Call Number:

MC.975.07.010

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.1 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

"Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House: A Biography" (HC.MC.975.07.010), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

2011

Creator:

Barnes, Gregory Allen, Sir

Form:

biographies (documents) and manuscripts (documents)

Abstract:

The manuscript of Gergory Barnes's "Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House: A Biography" provides a history of Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House from the purchase of the land by William Penn in 1683, to the present, including important Quaker individuals, the influence of Philadelphia's history on the Meeting House, the Orthodox-Hicksite separation, and the Wilburite-Gurneyites.

Dr. Gregory A. Barnes (1934-) is a Quaker author, historian, and member of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. He was a former Peace Corpsman in Sierra Leone and Nigeria, received his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, and spent many years at Drexel University, directing the English Language Center and publishing academic materials for international learners of English.

This collection is comprised of the single volume typed manuscript of Gergory Barnes's "Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House: A Biography." The manuscript provides a history of Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House from the purchase of the land by William Penn in 1683, to the present, including important Quaker individuals, the influence of Philadelphia's history on the Meeting House, the Orthodox-Hicksite separation, and the Wilburite-Gurneyites.