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Abington Friends School (Abington, Pa.) Account book
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-001
Abstract
Abington Friends School was established by Abington Monthly Meeting in the latter part of the eighteenth century as a day school. The account book covers the period 1828-1842. Pupil's names are given with the status of their payments, etc.
Dates:
1828-1842
Ash-Schofield Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-004
Abstract
Samuel Shinn Ash and his wife, Sarah Jane Schofield Ash, were prominent Quakers, active in a variety of philanthropic activities, including anti-slavery, peace, temperance, women's rights, and education. Samuel Shinn Ash was apprenticed as an engineer and machinist and worked in manufacturing. This collection consists of family papers, manuscript letters and memorabilia, largely of a domestic nature. Includes some descriptions of Meetings and religious journeys, of the early struggles of...
Dates:
1796 - 1933; Majority of material found within 1833 - 1912
Association for the Care of Colored Orphans Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-008
Abstract
The Association for the Care of Colored Orphans, also known as “The Shelter,” was founded in Philadelphia by Quaker women in 1822 to care for black orphans, both boys and girls, within a nurturing, home-like environment. In 1915, it relocated to Cheyney, Pa, and became a home for girls. In 1965, its name was changed to “Friends Shelter for Girls,” and its mission evolved to serve as a home for teenaged girls. In 1981 it ceased to function as a group home and was succeeded by Friends...
Dates:
1822-1979
Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-009
Abstract
The Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons was a Quaker organization organized in 1789 in Philadelphia to operate a charity school for black adults. The Association provided free adult education to African-Americans until 1904 when it was dissolved and its assets were transferred to the Institute for Colored Youth. This collection contains minutes, financial records, and some correspondence of the Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult...
Dates:
1789-1905
Atkinson family scrapbook
Collection — othertype: SC-166
Identifier: SFHL-SC-166
Abstract
Includes Westtown mensuration book, 1835, with newspaper clippings glued in, 1889-1893 & n.d. Also assorted newspaper clippings concerning the Twining, Atkinson, and Smith families, the Carlisle Indian School, Quakers in Bucks County (Pa.), Bucks County history, the Molloy family, and Friends' schools. Obituaries of note in this folder are Isaiah Quinby, 1716-1807; Eleanor Mabel Malloy, 1883-1908; Miranda Doan Baker, d. 1900; Mary B. Stradling, d. 1899; Abram R. Vail, d. 1899; Marcie A....
Dates:
1804, 1835-ca. 1935
Frank Aydelotte Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D07
Abstract
The Frank Aydelotte Papers consists of President Aydelotte's official correspondence, correspondence with faculty, and personal papers.
Dates:
1905-1956
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
William W. Birdsall Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D05
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, lists of prospective students, class lists of alumni, and miscellaneous material of William W. Birdsall, fifth President of Swarthmore College (1898-1902).
Dates:
1898-1902
Elizabeth Powell Bond Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-014
Abstract
Elizabeth Powell Bond (1841-1926) served for four years as Matron of Swarthmore College and was appointed as its first Dean of Women in 1890. She retired in 1906. 1906. A birthright Quaker and lifelong member of the Society of Friends, she played an important role in the development of coeducation at the College. (1860-1926), diaries and journals (1856-1925), business papers, speeches and articles, pictures, and memorabilia. Correspondents include Louisa M. Alcott, Ellen Emerson, Hannah...
Dates:
1856-1958
Broomell-Cleghorn-Fisher Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-278
Abstract
This collection contains material collected by Anna Pettit Broomell and primarily consists of the writings and correspondence of Broomell, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and Sarah Cleghorn.
Dates:
1876-1967
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- Walton, George A. (George Arthur), 1883- 2
- Wharton, Joseph, 1826-1909 2
- Abington Friends School (Abington, Pa.) 1
- Abington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 1
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- Aimwell School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1
- Alexandria Boarding School (Alexandria, Va.) 1
- All American Friends Conference (1929 : Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1
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- Andrews, C. F. (Charles Freer), 1871-1940 1
- Ash, Samuel S. (Samuel Shinn), 1829-1911 1
- Ash, Sarah J. (Sarah Jane), 1835-1912 1
- Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons 1
- Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Colored Women 1
- Atkinson family 1
- Atkinson, Stephen, b. 1819 1
- Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-1956 1
- Balderston, Ida Smedley (Ida Roberts Smedley Balderston), 1896-1993 1
- Barnard, Ella K. (Ella Kent), 1853- 1
- Barnard, Mary A. (Mary Anna), 1828-1865 1
- Baumgardt, David, 1890-1963 1
- Beans, Mary, b. 1811 1
- Beehive School for Colored Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Benezet House Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Benezet, Anthony 1
- Bond, Elizabeth Powell, 1841-1926 1
- Brinton, Anna Cox 1
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- Bronner, Edward 1
- Broomell, Anna Pettit 1
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- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 1
- Brown, Thomas Wistar, 1826-1916 1
- Bryn Mawr College 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
- Buckingham Monthly Meeting of Friends 1
- Bush, Annie Hallowell, 1849-1930 1
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- Carey, Matthew, 1760-1839 1
- Carter, W. (William), 1651-1739 1
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- Chevalier, Lydia (Lydia Clendenon Chevalier), 1798-1878 1
- Cheyney Training School for Teachers 1
- Child, Mary H. (Mary Hough), 1803-1874 1
- Christiansburg Industrial Institute 1
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- Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 1
- Clendenon, Robert, 1756-1833 1
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- Comly family 1
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- Comly, Debby Ann, 1812-1882 1
- Comly, Isaac, 1779-1847 1
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- Comly, Rebecca, 1773-1832 1
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