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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.
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Most of these collections were compiled by Friends Historical Library Director Jerry Frost or FHL Curator Mary Ellen Chijioke.
People
- Barbour, Hugh
- Frost, Robert, 1874-1963
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830
- Woolman, John, 1720-1772
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
- Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914
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- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Collection Inventory
This collection consists of materials compiled by the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College (FHL) for the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries' (PACSCL's) 1988 exhibit, "Legacies of Genius: A Celebration of Philadelphia Libraries," sponsored by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Library Company of Pennsylvania. The exhibit was on display April to September of 1988.
The materials in the collection include slides, negatives, and black and white photographic reproductions as well as catalogue entries for items from Friends Historical Library Collections ranging from 1676 to 1889. The Friends Historical Library contributed examples of two letters, two books, and an album of silhouettes cut by Augustin Édouart in the mid 19th century.
The files are organized by document type: catalogue entries, negatives, slides, and 8x10 photographs.
Physical Description0.1 cubic ft.1 file folder, stored with PA-046
General historical notes, as well as exhibit labels for: ALS to Lucretia Mott from William Lloyd Garrison, ALS to Joseph Wharton from Andrew Carnegie, silhouette album by Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Édouart.
Color negatives (35mm) of complete exhibit contribution. Black and white negatives (4"x 5") of complete exhibit contribution.
3 of Édouart silhouettes. Title page of "Good Order Established." by Thomas Budd, 1685. Society of Friends Minutes, 1678-1696 (title page). ALS to Lucretia Mott. ALS to Joseph Wharton.
J. William (Jerry) Frost, Emeritus Howard M. and Charles F. Jenkins Professor of Quaker History and Research, Swarthmore College, was born in Muncie, Indiana. He earned a BA at DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., 1962, did postgraduate work at Yale Divinity School, 1962-63, and was awarded a M.A. (1965) and Ph.D (1968) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jerry was an Instructor and Assistant Professor of History at Vassar College from 1967-1973.
He taught in the History and Religion departments of Swarthmore College from 1973 until his retirement in 2001. He also served as the Director of the Friends Historical Library and the Swarthmore College Peace Collection during that period, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Peace and Conflict Studies Concentration at the College.
The author of many books and articles and lecturer on Quaker history and peace studies, Jerry Frost's work has profoundly influenced the understanding of Quaker History and the advancement of Peace and Conflict Studies. The particular book pertaining to this collection is entitled A Perfect Freedom: Religious Liberty in Pennsylvania and is about the institutionalized religious liberty started in the colony by William Penn in the 1680s and thereafter. The book seeks to demonstrate how religious freedom in the state of PA impacted the nation and how the nation impacted the state's religious evolution.
This collection consists of black and white reproductions of images used in A Perfect Freedom: Religious Liberty in Pennsylvania by J. William Frost (1990), a book about the development of religious tolerance in the state and its impact on the nation's religious landscape. There are portraits of famous Quakers such as William Penn and Lucretia Mott, but as well as images of Quaker Meeting Houses and even an African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Physical Description0.1 cubic ft.Half box, stored with PA-067
Color slides by the Swarthmore College Library Media Department of items from the exhibit mounted by the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Swarthmore College Peace Collection in McCabe LIbrary of Swarthmore College in honor of Black History Month, Feburary 1990. Slides are individually numbered and there is an inventory with the collection. There are a few 8x10 photographic prints.
Physical Description.2 cubic ft.1 binder
John Greenleaf Whittier was born December 17, 1807, in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Whittier and Abigail Hussey Whittier, Quaker farmers, and began to write poetry at the age of fourteen. William Lloyd Garrison published Whittier's first poem in 1826 and persuaded his parents to send him to Haverhill Academy for two terms. His poetry, influenced by Byron, Burns, and Wadsworth, was well-received, and he also edited several New England newspapers and served one term in the Massachusetts legislature.
In 1833, Whittier published a tract proposing immediate and unconditional emancipation of enslaved people. He became a leading abolitionist, writing poems and essays supporting anti-slavery, lecturing, and editing newspapers. Believing that the anti-slavery movement needed a political vehicle, he helped found the Liberty Party in 1839 and supported the efforts of Massachusetts legislators to influence decisions in Washington, D.C.
