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Peacemaker Movement Collected Records, 1948-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:

2.5 linear ft. (30 linear in.)

Abstract:

A group working on nonviolence from the late 1940s through the 1970s, particularly as it was expressed through tax refusal.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Sarah Willmer Collected Papers, 1987-1989 (inclusive)

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0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear in.)

Abstract:

Journals, poetry, letters.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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World Organization of Mothers of All Nations, Inc. Collected Records, 1950-1951 (inclusive)

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0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Ada Wardlaw Collected Papers, 1937-1963 (inclusive)

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0.17 linear ft. (2 linear in.)

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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James Warbasse and Agnes Dyer Warbasse Collected Papers, 1914-1917 (inclusive)

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0.17 linear ft. (2 linear in.)

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James Warbasse was a Brooklyn physician and socialist who, with his wife, Agnes Dyer Warbasse, was interested in labor, social conditions, and cooperative movements.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Woman's Pro-League Council Collected Records, 1922-1923 (inclusive)

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0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Abington Friends School (Abington, Pa.) Account book, 1828-1842 (inclusive)

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0.21 linear ft. (1/2 box)

Abstract:

Abington Friends School was established by Abington Monthly Meeting in the latter part of the eighteenth century as a day school. The account book covers the period 1828-1842. Pupil's names are given with the status of their payments, etc.

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

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American Friends Fellowship Council Records, 1933-1954 (inclusive)

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22.5 linear ft. (45 boxes)

Abstract:

The American Friends Fellowship Council had its origin in the Fellowship Committee of the American Friends Service Committee. Founded in 1933, its primary purpose was to foster an increased interest in Quakerism throughout the United States and to draw all Friends groups into closer sympathy and fellowship. The Fellowship Council merged with the Friends World Committee, American Section, in 1954. The collection includes correspondence and administrative records, minutes, financial statements, membership lists, publicity, correspondence about new meetings, Intervisitation, and Wider Quaker Fellowship, 1933-1954.

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

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Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons Records, 1789-1905 (inclusive)

Extent:

1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)

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The Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons was a Quaker organization organized in 1789 in Philadelphia to operate a charity school for Black adults. The Association provided free adult education to African-Americans until 1904 when it was dissolved and its assets were transferred to the Institute for Colored Youth. This collection contains minutes, financial records, and some correspondence of the Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons and its predecessors, the Society of the Free Instruction of the Black People, the Society for the Free Instruction of African Females, and the Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Colored Women.

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

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Byberry Hall Association Records, 1847-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:

0.3 linear ft. (1 box)

Abstract:

Byberry Hall Association was organized in 1854 when the citizens of Byberry township and vicinity decided to form a company for the purpose of erecting a building where residents could meet to hear lectures, hold elections, etc. This collection contains the records of the Byberry Hall Association, 1847-1981. It includes the secretary's book containing minutes (1854-1905); account books, deeds and miscellaneous papers.

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