Repository: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Online Content: Not Available / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1995">1995</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

School of the Spirit Records, 1990-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:: .63 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: The School of the Spirit is a ministry of prayer and teaching under the care of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Worship and Care Standing Committee. Its primary activity is the two-year program, "On Being a Spiritual Nurturer."

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Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts Records, 1993-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: The Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts was founded in 1993 "to nurture and showcase the literary, visual, musical and performing arts within the Society of Friends, for the purpose of Quaker expression, ministry, witness and outreach," according to the group's mission statement. The collection contains the records of the Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts from its founding in 1993 until 1998, including administrative documents, newsletters, and member information.

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Nancy P. (Nancy Peel) Speers Genealogical Papers, 1906-1995 [bulk 1972-1995] (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 linear ft. (8 boxes)
Abstract:: Nancy Peel Speers (1925-1995) was a leading expert on Quaker genealogy. Married to David Speers (1919-1968), she was a lifelong resident of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. She was employed as an archivist and staff genealogist at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. The Speers' Genealogical Research Papers consist of personal research on the Peel, Speers, and Olmsted families, research on Quaker families, including extensive work done on Cox, Kester, Griffith, and Lloyd families, and miscellaneous Quaker genealogical research.

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William Macy Stanton Family Papers, 1937-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Contains the papers of William Macy and Lois V. Stanton, compiled by Lois V. Stanton. The Stantons were active Quakers, and William Macy Stanton, Jr., was a conscientious objector in WWII. Both Stantons served in the American Friends Service Committee reconstruction efforts in Europe after the war as well as other Quaker activities and organizations. William Stanton worked for Swarthmore College for over twenty-five years, serving as director of physical plant. Of particular interest are the transcribed and annotated correspondence (photocopies) concerning the Stantons' education, alternate service, and relief and reconstruction activities after World War II and especially William Stanton's participation in the University of Minnesota controlled starvation experiment in 1945.

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J.William Frost Papers, 1966-2004 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.5 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Abstract:: Papers of J. William (Jerry) Frost, Emeritus Howard M. and Charles F. Jenkins Professor of Quaker History and Research, Swarthmore College.

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Margaret Hope Bacon Research Papers, 1947-2007 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 linear ft. (19 boxes)
Abstract:: Margaret Hope Bacon was a prolific Quaker author and social activist. Her Research Papers consist primarily of the manuscripts and files assembled in the process of research.

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Bassett-Little Family Papers, ca. 1923-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4.75 linear ft. (10 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection contain papers of the Bassett and Little families who resided in Swarthmore, Pa., in the first half of the twentieth century. In the 1980s, May Virginia Bassett Little (1913-1994) created a series of family scrapbooks accompanied by short memoirs and excerpts from her diaries. Her father was a birthright Quaker, and the family had deep roots in Swarthmore College and the Borough of Swarthmore. Her husband, Ralph V. Little, Jr., (1909-2001), also was raised in Swarthmore. Their son, Donald Townsend Little, continued his mother's interest in autobiography and compiling family history.

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Young Friends of North America Research Papers, 1916-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.84 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection contains materials (mostly photocopies and printed) concerning Young Friends of North America. They were collected by Kyle Jolliffe, a Canadian Quaker and member of Toronto Monthly Meeting, in preparation for his book Seeking the blessed community : a history of Canadian Young Friends, 1875-1996

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Martha L. Deed Papers, 1942-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Abstract:: Martha Deed is a retired Quaker psychologist who wrote her 1969 PhD dissertation on patterns of religious commitment among Friends. She is a prolific writer, poet, and photographer whose beliefs inform her life and work. This collection includes papers and research materials in two areas, her dissertation and her edited publication, Fritz Kunkel - The Psychology of the Whole Man.

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Kenneth L. Carroll Papers, 1953-2006, 1953-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: Kenneth Carroll was a professor of Religious studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas beginning in 1952. He also spent a sabbatical at Haverford College as the T. Wistar Brown Fellow in 1969 and 1970 and retired to Easton, Maryland, in 1986. Carroll is a recognized authority on the history of the Society of Friends on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia and has written widely on this and other subjects. Collection primarily consists of correspondence related to Carroll's research and publications, but also includes writings and miscellaneous papers.

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