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Benezet House Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-010
Abstract
The Benezet House Association, Philadelphia, Pa., was formed in 1917 to assist and educate the City's poor African American and immigrant residents. It was created by the merger of the Joseph Sturge Mission School, a First Day school for African Americans founded in 1865; Anthony Benezet School, founded in 1795 as the School for Black People and their Descendants (also known as the Raspberry Street School); and Western District Colored School, founded 1848 under the care of Twelfth Street...
Dates:
1846-1945
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-018
Abstract
The Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing was a Quaker charity founded in 1828 to distribute clothing and provide other assistance to the sick and poor of Philadelphia. It went out of existence in 1975.
Dates:
1828-1978
Friends Neighborhood Guild
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-035
Abstract
Friends Neighborhood Guild is a social welfare agency established by Hicksite Quakers in 1879 to serve the Poplar section of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It began as a volunteer organization for immigrant children and evolved into a settlement house and community center. This collection primarily contains early records of Friends Neighborhood Guild, and also the records of two related Quaker societies, the Friendly Settlement Association and the Spring Street Mission.
Dates:
1880-1962
Ladies Benevolent Association of New Brighton (Pa.)
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-072
Abstract
The Ladies Benevolent Association of New Brighton was a largely Quaker women's society, founded in 1846 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, to provide clothing and other necessities to destitute poor. In 1907, the Ladies Benevolent Association cooperated with groups to engage a visiting nurse; this organization, known as the District Nurse Association was disbanded five years later. After World War II, the need for sewing declined, and the Ladies Benevolent Association then turned its support to...
Dates:
1846-1977
The Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-053
Abstract
This Hicksite Quaker women's charity was organized in 1844 and incorporated in 1856. Its mission was to provide employment in sewing for poor women. Lucretia Mott served as president until 1866. The Association went out of existence in 1926. The collection contains legal documents, financial records, membership list (1849-1872), reports, correspondence, and related papers.
Dates:
1841-1929
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- Beaver Valley General Hospital (New Brighton, Pa.) 1
- Beehive School for Colored Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Benezet House Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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- Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing 1
- Friendly Settlement Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Friends Mission No.1 (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Friends Neighborhood Guild 1
- Joseph Sturge Mission School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Ladies Benevolent Association of New Brighton (Pa.) 1
- Locust Street Mission Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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