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Joel and Hannah Bean Papers

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Call Number:
RG5.012
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
6 linear ft. (13 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Joel and Hannah Bean Papers, RG5/012, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1825-1914 (inclusive)
Creator:
Bean, Joel, 1825-1914, Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909, Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892, Braithwaite, J. Bevan (Joseph Bevan), 1818-1905, Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948, Murray, Augustus T. (Agustus Taber), 1866-1940, Potter, William J. (William James), 1829?-1893, Clark, Dougan, 1828-1896, Alexander, Samuel, 1840-1914, Alexander, H.P., Backhouse, James, d. 1890, Bean, James, 1822-1915, Beck, M.E., Braithwaite, Martha, 1823-1895, Bewley, Samuel, Bewley, Maria, d.1886, Clark, Dougan, d.1896, Cope, Morris, 1800-1892, Cope, Samuel, Cox, Lydia Shipley Bean, Elkinton, Joseph, 1859-1920, Coffin, Charles F. (Charles Fisher), 1823-1916, Crosfield, Elizabeth, d.1883, Chamberlain, Martha Ann, Cartland, Joseph, Cartland, Gertrude W., Doncaster, Phebe, Hammond, Eleanor P., Langdon, Mary A., Mather, J. Francis, Negus, Jesse, 1831-1922, Neave, Joseph J., Nicholson, Timothy, 1828-1924, Potts, Anna, 1827-1905, Potts, Joseph, Pumphrey, Stanley, 1837-1881, Scull, Edward Lawrene, 1846-1884, Scull, David, 1836-1907, Robson, Priscilla, d.1879, Sharp, Isaac, Shipley, Anna, 1826-1888, Shipley, Murray, 1830-1899, Tebbets, Mary B., Thistlethwaite, Hannah, d.1893, Turner, William E., College Park Association of Friends, Iowa Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends, and New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
Abstract:
Joel Bean (1835-1914) and his wife, Hannah Elliott Bean (1830-1909), were prominent Quaker ministers in Iowa Yearly Meeting in the mid-nineteenth century when Quaker settlements were expanding in Iowa. Joel Bean was born in Alton, New Hampshire, in 1825, the son of John and Elizabeth Hill Bean, and educated at Friends Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island. He migrated to Iowa in 1853, and taught school at West Branch, Iowa, from 1850 to 1861. In 1859, he married Hannah Elliott Shipley in Philadelphia. Hannah was the daughter of Thomas and Lydia Shipley of Philadelphia. Joel Bean was appointed Clerk of Iowa Yearly Meeting in 1867, and he and Hannah traveled in Europe from 1872 to 1873. The Beans opposed the extremes of revivalism, but declined to join the Conservatives in withdrawing from Iowa Yearly Meeting. After their move to California, they joined a group of Friends who were initially affiliated with Iowa Yearly Meeting. They helped to form the College Park Association of Friends. However, Joel and Hannah were deposed as ministers by Iowa Yearly Meeting in 1893 and disowned by them in 1898. This action caused a strong reaction among Quakers outside of Iowa Yearly Meeting, particularly among English Friends. The Beans were subsequently received by New England Yearly Meeting as members and ministers. The Bean Papers consist primarily of the writings and correspondence of Joel Bean, although some material by Hannah Bean is also present. Joel Bean's writings include accounts of the Iowa separations, sermons, religious writings, school lessons, poetry, historical writings, memorials, and personal reminiscences. Over 1800 letters and 69 volumes of diaries complete the collection.

Joel Bean was born in Alton, New Hampshire, in 1825, the son of John and Elizabeth Hill Bean, and educated at Friends Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island. He migrated to Iowa in 1853, and taught school at West Branch, Iowa, from 1850 to 1861. In 1859, he married Hannah Elliott Shipley at Orange Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hannah. the daughter of Thomas and Lydia Shipley of Philadelphia, was born in 1830. Thomas Shipley was a noted Quaker abolitionist. Hannah was educated at the Westtown School and taught at Friends Select School and at Mary Anna Longstreth's School for the Higher Education of Girls. The Beans visited the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) from 1861-1862 as Quaker ministers, and Joel was appointed clerk of the Iowa Yearly Meeting in 1867. The couple toured Europe from 1872-1873 as ministers.

The Beans opposed the extremes of revivalism, but declined to join the Conservatives in withdrawing from Iowa Yearly Meeting. The strain of the controversy affected Joel's health, and the Beans moved to San Jose, California, in 1882. After their move to San Jose, they joined a group of Friends who were initially affiliated with Iowa Yearly Meeting and helped to form the College Park Association of Friends. However, Joel and Hannah were deposed as ministers by Iowa Yearly Meeting in 1893 and disowned by them in 1898. This action caused a strong reaction among Quakers outside of Iowa Yearly Meeting, particularly among English Friends who knew and respected the couple after their religious visit to Europe. They were subsequently received by New England Yearly Meeting as members and ministers. Hannah Bean died in San Jose, California, in 1909, and Joel Bean died in Hawaii in 1914.

The Beans were among the founders of the College Park Association of Friends in San Jose, and their granddaughter, Anna Cox Brinton, was influential in its later development into Pacific Yearly Meeting.

The Bean Papers consist primarily of the writings and correspondence of Joel Bean, although some material by Hannah Bean is also present. Joel Bean's writings include accounts of the Iowa separations, sermons, religious writings, school lessons, poetry, historical writings, memorials, and personal reminiscences. Over 1800 letters and 69 volumes of diaries complete the collection.

