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Bowles family correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1212
Abstract
The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. In 1900, the Bowles moved to Japan under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and managed the Friends School and established the Tokyo Friends Center. During World War II, the Bowles family moved to Hawaii and worked with war refugees. The Bowles family correspondence consists of correspondence from Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles to their son Gordon Townsend Bowles from 1922 to...
Dates:
1922-1960
Edward W. Evans Quaker Concerns Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-237
Overview
Edward W. Evans (1882-1976) was a Quaker leader and lawyer active in the educational and peace concerns of the Society of Friends. The collection primarily contains papers compiled by Edward W. Evans during his time as Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), from 1938-1946. Of particular interest are the materials concerning Civilian Public Service. The collection is significant in its documentation of pacifist attitudes and the ways in which the Society of Friends was active...
Dates:
1938-1951
Kite-Bassett Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-080
Overview
The Kite and Bassett families were Orthodox Quakers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Lynn, Massachusetts, respectively. James Kite was born in 1808, the son of Benjamin and Rebecca Kite of Philadelphia. In 1837 he was granted a certificate to Salem Monthly Meeting in Massachusetts to marry Lydia B. Rodman, widow of Caleb Rodman and daughter of Isaac and Ruth Bassett of Lynn. James and Lydia had eight children, viz. Ruth, James Rodman, Eliza B., Rebecca, Isaac C. Bassett, Hannah B., Lydia...
Dates:
1837-1930
S. Francis Nicholson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-275
Overview
S. Francis Nicholson was a prominent Quaker investment banker, longtime officer of Provident National Bank, Philadelphia, and active in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, A.F.S.C., and Friends Fiduciary Corporation. The collection contains correspondence, financial records, memorabilia, and other papers reflecting his career and life with his wife, Evelyn Haworth Nicholson.
Dates:
1900-2005
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- Bassett, Hannah, 1815-1855 1
- Bassett, Ruth, d. 1860 1
- Bassett, William, 1803-1871 1
- Bowles, Gilbert, 1869-1960 1
- Bowles, Gordon Townsend 1
- Bowles, Jane T. 1
- Bowles, Minnie, 1868-1958 1
- Boyce, Eliza B. (Eliza Bassett), 1807-1882 1
- Boyce, Eunice B. (Eunice Bassett), 1811-1864 1
- Earlham College 1
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 1
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 1
- Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 1
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 1
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 1
- Friends Girls School (Tokyo, Japan) 1
- Friends World Committee for Consultation 1
- Furnas, Paul J. 1
- Harvard Business School 1
- Hoffman, Ruth McCollin, b. 1890 1
- Japan Friends' Mission (Tokyo, Japan) 1
- Kite, Abbie, 1851-1919 1
- Kite, James R. (James Rodman), 1840-1908 1
- Kite, James, 1808-1856 1
- Kite, Lydia B. (Lydia Bassett), 1813-1872 1
- Masters, Rebecca K. (Rebecca Kite), 1843-1895 1
- Newhall, Anna G. (Anna Greene), fld 1824-1863 1
- Nicholson, Evelyn Haworth, 1903-1994 1
- Nicholson, S. Francis, 1900-2005 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 1
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 1
- Provident National Bank 1
- Smedley, Jacob, 1835-1893 1
- Smedley, Ruth K. (Ruth Kite), 1838-1914 1
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