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O. Edward Janney (Oliver Edward) 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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Call Number:
RG5.072
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
2.25 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], O. Edward Janney (Oliver Edward) Papers, RG5/072, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1874-1945 (inclusive)
Creator:
Janney, O. Edward (Oliver Edward), 1856-1930, American Friends Service Committee, Friends General Conference (U.S.). Advancement and Outreach Committee, Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968), Woolman School (Swarthmore, Pa.), Janney, Anne W. (Anne Webb), 1861-1933, Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, Brosius, Samuel M., 1851-1938, Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919, Forbush, Bliss, 1896-1990, Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965, Grubb, Edward, 1854-1939, Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899, Walton, J. Barnard (Joseph Barnard), 1885-1963, and Walton, George A. (George Arthur), 1883-
Abstract:
Dr. O. Edward Janney was a prominent Quaker doctor from Baltimore who was active in many of the social reform movements of his time. He worked with the Society for the Suppression of Vice in Baltimore and labored in the causes of temperance, woman suffrage, inter-racial relations, peace, and other reforms. In 1907, Dr. Janney gave up the practice of medicine to devote his energies full time to reform activities. The collection contains correspondence (1874-1945), diary (1914), memoirs, speeches, writings, memorabilia and photos of Dr. O.E. Janney and his wife, Anne B. (Webb) Janney, of Baltimore, Maryland. The papers include his work with various organizations including the Advancement Committee of Friends General Conference, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, American Friends Service Committee, and Woolman School. Anna B. Janney's correspondence primarily concerns women's suffrage issues and correspondents include Anna Howard Shaw.

Dr. O. Edward Janney (1856-1930) was a prominent Quaker doctor from Baltimore who was active in many of the social reform movements of his time. Born in Washington, D.C., the son of Henry and Hannah Janney, he first entered the field of pharmacy and then became a physician, graduating from the Medical School of the University of Maryland in 1881 and from Hahnemann Homeopathic College in 1882. He married Anne B. Webb in 1885. Janney was active in the American Purity Alliance and organized the National Vigilance Committee. He worked with the Society for the Suppression of Vice in Baltimore and labored in the causes of temperance, woman suffrage, inter-racial rdevote his full time to elations, peace, and other reforms. In 1907, Dr. Janney gave up the practice of medicine to pursue reform activities full time. He served as Chairman and Executive Secretary of the Advancement Committee of Friends General Conference and of Baltimore Yearly Meeting and Chairman of the Joint Co-Operative Committee of the two Baltimore Yearly Meetings.

The collection contains correspondence (1874-1945), diary (1914), memoirs, speeches, writings, memorabilia and photos of Dr. O.E. Janney and his wife, Anne B. (Webb) Janney, of Baltimore, Md. The papers include his work with various organizations including the Advancement Committee of Friends General Conference, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, and the American Friends Service Committee, and Woolman School. Subjects include education, health, and hygiene of children, morality, peace, religion, and temperance. Correspondents include Anna L. Curtis, Bliss Forbush, John William Graham, Woodrow Wilson, Edward Grubb, Clarence Pickett, Aaron M. Powell, Barnard Walton, George A. Walton, Anna D. Blackburn, S.M. Brosius, Pauline W. Holme, Luther W. Hopkins, Richard H. Hunter, and many others. Anna B. Janney's correspondence primarily concerns women's suffrage issues and correspondents include Anna Howard Shaw.

The collection is divided into seven series:

  1. Biographical
  2. Correspondence, 1874-1945
  3. Writings and speeches
  4. Financial and legal papers
  5. Reference material
  6. Memorabilia
  7. Pictures

Donors: Gift of Rebecca Janney Timbres Clark Taylor and the children of Eleanor Janney Jones, 1965-66.

Gift of Rebecca Janney Timbres Clark, 1972

The collection was given by Rebecca Janney Timbres Clark Taylor and the children of Eleanor Janney Jones. Rebecca Janney Timbres Clark Taylor and Eleanor Janney Jones were daughters of O. Edward and Anne B. Webb Janney. Rebecca Janney Timbres Clark (Taylor) gave additional papers in 1972.

The collection was initially processed in 1966, with later donations added.