This collection is divided into eleven series:

  1. Biographical material
  2. Diaries, 1850-1913
  3. Incoming correspondence, 1846-1910.
  4. Outgoing correspondence, 1854-1913
  5. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1893-1914
  6. Ms. prose writings, 1864-1912 & n.d.
  7. Ms. poetry, 1841-1905
  8. Published writings, 1870-1913 & n.d.
  9. Published poetry, 1874-1907.
  10. School registers, 1855-1871.
  11. Miscellaneous, 1869-1900 & n.d.

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

    Bibliography
  1. Elliott, Errol T. Quaker Profiles from the American West. Richmond, Indians Friends United Press, 1972. pp. 23-46.
  2. Le Shana, David. Quakers in California. Newberg, Oregon: Barclay Press, 1969

Digital transcription of some of the diaries, day books, and correspondence by Tom King, deposited in FHL 2005.

Gift of Richard H. Cox, 1976, 1979;

Gift of Catharine Cary, 2005, 2022.

Additional source material on the Beans may be found at the Quaker Collection, Haverford College Library. See especially the Papers of the Rufus M. Jones Collection, and the Papers of the College Park Association.

Some correspondence of Joel and Hannah Bean can be found at the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library, Honolulu, Hawaii. A brief inventory of these letters, 1862-1891, can be found at the beginning of Box 1.

The Nicholson Papers at Earlham College include extensive correspondence between Timothy Nicholson and Joel Bean.

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Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1979
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Mostly personal reminiscences written by Joel Bean (unless otherwise indicated). Arranged chronologically.

Notes made by Joel Bean at Indiana Y.M. of Ministers and Elders re his proposed travel to Hawaii, 1860.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

"Incidents in the Early History of Springdale or West Branch.", [1855 or later].
Box 1
Physical Description

2 p.

"Guilford, N.H. 6th mo. 30, 1871.", 1871.
Box 1
Physical Description

2 p.

"Story of our delightful visitors...", [1873 or later].
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Written by unnamed English Friends whom the Beans visited.

Physical Description

6 p.

"Reminiscences of West Branch. 1875.", 1875.
Box 1
Physical Description

40 p.

"Substance of Statement of Belief made in Y.M. of M. E. 1879.", 1879.
Box 1
Physical Description

2 p.

"Substance of the Expression given in Mo. Mtg. at Springdale. 11 mo. 1880.", 1880.
Box 1
Physical Description

2 p.

"For Q. Mtg. of M. E., 4 mo. 30, 1880.", 1880.
Box 1
Physical Description

10 p.

"Notes on Revival at West Branch", n.d.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Statement signed by 7 Elders including Elizabeth Bean, but not Joel or Hannah Bean.

Physical Description

6 p.

"Notes of Iowa Yearly Meeting and other Notes.", 1880, 1881. ca.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

This account and the four statements listed above concern the rise of the revival movement in Iowa.

Physical Description

50 p.

"Recollections of Childhood, written 5 mo. 1880. For my Daughters", 1880.
Box 1
Physical Description

20 p.

"Recollections of Childhood, Written for My Daughters, 5th mo. 1880. Revised 2nd mo. 1895", 1895.
Box 1
Physical Description

25 p.

"A Visit to Iowa. In 8th and 9th mos. 1895", 1895.
Box 1
Physical Description

25 p.

"Referring to Years Subsequent to 1899", [190-].
Box 1
Physical Description

2 p.

Letter to "My dear Friend Rufus M. Jones.", [190-].
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Describes the rise of the revival movement in Iowa. The letter, with a brief introduction by Howard Brinton, was later published in the Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association, vol. 50, no. 2 (Autumn 1961), pp. 104-110.

Physical Description

20 p.

Petition to New Providence MM, Iowa to reinstate Joel and Hannah Bean as ministers,, 19--.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

"our Summer in Honolulu.", 1906.
Box 1
Physical Description

5 p. Typescript

"In Memory of Hannah Elliott Bean.", [1909].
Box 1
Physical Description

15 p.

"The Pacific Grove Book", 1913.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Contains text of address "Chautauqua Thirty Years Ago" and notes on summers spent at Pacific Grove Retreat.

Physical Description

24 p.

Broadside: The Northern California Indian Association (Mrs. J. Bean, Director), 1903.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Then and Now 1854/1904, 1904.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

"Our Journey East", 1911.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Minute to New England Yearly Meeting, 1911, 1911.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

My Experience in the Ministry, 1912.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Clippings from the Bean Family Reunion, 1913.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

"Some Incidents of Our Recent Journey", ca.1910.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

"An Autobiography", n.d.
Box 1
General

typescript photocopy

Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

69 small volumes, by Joel Bean, except where noted. Includes journals, diaries, engagement calendars, school records, memoranda. A partial record of Joel Bean's activities because of frequent gaps and also many of the volumes following the move to California are merely engagement calendars, containing brief and scattered notes. Of special interest are journals kept by the Beans during their travels to Hawaii (1861-62) and to Great Britain (1872-73). Diaries are arranged chronologically.

Physical Description

1 folder

New England, 1850.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes discussion of the Fugitive Slave Law.

Physical Description

1 volume

New England and New York,, 1851.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes an account of New York Yearly Meeting.

Physical Description

1 volume

Account of travel to North Carolina,, 1852.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 volume

Physical Description

1 folder

Iowa, 1854 5mo15-1856 2mo 10.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 volume

West Branch, Iowa, 1856 4mo27-1856 7mo 24.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 volume

West Branch, Iowa, 1857 2mo5-3mo 29.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes school activities and visits to meetings.

