Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Subject: Quakers -- Great Britain and Quakers -- History / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1950">1950</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1999">1999</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 0.15 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The manuscript of Eugene C. Elser's dissertation analyzes the rhetoric of George Fox in his journal entries and analyzes George Fox as a "charismatic communicator."

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

Extent:: 0.02 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The script of Columbia Broadcasting Company's 1950 production of "The Trial of William Penn" is a dramatic retelling of the last day of Penn's trial.

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

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Paul M. James's manuscript, entitled "Cromwell and the Quakers: A Historical Dissertation," compares the lives of Oliver Cromwell and George Fox, their relationship to each other, and their affect on the Puritan movement in England. The manuscript was James's thesis for his bachelor's from University College, University of Wales, in 1952.

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

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (5 folders)
Abstract:: The collection is comprised of the records of the Woodbrookers in America, and includes the organization's correspondence, member lists, meeting minutes, and the records of the treasurer.

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

Extent:: 2.5 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Abstract:: Dorothy Gladden Harris (1902-1972), Quaker librarian, archivist, scientific illustrator, was a librarian and archivist at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and a researcher in Quaker history. This collection contains correspondence, articles, scientific drawings, and course, research, and reference notes relating to Dorothy Harris's activities as librarian and archivist at Friends Historical Library and as a Quaker researcher. Includes correspondence relating to her work in London, England, as part of an exchange of Quaker librarians in 1947.

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

Extent:: 8 linear ft. (15 boxes (plus photographs))
Abstract:: Mary Sullivan Patterson (1906-1987) was a Quaker historian and genealogist from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. The collection contains family papers and correspondence; genealogical notes on the Thomson, Sullivan, and other related families; writings on various topics, especially Delaware County history and the Caleb Pusey House; diaries, notes, correspondence, and a manuscript concerning Patterson's 1957 research trip to England to study Quaker emigration to America. Also a diary and letters from her trip to England and Germany in 1924 with a young Friends group.

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

Extent:: 0.33 linear ft. (13 volumes, 4 foldered, 5 total folders)
Abstract:: Thomas Scantlebury's diaries describe his life in Bristol, England, particularly meetings attended, visits among Friends, business related news, and social calls.

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

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