See also:

  1. RG 5/026, Rebecca Timbres Clark Papers; RG 5/152, Turner Family Papers.

The following books were removed from the collection. In FHL book catalog:

  1. The COL Book, 250th Anniversary celebration of founding of Baltimore Yearly Meeting (1672-1922).
  2. "Religious Views of the Society of Friends", by Howard M. Jenkins, a paper read at the World's Congress of Religions at Chicago, 9/19/1893.
  3. "The Teacher as a Missionary of Peace," address by Andrew Stevenson, 8 mo 1904. Reprinted from The Friends' Intelligencer, 10mo 15, 1904.
  4. "Higher Education and Peace", paper by David Ferris, read at Swarthmore Meeting, 4 mo 23, 1905. Reprint from The Friends' Intelligence
  5. "Suggestions for Workers in The Society of Friends." General Conference Advancement Committee, Phila., 1914.
  6. Devonshire House, by William Beck, London, Headley Bros., 1908.
  7. "Ideals and Experiences of Extension Work", by E. Maria Bishop. Paper read at Scalby, June 24, 1908.
  8. "The Place of Religion in Education," by President Swain of Swarthmore College, paper read at Friends General Conference, Ocean Grove, N. J., 7mo 18, 1910.
  9. "A Plea to the People of Canada from the Society of Friends at Coldstream, Ont." Jan. 1916.
  10. Woolman School, Swarthmore, Pa., announcements, 1918-1919.
  11. Book List Prepared and Printed by The Department of Proper Publications of Friends General Conference, 1mo 1918.
  12. "To All Who Bear the Name of Friend," epistle from London Yearly Meeting, 5mo 22 to 29, 1918.
  13. A Handbook of the Principles of the Religious Society of Friends. Revised and republished by the Advancement Committee of Friends General Conference, 1925.

Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1966
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

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

Collection Inventory

Diary of Oliver Edward Janney, 10/2-11/30/1914.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Oliver Janney was Acting Secretary of the Advancement Committee of Friends' General Conference. Back part of notebook contains outline for "The Social Forces and Religion, and Religious Education, 1915.

"Recollections of Oliver Edward Janney of Baltimore As to His Life and Experiences,", "Sept. 10, 1919. To Oct. 1928.".
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes some photographs. "In memory of Eleanor Janney Johns, Class of 1908, Swarthmore College, her children present these memoirs written by her father, Dr. O. Edward Janney."

Physical Description

2 ring binders

Engagement notebook, 1906-1909.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Appears to cover 7 years, with gaps. Handwriting resembles that of Anne Webb Janney.

"Dated Sketch of O. Edward Janney", 1856-1930.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Signed "A.W.J." (Anne Webb Janney?). Cites dates of importance in his life, 1856-1930.

Physical Description

ms.

"Dr. O. Edward Janney," obituary in Friends' Intelligencer, pp. 1021 1022., 1930 12mo 20.
Box 1
Physical Description

2 copies

Correspondnece to and from O. Edward Janney and his wife, Anne Webb Janney.
Box 1
Correspondence of other authors, arranged by date.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Other authors include: Anna D. Blackburn, S. M. Brosius, Anna L. Curtis, Bliss Forbush, John William Graham, Edward Grubb, Pauline W. Holme, Luther W. Hopkins, Richard H. Hunter, Eleanor Janney Johns (daughter of O. E. and A. W. Janney), Norma G. Miller, Rebecca T. Miller, Elizabeth B. Passmore, Sarah A. Pennock, Charlotte Turner (Mrs. Henry Chandlee Turner), George A. Walton, J. Barnard Walton, Woodrow Wilson (important mainly for autograph rather than content). In addition, there are letters from organizations which reflect the concerns of O. E. and A. W. Janney. Also invitation from Lucy Sturge to A.W.J., July 9, 1930.

Scope and Contents

Manuscripts, arranged alphabetically by subject. "O.E.J." following title indicates that Dr. Oliver Edward Janney is the author. In many cases where the author's name is not given, the handwriting appears to be that of O.E.J.