Physical Description

1 volume

Day book, 1857-1858.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes school register.

Physical Description

1 volume

Diary, 1857 10mo 25-1860 6mo5.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 volume

Travel notebook to journey to the East, including Philadelphia., 1859 5mo-.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 volume

"Winter 1860", 1860 12mo-1861 2mo.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 volume

Hawaii, 1861-2.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Diaries and notes kept by both Joel and Hannah Bean, including school activities. Hannah's diaries include 2 volumes: 1861 5mo-; 1861 11mo 22-1862 4mo 13; Joels include 6 volumes: Makawao School (mostly in Hawaiian), [1861]; diary, 1861 6mo 22-8mo 12; 1861 8mo 23-10mo 25; 1861 10mo 26-12mo 22; 1861 12mo 23-1862 3mo 9; 1862 3mo 15-6mo 23.

Physical Description

8 vols. in 3 folders

Diary (West Branch), 1863 11mo-1869 4mo.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Poetry by "H" tipped in

Physical Description

1 volume

Diary, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, 1866 10mo.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 volume

Day book, 1868 5mo-ca.6mo.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 volume

Day book, 1871 2mo-1872 4mo.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 volume

Day book, 1872- 9mo-12mo.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 volume

Journal of travels to England and Ireland, 1872-1873.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Loose pages, tucked inside of the volume, appear to have been written by Hannah Bean.

Physical Description

1 vol. + pp.

Day book, 1873 11mo-1875.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 volume

Physical Description

1 folder

Journey to Iowa from Providence, R.I., 1876.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 volume

Friends School, Providence, R.I. Iowa,, 1876-1880.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 volume

Day book [Book of Names], 1882-83.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 volume

Diary, North Carolina to San Jose, 1883 1m0-4mo.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 volume

Scope and Contents

All years included except 1886.

Diaries, 1883-1887.
Box 2
Physical Description

4 vols. in 1 folder

Diaries, 1888-1891.
Box 3
Physical Description

4 vols. in 1 folder

Diaries, 1892-1893.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Includes 1892 "children's diary," with notes about his grandchildren.

Physical Description

3 vols. in 1 folder

Diaries, 1894-1896.
Box 3
Physical Description

3 vols. in 1 folder

Diaries, 1897-1898.
Box 3
Physical Description

2 vols. in 1 folder

Diaries, 1899.
Box 3
Physical Description

3 vols. in 1 folder

Diaries, 1900-1903.
Box 3
Physical Description

5 vols.+ loose financial notes in 1 folder

Diaries, 1904-1905.
Box 3
Physical Description

3 vols. + loose papers in 1 folder

Diaries, 1906-1907.
Box 3
Physical Description

4 vols. in 1 folder

Diaries, 1908-1910.
Box 3
Physical Description

4 vols. in 1 folder

Diaries, 1911-1913.
Box 4
Physical Description

3 vols. in 1 folder

Journal (fragment), 1892.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Thoughts on prayer

Physical Description

1 item

Diary, 1905 1mo-11mo.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Includes entries to 1913 and transcription attributed to Anna Cox Brinton at back, 1881

Physical Description

1 volume

Scope and Contents

Arranged alphabetically by sender. Much of the correspondence is that of English Friends, with whom the Beans maintained contact until their deaths. The letters that they received while travelling abroad in the early 1870s were stitched together in a number of smaller packets, but were cut apart during processing for conservation purposes.

A, 1872-1908 and undated.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Alexander, Samuel, 1874-1906.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Alexander, W[illiam] P[atterson], 1862.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

From Wailuku concerning evangelists and female education.

Physical Description

1 folder

Ba-Be, 1873-1906.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Bi-Bu, 1855-1907.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Backhouse, James, 1873-1882 and undated.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Bean, James, 1873-1906 and undated.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Includes an obituary of Roanna Fox Bean and a letter describing his visit to the Friends meeting at Pasadena, including the use of the "sing song tone" in meeting for worship.

Physical Description

1 folder

Beck, M.E., 1873-1902.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Braithwaite, J.B. Martha, 1872-1894.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Bewley, Samuel Maria, 1873-1875.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

C-Cl, 1873-1910.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Co-Cr, 1873-1907 and undated.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Cartland, Gertrude W. Joseph, 1880-1910.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Chamberlain, Martha Ann, 1872-1874.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Reports from Honolulu

Physical Description

1 folder

Clark, Dougan, d.1896, 1848-1882.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Letters written from Friends School (Providence, RI), New Garden (Guilford) and Haverford, reflect on education.

Physical Description

1 folder

Cope, Morris, 1800-1892, 1864-1882.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Cox, Lydia, 1877-1885.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Lydia Cox, also called Lily, was the daughter of Joel and Hannah Bean who married Charles Cox.

