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J.William Frost Papers
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J. William (Jerry) Frost, Emeritus Howard M. and Charles F. Jenkins Professor of Quaker History and Research, Swarthmore College, was born in Muncie, Indiana. He earned a BA at DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., 1962, did postgraduate work at Yale Divinity School, 1962-63, and was awarded a M.A. (1965) and Ph.D (1968) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jerry was an Instructor and Assistant Professor of History at Vassar College from 1967-1973.
He taught in the History and Religion departments of Swarthmore College from 1973 until his retirement in 2001. He also served as the Director of the Friends Historical Library and the Swarthmore College Peace Collection during that period, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Peace and Conflict Studies Concentration at the College.
The author of many books and articles and lecturer on Quaker history and peace studies, Jerry Frost's work has profoundly influenced the understanding of Quaker History and the advancement of Peace and Conflict Studies.
Sylllabi and other materials from the courses taught by Dr. Frost at Swarthmore College, his writings, miscellaneous correspondence, and other papers.
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Gift of J.William Frost
J. William Frost Papers processed by Charlotte Blandford, Administrative Assistant, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Correspondence of J. William Frost as Director of Friends Historical Library may be found in RG4 Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
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- 2006
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Includes syllabi, text book lists, reserve reading lists, lists of readings in binders, copies of examinations, miscellaneous related items
Includes: History 38: History of Women in America, Spr., 1975, History 38: American Family in Historical Perspective, Fall, 1976; History 22: The Rise of Western Europe, Fall, 1978 (syllabus incomplete); History 55: Women and the Family in Historical Perspective, Fall, 1981.
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Includes: Religion 37: The History of Religion in America, Fall, 1973; Religion 21: The History of Religion in America, Fall, 1975; Religion 21: The History of Religion in America, Fall, 1977; Religion 21: The History of Religion in America, Spr., 1980; Religion 17: The History of Religion in America, Spr., 1983; Religion 33: The Reformation, Fall, 1981; Religion 1: Religion and Human Experience, syllabus undated (co-taught Frost, Levine, Swearer, Parker, Urban); Religion 1: Religion and Human Experience, Fall, 1986 (co-taught Frost, Levine, Swearer); Religion 1: Religion and Human Experience, Fall, 1989 (co-taught Frost, Levine, Wallace, Stevens)
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Includes: Issues in Arms Control and Disarmament, Fall, 1976; (co-taught Frost, Hopkins, Rosenthal); Correspondence re Issues in Arms Control and Disarmament, Fall, 1976; Physics/Religion 24: Issues in Arms Control and Disarmament, Spr. 1983 (co-taught Frost, Rush Holt); Physics/Religion 24: Issues in Arms Control and Disarmament, Spr. 1984 (co-taught Frost, Rush Holt); Early Peace Studies courses with J. W. Frost as collaborator, 1978-1980; Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Nonviolent; Social Change, Fall 1978 (Stalonas, convenor; Frost, overseer); Nonviolence and Social Change, Spr., 1980 (Lakey, convenor; Frost, overseer).
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Includes: Religion 38: Quakerism, Spr., 1972; Religion 38: Quakerism, Spr., 1974; Religion 38: Quakerism, Spr., 1976; Religion 38: Quakerism, Spr., 1978; Religion 17: Quakerism, Spr., 1979; Religion 17: Quakerism, Spr., 1982; Religion 18: Quakerism, Spr., 1984; Religion 18: Quakerism, Spr., 1985; Religion 18: Quakerism, Spr., 1987; Religion 18: Quakerism, Spr., 1989.
