Repository: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Language: English / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1900">1900</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1949">1949</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Gurney-Clarke-Shoemaker correspondence, 1850-1905 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (7 folders.))
Abstract:: This collection includes correspondence between three of the Kirkbride sisters, Francis Maria Shoemaker, Julia K. Clarke, and Eliza Paul Gurney. The letters relate family and local news, and the letters written by Eliza Paul Gurney from England reflect some of her spiritual philosophy. Also included are brief notes on the genealogy of the Kirkbride family.

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Friends Historical Library Autograph Collection, 1755-1944 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))
Abstract:: Collection of miscellaneous original and facsimile autographs of well known Quakers and other individuals.

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Lucy S. Clark papers, 1946-1949 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
Abstract:: Primarily thank-you letters from recipients of parcels of food and clothing in Germany, England, Finland, and Norway, with descriptions of post-War conditions. Also includes lists of what was sent and explanatory correspondence.

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Ernest H. Bennis papers, 1930-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (4 folders.))
Abstract:: Genealogical and Historical manuscripts, clippings and photographs relating to Quaker families in Ireland, particularly in Limerick, Dublin and Waterford. One manuscript on the Malcomson family was co-written by Alexander Malcomson. Includes information on industries in which Quakers were involved as well as Quaker aid during the famine and the Fenian Rebellion. Also contains correspondence with Charles Francis Jenkins in which Bennis requests that his writings be passed on to the Friends Historical Library.

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E. Raymond Wilson papers concerning Five Years Meeting, 1935-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))
Abstract:: This collection includes papers of E. Raymond Wilson concerning the 1935 Five Years Meeting, and in particular the development of a statement of the Peace testimony. Also included is information on a peace training camp at Quaker Hill, NY, in 1940.

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Agnes L. Tierney papers, 1885-1935 and n.d (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (19 folders.))
Abstract:: This collection includes papers and speeches written by Agnes L. Tierney. Subjects include John Woolman, Quakers in social reform, women's rights, and Quaker education.

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George D. Cock Family Papers, 1843-1932-bulk 1843 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))
Abstract:: This small collection includes George D. Cock's journal in two bound volumes of his trip in 1843 from his home in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, through Quaker communities in the East, including Philadelphia and Baltimore. The journal includes comments on his courtship of Susan W. Smith, who he married in 1845. The collection also includes a balance sheet from 1843 on freight carried, his marriage certificate, and a letter from his daughter, Marion Cock, which includes family information.

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Post family papers, 1742-1908 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (25 folders.))
Abstract:: Correspondence received by Mary and Joseph Post from 1833 to 1882. Also includes a letter from Elias Hicks to Willet Robbins, a letter received from the English Quaker minister, Martha Routh (1782), and a number of family deeds and other papers. Correspondents of Joseph and Mary Post include Anna Greene, John Ketcham, Amy (Kirby) and Isaac Post, Joseph Dugdale, James and Lucretia Mott, and Cyrus Peirce. Topics include the illness of Priscilla Cadwallader"modern" abolitionism, spiritualism and the "Rochester rappings," freedom seekers in Rochester, the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, Rowland Johnson, the ministry of Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, and related topics.

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John Cox Genealogical research letters, 1942-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 box .3 linear ft.))
Abstract:: This small collection contains the genealogical research letters of John Cox, who was a Custodian of Records for the New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and a professional genealogist.

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Daniel Oliver correspondence, 1946-1949 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (6 items (1 folder)))
Abstract:: Original letters and photocopies sent to Mr. and Mrs. D. Hebert Way and family, 1946-1949. Include discussion of the events in the Middle East after World War II and the news of his orphanage.

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