Physical Description

1 folder

Coffin, Charles F., 1880-1898.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Crosfield, Elizabeth, 1873-1893.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

D, 1873-1913 and undated.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Includes two letters from Joseph Burtt Davy in Pretoria

Physical Description

1 folder

Doncaster, Phebe, 1874-1925 and undated.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

E, 1873-1901 and undated.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Elkinton, Joseph, 1899-1910.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Extensive discussion of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

Physical Description

1 folder

F, 1873-1894 and undated.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

G, 1873-1911 and undated.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Gifford, Robert P. Phebe R., 1881-1902.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

H, 1880-1911.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Hammond, Eleanor P., 1906-1917.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

I-J, 1872-1908.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

K-L, 1872-1912.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Jones, Rufus M[atthew], 1893-1906.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Langdon, Mary A., 1873-1889.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Martin, Deborah, d.1908, 1873-1908.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Mather, J[oseph] Francis, 1887-1904.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Information on Friends in Tasmania (Hobart)

Physical Description

1 folder

Miles, Elizabeth B., 1855-1909.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Ma-Mi, 1873-1911.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Mo-Mu, 1873-1908.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

N, 1873-1911.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Negus, Jesse (1831-1922) Rachel E., 1883-1904.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Neave, Joseph J[ames], 1899-1911 and undated.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Friends in Sydney and New South Wales

Physical Description

1 folder

Nicholson, Timothy, 1874-1908.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

O-Pe, 1874-1910.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Pi-Pr, 1873-1911 and undated.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Potter, William James, 1846-1852.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Potts, Joseph Anna, 1872-1906.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Pumphrey family, 1873-1903.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

R, 1873-1913.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Robson family, 1873-1908 and undated.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Sa-Sh, 1873-1906 and undated.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Si-Sw, 1863-1910 and undated.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Scull, David Edward, 1880-1899.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Sharp, Isaac Elizabeth, 1882-1893 and undated.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Shipley, Anna family, 1873-1885.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Shipley, Catherine Murray, 1880-1906.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Shipley family, 1859-1906.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence of Murray Shipley, a distant cousin who married Hannah Bean's sister, Catharine. Samuel Shipley, Hannah Bean's brother. Thomas Shipley, Hannah's father.

Physical Description

1 folder

Ta-Te, 1881-1911.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Th-Ty, 1872-1908.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Tebbets, Mary B., 1882-1915.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Thistlethwaite, Hannah, d.1893, 1873-1874.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Turner, W illiam E., 1891-1906.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

U-Wig, 1873-1912.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Mary C. Whitney in Japan

Physical Description

1 folder

Wil-Z, 1873-1911.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Arranged chronologically. Of particular interest are Joel Bean's letters to Hannah Shipley from Iowa (1857-9) and his letters home while travelling with Isaac Sharp (1882-3). Most of the later correspondence by both Joel and Hannah Bean (1898-1913) is addressed to their younger daughter, Catherine Elliott Bean Cox, her husband Isaac Cox and their son, Joel Bean Cox.

Correspondence,, 1854-1857 & n.d.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1858.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1859-1881.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1882.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1884-1897.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1858.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1898-1899.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1900 1mo-6mo.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1900 7mo-12mo.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1901.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1902.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1903.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1904-1905.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1906.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1907-1908.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1909.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1910.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1911.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1912.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence,, 1913-1915.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Arranged alphabetically by sender (within each section)

Correspondence with Yearly Meeting, 1861-1862.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Correspondence re: permission and financial support for Sandwich Islands trip, 1861-62

Physical Description

1 folder

"The English Letter.", 1st mo. 1894.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Correspondence received in 1893 and 1894 by Thomas Hodgkin from English Friends expressing support for Joel and Hannah Bean after they were deposed as ministers. The letter of support was published in both The Friend and The British Friend.

Physical Description

1 folder

"Precious Letters,", ca.1882-1903.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

"Precious Letters," marked as collected by Charles E. Cox, the husband of Lydia S. Bean. Includes correspondence and other documents related to disownment of the Beans and other as well as the restoration of College Park Friends, ca.1882-1903

Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to Joel Bean on the occasion of his 80th birthday,, 1905.
Box 9
Physical Description

3 folders

Sympathy correspondence addressed to Joel Bean following the death of his wife Hannah,, 1909.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Sympathy correspondence addressed Catherine E.B. Cox following the death of her mother Hannah,, 1909.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Sympathy correspondence addressed to Catherine E.B. Cox following the death of Joel Bean,, 1914.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

By Joel Bean. Biblical, religious, historical, and biographical works, mostly unpublished. Worthy of special mention are "John G. Whittier" and "My Recollection of Whittier and His Friends." Joel Bean knew Whittier personally while growing up in New Hampshire, and these essays are based on meetings and visits with the Quaker poet. While in Iowa, Joel Bean met John Brown, and "The Christian Ground for the Peace Movement" mentions Brown's visit and conversations Bean had with the Coppoc boys, Iowa Quakers recruited by Brown. Writings in this series are arranged alphabetically by title; dates supplied where available.

Arius and the Nicean Council, 1883.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Asked by the Clerk to lead in the opening of one days Session of California Yearly Mtg, 1913 6mo.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

The Family Circle/A Semi Monthly periodical - Devoted to Improvement, 1848-1850.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Periodical (mss.) edited by James & Joel Bean.

Physical Description

1 folder

Doctrines taught by D.B.U. in a Series of Meetings at W.Branch, 3 mo 1880, Ca.1885.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

In Memory of Gertrude Whittier Cartland, 1911.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Jesus after his Ascension: Topics for Review, Ca.1875.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

John Bellows, 1902.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

John Keble, n.d.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

By Hannah E. Bean

Physical Description

1 folder

John L. Matthews, n.d.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

John Wilhelm Rowntree: His Inner Life, n.d.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

John Woolman, 1908.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Joseph Bevan Braithwaite, Ca.1915.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

My Recollections of Whittier and his friends, n.d.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Paradise Found, 1885.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Notes on Paradise Found: The Cradle of the Human Race at the North Pole by Wm.F. Warrren.