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Includes: Religion 19: Quakerism, Spr., 1991; Religion 19: Quakerism, Fall, 1993; Religion 19: Quakerism, Spr., 1995; Religion 19: Quakerism, Fall, 1996; Religion 19: Quakerism, Spr., 1999
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Includes: Religion 23b: Quakerism, Spr., 2000; Religion 23b: Quakerism, Spr., 2001
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Includes: Religion 8: War and Peace, Fall, 1974; Religion 8: War and Peace, Fall, 1975; Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 1978; Religion 6: War and Peace, Spr., 1982; Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 1982
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Includes: Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 1983; Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 1985; Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 1986; Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 1987; Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 1989
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Includes: Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 1990 ; Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 1991; Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 1992; Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 1994; Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 1995
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Includes: Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 1998; Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 1999; Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 2000; Religion 6: War and Peace, Fall, 2002
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Includes: John Burton, Conflict Resolution as a Political Philosophy; Lippincott Lecture Swarthmore College, Nov. 13, 1991, Bibliography for Religion 6 and for PS15 Intro. to Peace Studies; Exam and term paper topics, undated
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Includes: Rel. 105: Religion and Society, Spr., 1985; Rel. 105: Religion and Society, Spr., 1988; Rel. 105: Religion and Society, Spr., 1990
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Includes: Rel. 105: Religion and Society, Fall, 1991; Rel. 105: Religion and Society, Fall, 1993
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Includes: Rel. 105: Religion and Society, Fall, 1994; Rel. 105: Religion and Society, Spr., 1997; Rel. 105: Religion and Society, Spr., 1998; Rel. 105: Religion and Society, Fall, 2000
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Includes: Religion 15: Introduction to Peace Studies, Spr., 1990; Religion 15: Introduction to Peace Studies, Spr., 1991; Peace Studies 15: Introduction to Peace Studies, Fall, 1992; Peace Studies 15: Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring, 1994; Peace Studies 15: Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring, 1996
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Includes: Peace Studies 15: Introduction to Peace Studies, Fall, 1996; Peace Studies 15: Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring, 1998; Peace Studies 15: Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring, 1999; Peace Studies 15: Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring, 2000; Peace Studies 15: Introduction to Peace Studies, Fall, 2001; Peace Studies 15: Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring, 2002
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Includes: manuscript and some printed material of books, book chapters/ sections, articles, and essays for periodicals and other publications, lectures and papers for conferences, etc., related correspondence; book reviews written; reviews of JWF publications; Faculty Bibliographies compiled by McCabe Special Collections Librarian, and other bibliographic material.
Includes: Commentary, "The Trial (of Jesus) Luke 22:63 - 23:25," 5; typed pages, April, 1977 (used in a Good Friday church service?); "The Family and Quakerism: Second Thoughts," early draft, with notes by John M. Moore, of article eventually published as "Quakerism and the Family" in Friends Journal, 24:4 Jan. 1978; "Proposal for tricentenary course on the History of Philadelphia, 2 pg. typewritten outline, n.d., ca. 1980; William Penn, Bibliography of … and Frost's notes on William Penn, n.d., ca. 1980-1990; "Society of Friends (Quakers)," "George Fox", "Elias Hicks," "Elizabeth Fry," "John Woolman," "Rufus Jones," "William Penn," mss. articles for Academic American Encyclopedia, 1980; Early drafts and material for Quaker Origins of Anti-Slavery, 1980
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Early drafts and material for "Religious Liberty in Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Oct., 1981 and later, A Perfect Freedom: Religious Liberty in Pennsylvania, 1990; Also, printed copy of the PMHB article.
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"The Affirmation Controversy and Religious Liberty," paper presented at "World of William Penn" Conference, Philadelphia, 1981, later included in publication of the conference papers, The World of William Penn, 1986; "Aldam, Thomas," "Bishop, George," "Burrough, Edward," "Pearson, Anthony," "Penington, Isaac, the younger," articles for Biographical Dict. of British Radicals in the 17th Century, 1982 (article for Anthony Pearson not included in the publication); "William Penn's Experiment in the Wilderness: Promise and Legend," offprint from PMHB, Vol. CVII, #4, Oct. 1983; Introductory chapter, mss, in Records and Recollections of James Jenkins, 1984; "Secularization in Colonial Pennsylvania," draft of paper for Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies, 1986 and published in Frost/Moore, eds., Seeking the Light: Essays in Quaker History in Honor of Edwin B. Bronner, 1986. Also, one typed page description of the paper for PCEAS by the author; "The Pennsylvania Tradition of Religious Liberty," first and final drafts of Frost speech to the Pennsylvania Legislature, etc. in Harrisburg, PA April, 1986. Also, notes for the speech; Collection Speech, August, 1986, rough draft of speech given at Swarthmore College Collection; Meditation for Good Friday service given at Swarthmore Presbyterian Church, April 17, 1987.
