Form: manuscripts (documents) - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

"Det Norske kvekersamfunns Historie i forste Halvdel av det 19de Hundrearet", Undated.

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the single volume "Det Norske kvekersamfunns Historie i forste Halvdel av det 19de Hundrearet," which translates from Norwegian to "The Norwegian Quaker History in the First Half of the 19th Century."

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

"The Friends Mission in Japan 1885-1947", 1981 (inclusive)

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

"A Brief Account of Thomas Kite", Undated.

Extent:: 0.02 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The biographical account of Thomas Kite describes Kite's early life, his convincement (conversion to Quakerism), and his testimonies against Elias Hicks during the Hicksite-Orthodox separation.

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

"Nantucket Quakerism", Undated.

Extent:: 0.16 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: "Nantucket Quakerism," written by Robert Leach, describes Quakerism in Nantucket from 1698 to 1763, and theorizes that the failure to solve the problem of common land ownership lead to the collapse of Nantucket.

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

Mary Shakleton Leadbeater manuscripts, 1780-1826 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 linear ft. (2 boxes, 1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of a number of handwritten manuscript works by Mary Shakleton Leadbeater.

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

"George Fox, Quakers, Negroes, and Slavery on Barbados, 1671-1675", 1946 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.13 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Edward A. Manice's "George Fox, Quakers, Negroes, and Slavery on Barbados 1671-1675" describes the ways in which Quakers in Philadelphia and surrounding areas engaged with slavery in Barbados in the 17th century. The manuscript was written as an essay for Manice's senior history class at Yale University.

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

Thomas Willis papers, 1792-1859 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.005 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains a letter by Thomas Willis and a transcribed account of an earlier event.

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

Heber Sensenig manuscript, approximately 1950-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.3 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: The collection includes typed manuscript of Heber Sensenig's book Man and His Further Progress and a newspaper clipping and photograph related to the book's publication.

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

"The Literature of the American Quaker before 1825", 1939

Extent:: 0.48 linear ft. (3 volumes)
Abstract:: Robert H. Morgan's dissertation focuses on Quaker ideals and principles, as well as Quakers' reactions to contemporary life as exhibited through Quaker literature prior to 1825.

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

"Among the Red Indians", Undated.

Extent:: 0.02 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Henry Stanley Newman's "Among the Red Indians" provides a narrative of Newman's travels among Native Americans west of the Mississippi River in 1889. The manuscript was prepared for Mary S. Kimber when she was proposing to write a book on the work that American Friends did with indigenous peoples, which was published in 1917 and entitled "Friends and the Indians." Newman's manuscript was never published. The manuscript describes the various settlements that Newman and his wife visited on their travels, the nations they interacted ith, including the Muscogee, and the landscape.

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

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