Physical Description

1 folder

Prayer, n.d.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Sermon Preached Near Skipton, n.d.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Substance of a Communication at the Funeral of Asa Staples, 1870?.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Substance of a Communication, 1868 11mo.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Substance of a Communication, 1881 12mo.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Substance of a Sermon, 1870 10mo.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Teachers' Club, Ca.1890.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

An address on capitalism.

Physical Description

1 folder

The Funeral of Anna F. Taber, 1911.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

The Spiritual Approach to God/Moral Approach to God, Ca.1909.
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Scope and Contents

Mss. by JB and LBC for Emmanuel Class

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1 folder

Whittier's Religious Life, n.d.
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1 folder

Miscellanous prose writings, n.d.
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1 folder

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1 folder

"At the End of a Life.", 3mo 1912.
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6p.

"Ballitore.", [1873].
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2p.

"The Bread.".
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4p.

"The Calling of God, in Christ Jesus.", 1-14-1872.
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6p.

"The Christian Ground for the Peace Movement." [Peace Address].
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14p. 2 copies.

"The Christian in the World.".
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4p.

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1 folder

"The Cities of Refuge; a General Lesson.".
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2p.

"College Park Meeting.", 2-26-1899.
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5p.

"Consciousness.".
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1p.

"The Consecration of a Prophet.".
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5p.

"The Consecration of Life.", 11-29-1903.
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3p.

"Discourse by J. Bevans Braithwaite at Ohio Y.M.".
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4p.

"The Five Offerings.".
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8 p.

"For the Needlework Guild - Annual Tea at Mrs. Judge Archers':, 10-8-1910.
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6p.

"The Forerunner and Christ.".
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2p.

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1 folder

1. Introduction.
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16p.

2. Christ the Head of the Church.".
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17p.

3. Christ the End of Types.".
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21p.

4. The Period Between the Old and New Testaments.".
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8p.

5. Christ the Prince of Peace.".
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14p.

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1 folder

"The Friends of God.", 2mo. 1881.
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9p.

"Fulfilled Prophecy: Ammon".
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1p.

"Fulfilled Prophecy: The Arabs".
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1p.

"Fulfilled Prophecy: Babylon".
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4p.

"Fulfilled Prophecy: Bashan".
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7p.

"Fulfilled Prophecy: Edom".
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5p.

"Fulfilled Prophecy: Egypt".
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1p.

"Fulfilled Prophecy: The Jews".
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11p.

"Fulfilled Prophecy: Moab".
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2p.

"Fulfilled Prophecy: Palestine".
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5p.

"Fulfilled Prophecy: Tyre".
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1p.

"History of the Israelites.", 4-18-1880.
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8p.

"The Hope of Israel.", 5-17-1903.
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6p.

"The Hope of the World.", 10mo 1893.
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16p.

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1 folder

"In Remembrance of Christy Davis.", 1903.
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3p.

"John G. Whittier [and] A World's Thanksgiving.".
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18p.

"John Tauler.", 2mo 1881.
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8p.

"Joseph Ward.".
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3 p.

"Kilnock.", 1873.
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4p.

"The Kingdom of Heaven.
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6p.

"Legacies -- a parable.".
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9p.

"Life is the Voice of God.".
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2p.

"The Light.".
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3p.

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1 folder

"The Messianic Hope.".
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4p.

"Moyallen.", 1873.
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2p.

"My Recollections of Whittier and His Friends.".
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12p. 2 copies.

"The New Covenant.".
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2p.

"The New Jerusalem.".
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4p.

"Notes of a Sermon by J.B. Braithwaite.".
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2p.

"The Origin of Meetings for Discipline.".
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8p.

"Philip Mather.", 1 mo 1868.
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2p.

"The Pillar of Cloud and of Fire.", 11mo 1873.
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7p.

"Prayer." [Ask and Ye Shall Receive], 6-1904.
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4p.

"Prayer.".
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2p.

"The Primacy of Life.".
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5p.

"The Resurrection.".
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5p.

"Revelations.".
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2p.

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1 folder

"Saul and David.".
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12p.

"The Sealed Book.", 10mo 1894.
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12p.

"The Seven Churches.".
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(2 versions) 7p. 5p.

"[Speak thou with us].", 8-17-1902.
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4p.

"The Summer School at Haverford, 1900.".
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11p.

"The Summer School in England.".
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15p.

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1 folder

"The Tabernacle.".
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14p.

"Temples of God.".
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7p.

"The Ten Commandments.", 5mo 1874.
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7p.

"There is One Body and One Spirit... '.'.
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3p.

"Thomas Purvis.", 4-28-1873.
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2p.

"The Three Feasts.".
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4p.

"The Twelve Tribes of Israel.".
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9p.

"We are laborers together with God.".
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4p.

"Which course shall I take?", 1864.
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2p.

"Whittier Qu. Mtg.", 2-17-1912.
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8p.

"The Wilderness Life of the Church.".
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7p.

"William Casson Torne -- a minister.".
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4p.

"The Word made Flesh.", 11mo 1885.
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5p.

"The Word of Life.".
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4p.

"Written for Annie M. Pike.", 10-26-1910.
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3p.

Scope and Contents

Arranged alphabetically by title. Volumes of collected poems are indicated and are in a separate folder. Written by Joel Bean unless otherwise indicated.