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"Quakers and Slavery," written with Randall J. Miller, mss, entry for Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery, 1988; "The Liberal Transformation," mss, chapter in Barbour, Frost, The Quakers, 1988; "Creativity in Peacemaking," manuscript, chapter in The Quakers; "The Institution of Religious Liberty in Pennsylvania," draft of article in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, July, 1988; "Quaker Books in Colonial Pennsylvania," mss 11/2/1990, and galleys for editing 2/15/91. (Published in Quaker History, Vol. 80; No. 1, Spring, 1991); "William I. Hull and the Quaker Search for Peace, 1908-1920," manuscript 1990, galleys for editing 2/1991 (in festschrift for Hugh Barbour, 1991)
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"George Fox's Ambiguous Antislavery Legacy," mss. 1991, paper for Tercentenary Conference on George Fox, Lancaster Univ., UK,; Also edited version published in New Light on George Fox; Papers by Twelve British and American Scholars, 1994; Biographical sketches for American National Biography, mss, 1991 on George Keith, Sybil Jones, Caleb Pusey. Published 1999; " 'Our Deeds Carry our Message': The Early History of the American Friends Service Committee," mss 1991, and galley for editing 2/5/92. Published in Quaker History, 81,1, Spring, 1992.
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Essays for the Encyclopedia of Non-violent Action. Drafts 1993: "American Friends Service Committee," "Quakers, Religious Society of Friends." Published, 1997; "The Moral Evaluation of War - Lesson Plan and Notes for Teachers." Written for the Mershon Center, Ohio State, USIP-funded project, 1993; Preface to second edition of A Perfect Freedom: Religious Liberty in Pennsylvania, Penn State Press, 1993; "William Penn: From Man to Monument," paper for "Legacy of William Penn" Program, Phila. 10/8/94. Published as "One Monumental Man," Swarthmore College Bulletin, February, 1995, "The Christian Religion and War: An Evaluation," paper for IPRA Conf. in Malta, 10/94. Published in Papers of The Peace History Commission IPRA/Malta 31 Oct. - 4 Nov. 1994, June, 1995; Biographical sketches for American National Biography, Howard Haines Brinton, and Anna Brinton Shipley Cox, published 1994; Additions for the reprint of the Barbour/Frost, The Quakers, Published by Friends United Press, 1994; "Non-Violence and Militarism: Nationalism in India and Japan," mss, 5/97. Later a chapter in A History of Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim Perspectives on War and Peace, 2004; "American Friends Service Committee," essay for the Oxford Companion to U. S. History, manuscript 8/15/97; "John Woolman and the Enlightenment," for Woolman Essay Collection edited by Michael Heller mss. 9/1/97. Published in The Tendering Presence: Essays on John Woolman: In Honor of Sterling Olmsted & Phillips P. Moulton, 2003.
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"Wear the Sword as Long as Thou Canst:" William Penn in Myth and History, Presidential Lecture for Friends Historical Society, London, May 26, 1998; "Quakers and Reform," manuscript, 1999, for article for PMHB; Friends General Conference, July 2000, "Three 20th-Century Revolutions: Liberal Theology, Sexual Moralities, Peace Testimonies." Also, critiques by Hugh Barbour and Chuck Fager; "Sex Is Not a Shortcut to Spirituality:" Liberal Quakers Confront the 20th-century Sexual Revolutions - part of FGC paper - given at Conference at Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK 20 - unpublished; Draft AFSC Speech, for Nov. 2001 Annual Meeting; "From Plainness to Simplicity: Changing Quaker Ideals for Material Culture," chapters in Lapsansky/Verplank, Quaker Aesthetics: Reflections on a Quaker Ethic in American Design and Consumption, c2003; Paper, "The Peace Testimony in Quaker Pennsylvania 1681-1776" presented at international conference sponsored by Institute für Theologie und Frieden in Erfurt, Germany, March 2004
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Religion, Morality, and War, Book Draft, 2000; Mss. shortened version published as A History of Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim Perspectives on War and; Peace, vols. 1 and 2, 2004
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Inventory in front of the folder.
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Inventory in front of the folder.
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Inventory in front of the folder.
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Inventory in front of the folder.
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Compiled by McCabe Special Collections Librarians
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Crusades, causes, controversies, letters to editors and others regarding issues of interest, correspondence relating to classes, students, etc., grants and fellowships, other general correspondence.
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