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Kenneth L. Carroll Papers, 1953-2006

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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:
RG5.287
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
2 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Language Note:
All materials in English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Kennneth L. Carroll Papers, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1953-2006 (inclusive)
Creator:
Carroll, Kenneth L. (Kenneth Lane)
Abstract:
Kenneth Carroll was a professor of Religious studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas beginning in 1952. He also spent a sabbatical at Haverford College as the T. Wistar Brown Fellow in 1969 and 1970 and retired to Easton, Maryland, in 1986. Carroll is a recognized authority on the history of the Society of Friends on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia and has written widely on this and other subjects. Collection primarily consists of correspondence related to Carroll's research and publications, but also includes writings and miscellaneous papers.

A native of the Eastern Shore, Ken Carroll's connection with Quakers began when he was 22 and studying at Duke University. His studies in history led him on to graduate work in religion and eventually to a Bachelor of Divinity. After publishing two scholarly articles, he earned his PhD in 1953. Ken was a professor of Religious studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas beginning in 1952. He spent a sabbatical at Haverford College as the T. Wistar Brown Fellow in 1969 and 1970. He retired to Easton, Maryland in 1986.

Carroll was extremely active as a Friend in Texas, serving as Clerk for the South Central Yearly Meeting as well as for his monthly meeting. He also participated in the FWCC, including a time spent as Assistant Treasurer, and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Southern Central Region of the AFSC. He joined Third Haven in 1986 and served as Clerk there for 13 years, from 1988 until 2001. Chronological correspondence files sorted by FHL staff, topical arrange by Ken C.

Collection primarily consists of correspondence related to Carroll's research and publications, but also includes writings and miscellaneous papers.

Organized in three series:

  1. Ser.1 Correspondence
  2. Ser.2 Writings
  3. Ser.3 Miscellaneous

Gift of Kenneth L. Carroll, 2010-2011 (2010.008, 2011.12)

Subject
Place

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
2012
Access Restrictions

Access to papers is unrestricted.

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Collection Inventory

Jörg Barth, 1956.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Henry J. Cadbury, 1955-1971.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence both personal and academic, a portion of which is devoted to an essay collection in honor of Howard Brinton as well as photographs. Most is with Henry Cadbury, and a few with L. Louis Green and others.

Physical Description

1 folder

Christmas Letters, 1992-2006.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Johannes Dyba, 1961-1962.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Johannes Dyba (later became Archbishop of Fulsa Germany)

Physical Description

1 folder

Fellowships, 1967-1968.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding the (eventually awarded) T. Wistar Brown Fellowship at Haverford (1696-1970) and the proposed Quakers in the American Colonies project

Physical Description

1 folder

Bliss Forbush, 1967-1968.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Primarily correspondence regarding Forbush's manuscript on Moses Sheppard

Physical Description

1 folder

Frampton, 1972.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with C. Richard Frampton and historical material on Stephen C. Frampton

Physical Description

1 folder

Euell Gibbons, 1974.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clipping (obituary) and letter from Freda Gibbons with appreciation for his condolences.

Physical Description

1 folder

Ronald Grubb, 1964.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding Grubb's proposed immigration to America

Physical Description

1 folder

Guilford College 1969, 1964-1981.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding a possible move.

Physical Description

1 folder

Mifflin Kenedy (Texas Quaker 1818-1895), [1882], 1964 n.d.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Mrs. John G. Kenedy Jr. and newspaper clippings/copies of articles.

Physical Description

1 folder

Lancaster County Quakers, 1973.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letter and newspaper clippings sent to Carroll by Davis regarding Lancaster County Quakers and Quaker history

Physical Description

1 folder

Yoon Gu Lee and Korean Friends, 1960-1961.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

(Yoon Gu Lee spent time at Pendle Hill)

Physical Description

1 folder

Paine-Oswald Correspondence, 1963-1964.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence discussing the Kennedy assassination, Ruth Paine, and collections for Marina Oswald and her children

Physical Description

1 folder

Publications Correspondence, 1962-1969.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Quaker Correspondence, 1960-1966.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence concerning the publication of Quakers in the American Colonies, 1975.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Quakers in the American Colonies: Correspondence, 1968.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and proposals regarding the project.

Physical Description

1 folder

Third Haven 300th Anniversary, 1977-1984.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding Carroll's book on Third Haven and its use as a fundraising tool.

