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Thomas and Eliza Foulke Research Papers

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

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
RG5.071
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Thomas and Eliza Foulke Research Papers, RG5/071, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1921-1989 [bulk 1987-1989] (inclusive)
Creator:
Jacobson, Barbara Sprogell, Price, Norma Adams, Foulke, Eliza Moore Ambler, 1893-1987, Foulke, Thomas Albert, 1893-1962, and Gwynedd Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1936- )
Abstract:
Thomas Albert Foulke (1893-1962) and Eliza Moore Ambler Foulke (1893-1987) were prominent members of Gwynedd Meeting. They served for the AFSC in Japan (1949-1950) and were influential in the unification of the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings in 1956. Collection contains the research papers of Norma Adams Price and Barbara Sprogell Jacobson, authors of a book about Thomas and Eliza Foulke who were prominent Friends and members of Gwynedd Friends Meeting.

This collection consists of the papers accumulated from 1987-1989 by Barbara Sprogell Jacobson in the course of researching and writing her and Norma Adams Price's book about the Foulkes: Thomas and Eliza Foulke of Gwynedd Friends Meeting: What Love Can Do. Thomas Albert Foulke (1893-1962) and Eliza Moore Ambler Foulke (1893-1987) were prominent members of Gwynedd Meeting. They served for the AFSC in Japan (1949-1950) and were influential in the unification of the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings in 1956.

Contains the research papers of Norma Adams Price and Barbara Sprogell Jacobson, authors of a book about Thomas and Eliza Foulke who were prominent Friends and members of Gwynedd Friends Meeting.

The collection is divided into four series:

  1. Correspondence
  2. Draft, What Love Can Do
  3. Miscellaneous
  4. Final draft of "Friends' Remembrances of Thomas and Eliza Foulke."

Donor: Barbara Sprogell Jacobson, 1991, 1993; Accession Number: 91.22

Consists chiefly of correspondence and tributes from people who knew the Foulkes and drafts of "What Love Can Do." The materials were sorted and divided into three series. Photographs were removed for proper storage.

A photograph of the George School Class of 1912 was removed and placed in Oversize.

Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1993
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

Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce items in this collection beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Seven folders arranged alphabetically by author.

Emerson, Barbara H. to Price, Norma Adams, 1988.
Box 1
Foulke, Eliza Ambler to Price, Norma Adams, 1951-1987.
Box 1
Physical Description

photocopies

Jacobson, Barbara Sprogell to Price, Norma Adams, 1987.
Box 1
Miscellaneous, Orders and Thank yous for What Love Can Do, 1989.
Box 1
Price, Norma Adams to Jacobson, Barbara Sprogell, 1985-1989.
Box 1
Price, Norma Adams, 1987-1989.
Box 1
Solenberger, Anne Foulke to Jacobson, Barbara Sprogell, 1987-1989.
Box 1

Miscellaneous Notes and Drafts.
Box 1
Originals of Tributes and Attached Correspondence.
Box 1
Transcriptions of Tributes.
Box 1

Miscellaneous, 1950.
Box 1
Address Lists.
Box 1
Financial Papers, 1988-1989.
Box 1
Photographs.
Box 1
Printed Material.
Box 1
Printouts of File Names.
Box 1
4. Final draft of "Friends' Remembrances of Thomas and Eliza Foulke".
Box 1

Print, Suggest