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Friends Historical Library Quaker schools reference files
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PG2 Quaker Schools Reference Files consists primarily of pamphlets, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other materials (mostly secondary source), collected at various times from various sources, and organized by school. Most of the schools were established by Quakers or Quaker organizations.
Files are in alphabetical order.
Materials were collected at various times from various sources by Friends Historical Library staff.
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- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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- FHL staff
- Finding Aid Date
- 2022
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Collection Inventory
Archival Resource Key. (General file.) Friends Society of. Schools. Directories.
Archival Resource Key. (General file.) Friends, Society of. Schools and Colleges.
Archival Resource Key. Abington Friends School. (Abington, PA).
Related Materials
See also: SG1: The White and the Blue
Archival Resource Key. Academy for Boys. (Burlington, NJ.).
Archival Resource Key. Ackworth School (Pontefract, Yorkshire, England.).
Related Materials
See also: SG1: Cupola, SG3: Old Scholars Ass'n Annual Report
Archival Resource Key. Adelphia School. (Philadelphia, PA.).
Archival Resource Key. Aimwell School (Philadelphia, PA.).
Archival Resource Key. Albany Female Seminary. (Albany, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Alexandria Boarding School. (Alexandria, VA).
Archival Resource Key. Ambohijatovo (Tananarive, Madagascar).
Archival Resource Key. Amigos Grade School (Chiquimula, Guatemala).
Archival Resource Key. Ampandrana (Tananarive, Madagascar).
Archival Resource Key. Antioch College (Yellow Springs, OH).
Archival Resource Key. Argenta Friends School (Argenta, BC, Canada).
Archival Resource Key. Arthur Morgan School (Burnsville, NC).
Archival Resource Key. Barclay College. (Haviland, KS).
Related Materials
See also: SG1 Progress
Archival Resource Key. Bellevue Female Institute (Langhorne, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Berea Bible Training School (Chiquimula, Guatemala).
Archival Resource Key. Bettis Academy (Trenton, SC).
Archival Resource Key. Bootham School (York, England).
Archival Resource Key. Breckenbrough School (Flamborough, Yorkshire, England).
Archival Resource Key. Brooklyn Friends School (Brooklyn, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Bryn Mawr College (The Phebe Anna Thorne School-- nursery school) (Bryn Mawr, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Buckingham Friends School (Doylestown, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Burgundy Farm Country Day School (Alexandria, VA).
Archival Resource Key. Burlington Boarding School for Girls (Burlington, NJ.).
Archival Resource Key. Byberry Friends School (Byberry, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Cambridge Friends School (Cambridge, MA).
Archival Resource Key. Carolina Friends School (Durham, NC).
Archival Resource Key. Central Academy (Plainfield, IN).
Archival Resource Key. Chappaqua Mountain Institute (Chappaqua, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Charity School of Kendal (Massilon, OH).
Archival Resource Key. Chelten Hills School (Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Chelton Hills School, PA.
Archival Resource Key. Chester Valley Academy (Coatesville, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Chesterfield Boarding School for Boys (Bordentown, NJ).
Archival Resource Key. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania.
Archival Resource Key. Christiansburg Industrial Institute (Christiansburg, VA).
Archival Resource Key. Cooper's (Annie and Sarah) School for Young Ladies (Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Daniel and Emily Oliver Orphanages (Ras-El Metn, Lebanon).
Archival Resource Key. Delaware Valley Friends School (Paoli, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Downingtown Friends School (Downingtown, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Drogheda Grammar School (Dublin, Ireland).
Archival Resource Key. Earlham College (Richmond, IN).
Related Materials
See also: SG1, The Earlhamite
Archival Resource Key. Earlham School of Religion (Richmond, IN).
Archival Resource Key. East Hamburg Friends' Institute (East Hamburg, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Ellis College (Newtown Square, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Fair Hill Boarding School (Sandy Spring, MD).
Archival Resource Key. Farmer's Institute (Lafayette, IN).
Archival Resource Key. Fisk University (Nashville, TN).
