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Peaslee-Engle Family 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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James G. Engle was born in November of 1875 near Mullica Hill, New Jersey, the son of Asa and Elizabeth L. Engle. James G. Engle was in the Class of 1894 of Friends Central School in Philadelphia. Active in Quaker concerns, he served as Clerk of Woodbury Monthly Meeting for many years. He died in 1960.
Ruth Waddington Engle was born in 1879, daughter of Gideon and Emma Peasley. She married James G. Engle in 1904, and together they had two children, James Gardiner Engle Jr., who died in 1960, and Emma P. Engle. Ruth's brother, the internationally-known lawyer, Amos J. Peaslee, was a member of the Class of 1907 at Swarthmore, served on the Board of Managers, and was appointed as Ambassador to Australia in the 1950s.
Emma P. Engle graduated from Swarthmore College in 1928. She worked at the Burlington County Children's Home and then served in France as an aide at the Maison Maternelle. When she returned home she earned a degree in Library Science at Drexel Institute, and then was employed at the Memorial Library in Bound Brook, New Jersey, retiring as Director after 30 years. She was also an Elder at Mickleton Meeting and served on committees for Salem Quarterly and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings. Emma died at Friends Home in Woodstown, New Jersey, in 2004 at the age of 97.
Correspondence of the related Peaslee/Peasley and Engle families, as collected by Emma P. Engle. Includes letters to her parents while she was a student at Swarthmore College. This collection also includes ephemera received by the family by a number of Quaker institutions: Friends Central School, George School, Young Friends Movement, and Swarthmore College.
The Peaslee/Peasley name is variously spelled with an "e" and with a "y."
The collection is divided into two series:
- Ser.1 Correspondence and Writings
- Ser.2 Quaker Ephemera
Donor: Gift of Emma Engle, courtesy of the Gloucester County Historical Society, 2008 (2008-022)
The following material was also given to FHL by Emma Engle:
- Common place books (2), ca. 1850s-1880s, of Lizzie Heritage(?) and Hannah Haines (2002-011)
- James G. Engle's copy of the abstract of Woodbury records that he did for William Wade Hinshaw. Includes additional handwritten supplemental notes not included in the Hinshaw notebooks nor in the Hinshaw Index (95-025).
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- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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- FHL staff
- Finding Aid Date
- 2009
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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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
Postcard from A. C. Lippincott, chairman of George School, 1907; Letter by Emma W. Peaslee and Warner Edward, clerks of Woodbury Monthly Meeting, written in 1902 and redistributed in 1939
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A minute of Concern from Committee for Quaker Peace Witness (1960); ms. copy Amos J. Peaslee's Valedictory at Friends Central School (ca.1905)
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Letters from Elizabeth at George School (1898); Friends' Library card (ca.1900?), Alumni Association of Friends' Central School (Annual Midwinter Meeting, 1899); Commencement invitation: Swarthmore College (Edith Flitcraft, 1899); Citizens State Bank (1897) ; Commencement invitations: Haverford College (Eldon R. Ross, 1898), Swarthmore College (Helen Moore Fogg, 1899)
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Young Friends Movement (1960); Postcard from Swarthmoor Hall in England (1957); Letters from Amos J. Peaslee at Swarthmore College (1904, 1907); Delta Upsilon Swarthmore chapter (1919)
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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (and Queries, 1913-1914); William I. and Hanna Clothier Hull Memorial Fund (1959); Delta Upsilon Swarthmore Chapter (1905); Commencement invitation: Westtown School (Lucy A. R. Peaslee, 1942); Quaker Round Table (1911); Friends Intelligencer (1912)
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Swarthmore Band (1933); Swarthmore College Class Day invitation (1894); Commencement invitations: George School (Elizabeth T. Andrinos(??), 1900), Friends Central School ( Amos P. Underwood, 1900); Swarthmore College (bill for graduation fees for Emma P. Engle, 1928); George School (1923)
