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Benjamin R. Burdsall papers, 1934-1942 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 folders
Abstract:
Burdsall was active in Young Friends Fellowship, serving on the Executive Committee, and Friends General Conference. This small collection mostly contains materials relating to those activities.

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

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Ann Jones Papers, 1793-1831 (inclusive)

Extent:
6 folders
Abstract:
This collection contains letters and other manuscripts relating to visits of English Friends to America in the 1820s and the controversies which led to the Hicksite-Orthodox Separation. Also included are letters from Elizabeth Rathbone, Liverpool, England, to "My Beloved Uncle;" Joseph Bringhurst, Philadelphia, to "My Esteemed Friend;" also Abel Thomas to Thomas and Mary Wistar (copy) as well as some miscellaneous Quaker papers.

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

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Benjamin H. Miller, U.S. Indian Inspector transcribed letters,1889-1890., ca. 1974-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 folders
Abstract:
The collection consists of typed transcripts of letters published in a local newspaper. They describe the places and people visited during Benjamin H. Miller's tenure as Indian Agent in South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and elsewhere. The nineteen clippings, 1889-1890, were transcribed by William T. Thom, 3rd, a great-grandson. Also includes a typed manuscript introduction that describes Miller's farm, Mt Airy, Montgomery County, Maryland, and a typed index to the letters, 1974-1975.

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

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All American Friends Conference (Oskaloosa, Ia.) Records, 1929 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
All American Friends Conference (1929) was a conference of Quakers from the United States and Canada which was held in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in September 1929. This collection contains a journal kept by Rebecca Thomas Miller, program, list of participants, pictures, and other records relating to the Conference.

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

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American Friends Service Committee, Committee on Rights of Conscience Records, 1955-1962 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
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Contains the records of American Friends Service Committee, Committee on Rights of Conscience, 1955-1962, including minutes and other supporting documents. Persons represented include Faith Bissell, Miriam E. Brailey, Harrop Freeman, Frederick Fuges, Alan Howe, Mary Knowles, Patrick M. Malin, Roland Pennock, Sara Pickus, Harry B. Sprogell, Frederick B. Tolles, and John T. Watkins.

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

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Friends' Opportunity in the Orient, 1923-1924 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
Friends Opportunity in the Orient was an unofficial Hicksite organization which sponsored a Quaker teacher in Canton, China, in the 1920s. The collection contains primarily correspondence with Margaret Hallowell Riggs, who was sponsored to teach at Canton Christian College and Canton Hospital.

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

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William Hobson Papers, 1851-1891 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
William Hobson, 1820-1891, was a Quaker minister and farmer from North Carolina, Iowa, and Oregon. The collection contains chiefly diaries (1859-1891) describing rural life in Iowa and ministerial visits to California, Kansas, Missouri, and Oregon; together with autobiographical fragments and notes for sermons.

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

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T. Atkinson Jenkins Research for Friends World Conference (London, 1920), 1917-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (1 box (ca. 100 items))
Abstract:
T. Atkinson Jenkins (1868-1935) was a Quaker and a university professor. The collection contains chiefly correspondence, questionnaires, notes, clippings, and other papers, relating to Jenkins's collection of information on Friends' attitudes to the Mexican and Civil wars, information which was designed to be part of the reassessment of the Quaker peace testimony in preparation for the first Friends World Conference (London, 1920). Also includes bibliography of Jenkins' writings on French language and literature.

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

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Emily Cooper Johnson Family Papers, 1884-1964 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
Emily Cooper Johnson was a Quaker author and reformer, born 1885 and died 1966 The collection contains correspondence, articles, reviews, and other papers, relating to Johnson's books, Dean Bond of Swarthmore: A Quaker Humanist (1927), and Under Quaker Appointment: The Life of Jane P. Rushmore (1955); together with business and financial papers, family marriage certificates, reference materials, clippings, and photos.

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

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E. Carlton (Edwin Carlton) MacDowell Papers, 1917-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
E. Carlton MacDowell (Edwin Carlton) (1887-1973) was a Quaker zoologist and relief worker. The collection contains correspondence, minutes, reports, memorabilia, pictures and other papers, relating to MacDowell's involvement in Quaker relief activities in France during and after World War I. Includes material relating to American Friends Service Committee's Reconstruction Unit and Message Committee, Berlin Centre Committee, and Friends Council for International Service.

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

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