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Anna S. Cox Brinton family papers, 1825-1960 (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 linear ft. (36 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of the family of Anna S. Cox Brinton, a notable Quaker educator, activist and minister. Her family includes Joel and Hannah E. Shipley Bean, the founders of the Beanite branch of Quakerism, as well as Catharine M. Cox Miles, who was active with the American Friends Service Committee in Germany after World War I. Other family members are also included.

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British Friends' letters, 1650-1985 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Letters of English Friends containing information on Quaker history as well as religious and cultural activities. The collection also includes letters relating to the activities of early Friends.

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Addition to Henry J. Cadbury papers, 1866-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 linear ft. (10 boxes)
Abstract:: Henry Joel Cadbury (1883-1974) was one of the foremost American Quaker scholars of the 20th century. He published in the fields of Quaker and biblical history, and served as a teacher and philanthropist. This addition to the papers of Henry Cadbury includes biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, writings, such as his The Book of Acts in History and photographs of Cadbury and his family.

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William Warder Cadbury papers, 1877-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.35 linear ft. (2 boxes, 1 volume, 1 tube)
Abstract:: The papers of William Warder Cadbury, who was a Quaker medical missionary in China during the first half of the 20th century.

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Rebecca Singer Collins papers, 1824-1886 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 document box)
Abstract:: Letters and diaries of Rebecca Singer Collins (1804-1892), a nineteenth-century Quaker well known for her religious philanthropic work.

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Thomas P. Cope Family papers, 1795-1891 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Letters, legal, business and financial papers, accounts, minutes, diary, portraits and other papers chiefly related to the Cope family of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Topics include business and civic interests in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting committe aiding German Separatists led by Joseph M. Bimeler (Baumler), Separation of 1827-1828, slavery and immigration of free Black people to Haiti, War of 1812, etc. Letters (1854-1857) of Thomas Garrett (1789-1871) discuss his work assisting fleeing formerly enslaved people.

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Fritz Eichenberg papers, 1937-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:: .42 linear ft. (1 hollinger box)
Abstract:: The collection includes wood engravings, correspondence, and a list of periodicals containing engraved illustrations by Eichenburg. Eichenburg's work focused on religion, social justice, and nonviolence.

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Haddon-Estaugh-Hopkins papers, 1676-1841 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Abstract:: Letters and documents relating chiefly to John Haddon, Quaker and anchor maker of England, to his purchases of land in New Jersey, and the founding and establishing of Haddonfield, New Jersey by Elizabeth, his daughter, who came to the colony in 1701, "to take up her father's land," and who married John Estaugh, a young Quaker preacher, in 1702.

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Charles Evans papers, 1681-1860 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Jonathan Evans's papers, ca. 1818-38, shed light on the religious, doctrinal controversies, and differences arising among the members of the Society of Friends related to the preachings of Elias Hicks, Nicholas Brown, and Elisha Bates. There are also letters of the Cope and Evans families relating to the Hicksite Separation.

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George Fox papers, 1660-1952 (inclusive)

Extent:: .5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Includes letters, portraits, photographs, illustrations, articles, clippings, pamphlets, and a map concerning the life and times of George Fox. Topics covered include Fox's itinerary of his trip to America, the Dutch Bible Fox carried with him on his trip to Holland in 1677, pictures of places associated with Fox, birthplace, funeral, and grave of Fox. Includes material from the George Fox tercentary of 1924 (on the 300th anniversary of his birth).

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