Society of Friends
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin Bales letter
Collection — Folder S2753
Identifier: S2753
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two photostat pages. The first item is a letter from Benjamin Bales of Moreland, Indiana on October 17, 1883, to his nephew Levi Bales, asking him not to join the Dunkards, do it. The second item is a collected page of Bales family history that was written by Tom Hamm.
Dates:
1883, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Benjamin Bales letter
Edna Harvey Joseph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-053
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical research from Edna Joseph ranging from 1929 to 1969. Some of the research in the collection may be attributed to William Wade Hinshaw. After Ms. Joseph died Willard Heiss received her research, he deposited some of it at Guilford College in North Carolina.
Dates:
1851-1969
Found in:
Genealogy
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Edna Harvey Joseph collection
Ethel McDaniel collection
Collection — Folder S2757
Identifier: S2757
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a variety of materials gathered by Ethel McDaniel about the history of Society of Friends education within Indiana, ranging from 1884 to 1939. Items include tallies of schools and students, maps showing school locations, Indiana Yearly Meeting pamphlets, correspondence, and questionnaires.
Dates:
1884-1939
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ethel McDaniel collection
George Allen collection
Collection
Identifier: L003
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the copies of papers from George Allen in Indiana ranging from 1851 to 1895. The bulk of the collection is made up of correspondence between George Allen and his family, from 1856 to 1870, while the Allen family moved to Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. There is also an account book (1866-1889) kept by George Allen for a general store. The collection also contains a cash book, also kept by Allen, in which he records all cash received and paid out. It is dated throughout the...
Dates:
1851-1895
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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George Allen collection
Hobbs family collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: G-043
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical research, Bible records, a botanical notebook, and ephemera from Mary Anna Hobbs and others in Indiana, ranging from 1823 to 1938, regarding the Hobbs, Stark, and Rodgers families.
Dates:
Other: 1823 - 1938
Found in:
Genealogy
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Hobbs family collection
Hugh Barbour speech
Collection — Folder S0065
Identifier: S0065
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photocopy of a paper read by Barbour at the Friends United Meeting in Richmond, Indiana. The paper is titled "The Lamb’s War Today" and it discusses Quaker theology in light of the Cold War, and other themes.
Dates:
1966
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hugh Barbour speech
Joseph John Gurney letter
Collection — Folder S2758
Identifier: S2758
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one photostat copy of Joseph James Gurney's farewell letter to the Friends of the Spiceland Monthly Meeting in Indiana on October 19, 1837, regarding his moving elsewhere.
Dates:
1837/10/19
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph John Gurney letter
New Garden Friends monthly meeting minutes
Collection — Folder S3125
Identifier: S3125
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one handwritten fragment of the New Garden Friends monthly meeting minutes taken by Thomas Parkind, the clerk of the meeting, in Indiana on June 19, 1833. One of the causes for the monthly meeting was to certify that John Hans was a member of its society and that he was an eligible bachelor "clear of marriage engagements with others."
Dates:
1833/06/19
Percival Brooks Coffin collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-079
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical charts, correspondence, research, and published materials from William Edward and Percival Brooks Coffin in the United States ranging from 1847 to 1921 regarding the Coffin family.
Dates:
1847-1921
Found in:
Genealogy
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Percival Brooks Coffin collection
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