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Allinson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-968
abstract
This collection spans more than two centuries and includes most notably members of the Allinson and Taylor families. There are also letters from Joseph Bonaparte, Sarah Moore Grimke, Julia Ward Howe and George Washington. Prominent material types include correspondence, diaries, financial, legal and property papers, maps, photographs and poetry. The richest subject veins are anti-slavery, including the Free Produce Association of Friends, the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia and...
Dates:
1710 - 1939
Allinson family scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-04-001
Abstract
The Allinson family scrapbook is largely comprised of clippings on poetry, temperance, prison reform, reform for juvenile delinquents, and anti-slavery. Many of the anti-slavery clippings discuss the possibility of using Jamaica as a "home for colored emigrants." The end of the volume includes 12 pages of signatures. The volume also includes an obituary for Samuel Allinson.
Dates:
1829-1870
Francis G. Allinson photograph album
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-06-005
Abstract
Francis G. Allinson's photograph album features photographs from his travels in Europe, particularly of landscapes, buildings, ruins, and mountains. According to some of the labels on the photos, a number of photos were taken in Germany, along the Rhine river. Also included are a number of Quaker portraits, including those of Charles S. Taylor, Abraham Taylor, Lizzie Rob, Belle Pugh, Amelia Gummere, Bessie Eyre, William Kimber, Howard Taylor, Samuel Alsop, Edward Allinson, and Samuel...
Dates:
1833
Gertrude Allinson sketchbook
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-237
Abstract
This collection includes the sketchbook of Gertrude Allinson.
Dates:
1880
Martha Allinson commonplace book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-002
Abstract
The commonplace book of Martha Allinson includes Quaker testimonies, extracts of poetry, hymns, accounts of miracles, and memorandums upon the death of Quaker leaders.
Dates:
1772-1779
Samuel Allinson commonplace book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-003
Abstract
Samuel Allinson was a Quaker active in early New Jersey politics. The commonplace book of Samuel Allinson includes reflections on a variety of topics, including: Jealousy, Constancy and Fortitude, Human Trouble or Infelicity, Deceit, Novels, Romances, Riches and Poverty, Parents and Children, Women, and Marriage. He also includes remarks on slavery (p. 71), and extracts of poetry.
Dates:
1761
Samuel Allinson papers
Collection — othertype: SC-001
Identifier: SFHL-SC-001
Abstract
Correspondence and miscellaneous memorabilia, including a 1834 letter from brother William and Uncle (?) in Burlington regarding temperance and the potential purchase of land.
Dates:
1812-1856
Alloways Creek Preparative Meeting Records
Collection — othertype: SW/Ph/A450
Identifier: QM-Ph-A450
Scope and Contents
Records include: Minutes of the pre-Separation and Hicksite men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women, 1783-1938; minutes of the Hicksite women's meeting, 1841-1877.
Dates:
1783-1938
Evelyn Alloy Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Alloy, Evelyn
Abstract
This collection documents Alloy's activism for many peace and justice issues, including civil rights.
Dates:
1961-2009
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Alsop Family Papers
Collection — othertype: SC-191
Identifier: SFHL-SC-191
Abstract
This collection contains the correspondence of the Alsop and Brown families, particularly Othniel Alsop, Hannah Brown Alsop, and Othneil's English siblings, Ann and Robert Alsop. Other correspondents include Alice Jackson, Mary Coffin, and Ann Douglas. Also included are Othniel's naturalization documents, various wills, and calling cards from friends. Of particular interest is a letter dated 1799 from Othniel Alsop to sister in England, describing the "contagious fever" (yellow fever), a...
Dates:
1795-1830
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- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 37
- Westtown Boarding School 36
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- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 27
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 27
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 26
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- Penn, William, 1644-1718 22
- War Resisters League 21
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 21
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 19
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 19
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 18
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 18
- Friends General Conference (U.S.) 18
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 17
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 17
- United Nations 17
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 16
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 16
- League of Nations 16
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- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 15
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 15
- Haverford College. Office of the President 15
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 15
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 15
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 15
- Woolman, John, 1720-1772 15
- Adelman, Seymour, 1906-1985 14
- Cope family 14
- Jones, Mary Hoxie 14
- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 14
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 14
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 14
- Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 14
- Taylor family 14
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 13
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 13
- Lloyd family 13
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- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 13
- Friends World Committee for Consultation 12
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- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 10
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1955) 10
- Newton, Ray 10
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 10
- Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920 10
- Smith, Daniel B. 10
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 10
- Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 9
- Brown family 9
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 9
- Cooper family 9
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 9
- Elkinton family 9
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 9
- Fothergill, Samuel 9
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 9
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 9
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 9
- Haverford Loganian Society 9
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 9
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