Call Number:

MC.975.07.140

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

.4 linear ft. (2 folders)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

"The Congregational or Progressive Friends in the Pre-Civil War Reform Movement" (HC.MC.975.07.140), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1951

Creator:

Wahl, Albert John, 1909-1996

Form:

manuscripts (documents)

Abstract:

This typed manuscript, entitled "The Congregational or Progressive Friends in the Pre-Civil War Reform Movement," was written by Albert J. Wahl as his dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Education at the Teachers College at Temple University.

Albert J. Wahl (1909-1996) taught high school (1933-1946) and history at West Chester Teachers College (1946-1951) before joining the History Department at Indiana State Teachers College. He attended Lafayette College for his bachelor's and earned his master's in 1933. After completing his Ed.D. at Temple University in 1951, Wahl was hired by the Indiana State Teachers College.

Wahl's greatest interest lay in American social and intellectual history, especially the subgroup of Quakers known as the Progressive Friends, which was the subject of his doctoral dissertation. After 20 years, he retired from Indiana University of Pennsylvania as Emeritus Professor of History in 1971. After he retired, Wahl completed his book, Jesse Hayes Holmes, 1864-1942: A Quaker's Affirmation for Man (1979). For many years he served as the secretary of the Indiana Borough Police Commission.

Biographical information from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania finding aid for the Dr. Albert J. Wahl Papers.

This collection includes the single copy of a typed manuscript, entitled "The Congregational or Progressive Friends in the Pre-Civil War Reform Movement," written by Albert J. Wahl as his dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Education at the Teachers College at Temple University.