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William Hubben Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-068
Abstract
William Hubben (1895-1974) was a prominent Quaker educator, speaker, editor, and author. Born in Germany in 1895, William Hubben joined the small but growing movement of German Quakers in 1923 and participated in a number of international religious and peace conferences. His political involvement with the Social Democratic Party caused his dismissal in 1933 by Hitler's government. He emigrated to the United States with his wife, Maria, and children soon afterward, and went on to be heavily...
Dates:
1906-1976
Norman Walton Swayne Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-144
Abstract
The Swayne family were Quakers of southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. Caleb Swayne was a farmer and tanner, and his son, Benjamin, also operated a tan yard and conducted a school for boys, the London Grove Boarding School. Evan Thomas Swayne also taught at London Grove, but moved to the Eaton Institute, a boarding school for girls in Kennett, after 1865. His son, Edward Swayne, had a greenhouse business and wrote poetry. Edward's sister, Anna Belle, was a photographer before her marriage...
Dates:
1733-1987
George A. (George Arthur) Walton Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-157
Abstract
George A. Walton (1883-1969) was the long-time headmaster of the George School, a Quaker boarding school in Newtown, Pennsylvania. He succeeded his father as headmaster in 1912 and served until 1948. After his retirement, he continued to be active in Quaker organizations and concerns, including the reunification of the Society of Friends in 1955. He was a member of Newtown Monthly Meeting. The collection contains family and other correspondence, writings, and related papers. Correspondents...
Dates:
1842 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1904 - 1969
Joseph Solomon Walton Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-158
Abstract
Joseph Solomon Walton (1855-1912) was a Quaker educator and the second principal (1901-1912) of the George School (Bucks County, Pa.). The collection contains diaries and biographical material, financial and legal papers, correspondence, writings and lectures, and papers related to the George School.
Dates:
1878-1943 [bulk, 1878-1910]
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- Walton, George A. (George Arthur), 1883- 2
- Andrews, C. F. (Charles Freer), 1871-1940 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 1
- Eaton Institute 1
- Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990 1
- Hubben, William, 1895-1974 1
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 1
- Joseph Solomon Walton (1855-1912) 1
- Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 1
- London Grove Boarding School (London Grove, Pa. : Township) 1
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 1
- Preston, W. B. (William Barnard), 1858-1888. 1
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 1
- Solovyov, Vladimir Sergeyevish, 1853-1900 1
- Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands 1
- Swarthmore College 1
- Swayne family 1
- Swayne, A. B. (Anna Belle), 1864-1931. 1
- Swayne, Benjamin, 1791-1873. 1
- Swayne, Caleb, 1749-1825. 1
- Swayne, Edward, 1853-1929. 1
- Swayne, Evan T. (Evan Thomas), 1824-1894. 1
- Swayne, Norman Walton, 1885-1964 1
- Tolstoy, Alexandra, 1884-1979 1
- Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano) 1
- Walton, J. Barnard (Joseph Barnard), 1885-1963 1
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