Archival Resource Key. Frankford Friends School (Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Academy (Locust Valley, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Academy (North Dartmouth, MA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Academy (Richmond, IN).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Academy (Quaker Academy) (Vermilion Grove, IL).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Bible Institute (Kaimosi, Kenya).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Boarding School (Barnesville, OH).
Related Materials
See also: SG1, Olney Current
Archival Resource Key. Friends Boarding School (Washington, Dutchess Co., NY).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Central School (Philadelphia, PA).
Related Materials
See also: SG1: Friends Central News, The Blue and Gray, and RG4/022
Archival Resource Key. Friends College (Kenya).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Community School (West Chester, PA).
Related Materials
See also: West Chester Friends School; Friends Graded School; Friends Hich School, West Chester, PA; Friends Junior High School, West Chester, PA; Friends School, West Chester, PA (Church St.); Friends' School, West Chester, PA (North High Street); Friends' Select School, West Chester, PA; Friends' Summer School for Religious and Social Study, West Chester, PA; West Chester Boarding School
Archival Resource Key. Friends' Corporation School for Girls (Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' Free School (Darby, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' Girard Avenue School (Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Girls School (Tokyo, Japan).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' High School (Chung King, China).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Institute (Langhorne, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Intermediate College (Kaimosi, Kenya).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' Kindergarten, Primary and Intermediate Schools (Boys & Girls) (Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Music Camp (Yellow Springs, OH).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Neighborhood Nursery (Ridgewood, NJ).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' New England Summer School of Religious History (Sagamore Beach, MA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends School (Atlantic City, NJ).
Archival Resource Key. Friends School (Hobart, Tasmania).
Archival Resource Key. Friends School (Itarsi, India).
Archival Resource Key. Friends School (Lisburn, Northern Ireland).
Archival Resource Key. Friends School (Wigton, England).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' School (Medford, NJ).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' School (Mullica Hill, NJ).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' School (Oxford, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' School (Rancocas, NJ).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' School (Virginia Beach, VA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends School (2 folders) (Baltimore, MD).
Archival Resource Key. Friends School at Ackworth.
Archival Resource Key. Friends School at Pennsdale (Pennsdale, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' School for Boys and Girls (Oswego Village, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' School for Social and Religious Study, Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends School in Detroit (Detroit, MI).
Archival Resource Key. Friends School of Atlanta (Atlanta, GA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends School Providence.
Archival Resource Key. Friends' Select School (Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Seminary (New York, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Social Lyceum (Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' Social Lyceum (Wilmington, DE).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Special Schools (San Antonio, TX).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' Summer School (Birmingham, England).
Archival Resource Key. Friends Theological College (Kenya).
Archival Resource Key. Friends University (Wichita, KS).
Archival Resource Key. Friends' West Philadelphia School (Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Friends World College (Mitchel Gardens, Westbury, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Friendsville Academy (Friendsville, TN).
Archival Resource Key. Genoa Academy (Genoa Hollow, NY).
Archival Resource Key. George Fox College (Newberg, OR).
Related Materials
See also: SG1: George Fox Bulletin
Archival Resource Key. George School (George School, Bucks Co., PA).
Related Materials
See also: SG1: George School Ides
Archival Resource Key. Germantown Academy (Germantown, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Germantown Friends School (Germantown, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Gibbons School (Poughkeepsie, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Girls' Boarding School (Sohagpur, C.P., India).
Archival Resource Key. Goshen Friends School (Goshen, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Greene Street Friends School (Germantown, PA).
Related Materials
See also: SG1: The Herald
Archival Resource Key. Greenleaf Friends Academy (Greenleaf, ID).
Archival Resource Key. Greenwood Seminary (Millville, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Guilford College (Greensboro, NC).
Archival Resource Key. Gwynedd Friends' Kindergarten (Gwynedd, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Gwynedd Friends' School (Gwynedd, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Haddonfield Friends' School (Haddonfield, NJ).
Archival Resource Key. Haggard Graduate School for Theology (Azusa Pacific University) (Azusa, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Happy Grove School (Hectors River P.O., Jamaica).
Archival Resource Key. Harvard University Library. (Cambridge, MA).
Archival Resource Key. Haverford College (Haverford, PA).