Address, Toronto, re: principles on which Friends agree. O.E.J., 8/14/1904.
Box 2
"Alcohol at Work on the Stomach, Blood and Brain." Glycon. O.E.J., 1/2/1889.
Box 2
"Bird, Notes." Written at Sandy Spring O.E.J., 6/13/1920.
Box 2
"Breakers Ahead!" Lesson leaf for boys of 14 yrs.
Box 2
"The Choice in Literature." Address for meeting at Christiana, Pa. O.E.J., 10/10/1909.
Box 1
"Conditions Abroad and Their Lessons for Us." O.E.J., Oct. 1905.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Substance of address at Purity Conference, La Crosse.

"Conditions in Europe Leading to the Discovery of America".
Box 2
"Oliver Cromwell".
Box 2
"The Cruise of the Comfort on the Juniata Canal, July 2d to 14th 1883" Baltimore. O.E.J., 7/26/1883.
Box 2
"David".
Box 2
"The Devotional Spirit Among Friends, or The Meeting for Worship".
Box 2
Address, Summer School at Swarthmore, O.E.J., 1911.
Box 2
"Disarmament." Outline of Brief address.
Box 2
"The Divine Touch," O.E.J., 2/14/1909.
Box 2
Physical Description

2 copies, 1 ms., 1 typewritten.

"The Divine Voice." O.E.J., 1-14-1921.
Box 2
"Extracted from the Minutes," speech to Friends School, Baltimore, MD, O.E.J.
Box 2
"Fair Swarthmore, The Summer School of 1909." O.E.J.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Verses. To the tune of "My Bonnie."

Physical Description

2 multigraphed copies

"George Fox and His Message to Men." O.E.J.
Box 2
"The Golden Wedding - Wm. E. Ella S. Walton.", 1/1/1924.
Box 2
"The History of the Christian Church in the 10th Century." O.E.J.
Box 2
"The Home Surroundings of Poor Children.".
Box 2
"The Ideal Friends' Meeting.".
Box 2
"The Ideal Physician." Address for Commencement of the Southern Homeopathic Medical College., 5/5/1904.
Box 2
Physical Description

ms in notebook + typewritten carbon copy

"The Immediate Need." (to Intelligencer by request of editor). O.E.J., 11/12/1920.
Box 2
"Life and Love." Verses., 5-26-1917.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 ms.; 2 typewritten carbon copies

"Lines written for Fiftieth Anniversary of Park Ave. Friends First-Day School," Verses, O.E.J., Third Month 4th, 1916.
Box 2
Physical Description

typewritten

"The Madrid Congress for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic.".
Box 2
Physical Description

typewritten

"The Making of a Man, A Course on the Physiology and Hygiene of Sex for High School Boys, Their Parents, and Teachers." O.E.J.
Box 2
"The Master and the Man." Verses. O.E.J.
Box 2
Physical Description

2 copies, 1 ms.; 1 typewritten

"Medicine and Morals." O.E.J.
Box 2
Memorial for ?.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Messages by Samuel Ash, Matilda E. Janney, Alfred H. Love, Sarah T. Linville, Dr. Daggy,--Wright.

"Moral Education." Outline.
Box 2
"The Moral Education of Children".
Box 2
"The New Immigration Act." O.E.J.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Includes notes on Lecture on the Educational Approach Towards Peace.

Physical Description

typewritten

"The Origin of the Pentateuch".
Box 2
"Our Boys. A Pamphlet on Social Hygiene for Adolescents by a Lover of Boys.".
Box 2
Physical Description

typewritten

"Our Boys and Girls.".
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Suggestions for the use of teachers. (List of characteristics under same title) Noted "Written 6/10/1910 for Dr. J.H. Holmes. S.S. Leaflet."

"Our Faith." Read at General Conference, Cape May O.E.J., 5/7/1920.
Box 2
"Our Homes." By "Anne B. Webb, Class B.".
Box 2
"Paul, The Apostle." O.E.J.
Box 2
"The Place of the Church in the Community." O.E.J., 10/3/1914.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Address at 200th Anniversary of the founding of London Grove Meeting.

Physical Description

multigraphed copy

"A Plan By Which the United States May Cooperate with Other Nations to Achieve and Preserve the Peace of the World." O.E.J.
Box 2
Physical Description

typewritten

"The Present Crisis." Verse. O.E.J.
Box 2
Physical Description

2 typewritten copies

"The Press As A Social Factor." O.E.J.
Box 2
"The Quaker in Story and Song.".
Box 2
"Quaker Ideals." O.E.J., 1915.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Outline of course given at Woolman School for Social and Religious Education, at Swarthmore, Pa.