To William Allen, 1847.
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1 folder

Zip-A-Bird, n.d.
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Photocopy

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1 folder

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1 folder

"Addressed to Catherine E. B. Cox on her wedding day.", 5-7-1891.
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"As the sound of many waters.", n.d.
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"At Point Lobos.", 3-31-1899.
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2 copies.

"The Baptism of Fire.", 1867.
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2 copies.

"[The Birds on the boughs are singing.]", n.d.
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"A Birthday Poem.", n.d.
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"By The Sea.", 6mo 1888.
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"Chemeketa.", 10-28-1904.
"Chemeketa Farm" (typewritten MS.), 10-28-1904.
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"Chemeketa Ranch." [Chemeketa Farm]. (printed.), 10-28-1904.
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"Daily Prayer.", n.d.
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"The Disciples on the Deep.", n.d.
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"Easter.", 1891.
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2 copies.

"Easter Morning. At the Sea Side.", 1892.
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"1880-1".
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"First Day Morning.", n.d.
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"For AEW on her Birthday.", 6mo 1902.
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"For C.E.B.", 8-11-1885.
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"For Catharine's Birthday.", 5-20-1904.
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2 copies.

"For Chautauqua 1904. Twenty fifth Anniversary.", 5-20-1904.
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"For Clarence and Abby.", 10-17-1893.
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2 copies.

"For Ezekiel and Lydia Hunn on-the Fiftieth Anniversary of their Wedding.", 6-30-1886.
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"For 5mo 7 1891.".
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"For H.E.B. on her birthday.", 4-12-1885.
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"For James Bean at 90.", n.d.
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"For Milton Lawrence and C. Belle Morehouse on their wedding day.", 5-27-1886.
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"For my Sisters' 80th Birthday.", 12-6-1907.
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"For My Sisters on their 75th Birthday.", 12-6-1902.
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"For the 90th Birthday of G. P. Wood.", 6-19-1890.
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"A French Story, paraphrased.", 3mo 1899.
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"The Golden Age.", n.d.
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"The Great Festivals.", n.d.
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"The Great Western.", 8mo 1872.
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"Henry Keeser.", 6-13-1886.
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"Henry Suso.", n.d.
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"In Memory of Asa and Judith Staples.", 1mo 1878.
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Physical Description

2 copies.

"Jesse E. Russell.", 6-10-1890.
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"Keep Me near to Thee.", 2mo 1854.
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"The Larger Hope." [By slopes adown the valley...], n.d.
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"The Larger Hope." [When I think what neglect and denial], n.d.
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"Life's Harvest.", 1882.
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"Lindley M. Hoag.", 12-1-1880.
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"Lines suggested on receiving in a letter a lock of J.B.'s hair.", 1853.
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"Mariechen.", n.d.
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"My first school on Hall's Hill.", n.d.
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"A New Year's Prayer", 1875.
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1 folder

"On the death of Sarah Jipson.", 4mo 1874.
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"Organ Rock.", 6mo 1888.
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"Our School.", 1857.
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"Pacific Grove Retreat -- A Chautauqua Hymn.", n.d.
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"A Prayer.", 8 1906.
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"Prof Norton.", 6-23-1885.
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"Sabbath Evening Hymn.", n.d.
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"The Sea." [The Boundless Sea!], n.d.
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"The Sea." [Every wave that kneels and whispers.], 1905.
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"Teacher's Farewell.", n.d.
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"Teacher's Farewell.", 3mo 1861.
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2 copies.

"Teacher's Farewell.", 2mo 1869.
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2 copies.

"Teacher's Farewell.", 3mo 1870.
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"Teacher's Farewell.", 3mo 1871.
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"Thanksgiving. Christmas. New Year.", n.d.
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"[Thither Hope spreads her pinions].", 9-1-1890.
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"Thomas Townsend.", n.d.
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"To Anns Rich on her Birthday.", n.d.
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"To H.E.B.", 6-29-1869.
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"To Lydia Shipley her daughter.", 8mo 1856.
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"To Mary G. Townsend on her 40th Birthday.", [1878].
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"To Thompson and Ruth Anna Walker on the 50th Anniversary of their Marriage.", 10-28-1891.
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"Under the Banyan Tree.", n.d.
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"Worship.", n.d.
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"The Worshipers.", 1mo 1875.
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"[Ye who may think...]", 25-1856.
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1 folder

"To and about Friends".
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Physical Description

35p.

"A Sheaf of Verses Copied for Catharine E.B. Cox By her father", 1910.
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Physical Description

159 p.

"Some Quaker Poems", n.d.
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Physical Description

19p.

"Literary Banquet Held in Honor of Mary Gue Townsend's Fortieth Birthday", 2-1-1878.
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Scope and Contents

Joel and Hannah Bean

Physical Description

5p. typescript

"Album of Hannah E. Shipley", 10-22-1841.
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Physical Description

78p.

Miscellaneous poetry written by others, mss. and clippings, 1896-1910 & n.d.
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Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Includes a few published letters by James Bean.

"[Letter]" The Friends Review 11mo 24 1893, 1893.
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1 folder

"[Letter]" Worker and Expositor [1885], 1885.
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1 folder

"[Letter]" The Friend, 11mo 24 1893, 1893.
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1 folder

"Letter from Joel Bean" The British Friend, 3mo 2 1885, 1885.
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1 folder

"One Hundred Years Ago." The Friend, 4mo 3 1913, 1913.
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1 folder

"The Light Within." The British Friend, 4mo 1 1879, 1879.
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1 folder

"To Friends Review" The Friends Review 10mo 12 1893, 1893.
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Physical Description

1 folder

A Sinful Nature by James Backhouse, 1875.
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1 folder

An Answer to Questions about Sanctification by D.B. Updegraff (Joel Bean's copy), 1875, 1875.
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1 folder

Sacrifice, 1898, 1898.
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1 folder

Scope and Contents

Alphabetically arranged within 2 folders.

