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Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Northern District records, 1878

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 volume)
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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting papers, 1692, 1917

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of a single folder of miscellaneous papers related to the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. The collection includes three handwritten pages of journal fragments, a handwritten interview with George Keith, as reported to PYM (1692), a photocopy and typed transcript of the PYM Declaration of Beliefs, three handwritten pages of minutes for the PYM Meeting for Suffering, and a typed informal report concerning Emergency Service Work (1917).

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Sharpless family papers, 1891-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains materials of the Sharpless family, related to the Anna T. Jeanes and Joseph Jeanes Fund and the George School.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

"John Comly and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1827-1828", Undated.

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the single typed volume entitled "John Comly and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1827-1828." The manuscript was copied from the original by one of Comly's grandsons. The original manuscript was written for "Rupp's History of the Religious Denominations of the United States" in Byberry Friends' Library.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Friends of Ramallah Friends Meeting (Quakers) records, 2002-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: This collection relates to the Ramallah Friends Meeting and Friends International Center in Ramallah, Palestine. The majority of the collection is dated between 2002 and 2014, and pertains to renewing the Ramallah Friends Meetinghouse and transforming it into a Friends Center.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

International Arms Trade Action Group Collected Records, 1994-1995 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.2 linear ft. (2.5 linear inches)
Abstract:: Includes correspondence, meeting agendas, minutes and notes, flyers, and reference material. Correspondents include Alison D. Oldham, J. Tucker Taylor, Willard C. Richan, and Curt Weldon.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Balderston Collected Manuscripts, 1735-1822 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. ((19 items.))
Abstract:: Most of the correspondence in this collection is addressed to Henry Drinker concerning trivial and more substantive matters of his business and that of the Society of Friends, including a letter from William Savery in 1794 from Canadagua describing a visit to the Oneidas. Also included are a document from the Philadelphia Committee to Joseph Elkinton in Tunesassah (1822) and a subscription list (1831) for J.J. Foster's publication on the New Jersey Crosswicks trial, signed by Roberts Vaux and others.

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

Sharpless Family Papers, 1792-1892 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection represents two branches of the Sharpless family of Pennsylvania descended from Joseph and Lydia (Lewis) Sharpless). It contains correspondence between extended Sharpless family relations including Sharpless, Hunn, Jones, Drinker families and journals of Joshua Sharpless, a Quaker minister who worked with Native Americans and visited Quaker meetings in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Canada. Correspondence covers various topics including the travels of women ministers, yellow fever, and contemporary events. The second series contains primarily nineteenth century correspondence of the extended family of Townsend and Mary Brinton (Jones) Sharpless. It includes letters written by Henry H. G. Sharpless during his European tour and extensive correspondence received by Ezekiel Hunn who served briefly in the Union Army during the Civil War.

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

Willits Trust records, 1883-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: The Willits Trust was a Quaker organization dating from the late 19th and early 20th century based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dedicated to providing religious tracts such as the journal The Africans' Friend to black Americans in the Southern United States and to Liberians. These records consist of correspondence, minutes, financial records, missionary materials, the will of Charles L. Willits, and miscellaneous items.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Joshua L. Baily Papers,, 1818 - 1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of Joshua Longstreth Baily (1826-1916), a Philadelphia Quaker merchant, include his correspondence, speeches, notebooks and articles on topics relating to peace, penal reform, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and contributions to African American causes.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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