Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1905">1905</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

John Whiting Severall Book and Papers, 1679-1695 (bulk) (bulk) 1679-1695, 1955 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))
Abstract:: This collection contains a bound volume of manuscript essays by early English Quaker John Whiting, most written during his imprisonment for failing to pay tithes. These essays include accounts of his confinement, testimonies on tiths, and accounts of Mary Whiting and of William Penn. Also included is typescript of a 1955 article written for the Journal of the Friends Historical Society by Frederick B. Tolles which describes the contents and significance of the volume.

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

Vipont-Brown-Crowley Family Papers, 1802-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (14 items (10 folders)))
Abstract:: The Vipont, Brown, and Crowley families were active Quakers in England and were particularly involved in Mount Street Monthly Meeting.

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

Atkinson family scrapbook, 1804, 1835-ca. 1935 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
Abstract:: Includes Westtown mensuration book, 1835, with newspaper clippings glued in, 1889-1893 & n.d. Also assorted newspaper clippings concerning the Twining, Atkinson, and Smith families, the Carlisle Indian School, Quakers in Bucks County (Pa.), Bucks County history, the Molloy family, and Friends' schools. Obituaries of note in this folder are Isaiah Quinby, 1716-1807; Eleanor Mabel Malloy, 1883-1908; Miranda Doan Baker, d. 1900; Mary B. Stradling, d. 1899; Abram R. Vail, d. 1899; Marcie A. Warner, d. 1914; Sarah Heston, b. 1800. The third folder contains a collection of poems clipped from newspapers, 1872-1916 and n.d., and a letter from Benjamin Smith to Esther Smith, 1804.

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

Pacific Yearly Meeting Records, 1889-2021 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. and 0.1 gb
Abstract:: Pacific Yearly Meeting is made up of members of the Religious Society of Friends in California. The Yearly Meeting has deposited its archives and many local-meeting records in the Whittier College Library, but copies of some records are also deposited in Friends Historical Library.

Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Townsend Cooper family papers, 1796-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (9 folders.))
Abstract:: Includes Townsend Cooper's receipt book, 1870-74, and miscellaneous receipts, the disownments of Elizabeth and Mary Cooper, a printed invitation to a quilting party, 1831, and other miscellaneous materials. Also includes genealogical notes on the Cooper and Hibberd families.

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

Helen Wood Bell papers, 1847-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
Abstract:: This collection includes a journal of Helen Wood Bell of her stay in New York State, and a series of letters written in the last years of her life, describing the progression of her illness. Also included are pictures of the Randolph and other related families.

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

Friends Equal Rights Association Records, 1900-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet. (1 v. + 1 folder.))
Abstract:: Minutes of the Friends Equals Rights Association, 1900-1905 and 1915-1917, and miscellaneous papers.

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

Anna Pettit Broomell collection of poetry , 1896-1937 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))
Abstract:: This collection includes miscellaneous poetry, primarily written by Quakers, which was collected by Anna Broomell. Among items of interest is a poem by Charles Francis Jenkins to the Female Association of Philadelphia on the occasion of its centennial anniversary. Also included are poems by and related to the Pettit family.

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

Moses Bailey papers, 1902-ca.1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
Abstract:: Contains miscellaneous papers relating to Moses Bailey, including his draft essay on Alexander C. Purdy, a letter to him from Rufus Jones concerning an Arabic translation by George Keith, and a mimeographed draft of Hannah J. Bailey's 1902 annual address to the Winthrop Women's Christian Temperance Union with her editing.

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

Isabel Potts Williamson papers, ca. 1895-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
Abstract:: Contains genealogical correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to Isabel Williamson and her family.

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

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