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Henry Watson Wilbur 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:
RG5.165
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], RG 5/165, Henry Watson Wilbur Papers, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1879-1914 (inclusive)
Creator:
Wilbur, Henry Watson, 1851-1914, Society of Friends, and Friends General Conference (U.S.)
Abstract:
Henry Watson Wilbur (1851-1914) was a New York Quaker minister and social reformer. The collection contains some addresses and writings on religion and the advancement of the Society of Friends, biographical and memorial items giving tribute to his work on behalf of the National Association of Religious Liberals and the Friends General Conference, and a few letters.

Henry Watson Wilbur (1851-1914) was a New York Quaker minister and social reformer.

The collection contains some addresses and writings on religion and the advancement of the Society of Friends, biographical and memorial items giving tribute to Henry Watson Wilbur's work on behalf of the National Association of Religious Liberals and the Friends General Conference, and a few letters

The collection is divided into four series:

  1. Correspondence
  2. Biographical material
  3. Addresses and writings
  4. Printed material

Accession information

Donor: J. Barnard Walton (?), ca. 1927

The collection was given to Friends Historical Library early in the 20th century.

Described and processed sometime before 1950.

Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
Before 1950
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

Concerning Young Friends' Movement, 4/12/1903.
Box 1
Concerning London Yearly Meeting, 7/24/1905.
Box 1
From Henry Wilbur to Edward Magill, concerning "Sixty-five Years in the Life of a Teacher", 3/8/1907.
Box 1

Dr. Jesse H. Holmes.
Box 1
Dr. Isaac H. Clothier.
Box 1
Elizabeth Powell Bond.
Box 1
Jane P. Rushmore.
Box 1
Dr. John Clarence Lee.
Box 1
Rufus M. Jones.
Box 1
Samuel J. Bunting Jr.
Box 1
O. Edward Janney.
Box 1
Anna T. Speakman.
Box 1

A Forecast of the Friends' Future, 9/24/1910.
Box 1
The Forward Look, 3/15/1907.
Box 1
The Genius of the Friendly System, 2/1/1914.
Box 1
The Quaker Theory of the Ministry, n.d.
Box 1
The Society of Friends and Government, n.d.
Box 1
Concerning Government and politics.
Box 1
Building Public Opinion against Tolerated Vice.
Box 1
Notes, pieces of manuscript and chapter headings of a book on The Development of the Spiritual Perception.
Box 1
The Econ. Repression of the Negro, a menace to business.
Box 1
The Great Illusion.
Box 1
The Place of the Bible in the Modern World.
Box 1
Notes on Lundy.
Box 1

Vineland Independent, 1879.
Box 1
Physical Description

3 copies

Newspaper clippings, 1913-1914.
Box 1
Notice and invitation to a meeting in memory of H.W. Wilbur.
Box 1

Print, Suggest