"A Quaker Message for Today." O.E.J., 2/28/1924.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

To be sent out by radio from The News station, Baltimore.

"The Quaker of Today." Verses, written for Dr. F. E. Sears. O.E.J., 3/7/1892.
Box 2
"The Question of Unity.".
Box 2
"The Real Jesus. His Life and Teachings.".
Box 2
Scope and Contents

For use in Classes or for Home Readings.

Physical Description

2 copies, 1 ms., 1 multigraphed

Report of O. Edward Janney of His Visit to the Meetings in the Central West.
Box 2
"The Right to be Well-Born.".
Box 2
Scenario of Pageant, 250th anniversary of founding of Baltimore Yearly Meeting,, 1922.
Box 2
"Simon the Sorcerer." Verses. O.E.J.
Box 1
"Song of the Friends By The Pilgrims", 1916.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Verses read at a Social at Cape May Conference.

"The Relation of Quakerism to Some of the Great Social Movements," Summary of lecture. O.E.J.
Box 2
"The Teaching of Sex Hygiene." By O.E.J., M.D., Pres. of the American Purity Alliance.
Box 2
"Thanksgiving, 1918." At the home of Jos. J. Janney. O.E.J.
Box 2
"They Are Not Lost." O.E.J., 1918.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

For The Intelligencer.

"To the Little Woolmans.", 3/18/1916.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Written in response to a celebration at Woolman House of O.E.J.'s 60th birthday.

Physical Description

2 copies

"To the Society of Friends." O.E.J.
Box 2
"Toussaint L'Ouverture.".
Box 2
"The True Quest.".
Box 2
"What Friends Have Done to Advance Civil and Religious Liberty in America." O.E.J.
Box 2
"The White Slave Traffic.' By Dr. O. Edward Janney, Chairman, National Vigilance Committee, 2/10/1908.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Read at Chicago White Slavery Conference.

"Why Not Teach.", 12/13/1918.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

To The Intelligencer.

The Woman's Crusade.", 6/6/1875.
Box 2
"Where Do Babies Come From?" (incomplete).
Box 2
"The Wrestler of Philippi." (condensation) By Fannie E. Newberry.
Box 2
Untitled paper on George Fox and the England of his times.
Box 2
2 fragments.
Box 2
"The Attitude of the Physician Towards Temperance Reform.", 5-8-1895.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Address before Maryland State Temperance Alliance

"The Clergy and Social Hygiene.", n.d.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Address to Ministerial Union of Baltimore. Published by American Purity Alliance, N. Y.

Physical Description

2 copies

"A Doctor At School", n.d.
Box 3
"A Friendly Home for Friendly Boys", 11-22-1919.
Box 3
Physical Description

2 copies

"A Great Opportunity" Friends' Intelligencer, p. 247.
Box 3
"How to Begin the Study of Medicine.", 9-26-1892.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Address to students of Southern Homeopathic Medical College.

"How to Teach the Truth to Children.", n.d.
Box 3
"Hygiene." O.E.J., Nov. 1903.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Article in The American Medical Monthly, Vol. 21, No. 5.

"The Immediate Need.", 11-27-1920.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Article, The Friends' Intelligencer

"Jonathan Hutchinson and the Measures to Combat Syphilis.", n.d.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Article in Papers in Medicine, pp.486-489.

O.E.J.: "Dr. Janney Points to the Experience of Other Cities As An Argument for Suppressing the Disorderly Houses.", 11/25 [?].
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Letters to the editor of The Evening Sun, Baltimore.

Physical Description

2 letters

"Dr. Janney States The Case Against Segregation.", Feb, no year.
Box 3
"Living Praise.", 4-12-1919.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Verses in The Friends Intelligencer, Vol. 76,, No. 15.

The Making of a Man. O.E.J., 1914.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Lord Baltimore Press, Balt., copyright 1914. Also 2 copies of advertising leaflet for the book.

The Medical Advisor. , 1900.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Published by Maryland Homeopathic Pharmacy Co., Balt.

"A New Crusade.", Aug. 1896.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Reprint from The North American Journal of Homeopathy.

