Repository: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / 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

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.

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Hadassah M.L. Holcombe essays, 1933-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (4 items (1 folder)))
Abstract:: Four manuscript essays by Hadassah Moore Leeds on education and other topics, written for presentation at various Quaker groups.

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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.

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Letters from Mildred Binns Young to W. Wendell Clepper, 1936-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
Abstract:: This collection includes letters from Mildred Binns Young to W. Wendall Clepper. These letters relate to personal and family news, as well as news of the progress and concerns of the Delta Cooperative Farm, on which she was working at the time.

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Swarthmore Country Week Picnic records, 1914-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
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Quaker Emergency Service records, ca. 1941-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (4 folders.))
Abstract:: The collection is organized into four folders: the group's general records, including the initial plan and charter; the records of the Civilian Readjustment Committee, the post-war arm of the group; information on a project in Brazil; and writings by people outside the group. Of interest are transcript talks given by Peter F. Amoroso of the New York Department of Correction, and Austin H. MacCormick of the Osborne Association. There is also a carbon copy, attributed to John S. Gough, of the Preamble and Constitution of the Spears Mobile Clinics, a medical service to the people of Syria and Lebanon.

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Lawrence H. (Lawrence Hezekia) Williamson Papers on Conscientious Objection, 1917-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (5 folders.))
Abstract:: Collection contains letters written by Lawrence Williamson to his family while at Camp Zachary Taylor in Lexington, Kentucky, and other related papers including the transcript of his court martial in 1918.

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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.

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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.

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L. Hollingsworth Wood correspondence, 1907-1937 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
Abstract:: In 1908, L. Hollingsworth Wood corresponded with Quaker-related schools to obtain contact information for graduates living in the New York City area and updated information about teaching Quakerism. Previously, a committee of the Yearly Meeting had conducted a survey inquiring about courses at the schools concerning Quaker history and principles. Fourteen schools responded to Wood's letter. Folder 2 contains Wood's correspondence with organizations and persons concerned with prison reform, 1913-1937. Correspondents include E. Stagg Whitin, Sir John Harris, and Joseph N. Ulman.

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