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.). Library Committee.

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