Physical Description

2 folders

"Address before Bible-School Conference of Iowa Yearly Meeting." Friends Review. v.32, p.433-434., 2-22-1879.
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"The Affirmations of Faith." The Friend., 12-30-1910.
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"The Basis of Christian Fellowship." Friends Review. p.445-446., ca.1879.
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"Belief." Friends Review. 32, p.32-322., 1-4-1879..
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"Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Friends." Friends Review. p.503., 4-1-1871.
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"Casting All Your Care Upon Him, for He Careth for You." Friends Review. p.163., 1870s.
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"The China-ware works." Friends Review. p.325., 1870s.
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"Christy Davis." The Friend., 3-21-1903.
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"Correspondence." Friends Review. p.186., 10-12-1893.
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"Correspondence between London and American Yearly Meetings." The British Friend., 8-2-1886.
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"The Cross." Friends Review. v.23, p.497-498., 4-2-1870.
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"The Day of Atonement." Friends Review. v27, p.817-181., 1874.
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"Disownment of Joel Bean and others." (James Bean.) British Friend. p.261-264., 10mo 1898.
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"The Doctrine of Perfection." Friends Review.p.627-628., ca.1872.
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"Dover Quarterly Meeting: Some Rhymed Reminiscences of Joel Bean." Bulletin of FHA., n.d.
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"The Early History of the Iowa Case." (James Bean.) The British Friend. p.89-92., 4mo 1894.
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"Emphasizing Doctrinal Differences." reprinted in The Friend. v.84, p.213., 1-5-1911.
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"Emphasizing Doctrinal Differences." The Friends Intelligencer. p.756-758., 12-10-1910.
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Physical Description

2 copies.

"Faith and Works." Friends Review. p.211-212., ca.1873-74.
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"Friends Dropped from Membership." American Friend., 11-2-1898.
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"Friends Restored to Membership." American Friend., 3-2-1899.
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"The Friends of God." The Friend. p.315-316.(?), 5-14, 5-21, -1881.
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"Hannah Elliot Bean" and "A Memory of H. E. Bean." The Friend. p.153-154., 3-5-1909.
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"He Leadeth Me." The Friend., 5-16-1912.
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"The Holy Spirit." The Friend. 75, p.50-52., 8-31-1901..
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Physical Description

2 copies.

"The Hope of the World." pt. I. The British Friend. p.35-38. pt. II. The British Friend. p.62-64., 2mo 1894 - 3mo 1894.
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"Isaac Sharp and Joel Bean in America." The British Friend. p.101-102; The British Friend. p.75-81., 4-2-1883 - 5-1-1883.
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"The Issue." The British Friend. v.39, p.49-50., 3-1-1881.
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"Joel Bean." The Friend. (Honolulu.) p.30, 2mo 1914.
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"Joel Bean on the Young Friends' Movement." The British Friend., 1913.
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"Joel Bean's Reading." West Branch Record., 4-6-1882.
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"Joel Bean's Readings." West Branch Record., 3-23-1882.
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"John Tauler." The Friend. v.55, p.1-2, 11., 8-13-1881.
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"John Wilhelm Rowntree." p.392-394., 6-23-1906.
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Physical Description

2 copies.

"The Law of God." Friends Review. p.542-543., ca.1870-1872.
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"[Letter.]" Friends Review. p.683-684., 6-1-1870.
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"[Letter.]" The British Friend. p.205., 8-1-1890.
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"[Letter.]" The British Friend. p.55-56., 2-3-1894.
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"[Letter.]" The British Friend. p.81-82., 3mo 1894.
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"[Letter.]" (James Bean.) The Friend. p.166., 12-1O-1898.
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"[Letter.]" Australian Friend. v.3., 1910.
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"Mention of Joel Bean" The British Friend. p.45., 2mo 1894.
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"The Ministry of Suffering." American Friend. p.663-666., 7-12-1900.
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"The Mystery and Ministry of Suffering." The British Friend. p.266-67, 285-86., 10mo 1900.
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"Newness of Life." Friends Review. p.803-804., ca.1872.
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"On Foreign Missions." 2 copies. Friends Intelligencer. p.261., 4-26-1913.
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"The Opening of the Sealed Book." Friends Review. p.558-559., ca.1870-1872.
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"The Outlook." The British Friend. v.39., 5-2-1881.
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"A Parting Aloha." The Friend. (Honolulu.) p.12., 10-11-1906.
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"The Pillar of Cloud and of Fire." Friends Review. v.27, p.273-274., 12-20-1873.
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"A Plea for Unity." The British Friend. p85-86., 4-2-1888.
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"Polished Shafts.", n.d.
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"Ponape." Friends Review. p.821-823., 1870(?).
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"The Possession of the Land." Friends Review. p.305-306., 1-2-1875.
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"Prayer." San Jose, California., ca.1909.
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"Probation Afterward." San Jose Daily Record,, 12-16-1893.
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"Quakerism and Bible Schools.", 1880.
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Scope and Contents

Also includes "An Essay on the Object of the Bible School" by Dr. James E. Rhoads. Philadelphia, Penna.

Physical Description

13p.

