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Hannah Peters Bringhurst diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-009
Overview
Diary entries largely focus on religious reflection, but also describe social calls and Quaker meetings.
Dates:
1781
Sarah Cresson diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-015
Overview
Cresson was a Quaker minister who was born in Philadelphia and later moved to Haddonfield, New Jersey. The majority of her diary entries detail visits from traveling Quaker ministers, funerals of community members, and descriptions of Quaker meetings, including testimonies given. Many entries are composed solely of prayers to God, or exclamations of Sarah’s religious conviction and her devotion to her God and the Quaker faith, while later entries tend to detail more earthly concerns,...
Dates:
1789-1829
Alice Gitchell journals
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1306
Overview
This collection contains 41 handwritten, bound journals and documents from the Women's Committee of the 1985 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting written by and belonging to Alice M. Gitchell. Journal entries cover the years 1964-2010 and include personal and religious reflections and desciptions of dreams, personal and professional day to day activities, major life events, and ongoing struggles with mental health. Documents from the 1985 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting include correspondence and drafts...
Dates:
1946-2011
Anna Greene diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-028
Overview
Anna Greene was born circa 1790, to Paul and Anna Green in Naragansett, Rhode Island. She was a Quaker preacher. Her diary entries focus on prayer and religious reflection.
Dates:
1809-1819
Katherine T. Paxson journals
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-054
Overview
Katherine T. Paxson was a Quaker author and poet. Journal entries describe Quaker meetings, prayers and religious reflection, attendance at writing conferences and workshops, as well as visits with family and friends, and daily housework.
Dates:
1971-1995
Sarah D. Wilt diary
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: HC.MC-801-01-001
Overview
This collection contains a diary created by Sarah D. Wilt between the years 1864 and 1872. In her entries she wrote about traveling with her family.
Dates:
1864-1872
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