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"Some Account of William Penn's Birth, Education, and Death"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-106
Overview

The anonymous manuscript "Some Account of William Penn's Birth, Education, and Death, Also: Some Account of his travels in the work of the ministry in some parts of Germany and Holland, etc.," is organized chronologically, and after providing initial biographical information about William Penn, provides brief descriptions of important events in Penn's life, organized by year.

Dates: 1863

"Massacre: A Play"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-015
Overview

Charlotte Brate's play, "Massacre," describes a fictional event in the life of William Penn. It takes place in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1683, and describes the white settlers' fear of an "Indian massacre" and misunderstandings between the settlers and the Lenni-Lenape.

Dates: 1941

"The Trial of William Penn"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-023
Overview

The script of Columbia Broadcasting Company's 1950 production of "The Trial of William Penn" is a dramatic retelling of the last day of Penn's trial.

Dates: 1950

William Wistar Comfort papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1195
Overview

Papers of William Wistar Comfort (1876-1955), president of Haverford College in a particularly sensitive time between two world wars and scholar of French literature. Comfort was a prolific writer and speaker on Quaker topics, but also on such diverse subjects as William Cowper, children's stories, education and music.

Dates: 1867-1941

De Armand Family Album

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-049
Overview

This collection consists of a family album of cartes de visite depicting prominent Friends and members of various Quaker families. The album seemed to belong to William Webster, whose family immigrated to Woodbridge, New Jersey circa 1685 and who helped in the development of Plainfield, New Jersey and the Plainfield Meeting House in the late 1700s.

Dates: 1870 - 1890

William Hepworth Dixon holographic manuscript of William Penn biography

 Collection — Volume: MSS-014
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-014
Scope and Contents

William Hepworth Dixon's manuscript, in his own handwriting, of his book "William Penn : an historical biography, from new sources."

Dates: 1850

William I. Hull Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-069
Overview William I. Hull, a Quaker pacifist, taught history at Swarthmore College from 1892 until his death in 1939. He was the Librarian of Friends Historical Library and also authored numerous books and articles, particularly on the subjects of Quakers in Holland, William Penn, peace, and international relations. The Papers contain correspondence (1900-1939), diaries (1892-1939), published and unpublished writings, papers relating to conferences and committees in which he participated, reference...
Dates: 1843-1939 (bulk 1900-1939)

"The Theology of Early Friends with Special Reference to that of Isaac Penington"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-049
Overview

Robert Ion's undergraduate thesis, entitled "The Theology of Early Friends with Special Reference to that of Isaac Penington," includes a history of Quaker theology, a summary of Isaac Penington's life, and a brief biography of Robert Barclay and William Penn.

Dates: 1947

Charles F. (Charles Francis) Jenkins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-073
Overview Charles F. Jenkins (1864-1951) was a prominent Quaker who was involved with Green Street Monthly Meeting, the American Friends Service Committee, the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (1919-1934), and Friends Intelligencer. He was also a Manager of Swarthmore College for 40 years and President of the Board from 1933 to 1944. Includes correspondence about "Signers' Walk" at Far Country, 1939-46, and general correspondence, 1897-1947, relating to Swarthmore College, Quaker Meetings, William Penn,...
Dates: 1865-1950

Richmond P. (Richmond Pearson) Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-105
Overview Richmond Pearson Miller (1902-1972) was a Quaker author and educator. He was the son of J. Milton and Sara G. Miller In 1926 Alice Leinbach. He died in 1972. This collection contains the papers of Richmond P. Miller, Quaker author and educator, including correspondence, writings, and papers relating to various Quaker concerns. Miller was involved with the 1962 NBC television production, Gentle Persuaders; the William Penn Tercentenary in 1964; the William Jeanes Memorial Library controversy;...
Dates: 1923-1970

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Billikopf, Jacob, 1883-1950 1
Boynton, Percy Holmes, 1875-1946 1
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Bronner, Edwin B., 1920- 1
Butler, Thomas S. (Thomas Stalker), 1855-1928 1
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Cowper, William, 1731-1800 1
Cromwell, Oliver 1
Curti, Merle (Merle Eugene), 1897-1996 1
Denniston, Eleanor Parrish, d. 1931 1
Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 1
Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879 1
Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976 1
Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 1
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Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 1
Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959 1
Fraser, David W. 1
Friends Peace Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Friends World Conference, 3rd (1952) (Oxford, England) 1
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Ginn, Edwin, 1838-1914 1
Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 1
Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945 1
Gummere, Richard M. (Richard Mott), 1883-1969 1
Hamilton family 1
Haskell, Henry S Allen ( Devere), 1891-1955 1
Haverford College 1
Hayes, John Russell, 1866-1945 1
Henderson, Archibald, 1877-1963 1
Hicks family 1
Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 1
International Peace Conference (2nd : 1907 : Hague, Netherlands) 1
Ion, Robert 1
Jackson family 1
Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937 1
Jeanes, Anna T. (Anna Thomas), 1822-1907 1
Jenkins family (Jenkins, Jabez, 1792-1858) 1
Jones, Richard Mott, 1843-1917 1
Kaiser family 1
Keith, George, 1639?-1716 1
Kirchwey, George W. (George Washington), 1855-1942 1
Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 1
Miller, Richmond P. (Richmond Pearson), 1902-1972 1
Myers, Albert Cook 1
Palmer family 1
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Parrish, John, 1729-1807 1
Pearson, Paul M. (Paul Martin), 1871-1938 1
Penington, Isaac 1
Plymouth Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
Proud, Robert, 1728-1813 1
Regen, Rosalie 1
Rowe, L.S. (Leo Stanton), 1871-1946 1
Scott, Abraham 1
Tolles, Frederick Barnes, 1915-1975 1
Trotter, Elizabeth Stanley 1
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Whiting, John, 1656-1722 1
Whiting, Mary, 1654-1676 1
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 1
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William Penn Charter School 1
Woman's Peace Party 1
Wood, Richard R. (Richard Reeve), 1897-1982 1
Yarnall, Stanley R. (Stanley Rhoads), 1871-1964 1
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