Daisy Newman papers

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041

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Call Number:: MC.1144
Repository:: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:: 2 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Language:: English
Preferred Citation:: Daisy Newman papers (HC.MC.1144) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Date:: 1946-1985 (inclusive)
Creator:: Newman, Daisy
Abstract:: Typescripts of various works by Quaker author Daisy Newman (1905-1994) and letters from readers.

Daisy Newman (1905-1994) was a Quaker novelist and historian born in England and educated at Radcliff and Barnard Colleges and Oxford University. She m.1 Richard Newman and m. 2 George Selleck. Among Daisy Newman's many books were A Procession of Friends, an historical account of Quakers in the U.S.; I Take Thee, Serenity, a novel about Quaker marriage; and the 1944 best-seller, Now That April's There. The subject matter for her novels was culled from her experiences living in Europe, caring for British evacuees to the U.S. during World War II, serving as a house mistress at Radcliff College, participating in civil rights marches in the South, retracing St. James' steps in the Spanish pilgrimage and her involvement in the Society of Friends. Newman was an active member of Cambridge (Mass.) Meeting and a trustee of the Moses Brown School and Cambridge Friends School. (Information from internal evidence and obituary notices)

The papers of author Daisy Newman consist of her literary works, based primarily on Quaker themes, and correspondence in the period 1946-1985. Included are letters from Edwin B. Bronner, Pearl S. Buck, Henry J. Cadbury, Elfrida V. Foulds, Douglas V. Steere and Elizabeth Gray Vining. Her works, in the form of manuscripts and typescripts include: A Procession of Friends, Indian Summer of the Heart, A Golden String, Rimi and others.

Gift of the author, 1985.

Processing history is unknown. Reboxed and finding aid revised by Katherine Hong, March 2022.

People

Subject

Quakers -- Fiction

Publisher: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions: Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17). Collection correspondence was restricted until 1995.

Collection Inventory

Archival Resource Key. Typescript Draft of A Different Drummer, 1948.

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A Different Drummer/ Daisy Neumann. Annotated title page acknowledgement. 1948. 268 p. Unpublished.

Archival Resource Key. Letters from A Different Drummer.

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Letters about A Different Drummer, often dealing with the issue of conscientious objection, including from: Buck, Pearl. June 17, 1948. [professes to be sympathetic to Friends and sometimes considers joining.]; Cadbury, Henry J. 11 Nov. [NY]

Archival Resource Key. Play, "The Quakerama" The Business of our Lives, 1956.

Box 1

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"Quakerama" The Business of Our Lives (later called A Procession of Friends. Produced at New England Yearly Meeting. Duplicated typed copy #39. 1956. 43 p. [a Play]

Archival Resource Key. Typescript Draft of John Woolman and The Business of our Lives, 1972.

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John Woolman and The Business of our Lives.[1972]. 15 p. Unpublished.

Archival Resource Key. Typescript Draft of A Procession of Friends, 1972.

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A Procession of Friends. Final chapters. Photocopied typescript. [ca. 1972]. p. 564-632.

Archival Resource Key. Research materials for A Procession of Friends (Folders 1 of 2).

Box 1

Archival Resource Key. Research materials for A Procession of Friends (Folders 2 of 2).

Box 1

Archival Resource Key. Letters from first readers on A Procession of Friends manuscript (Folder 1 of 2).

Box 1

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Comments of first readers on manuscript of A Procession of Friends

Archival Resource Key. Letters from first readers on A Procession of Friends manuscript (Folder 2 of 2).

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Comments of first readers on manuscript of A Procession of Friends

Archival Resource Key. Letters from readers about publication of A Procession of Friends.

Box 2

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Letters about publication of A Procession of Friends, including Henry J. Cadbury, Edwin B. Bronner, T. Canby Jones.

Archival Resource Key. Letters from readers of A Procession of Friends.

Box 2

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Letters from readers of A Procession of Friends (a history of American Quakerism), primarily from Henry J. Cadbury, 1968-72 and n.d.

Archival Resource Key. Letters from friends about A Procession of Friends.

Box 2

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Letters from friends about A Procession of Friends, including: Foulds, Elfrida Vipont. 15.3.72; Vining, Elizabeth Gray. Feb. 1 and 9, 1972.

Archival Resource Key. Typescript draft of Content's Christmas, 1975.

Box 2

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18 p.

Archival Resource Key. Typescript draft of Ever Old Thornt, 1976?.

Box 2

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Ever Old Thornt. TS. [ca. 1976?] 6 p.

Archival Resource Key. Typescript draft of Indian Summer of the Heart Part 1, 1982?.

Box 2

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