Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Form: manuscripts (documents) - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

"Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House: A Biography", 2011

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The manuscript of Gergory Barnes's "Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House: A Biography" provides a history of Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House from the purchase of the land by William Penn in 1683, to the present, including important Quaker individuals, the influence of Philadelphia's history on the Meeting House, the Orthodox-Hicksite separation, and the Wilburite-Gurneyites.

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Rick DeJesús-Rueff, Documents pertaining to the history of Puerto Rican students at Haverford College, 1970-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: These documents created and collected by Rick DeJesús-Rueff pertain to the history of Puerto Rican Students at Haverford (PRSH), the José Padín Puerto Rican Scholarship, and Haverford College's support of Puerto Rican students in the 1970s.

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Paul Channing Jefferson papers, 1964-2007 (inclusive) ca. 1970s-1980s (bulk)

Extent:: 1.47 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection contains the papers of Paul Channing Jefferson, associate professor emeritus of history at Haverford College. These papers include manuscript and published materials pertaining to Jefferson's scholarship, course materials, and Jefferson's doctoral thesis.

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George Stephens papers, 1900-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.5 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection consists of items related to and purportedly created by fictitious individual George Stephens (also spelled Stevens, Steevens, Stevinz).

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William Ambler papers, 1908, ca. 1990s (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.21 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: The collection includes a typescript and a manuscript of "History of Haverford College Football" written by William Ambler.

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Elizabeth Gray Vining papers, 1897-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:: 14.5 linear ft. (24 boxes, 8 volumes)
Abstract:: Elizabeth Gray Vining (1902-1999) was an author of children's books and served as the tutor to the crown prince of Japan, Akihito, from 1946 to 1950. The collection consists of correspondence, materials regarding books authored by Vining, articles, lectures and addresses, photographs, and information documenting her and her family's lives.

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Theodore Brinton Hetzel papers and graphics, 1866-1987 (inclusive) 1930-1987 (bulk)

Extent:: 13 linear ft. (26 boxes)
Abstract:: Theodore Hetzel (1906-1990) was a Quaker professor of engineering at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, whose interests led him to involvement with Native American and Quaker issues. An avid photographer, the materials in this collection are primarily photographic, as well as correspondence and documents.

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"War Taxes: The Experience of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Quakers, 1681-1800", 1986

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The manuscript of Elaine Crauderueff's thesis for a Master of Arts in religious studies provides an overview of religious background of Quaker pacifism, including Quaker relationships with government authorities and the Peace Testimony of 1660. It also describes Quakers in the legislature, consequences of Quaker pacifism, and war taxes from 1750 to 1800, particularly those in Pennsylvania and in the colonies during the Revolutionary War period.

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Edward Savery manuscript, 1986

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: This history of Middletown Friends Meeting spans from 1686 to 1986, and begins by describing how early Friends in Chester County met in family homes, and the history of building the meeting house in 1699. The history describes the Middletown Meeting's reactions to various historical issues, including European American treatment of Native Americans and slavery and abolition. At the back of the volume is a Middletown Monthly Meeting Membership List from February, 1986.

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"Hegel's Theory of Positivity: An Application to Two Quaker Sects", 1984 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.03 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Mark Webster's academic paper applies Hegel's theory of positivist Christian religions to two sects of Quakers, which Webster calls the Evangelical Friends and the Liberal Friends, and which Webster sees as the two least positivist Quaker groups. In the paper, Webster describes Hegel's theory of positivity, examines the history of Quakers through this theory, applies the theory to the two Quaker sects, and examines how different degrees of positivity in the two groups affected their reactions to the Vietnam War.

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