Related Materials
See also: SG1: Haverford Bulletin, Haverford Review, Haverfordian
Archival Resource Key. Haverford College Library. (Haverford, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Haverford College Quaker Collection. (Haverford, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Haverford Friends' School (Haverford, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Haverford Summer School (Haverford, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Hive, The (Skaneateles, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Howland School.
Archival Resource Key. Internationale Quakerschool Beverweerd (Werkhoven, Holland).
Archival Resource Key. Jesse H. Holmes School.
Archival Resource Key. Jesse H. Holmes School (Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Joel Lean's School, Fishpond House (Bristol, England).
Archival Resource Key. John Woolman Adult Educational Settlement (London, England).
Archival Resource Key. John Woolman School (Nevada City, CA).
Archival Resource Key. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD).
Archival Resource Key. Kimberton Boarding School (Kimberton, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Laing School (Mount Pleasant, SC).
Archival Resource Key. Langham Oaks School (Colchester, Essex, England).
Archival Resource Key. Lansdowne Friends' School (Lansdowne, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Leighton Park School (near Reading, England).
Archival Resource Key. Lincoln School (Providence, RI).
Archival Resource Key. Lingnan University (Canton, China).
Archival Resource Key. Lippincott (Mary S.) Boarding School (Moorestown, NJ).
Archival Resource Key. London Grove Boarding School (Chester Co., PA).
Archival Resource Key. London Grove Kindergarten (London Grove, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Long Island University's Southampton College Friends World Program (Southampton, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Loudoun Valley Academy (Hamilton, VA).
Archival Resource Key. Malone University (Canton, Ohio).
Archival Resource Key. Maplewood Inst. for Both Sexes (Concordville, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Maplewood School for Boys (Darlington, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Marlboro Friends' School.
Archival Resource Key. Marshall Seminary (Easton, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Martin Academy (Kennett Square, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Mary Lyon School (Swarthmore, PA).
Related Materials
See also: Swarthmore Borough Archives, series 4
Archival Resource Key. Mary McDowell Friends School (Brooklyn Heights, NY).
Archival Resource Key. McKim Free Kindergarten (Baltimore, MD).
Archival Resource Key. Media-Providence Friends School (Media, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Miami Friends School (Miami, FL).
Archival Resource Key. Miami Valley College (Springboro, OH).
Archival Resource Key. Middle School Friends.
Archival Resource Key. Milton Boarding School for Boys (Philopolis, MD).
Archival Resource Key. Monteverde Friends School (Costa Rica).
Archival Resource Key. Moorestown Friends School (Moorestown, NJ).
Archival Resource Key. Moses Brown School (Providence, RI).
Archival Resource Key. Mount Pleasant Boarding School (Mount Pleasant, Ohio).
Archival Resource Key. Mount School (York, England).
Archival Resource Key. Nebraska Central College (Central City, NE).
Related Materials
See also: SG1: Centralian.
Archival Resource Key. New Market Academy (New Market, MD).
Archival Resource Key. New Zealand Friends School (Wanganui, NZ).
Archival Resource Key. Newton Friends School (Newtown, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Newtown School (Waterford, Ireland).
Archival Resource Key. Oak Dale School (Lincoln, VA).
Archival Resource Key. Oak Grove School (Vassalboro, ME).
Archival Resource Key. Oakland Boarding School (Fallston, MD).
Archival Resource Key. Oakwood School (Poughkeepsie, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Octagonal School (Wrightstown, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Olney Boarding School for Girls (Olney, MD).
Archival Resource Key. Overbrook School for the Blind (Overbrook, Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Pacific Ackworth Friends School (Temple City, CA).
Archival Resource Key. Pacific Knolls School.
Archival Resource Key. Pacific Oaks School (Pasadena, CA).
Archival Resource Key. Pendle Hill School. (Wallingford, PA).
Related Materials
See also: RG4/066, SG1: Pendle Hill Bulletin.
Archival Resource Key. Penn Charter School (Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Penn School (St. Helena Island, SC).
Archival Resource Key. Pickering College (Newmarket, Ontario, Canada).