"On the Cause of Diphtheria.", Nov. 1892.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Article in Southern Journal of Homeopathy.

"Our Disappearing Ministry.", 12/14/1918.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Article in The Friends' Intelligencer, pp. 788-789.

"Physical Exercise in Spinal Affections.", May 1893.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Reprint from Southern Journal of Homeopathy.

The Physiology and Hygiene of Sex. .
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Leaflet advertising course of five lectures.

"The Real Jesus"., n.d.
Box 3
"A Reasonable Faith.", 1914.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Lecture delivered at Friends Meeting House, Park Ave., Bait., at request of Baltimore Committee on Advancement. Printed by Friends General Conference Advancement Committee, Phila.

"Regulation of Vice a Failure.", n.d.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Philanthropist Series, No. 34.

"Segregation: Principle vs. Policy.".
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Published by the American Purity Alliance, N. Y.

"Simon the Sorcerer." Verses., 4/4/1896.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Published in The Friends' Intelligencer, p. 217,218.

"They Are Not Lost." Verses.
Box 3
Tributes to the Memory of John J. Cornell. Contains "Sketch of the Life of John J. Cornell" by O.E.J. and tribute by O.E.J.
Box 3
Physical Description

2 copies of "sketch"

"Youthful Reasoning." Clippings , 1/1/1927.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Article, The Friends' Intelligencer, containing references to Dr. O. Edward Janney, or reports of speeches by him.

Deed, John Sinclair to Richard T. Turner, Feb. 9, 1847.
Box 3
Receipt, 10/14/1881.
Box 3

Scope and Contents

Includes:

Newspaper accounts and some correspondence, 1898.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

re: delegation from Baltimore Friends to President McKinley with reference to the future of United States and Philippines relationship.

Friends' School Education Committee minutes, 4-17-1903, 5-11-1903.
Box 3
Fifth Annual Catalogue of Friends' School, 1903-1904.
Box 3
The Interchange Vol. 6, No. 2, 1904 2mo.
Box 3
Annual Report of the Committee on Advancement, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, 1913-1914.
Box 3
Bulletin of the Committee on Advancement of Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1916 1mo.
Box 3
Proceedings of the Executive Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends, Park Ave., 10mo 26, 1918.
Box 3
Annual Report of Department of Anti-Narcotics, 1930.
Box 3
Friend's First-Day School Graded Lessons, 1916 7mo.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Includes Senior Course No. 2. Friends General Conference, Phila. (2 copies) Also, Senior Course No. 3.

Minutes of meeting of Executive Committee of Woolman School, Swarthmore, Pa., 1917 2mo 14.
Box 3
Physical Description

carbon copy

Commencement program of Maryland College of Pharmacy, 3/1879.
Box 3
Physical Description

2 copies

Commencement program of Hahnemann Medical College of Phila., 3-14-1882.
Box 3
Program, April 7, 1892.
Program, April 11, 1893.
Program, April 10, 1900.
Program, May 6, 1901.
The Bulletin of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, Vol. 2, No. 7, Legislative Number., Jan. 1910.
Box 3
Article, "Organizing the Community for the Protection of Its Mental Life", by Adolf [?].
Box 3
"Meyer.", Sept. 13, 1915.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Reprint from The Survey,

Clippings on variety of subjects.
Box 3
Twenty-Third Annual Report of the Hollywood Children's Summer Home of Baltimore City, 1914-115.
Box 3
Defense Bulletin Vol 1. No. 1, 1924.
Box 3
"The Parables from the Chronological Point of View." Bible references.
Box 3
"Friends at the Front in War Time." N. Y., 11-15-1914.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Concerning 1st Anglo-Belgian Ambulance Unit.

"The Lesson of The Hundred Years of Peace," by Anna Allen Pratt, 1915.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Printed for Peace Dept., Friends' General Conference.

The World Court, Vol. 2. No. 6,, Jan. 1917.
Box 3
"The Washington Conference", 12-5-1921.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Special Bulletin No. 3, by Wm. I. Hull, special Representative of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

Physical Description

mimeographed

The General Conference Section of Friends' Disarmament Council, contributions by Meetings, 1922.
Box 3
LaFollett's Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 4., April 1922.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Also includes press releases, Dept. of State, 1925; and "American Policy in Nicaragua", by Henry L. Stimson, reprint from The Saturday Evening Post, Oct. 1927.