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From "Bean" at George School
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Letters from Emma P. Engle at Swarthmore College (1926, 1928)
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Includes personal letters, as well as promotional materials, RSVP requests and charitable donation solicitations received from: the Whittier Dining Room in Philadelphia (1933), Earlham College (1922), Friends' Peace Committee of Philadelphia ("Peace Workers' Conference, 1933; Your Town and the World!" pamphlet for arranging world interdependence exhibit, 1933), American Friends Service Committee (1948), Young Friends Movement of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Camp Onas at Rushland, Pa., 1930; general information, 1930), Alumni Association of Swarthmore College (including voting ballot for Assoc. officers, 1930, 1930, 1933), League for Industrial Democracy ("Unemployment – Three Ways Out" forum, 1930), Library Association of Friends (1930), Philadelphia Conference on Religious Education (1929), Swarthmore College Endowment Fund (Creth & Sullivan Insurance, 1930; President of Swarthmore College, 1930), Swarthmore College Open Scholarships for Women (application, 1931); Swarthmore Class of 1928 Reunion (1930), Swarthmore College Alumni Day and Commencement (1930)
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Founders Day (1926, 1927), Commencement (1907, 1930, 1933, 1934), Class Day (1907), Shakespeare Evening (Helen Moore Fogg, 1899); Reunion invitations (1897, 1930, 1933, 1934); Endowment fund request (1930), As Others See Us (1929), Share the Next Three Years with Swarthmore (1930); Theater program, Scenes from the Comedies of Manners of Three Centuries (Swarthmore College?, 1928); "Dr. Miller Gets a Rousing Welcome at Swarthmore";
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Commencement invitation: Friends Central School (Hannah L. Peaslee, 1901); Program (1897, 1904), Invitation (1894, 1897), Old Pupils Association subscription bid (1902)
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The George School News (6/9/1931); Invitation (John Lupton Bond and G. Peaslee Bond, 1929); Program (1929); Alumni Association request for funds (1934)
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Friends Academy in Locust Valley, N.Y. (1897); In Memorium: Aaron Macy Powell (1900); Pamphlet for Inter American University in San Germán, Puerto Rico (ca.1960?); Quaker Reasons for Total Disarmament pamphlet by Vincent D. Nicholson and William I. Hull (after 1932); A Message to all Friends from the Friends World Conference (Oxford, England, 1952); "Friends' Religious School"; "Yearly Meeting of Friends at the Race Street Meeting House, Philadelphia"
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Whittier Fellowship Guest House (1913), The Whittier Dining Room (1933), Summary of Young Friends' Movement activities (1930-1931), Invitation to Camp Darkwater (1930)
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Founders Day (1926, 1927), Commencement (1907, 1930, 1933, 1934), Class Day (1907), Shakespeare Evening (Helen Moore Fogg, 1899); Reunion invitations (1897, 1930, 1933, 1934); Endowment fund request (1930), As Others See Us (1929), Share the Next Three Years with Swarthmore (1930); Theater program, Scenes from the Comedies of Manners of Three Centuries (Swarthmore College?, 1928); "Dr. Miller Gets a Rousing Welcome at Swarthmore";
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Commencement invitation: Friends Central School (Hannah L. Peaslee, 1901); Program (1897, 1904), Invitation (1894, 1897), Old Pupils Association subscription bid (1902)
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The George School News (6/9/1931); Invitation (John Lupton Bond and G. Peaslee Bond, 1929); Program (1929); Alumni Association request for funds (1934)
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Friends Academy in Locust Valley, N.Y. (1897); In Memorium: Aaron Macy Powell (1900); Pamphlet for Inter American University in San Germán, Puerto Rico (ca.1960?); Quaker Reasons for Total Disarmament pamphlet by Vincent D. Nicholson and William I. Hull (after 1932); A Message to all Friends from the Friends World Conference (Oxford, England, 1952); "Friends' Religious School"; "Yearly Meeting of Friends at the Race Street Meeting House, Philadelphia"
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Whittier Fellowship Guest House (1913), The Whittier Dining Room (1933), Summary of Young Friends' Movement activities (1930-1931), Invitation to Camp Darkwater (1930)
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