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Friends Historical Library collection of memorials

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
MSS.056
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.1 linear ft.
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item here], MSS/056, Memorials Collection, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1760-1920 (inclusive)
Abstract:
Memorials are brief biographical essays which testify to the spiritual values of a Quaker's life. Early meetings only wrote memorials for ministers, but today some meetings continue the practice to memorialize all deceased members. In the 19th century, in particular, some Yearly Meetings periodically published compilations of memorials. This collection consists of miscellaneous memorials, from various meetings and regarding various Friends, collected by the Friends Historical Library over time.

Memorials are filed in chronological order.

Originally a series in MSS 056 Miscellaneous Meeting Papers, the memorials were removed into their own collection when Miscellaneous Meeting Papers was reprocessed in 2018.

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Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2018
Access Restrictions

This collection is available for research use.

Use Restrictions

Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.

Collection Inventory

Memorial for William Impey (Thaxtead Monthly Meeting), 1760 3mo 18.
Memorial for Lucy Ecroyd (Marsden Monthly Meeting), 1766 4mo 10.
Memorial for Samuel Fothergill (Hartshan Monthly Meeting), 1773 3mo 16.
Memorial for Rachel Wilson (Kendal Monthly Meeting), 1775.
Memorial for Anthony Benezet (Philadelphia Monthly Meeting), 1785 5mo 2.
Memorial for Mary Berry (Third Haven Monthly Meeting), 1807 5mo 27.
Memorial for John Hall (Pardshaw in Cumberland Monthly Meeting), 1811 2mo 19.
Memorial for Mary Wood (Smithfield Monthly Meeting), 1819 7mo 19.
Memorial for Joseph Foulke (Gwynedd Monthly Meeting), 1863 10mo 29.
Memorial for Joshua Hoble (Northwest Fork Monthly Meeting), 1871 2mo 22.
Memorial for Benjamin Hallowell (Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting), 1878 9mo 4.
Memorial for Margaretta Walton (prepared by Fallowfield Monthly Meeting, approved by Western Quarterly Meeting), 1905 1mo 23.
Memorial for Nathaniel Richardson (Byberry Monthly Meeting), 1920 12mo.

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