Physical Description

1 folder

Travel Letters, 1958-1970.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Peter U'Ren, 1973-1974.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence

Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1949-1955.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1956-1959.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1960-.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1961.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1962.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1963.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1964.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1965.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1966.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1967.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1968.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1969.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1970.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1971.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1972.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1973.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1974.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1975.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1976.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1977.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1978.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1979.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1980-1985.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1986-1994.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1995-1999.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 2000-2001.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 2002-2006.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, n.d.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

The Expansion of the Pauline Corpus, 1953.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. LXXII, Part IV, 1953

Physical Description

1 folder

The Creation of the Fourfold Gospel, 1954.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From the "Bulletin of the John Rylands Library," Vol. 37, No. 1, September 1954

Physical Description

1 folder

The Nicholites of North Carolina, 1954.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From The North Carolina Historical Review, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, October 1954

Physical Description

1 folder

The Earliest New Testament, 1955.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From the "Bulletin of the John Rylands Library," Vol. 38, No. 1, September 1955

Physical Description

1 folder

Joseph Nichols, of Delaware: An Eighteenth Century Religious Leader, 1956.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From Delaware History, Vol. VII, No. 1, pp 37-48, March 1956

Physical Description

1 folder

Additional Nicholite Records (3 Copies), 1957.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 1, March 1957

Physical Description

1 folder

Talbot County Quakerism in the Colonial Period, 1958.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 4, December 1958

Physical Description

1 folder

The Court Inquires About a Ghost, 1960.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 55, No. 1, March 1960

Physical Description

1 folder

Religious Influences on the Manumission of Slaves in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, 1961.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 56, No. 1, June 1961

Physical Description

1 folder

Toward a Commonly Received New Testament, 1962.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From the "Bulletin of the John Rylands Library", Vol. 44, No. 2, March 1962

Physical Description

1 folder

An International Quarterly for New Testament and Related Studies Based on International Cooperation, 1963.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From Novum Testamentum, Vol. VI, Fasc. 4, 1963

Physical Description

1 folder

Persecution of Quakers in Early Maryland (1658-1661), 1964.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From Quaker History, Autumn 1964—Friends Historical Association

Physical Description

1 folder

William Southeby, Early Quaker Antislavery Writer, 1965.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. LXXXIX, No. 4, October 1965

Physical Description

1 folder

Quaker Opposition to the Establishment of a State Church in Maryland, 1970.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From Maryland Historical Magazine, Summer 1970

Physical Description

1 folder

Review of The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman (Moulton), Ca.1971.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Typescript

Physical Description

1 folder

Draft of "Quakers in Colonial America: The Southern Colonies", 1977.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Irish and British Quakers and Their American Relief Funds, 1778-1797, 1978.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. CII, No. 4, October 1978

Physical Description

1 folder

Robert Pleasants on Quakerism: "Some Account of the First Settlement of Friends in Virginia…", 1978.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 86, No. 1, January 1978

Physical Description

1 folder

The Mary Charlotte Fiasco: A Look at 1778 British Quaker Relief for Philadelphia, 1978.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Offprint. From The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume CII, Number 2, April 1978

Physical Description

1 folder

Memories of a Childhood in the Talbot County Jail, 1994.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Memorials, 1995.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Memorials Written by Ken Carroll

Physical Description

1 folder

Early Delmarva Quaker Meetings, 2002.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

H. J. Cadbury (Foreword), 1970-1973.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Draft of Foreword by Cadbury

Physical Description

1 folder

Harvey, Deaves and Harvey Merchants, 2002.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Offprint of article by Richard S. Harrison. Published originally in Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, vol.107.

Physical Description

1 folder

Autobiographical manuscript, from childhood through work at Southern Methodist University, n.d.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Early Quakers and Spirit of Prophecy, n.d.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Manuscript typescript "Early Quakers and the Spirit of Prophecy (A Look at Going Naked and Other Signs)" by Kenneth L. Carroll

Physical Description

1 folder

Tatian's Influence on the Developing New Testament, n.d.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Offprint. Parts of this offprint gathered from "The Expansion of the Pauline Corpus," "The Creation of the Fourfold Gospel," and from the writer's doctoral dissertation.

Physical Description

1 folder

The Antagonism of the Gospel Writers toward the Family of Jesus, n.d.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Typescript

Physical Description

1 folder

The Strange Story of the Villa, n.d.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Biographical materials.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Includes announcements of lectures, clippings, and introductions

Physical Description

1 folder

Stephen B. Weeks, 1895.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Typescript letter from Weeks to George P. Jarvis requesting information on John Archdale

Physical Description

1 folder

Paul Rodebaugh talk at the Nottingham Lots Tercentenary, 2001.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Program and publicity

Physical Description

1 folder

Photographs of Talbot County manumission and 1682 meeting record, n.d.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Webster Family genealogical notes, n.d.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Print, Suggest