Subject: Quakers -- History / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1930">1930</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1934">1934</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Friends Historical Library subject reference files, 1900-2020 (bulk)

Extent:: 16 linear ft. (2 file cabinets)
Abstract:: PG6 Subject Reference Files consists primarily of pamphlets, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other materials (mostly secondary source), collected at various times from various sources, and organized by topic.

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

Friends Historical Library Quaker meeting reference files, 1900-2020 (bulk)

Extent:: 60 linear ft.
Abstract:: PG6 Quaker meeting reference files consists primarily of publications by and about Quaker meetings and committees, including pamphlets, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other materials (mostly secondary source), collected at various times from various sources, and organized by meeting. It also includes directories (including lists of Quaker member organizations and individual Quakers) and epistles (letters exchanged between Quaker organizations, especially from one yearly meeting to another; often used to articulate Quaker doctrine and discipline). Some almanacs are stored with the collection, but are cataloged separately.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [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]

Walter Penn Shipley Jr. papers, 1913-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the papers of Walter Penn Shipley Jr., and includes materials related to his time at Haverford College, including two trigonometry notebooks, four subject entrance exams, and his personal correspondence.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [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]

Essays, sermons, & lectures, 1644-1982, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 linear ft. (6 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of essays, sermons, & lectures related to Quakers and Quaker history.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [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]

Correspondence, 1656-1974, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.0080 linear ft.
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of correspondence from various Quakers.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [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]

Miscellaneous, 1657-1969, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of single folder collections of miscellaneous Quaker materials from the Haverford College Quaker collection.

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

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