Subject: Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (1.25 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Edward Wyatt Evans (1882-1976) was a lifelong member of the Germantown (Pennsylvania) Monthly Meeting and was active in the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Evans was instrumental in the founding of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Fellowship of Reconcilation), and was the executive secretary from 1916-1919. During the 1920s, he was also active in educational and peace programs of the Society of Friends.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 7 linear ft. (14 boxes and 1 volume)
Abstract:: Edward W. Evans (1882-1976) was a Quaker leader and lawyer active in the educational and peace concerns of the Society of Friends. The collection primarily contains papers compiled by Edward W. Evans during his time as Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), from 1938-1946. Of particular interest are the materials concerning Civilian Public Service. The collection is significant in its documentation of pacifist attitudes and the ways in which the Society of Friends was active during the Second World War.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1.04 linear ft. (12.5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Includes papers documenting Charles C. Price's work for peace, world federalism, and environmental protection.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Robin Harper is active in the peace movement. During the 1950s and 1960s he protested nuclear weapons and missile defense systems. The papers in this collection reflect that involvement.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1.45 linear ft. (1,45 linear feet)
Abstract:: Ellen Starr Brinton (1886-1954), Quaker, feminist and internationalist, served as the first curator of the Jane Addams Peace Collection (later the Swarthmore College Peace Collection) from 1935 until her retirement in 1951.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: John Jackson (1809-1855), son of Halliday and Jane Jackson of Darby, Pennsylvania, married Rachel Tyson (1807?-1883), daughter of Isaac Tyson of Baltimore, Maryland, in 1832. Together they established the Sharon Female Academy in Delaware County, Pa. John Jackson was a Quaker minister and served on the Joint Committee on Indian Affairs. Collection contains correspondence and other papers, 1827-1849. Series I is made up primarily of correspondence and drafts of correspondence between Griffith M. Cooper and Joseph Warner, 1835-1838 and 1843- 1846, circulated among members of the Joint Committee on Indian Affairs. Series II includes personal letters, 1827-1838, from Rachel Tyson to friends and family.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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