"[Readings.]" West Branch, Iowa., 4-12-1882.
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Physical Description

11p.

"Reminiscences of Chautauqua Thirty Years Ago." California., ca.1913.
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"Response to Friends Dropped..."' San Jose, Calif., 1mo 1899.
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"The Revival Movement in Iowa." Bulletin of FHA, Autumn v.50, no.2, 1961.
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"Sacrifice." San Jose, Calif., 1898.
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Physical Description

8p.

"Separation in the West." The Journal (Hicksite)., 1880s.(?).
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"Separations." Friends Review. p.81-82., 9-20-1879.
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"Signs of the Times." Friends Review. p.478., n.d.
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"Temples of God." The British Friend., n.d.
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"Thoughts on a Reading From the Book of Revelation." The Friend. p.51-52., 8-24-1907.
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"The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth." The British Friend., 11-1-1881.
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"The Upper and Nether Springs.", 12-25-1910.
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Physical Description

2 copies.

"What is the True Preparation for the Ministry." The British Friend. p.105-106., 5-2-1892.
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"What is the True Preparation for the Ministry." The Friend. p.373-374., 6mo 1892.
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"Why I am A Friend. A prize essay." San Jose, Calif., 1894.
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Physical Description

19p.

"Why I am a Friend." Reprinted from the American Friend., ca.1895.
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Physical Description

8p.

"Why I am a Friend." The Saturday Review. p.147-150. p.155-156, 169-170., 1-5-1895 - 1-12-1895.
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"Why I am a Friend." The American Friend. p.534-538., 12-20-1894.
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"The Young Friends Movement.", The Friend. p243-244., 1-30-1912.
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Scope and Contents

Arranged alphabetically by title in 1 folder.

"At Eighty." The Friend., 5-27-1906.
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"At Eighty." (pamphlet). San Jose, Calif., 12-16-1905.
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Physical Description

2 copies.

"By the Sea." The Friend., ca.1900.
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"The Closing Year." Iowa., 1874.
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Physical Description

2 copies.

"Eliza Watson." The Friend., n.d.
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"Joel Bean to Hannah L. Neall." Frie, (Poem itself dated 3-4-1907.), 5-25-1907.
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"The Larger Hope." San Jose, Calif., 1893.
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Physical Description

2 copies.

"A Leaf from a Diary." The Friend., 7-31-1886.
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"Lines Written By the Shore." The Friend., 1886.
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"No More Sea." San Jose, Calif., 1-1-1889.
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Physical Description

2 copies.

"Twenty-Fifth Chautauqua Anniversary.", 1904.
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Physical Description

2 copies.

"Under the Banyan Tree." The Friend (Honolulu.), 9-1-1906.
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School Register/Winter Session 1855-6/Dist. No.9/Springdale, Cedar Co., Iowa, 1855-56.
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Scope and Contents

Includes attendance, Employers Account, student deportment, etc.; also includes a list of Joel Bean's first 12 schools.

Physical Description

1 folder

Register (rough) of Friends Institute, Springdale, Iowa, 1858-[59].
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Scope and Contents

Includes names, account of lessons, and names of visitors

Physical Description

1 folder

Register and Journal of Friends Institute, Springdale, Iowa, 1858-59.
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Scope and Contents

Includes names, weekly attendance, account of lessons, and names of visitors

Physical Description

1 folder

[West Branch Select School] Attendance, 1864-65.
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Scope and Contents

Includes records of recitiation by pupil, deportment, and examination grades

Physical Description

1 folder

West Branch Friends Academy - winter term 1867, 1867-68.
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Scope and Contents

Records of Attendance (includes rules and lists of visitors), 1867-68

Physical Description

1 folder

Register/West Branch Academy/Winter term 1869- /High School Department, 1869-[70?].
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Scope and Contents

Includes attendance, and lists of fire tenders and visitors

Physical Description

1 folder

Register of West Branch Academy Higher Department, 1870-71.
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Scope and Contents

Includes attendance, lists of student job and visitors, and a loose sheet of rules

Physical Description

1 folder

Epistle from College Park Association of Friends to Szch'wn Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1911, 1911.
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Physical Description

1 folder

Published letters and articles concerning the Bean controversy, 1883-1898, 1883-1898.
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Physical Description

1 folder

Stanza no. 6 of "To the Memory of Thomas Shipley" written in the hand of John G. Whittier.
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Scope and Contents

Manuscript was given to Joel and Hannah Bean in 1872. Joel Bean was a relative, through his mother's side, of John G. Whittier. Hannah E. Bean was the daughter of Thomas Shipley.

Travelling Minutes, 1869-1900.
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Scope and Contents

For travels in the ministry. Most involve their journey to England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1872-3.

Photographs, ca.1872-ca.1890.
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Scope and Contents

Includes original cartes de visite of Friends in England and Ireland, as well as copies of photographs of the Beans.

Photographs removed from Hannah E. Bean lap desk, ca. 1860-1960.
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College Park Association, 1905 & n.d.
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Scope and Contents

Copy of travelling minute issued to Joel Bean (1905), as well as notes.

Miscellaneous, 1873-1909.
Box 13
Scope and Contents

Includes a list of Friends at Arch Street Meeting (1900), a report of Friends Bible School Conference for Rhode Island Quarterly Meeting (1876), death notice of Rhoda M. Coffin, and other manuscripts and printed materials.

Hannah E. Bean lap desk.
Physical Location

This item is stored with the FHL Relics Collection (Relics #1726)

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