Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Established in 1871, Friends Historical Library collects archival, manuscript, printed, and visual records concerning the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) from their origins in the mid-seventeenth century to the present. The holdings are a significant research collection for the regional and local history of the middle-Atlantic region of the United States, the history of American social reform, the involvement of Quakers in a variety of movements and organizations.

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McCabe Library, First Floor
Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081

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The American Anti-Slavery Society 50th Anniversary
Title:
The American Anti-Slavery Society 50th Anniversary
Description:
Documents prepared for, and correspondence related to, the fiftieth anniversary of the Anti-Slavery Convention (held in Philadelphia in 1833), and the American Anti-Slavery Society that was formed on the occasion. Most documents in this collection are taken from the Daniel Neall Jr. (1817-1894) papers.
Date:
1833 - 1886
Collection:
Daniel Neall papers, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Maryland Colonization Society Records
Title:
Maryland Colonization Society Records
Description:
Bound volume contains pages entered in two directions, from the front and back covers. One side identifies the officers of auxiliaries to the Maryland Colonization Society, and names various individuals sympathetic to the cause. Reverse entered from the back of the book is a list of applicants to Liberia from August 1832. Also included are a table summarizing the Maryland Census of 1830, a printed address by the Maryland Colonization Society in 1832, and miscellaneous extracts and memoranda. This volume was owned by Moses Sheppard, a Baltimore Friend and active member in the Maryland Colonization Society.
Date:
1831 - 1835
Collection:
Moses Sheppard Papers, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
New York Female Association Minutes
Title:
New York Female Association Minutes
Description:
Lists the annual members, managers, and officers of the New York Female Association. Contains abstracted meeting minutes and annual reports. Includes some financial records of the Association in account with Catharine Murray.
Date:
1798-1845
Collection:
New York Female Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
'Penn Sewing School. 1868-1888. A Retrospect of Twenty Years."
Title:
'Penn Sewing School. 1868-1888. A Retrospect of Twenty Years."
Description:
Outlines the origins and past 20 years of the Penn Sewing School, from the integration of African-American students into the program to the desire for expansion as the Penn Sewing and Household School.
Date:
1888-04-28
Collection:
Penn Sewing School Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. The paper also bears a printed circular from the Rhode Island Radical Peace Society, dated 1867. Lucretia Mott shares various news of family and friends, including her servant Mary Quin's marriage and a visit from Mary Pen, a former servant. She plans to attend Rachel Wilson Moore's wedding.
Date:
1867-04-21
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Constitution
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Constitution
Description:
The Constitution states that the Association was created by single women residents of Pennsylvania who were looking to help "poor and deserving women." Article 2nd states that all members must be single women but married women may assist in "charitable labors." Article 4th explains that the Association will help poor and deserving women in the county and city of Philadelphia by securing them employment with compensation. The justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania signed it and certified it as lawful, and A.L. Russell, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, signed it stating that it was enrolled in Charter Book Vol. No. 7, pages 371 and 372.
Date:
1849
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. Written over a printed circular advertising the annual meeting of the Rosine Association. Lucretia Mott discusses recent news about family and friends. She has recently been visited by L.E. Ricks of Washington, D.C., who is aiding freedmen; Mott discusses Ricks's fundraising and briefly mentions Frances D. Gage.
Date:
1866-07-20
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women legal documents
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women legal documents
Description:
Deeds, mortgages, titles, wills, and searches, including the will of Henry C. Cochran.
Date:
1841-1902
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Report of the Penn Sewing School of Philadelphia for 1894-1895
Title:
Report of the Penn Sewing School of Philadelphia for 1894-1895
Description:
Annual report including a list of officers, treasury report, a list of subscribers, and the by-laws of the school.
Date:
1894-1895
Collection:
Penn Sewing School Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Minutes of the Annual Assoc. for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Book No. 3
Title:
Minutes of the Annual Assoc. for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Book No. 3
Description:
Third book of minutes from the meetings of the Annual Association for Relief of Sick Children in the Summer. Includes discussion of withdrawal of funds from donors, as well as overall business regarding the program.
Date:
1821-1823
Collection:
Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Friends Instruction Association treasurer's account book
Title:
Friends Instruction Association treasurer's account book
Description:
Financial account book for the Friends Instruction Association kept by Dr. Fanny L. Uhler, treasurer of the organization, recording both donations and expenditures. Also contains several loose papers which are mostly receipts for fabrics and sewing supplies.
Date:
1876-1894
Collection:
Friends Instructional Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
New York Female Association Treasurer's book
Title:
New York Female Association Treasurer's book
Description:
Details the financial records of the New York Female Association.
Date:
1866-1890
Collection:
New York Female Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
New York Female Association Subscription book for Free School
Title:
New York Female Association Subscription book for Free School
Description:
Details the subscribers for the support of a Free School under the care of the New York Female Association and their financial contributions. Includes a partial list of members. The book contains records starting from both the front and the back.
Date:
1803-1842
Collection:
New York Female Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott, who recently visited Martha "Pattie" Mott Lord in New York, gives a short account of her trip home and offers news of friends and family. Briefly discusses a meeting of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, which both Abby Kimber and Mary Grew attended. James Miller McKim is considering going to England to advocate for the freedmen. Mott also briefly discusses William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., and Wendell Phillips Garrison, as well as the activities of her grandchildren.
Date:
1866-03-12
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
From the Overseers of the Press Concerning Jn. Woolmans Negro Book
Title:
From the Overseers of the Press Concerning Jn. Woolmans Negro Book
Description:
Notice from Overseers of the Press of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting about the availability of John Woolman's newly-published 'Some Considerations on Keeping Negroes' part 2.
Date:
1762-03-28
Collection:
Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women treasurer's book
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women treasurer's book
Description:
Income and expenses of the Northern Association, including donations and salaries. There is a gap in page numbers due to many pages left blank.
Date:
1905-1926
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
New York Female Association record of contributions
Title:
New York Female Association record of contributions
Description:
Records the receipt of money, usually from the treasurer or the Murray fund. Inserts are glued on top of each other; some writing is obscured.
Date:
1892-1944
Collection:
New York Female Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rosine Association casebook
Title:
Rosine Association casebook
Description:
Gives biographies of women assisted by the Rosine Association, a house for the reformation, employment and instruction of women, who had led immoral lives. A typical entry discusses the woman's place of birth, her family situation, her life in brief, and her contact with the Association. Blank pages have not been scanned.
Date:
1848-1851
Collection:
Mira Sharpless Townsend Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to H. Collins
Title:
Letter to H. Collins
Description:
Fragment. Discusses the early history of the New York Female Association (circa 1800). Author's name is illegible.
Date:
1857-04-15
Collection:
New York Female Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Constitution and by-laws
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Constitution and by-laws
Description:
Amended constitution. Lists the names (and often addresses) of members, including Lucretia Mott. Outlines duties of president, acting committee, etc. Affirms a desire "to admit none but the deserving poor." Provides a set of rules to be followed by women given work by the Association. Also includes 1867 revisions to the bylaws.
Date:
1844-1928
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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