Call Number:

SC.016

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Henry Joel Cadbury Correspondence, 1936-1951.

Date:

1936-1951 (inclusive)

Creator:

Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974, Tolles, Frederick Barnes, 1915-1975, Perry, Bliss, 1860-1954, Carter, Jessie Gidley, 1876-1946, and Rusk, Ralph L. (Ralph Leslie), b. 1888

Abstract:

This collection primarily includes correspondence related to Frederick Tolles' article "Emerson and Quakerism" and to Henry Cadbury's article " Quakerism in Friedrichstadt.". Correspondents include Frederick Tolles, Bliss Perry, R.L. Rusk, Jessie Carter, and others.

Henry J. Cadbury was a Quaker historian, educator, and bible scholar. Born into a Quaker family in Philadelphia in 1883, Henry Cadbury was a founder and active member of the American Friends Service Committee, serving as its Chairman from 1928-34 and 1944-60. He taught at Haverford College (1910-18), Bryn Mawr College (1926-34), and was Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard (1934-54). Thoughout his career Henry Cadbury lectured and wrote on peace issues. He was devoted to his studies of Quaker history and the New Testament.