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
Managers Minute (1840-07-14)
Title:
Managers Minute (1840-07-14)
Description:
Papers belonging to Board of Managers, mostly rough minutes from their meetings, also includes some minutes from Stockholders' meetings, reports prepared by the Board, and other documents.
Date:
1840-07-14
Collection:
Pennsylvania Hall Association Records, 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
Stockholders Minute (1840-10-09)
Title:
Stockholders Minute (1840-10-09)
Description:
Papers belonging to Board of Managers, mostly rough minutes from their meetings, also includes some minutes from Stockholders' meetings, reports prepared by the Board, and other documents.
Date:
1840-10-09
Collection:
Pennsylvania Hall Association Records, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
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
Managers Minute (1838-05-17)
Title:
Managers Minute (1838-05-17)
Description:
Papers belonging to Board of Managers, mostly rough minutes from their meetings, also includes some minutes from Stockholders' meetings, reports prepared by the Board, and other documents.
Date:
1838-05-17
Collection:
Pennsylvania Hall Association Records, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Theodore Tilton to Joseph & Ruth Dugdale
Title:
Theodore Tilton to Joseph & Ruth Dugdale
Date:
1870-03
Collection:
Joseph and Ruth Dugdale Correspondence, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
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
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Oldden Ridgeway was a distant cousin of Martha Schofield's who joined the Union army during the Civil War. He thinks a Union victory and emancipation are imminent.
Date:
1862-02-16
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers
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
Stockholders Minute (1840-10-10)
Title:
Stockholders Minute (1840-10-10)
Description:
Papers belonging to Board of Managers, mostly rough minutes from their meetings, also includes some minutes from Stockholders' meetings, reports prepared by the Board, and other documents.
Date:
1840-10-10
Collection:
Pennsylvania Hall Association Records, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
James Mott to Joseph Dugdale (1841)
Title:
James Mott to Joseph Dugdale (1841)
Date:
1841-09
Collection:
Joseph and Ruth Dugdale Correspondence, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Pennsylvania Hall Association, Legal and Financial Papers
Title:
Pennsylvania Hall Association, Legal and Financial Papers
Description:
Bills, receipts, reports, and other materials relating to the financial situation of the Pennsylvania Hall Association. The expenses recorded were mainly construction costs from building the Hall, legal fees for prosecuting the claim against the County, and interest on bonds taken out to fund the above. Includes unofficial documents, such as correspondence and calculations, as well as official documents, such as stock certificates, promissory notes, and a bond contract.
Date:
1837 - 1849
Collection:
Pennsylvania Hall Association Records, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Description:
Appears to be a fragment. Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer Bartram in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. She writes that she has been keeping very busy working at the hospital and tending to the sick and wounded. She describes an "accident on the Baltimore Rail Road" that killed and injured many soldiers who had been discharged from the hospitals in Philadelphia and were returning to the South. Schofield tended to the men injured in the accident and shares some of their stories. She bemoans the death and suffering that is a result of the war.
Date:
1862-09-14
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers
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

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