Organization: New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends / Language: English - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

New York Yearly Meeting miscellaneous photographs, 1948-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:: .26 cubic ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: New York Yearly Meeting is the central body of Friends meetings in New York State and parts of Connecticut and New Jersey. This collection consists of miscellaneous color and black and white photographs of New York Yearly Meeting. There are some group photographs and some individual portraits.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Grace Tower Warren photograph albums and diary as New York Yearly Meeting Secretary, 1923-1926 (inclusive)

Extent:: .3 cubic ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Grace Tower Warren (later Sturge), served as Secretary for New York Yearly Meeting 1923-1926. These photographs document the meeting houses in New York and Warren's travel during her term as Secretary of NYYM. There is an accompanying diary of her travels.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Friends Historical Library collection of panoramic photographs, 1911-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 cubic ft. (5 boxes plus 1+++ box)
Abstract:: This collection includes rolled panoramic photos, mostly Quaker conferences, including New York Yearly Meeting (NYYM), Friends General Conference (FGC), Friends World Conference, Young Friends Conference, and more.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Friends Equal Rights Association Records, 1900-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet. (1 v. + 1 folder.))
Abstract:: Minutes of the Friends Equals Rights Association, 1900-1905 and 1915-1917, and miscellaneous papers.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Caleb McComber correspondence, 1814-1827 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (5 items.))
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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Lucy Sikes drawings and related correspondence, 1989-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 folders
Abstract:: This small collection contains drawings by Lucy Sikes, a Brooklyn, New York, Quaker artist, and her email correspondence with Friends Historial Library with printed attachments. Her drawings, often drawn during meeting sessions, appeared in Spark, the newsletter of New York Yearly Meeting, and other Quaker publications.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Alson D. Van Wagner New York Yearly Meeting Papers, 1992-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:: .25 linear ft.
Abstract:: Contains research, drafts and correspondence collected by Alson D. Van Wagner concerning two New York Yearly Meeting publications, Quaker Crosscurrents: Three Hundred Years of Friends in the New York Yearly Meeting, published in 1995, and New York Yearly Meeting Directory 1993. Of particular interest is the research done on identifying New York Yearly Meeting women ministers.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

New York Female Association records, 1798-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (16 volumes)
Abstract:: Formed in 1798 to give aid to the sick poor, the New York Female Association created the first public female school in New York in 1800. Until 1845, it worked with the Free School Society to establish and maintain public schools in New York while also continuing its efforts to help the indigent. Since 1845, the association has been a small gift-giving committee. The collection includes minutes and financial records.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Joseph Tallcot correspondence, 1814-1824 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (5 items (1 folder)))
Abstract:: Contains five letters from Quaker educator Joseph Talcot, including one to New York Yearly Meeting for Sufferings and four to Samuel Parsons (1744-1841), long-time elder and clerk of New York Yearly Meeting. The letters deal with concerns of the Meeting for Suffering and providing literature to Friends in remote quarterly meetings.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

L. Hollingsworth Wood Prison Reform Papers, 1913-1937 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))
Abstract:: Contains primarily correspondence, 1934-1937, relating to Wood's interest in prison reform, particularly convict labor. Also a several items reflecting his interest in other Quaker concerns.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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