Archival Resource Key. Pikes Peak Woodland School (Palmer Lake, CO).
Archival Resource Key. Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, KY).
Archival Resource Key. Pine St. (Philadelphia) Friends School (Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Piney Woods Country Life School (Piney Woods, MS).
Archival Resource Key. Pleasant Hill Boarding School (Byberry, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Plymouth Meeting Friends School (Plymouth, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Price's Boarding School for Girls (West Chester, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Quaker School, The (Horsham, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Quakerdale (New Providence, IA).
Archival Resource Key. Quakerschool Eerde (Ommen, Holland).
Archival Resource Key. Raisin Valley Seminary (Lenawee Co., MI).
Archival Resource Key. Ramallah Friends School (Ramallah, Palestine).
Archival Resource Key. Richardson School (New Castle Co., DE).
Archival Resource Key. Saffron Walden School (Saffron Walden, England).
Archival Resource Key. Sandy Spring Friends School (Sandy Spring, MD).
Archival Resource Key. Scattergood School (West Branch, IA).
Archival Resource Key. Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, SC).
Archival Resource Key. School at Plymouth (Plymouth, VT).
Archival Resource Key. Select High School for Young Men and Boys (Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Sherwood School (Sandy Spring, MD).
Archival Resource Key. Sherwood Select School (Poplar Ridge, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Shortlidge's Boarding School for Young Men and Boys (Media, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Sibford School (Banbury, England).
Archival Resource Key. Sidcot School (Winscombe, Somerset, England).
Archival Resource Key. Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC).
Archival Resource Key. Southland Institute (Helena, AR).
Archival Resource Key. St. Christopher School (Letchworth, Herts, England).
Archival Resource Key. State College Friends School (State College, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Stavanger Boarding School (Le Grand, IA).
Archival Resource Key. Stramongate School (Kendal, England).
Archival Resource Key. Stratford Friends School (Newtown Sq., PA).
Archival Resource Key. Swarthmore Preparatory School (Swarthmore, PA).
Related Materials
See also: Swarthmore Borough Archives, series 4
Archival Resource Key. The Meeting School (Rindge, NH).
Archival Resource Key. Thornton Friends School (Silver Spring, MD).
Archival Resource Key. Union Bible Seminary (Westfield, IN).
Archival Resource Key. Union Missionary Medical School (Vellore, India).
Archival Resource Key. United Friends School (Quakertown, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Victoria University (Manchester, England).
Archival Resource Key. Waltham Abbey School (Waltham Abbey, Essex, England).
Archival Resource Key. West Chester Friends School (West Chester, PA).
Archival Resource Key. West Grove Boarding School for Girls (London Grove, PA).
Archival Resource Key. West Nottingham Academy (Rising Sun, MD).
Archival Resource Key. Westbury Friends School (Westbury, NY).
Archival Resource Key. Westfield Friends School (Cinnaminson, NJ).
Archival Resource Key. Westtown Lower School (Westtown, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Westtown School (Westtown, PA).
Related Materials
See also: SG1: The Westonian
Archival Resource Key. Wharton School of Finance and Commerce (Philadelphia, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Whittier College (Whittier, CA).
Archival Resource Key. William Penn Center Nursery School, Levittown, PA.
Archival Resource Key. William Penn College (Oskaloosa, IA).
Archival Resource Key. William Penn High School (High Point, NC).
Archival Resource Key. Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades (Media, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Willistown School (Chester Co., PA).
Archival Resource Key. Wilmington College (Wilmington, OH).
Archival Resource Key. Wilmington Friends School (Wilmington, DE).
Archival Resource Key. Woodbrooke College (Selly Oak, Birmingham, England).
Archival Resource Key. Woodbrooke Quaker Study Center (Selly Oak, Birmingham, England).
Archival Resource Key. Woodbury Friends School (Woodbury, NJ).
Archival Resource Key. Woolman Hill School (Deerfield, MA).
Archival Resource Key. Woolman School (Swarthmore, PA).
Archival Resource Key. Wrightstown Friends School (Nursery School), Wrightstown, PA.
Archival Resource Key. Yealand Old School.