Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1940">1940</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1944">1944</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Upper Dublin Preparative Meeting Records, 1816-1940. (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 linear ft.
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Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Committee on Militarism in Education Records, 1925-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 48.25 linear ft. (48.25 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Includes minutes of the executive committee, annual reports, correspondence (1925-1940), financial records, form letters, articles and manuscripts, pamphlets, CME periodicals and other publications, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Subject files provide state-by-state coverage of the U.S. Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), Citizens Military Training Corps (CMTC) and Civilian Conservation Corps, and congressional anti-conscription campaigns. Correspondents include Devere Allen, Eunice B. Armstrong, Henry A. Atkinson, Roger N. Baldwin, Charles F. Boss, Jr., Ellen Starr Brinton, Dorothy Dunbar Bromley, Carrie Chapman Catt, George A. Coe, Dorothy Detzer, Rose Dabney Forbes, Edwin C. Johnson, William Heard Kirkpatrick, Winthrop D. Lane, Frederick J. Libby, Alfred D. Moore, Laura Puffer Morgan, Ray Newton, Mildred Scott Olmsted, Kirby Page, Florence M. Pharo, Jeannette Rankin, Norman Thomas, Wellington H. Tinker, Walter W. Van Kirk, Oswald Garrison Villard, Kenneth E. Walser, E....(see more)

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

New York Peace Society Records, 1818-1940 (inclusive) 1906-1940 (bulk)

Extent:: 7.25 linear ft. (18 boxes)
Abstract:: The New York Peace Society was the first peace society in the United States beginning in 1815, and lasting in various incarnations until 1940.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Swarthmore College Glee Club Records, 1930-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: This small collection consists of the records dated from 1930 to about 1940 of the Swarthmore College Glee Club, an auditioned, all-male vocal group. Includes correspondence involving performances at various venues, financial papers, a sampling of notices detailing rehearsal and meeting times, trip itineraries, group rosters, and a number of official concert programs.

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

Michael Billmeyer family papers, 1719-circa 1940

Extent:: 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Michael Billmeyer (1752-1837) was a well-known printer and bookseller in the Germantown section of Philadelphia who catered especially to Pennsylvania German and Mennonite communities. The Michael Billmeyer family papers, 1719-circa 1940, are comprised primarily of materials relating to Michael Billmeyer (1752-1837) and his publishing company, with a small amount of materials relating to other family members and the family home.

Held at: Germantown Historical Society [Contact Us]

Perot family papers, 1816-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.8 linear feet
Abstract:: The Perot family were residents of the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Perot family papers, 1816-1940, include correspondence, scrapbooks, account books, and ephemera relating to various members of the Perot family, especially Mary Lea Perot.

Held at: Germantown Historical Society [Contact Us]

T. Chalkley Matlack notebooks, circa 1930s (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.0 linear ft. (1 box, 2 volumes)
Abstract:: Histories and some photographs of Quaker Meetings and Meetinghouses located primarily in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland prepared by T. Chalkely Matlack.

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

"Just Among Friends: The Quaker Way of Life", 1940

Extent:: 0.2 linear ft. (4 folders)
Abstract:: William Wistar Comfort's draft manuscripts of his book, "Just Among Friends: The Quaker Way of Life" describe the Quaker way of life, and the influence Quakers have had on issues of tolerance, peace, and economic and social justice. The manuscript includes Wistar's notes and edits, and the collection includes promotional materials related to the book's publication.

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

"The Reality of the Spiritual World", 1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: "The Reality of the Spiritual World," was originally a series of lectures given by Thomas R. Kelly in New York in the Spring of 1940, and given again at Pendle Hill and published in 1942. The volume includes reflections on the nature of God and the nature of the spiritual world.

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

Yanks Are Not Coming Committee Collected Records, 1940

Extent:: 0.02 linear ft. (.25 linear in.)
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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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