Poor health forced his retirement after 1840 to a house in Amesbury, Mass., where his poetry focused on New England rural life and traditions. In particular, his poems "Snow Bound" and "Tent on the Beach" were critical and financial successes, and he was widely accepted as a major American poet. His poetry focused on religious and moral themes, but was not encumbered by theological issues; he appealed to both Orthodox and Hicksite Quakers, combining Quaker quietism with a respect for the Bible. In 1881, he was awarded an LL.D. from Harvard, and he died September 7, 1892.
This collection features black and white glossy photographs, color slides, and black and white negatives of John G. Whittier's personal letters to friends such as Helen Keller and William LLoyd Garrison, poems, abolitionist essays/publications, and other writings. The black and white glossy photographs are either 5"x7" or 3"x5" while the color slides and negatives are 35mm.
Physical Description.4 cubic ft.1 box and 1 binder
35mm black and white negatives; each black and white print possesses a negative copy (see inventory checklist); negatives are arrranged in files from A to I.
Color slides are copies of existing black and white prints (see inventory checklist). Not all prints possess a color slide copy. Color slides arranged in album in ascending order.
The illustrations in this collection were produced for Hugh Barbour's and J. William Frost's book. The book provides a historical account of the evolution of Quakerism in America, starting with Friends in seventeenth-century England and later looking at colonial American Quakerism up to 1987. The illustrations prepared for the book focus on the role of women and other prominent Friends and on important pieces of Quaker literature. However, the illustrations, which were photographically reproduced by William H. Bishop Jr. of the Swarthmore College Art Department, were not included in the final version of Barbour's and Frost's book.
The photographs in this collection mainly consist of loose copies of both black and white prints (including a rare pencil sketch) and negatives. They depict a variety of images, from prominent Friends like Elias Hicks and John G. Whittier to images of Friends' Monthly Meetings and groups of gathered Friends and children. Some other images include copies of publication title pages, anti-slavery bags, and even a copy of one of John Woolman's journal entries.
All photographs in this collection are copies of original items in the holdings of Friends Historical Library.
Physical Description.1 cubic ft.1 box
Silhouette by August Edouart.
Silhouette by August Edouart
Many of the silhouettes in this album were probably copied by Thomas A. Gilpin of Philadelphia in 1820 from the originals which were painted by Joseph Sansom (d.1826).
Elizabeth Allen (1820-1909), Minister and Great-great Aunt; Rebecca Warner Cadbury (1849-1908), Minister and Grandmother; Caroline Cadbury Shipley (1873-), Mother; Caroline Shipley, Daughter--all members of Germantown (PA) Monthly Meeting (Orthodox).
Printed and published by S. Probasco in Philadelphia, 1829.
Interior and exterior photographs taken in the late 19th century.
Illustration from Harper's Bazar, May 19, 1888, drawn by George Errington.
After her husband's death, Rachel Kirk assisted her cousin, Elizabeth Test, in the school at the Kickapoo station, twelve miles from Shawnee. This photogrpah was probably taken at that time.
Dr. Charles W. Kirk and his wife, Rachel, Friends from Richmond, Indiana, began their work with the Wynadotte and Shawnee in Oklahoma in the year 1878, during the period of Grant's Peace Policy. They first took charge of the Wyandotte Government School, then worked at the Shawnee under the Associated Executive Commitee of Friends. In the mid 1880s, Charles Kirk was appointed General Superintendant of the work of the Committee in Oklahoma, a position which he held until his death in 1893.
Interior and exterior photographs taken at the time of the annual session of the Northwest Yearly meeting.
The theme was "Game Plan for the Fourth Quarter... A World-Wide Strategy of Friends in the Final 25 Years of the Twentieth Century." When all present and former missionaries were asked to come forward, over seventy responded.
The sale of these work bags financed anti-slavery activities.
American Friends Service Committee
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention ever held, in 1848. It was organized by Elizabeth Stanton alongside several prominent Quaker women, including Lucretia Mott. Seneca Falls became a National Historic Park, and they held an exhibit to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the convention in 1998.
This collection contains an information guide to the exhibit along with various negatives and slides of the exhibit.
Physical Description.15 cubic ft.1 box, stored with PA127.
This collection is arranged in two binders. Binder 1 has pictures from the front cover to page 62, while Binder 2 has pictures from page 63 to the back cover.
Philadelphia Quakers, 1681-1981: A Tercentenary Family Album by written by Robert H. Wilson, designed by Raymond A. Ballinger, and published by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to celebrate its 300th anniversary in 1981. This collection consists of image reproductions used in the book. It includes photographs and illustrations of statues, buildings, furniture, houses, schools, settled land, famous Quakers, and documents.
Physical Description.8 cubic ft.2 binders