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George Iden Daybooks, 1859-1898 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.41 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: George Iden (1820-1897) was a Hicksite Quaker farmer of Sherwood, Cayuga County, New York. He married Jane Elizabeth Cox/Cock (1835-1917) in 1882. George Iden was active in Scipio Monthly Meeting and served as an Elder. The collection contains thirty-four daybooks with daily notes on farm life in the second half of the nineteenth century: crops and livestock, financial accounts, weather, and some personal notes.

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

Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, 1808-1983 (bulk: 1842-1911) (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.25 linear ft. (7 boxes)
Abstract:: Mariana Wright Chapman was a prominant New York Quaker suffragist. The collection includes correspondence received while she was active in suffrage activities in New York State, 1893-1900, family letters, particularly between Mariana and her husband, Noah, and the correspondence of the Wrights, the Chapmans, and of her son, A.Wright Chapman. The collection also includes Mariana's journals from 1895-1900, that of Caroline Willets, 1842-1846, and as well as suffrage memorabilia, family copybooks and albums, and financial records, including an account book of the Manhasssett Association of Relief, 1861-1871.

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

Ruth P. Ringenbach Collected Friends World College Papers, 1975-1985 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Ruth P. Ringenbach, a member of Westbury Monthly Meeting, was a member of the Friends World College Association and served on the New York Yearly Meeting Liaison Committee. She was treasurer of the Association from 1978-1985. Friends World College became independent of New York Yearly Meeting in 1975, but members of the Association who were also members of New York Yearly Meeting served as a liaison between Friends World College and New York Yearly Meeting, keeping the Yearly Meeting informed about the state of the College and its Quaker character. The collection contains Ruth Ringenbach's files on Friends World College and Friends World College Association.

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

Margaret Hope Bacon Research Papers, 1947-2007 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 linear ft. (19 boxes)
Abstract:: Margaret Hope Bacon was a prolific Quaker author and social activist. Her Research Papers consist primarily of the manuscripts and files assembled in the process of research.

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

Bassett-Little Family Papers, ca. 1923-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4.75 linear ft. (10 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection contain papers of the Bassett and Little families who resided in Swarthmore, Pa., in the first half of the twentieth century. In the 1980s, May Virginia Bassett Little (1913-1994) created a series of family scrapbooks accompanied by short memoirs and excerpts from her diaries. Her father was a birthright Quaker, and the family had deep roots in Swarthmore College and the Borough of Swarthmore. Her husband, Ralph V. Little, Jr., (1909-2001), also was raised in Swarthmore. Their son, Donald Townsend Little, continued his mother's interest in autobiography and compiling family history.

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

Young Friends of North America Research Papers, 1916-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.84 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection contains materials (mostly photocopies and printed) concerning Young Friends of North America. They were collected by Kyle Jolliffe, a Canadian Quaker and member of Toronto Monthly Meeting, in preparation for his book Seeking the blessed community : a history of Canadian Young Friends, 1875-1996

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

Nora Waln Literary Papers, 1939-1964 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Nora Waln was a 20th century Quaker author and journalist who wrote about Nazi Germany and China. This collection includes editorial correspondence and many incomplete manuscripts, at least some of which were returned to her family by the publisher after her death.

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

Niles Family Papers, 1881-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:: 35 linear ft. (80 boxes)
Abstract:: Mary Cushing (Howard) Niles (1900-1993) was a pioneer in the field of personnel management, and her husband, Henry E. Niles (1900-1993), was a management executive. Both were active in Quaker concerns. Their extensive personal and professional papers include material from several extended visits to India and work with Friends World College, Friends Conference on National Legislation, Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace, and New Age philosophies.

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

Hicks Family Papers, 1784-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: The Hicks family was a Long Island, New York, Quaker family with extensive connections to prominent members of the Society of Friends. The collection contains correspondence, mostly relating to Quaker concerns, received by Isaac Hicks (1815-1900) and others; genealogical research of Benjamin D. Hicks, and miscellaneous collected papers concerning the Society of Friends and Swarthmore College.

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

Martha L. Deed Papers, 1942-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Abstract:: Martha Deed is a retired Quaker psychologist who wrote her 1969 PhD dissertation on patterns of religious commitment among Friends. She is a prolific writer, poet, and photographer whose beliefs inform her life and work. This collection includes papers and research materials in two areas, her dissertation and her edited publication, Fritz Kunkel - The Psychology of the Whole Man.

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

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