Newspaper clippings.
Box 3
"The Parables from the Chronological Point of View." Bible references.
Box 3
Pamphlets, conference programs, reports, etc.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Concerning "white slave traffic", many distributed by the American Purity Alliance and the National Vigilance Committee; Dr. O. Edward Janney served both organizations as president and chairman.

Convention programs: National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1904, 1906, 1915.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Includes program from Maryland Woman Suffrage Association, 1907.

Newspaper clippings.
Box 5
Year Book of the Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore, 1910.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Mrs. O. Edward Janney was second vice-president of this organization, 1909-1910

The Woman's Journal, Vol. 41, No. 22, 5-28-1910.
Box 5
Letterhead of State Equal Franchise League of Maryland, listing Mrs. O. Edward Janney as Corresponding Secretary.
Box 5
Letterhead of The Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore listing Mrs. O. E. Janney as 2nd Vice-President.
Box 5
"Aaron M. Powell," a sketch prepared by Anne W. Janney (Mrs. O.E.), 1900.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Read at a Parlor Meeting of the Baltimore W.C.T.U. Printed in The White Ribbon Herald, May 1900.

Letterhead of Baltimore Union of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Baltimore, listing Mrs. O. E. Janney as a Vice President.
Box 5
Minutes of the committee on "temperance text book" for the public schools of Maryland, April 1887.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Committee appointed by the Maryland State Temperance Alliance.

Physical Description

ms.

Program booklet of the Twenty-Second Annual Convention of National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Baltimore, Md., 1895.
Box 5
The American Issue, Maryland-Delaware Edition, Westerville, O., Vol. 19, No. 4, Feb. 20, 1926.
Box 5
Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of Baltimore City W.C.T.U., March 19, (1929?).
Box 5
Physical Description

ms.

Progress statements of Anna B. Webb, Friends Central School, 1876.
Box 5
Verses.
Box 5
Physical Description

ms.

Memorial to Anna Rice Powell by Elizabeth Powell Bond.
Box 5
Wedding invitation, Anne B. Webb and O. Edward Janney, 1885 10mo 22.
Box 5
Valentine poem by A.W.J. to O.E.J., Feb. 14, 1902.
Box 5
Certifications for O.E. and A.W. Janney as official delegates from the National Committee.
Box 5
Vigilance Committee to the Congress for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic held at Madrid, Spain, Oct. 1910.
Box 5
Cables, London to Baltimore, 1910 3mo 29 & 4mo 5.
Box 5
Postcard from Tangiers, Morocco, O.E.J. and A.W.J., Oct. 1910.
Box 5
Ticket to a lecture by O.E.J., entitled "Castilian Days", 1911 3mo 11.
Box 5
Poem by A.W.J. on the 75th anniversary of Friends Benevolent Society, Baltimore, 1915 12mo 9.
Box 5
Printed Leaflet.
Box 5
"Right of Way Permit for Physician," Baltimore, Board of Police Commissioners for O.E.J., Aug. 17, 1917.
Box 5
Poem by William H. Janney (brother) on O.E.J.'s 50th birthday, n.d.
Box 5
Invitation from Charles of London Galleries to Dr. and Mrs. Janney to view the collection, n.d.
Box 5

Photographs of O. Edward Janney at various ages.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

See also Ser. 1, "Recollections of Oliver Edward Janney" for additional photographs of O. E. Janney and members of his family.

Photograph of Daniel Batchelor, John William Graham, and O. Edward Janney.
Box 5
Photograph of Janney home, Park Ave. and Newington, Baltimore.
Box 5
Prints of D. Noyes (?); John Bright; Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt; Hahnemann Monument, Wash., D. C.
Box 5
Envelope of 23 photographs (postcard style).
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Mostly unlabelled, but Dr. Janney, Rufus Jones, Baltimore Friends' School, and other images can be identified.

Funeral and tombstone of O.E.J., 11-20-1930.
Box 5
Physical Description

2 copies of each

Photograph of O. Edward Janney, Joseph Janney, and another man.
Box 5

Print, Suggest