Philadelphia Area Archives

Start Over Subject Quakers -- History Year 1950 to 1999

Dorothy G. (Dorothy Gladden) Harris Papers, 1927-1959 (inclusive)

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]

Frederick Barnes Tolles Papers, 1871-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 linear ft.
Abstract:: Frederick Barnes Tolles (1915-1975), Quaker librarian, teacher, and historian, was Director of Friends Historical Library from 1951-1970, and a member of the Department of History at Swarthmore College. This collection contains the papers of primarily relating to his books and articles on Quaker history and biography, along with other writings, including research notes on a proposed history of Swarthmore College.

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

Mary Sullivan Patterson Papers, 1782-1982 (inclusive)

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]

Henry J. Cadbury papers, 1910-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:: 30 linear ft. (60 boxes, 15,000 items)
Abstract:: Papers of Quaker Biblical scholar Henry J. Cadbury (1883-1974), a founder of the American Friends Service Committee and Nobel Prize winner on behalf of the American Friends Service Committee. Cadbury taught at Haverford (1910-1919 and 1954-1963) and Bryn Mawr Colleges as well as Harvard Divinity School as Hollis Professor of Divinity.

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

Janet Stokes diaries, 1996-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.13 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: Janet Stokes was a British Quaker who moved to Philadelphia in the 1970s. She worked at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and served as a hospital chaplain after she retired. Entries are generally related to personal and religious reflection and descriptions of Stokes's struggles with depression.

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

Thomas Scantlebury diaries, 1771-1990 (inclusive)

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]

Richard Hockley letterbook, 1737-1742, 1965-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.02 linear ft. (1 volume, 1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the single letterbook of Richard Hockley and contains business correspondence. The majority of letters in the volume are written by Richard Hockley on his travels for the business interests of Thomas Hyam, a London merchant. Letters are written from a variety of locations, including Barbados, Charleston, South Carolina, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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

"Biographical Sketch of Joshua Longstreth Baily", 1955

Extent:: 0.125 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The biography of Joshua Longstreth Baily, written by Alfred Baily, includes a brief history of the Baily family, and is largely comprised of extracts of Joshua Baily's letters.

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

Wilmer A. Cooper manuscripts, 1948-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: The manuscripts of Wilmer A. Cooper include his master's thesis for Haverford College and a paper he wrote while at Yale University Divinity School.

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

"War Taxes: The Experience of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Quakers, 1681-1800", 1986

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The manuscript of Elaine Crauderueff's thesis for a Master of Arts in religious studies provides an overview of religious background of Quaker pacifism, including Quaker relationships with government authorities and the Peace Testimony of 1660. It also describes Quakers in the legislature, consequences of Quaker pacifism, and war taxes from 1750 to 1800, particularly those in Pennsylvania and in the colonies during the Revolutionary War period.

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

"The Friends Mission in Japan 1885-1947", 1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 volume)
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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Edward Savery manuscript, 1986

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: This history of Middletown Friends Meeting spans from 1686 to 1986, and begins by describing how early Friends in Chester County met in family homes, and the history of building the meeting house in 1699. The history describes the Middletown Meeting's reactions to various historical issues, including European American treatment of Native Americans and slavery and abolition. At the back of the volume is a Middletown Monthly Meeting Membership List from February, 1986.

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

"Quakers in Boston: Three Centuries of Friends in Boston and Cambridge", 1976 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: This history of Quakers in Boston covers from 1656 to 1964. The manuscript is organized chronologically-- the first section covers the first two centuries of Quakerism in Boston, 1656-1870, the second part covers 1870-1926, and the third part covers 1926-1964.

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

"Members of the Prison Society: Biographical Vignettes", 1982 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.33 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the two volume manuscript by Peter P. and Elizabeth W. Jonitis, entitled "Memoirs of the Prison Society: Biographical Vignettes of the Managers of the Philadelphia Society for Assisting Distressed Prisoners and the Members of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, 1787-1830." The biographical sketches were compiled in order to determine how many of the 344 members of the organizations were Quakers, so as to study Quaker contributions to early prison reform in the United States.

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

J.P. Elkinton autobiography, 1966 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: J. P. Elkinton's autobiography describes his childhood and family, his attendance at Haverford College, from which he graduated in 1908. He also describes his experiences with the Society of Friends, particularly his travels on religious visits, and his adult life with his wife, Mary Bucknell, and their children. In addition to stories from various periods of his life, he provides biographical sketches of his family members.

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

"Names of Friends who have been Scientists or Artists in Great Britain or the U.S. Or Distinguished in Other Callings", 1962-1963 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.76 linear ft. (1 volume, 1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of a single volume manuscript which provides lists and descriptions of Quaker scientists and artists, and a folder of related correspondence.

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

Friends Historical Commission records, 1968-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.06 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:

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

Iwao Frederick Ayusawa correspondence, 1945, 1950-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the personal correspondence of Iwao Frederick Ayusawa.

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

William R. Hughes papers, 1952

Extent:: .15 linear ft. (2 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the typed manuscript, "The Friends of Jakob Boeheme," an essay describing a visit to former Nazis interned after the war, and correspondence in both German and English.

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

Wilmer G. Mason papers, 1964

Extent:: .2 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the correspondence and photocopies and reproductions of Quaker documents.

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