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1.
The Women’s Auxiliary of the German Society of Pennsylvania
2.
R.L.P. letter to Martha Schofield
Date Created: 1863-02-10
3.
Grace Comfort letter to Emily Howland
Date Created: 1894-04-17
4.
Sarah L. Emory letter to Anna M. Jackson
Date Created: 1915-09-28
5.
Thomas Foulke letter fragment
Date Created: 1887
6.
Joshua Phillips letter to Women's Prison Association and Isaac T. Hopper Home
Date Created: 1867-06-26
7.
Newspaper clipping about the Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances
Date Created: 1823 - 1955
8.
'In the Days of Anne Parrish'' newspaper article
Date Created: 1897-05-09
9.
Letter to Rebecca Gratz
Date Created: 1841-02-02
10.
Letter to Virginia P. Rich
Date Created: 1945-03-03
11.
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment newspaper article
Date Created: 1914
12.
Rebecca G. Fink report on the Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor
Date Created: 1942-08-19
13.
Map of Soup Houses
Date Created: 1853 - 1900
14.
Aimwell School Association constitution
Creator: Aimwell School (Philadelphia, Pa.) (author)
Date Created: 1859 - 1933
15.
Aimwell School Association constitution and member list
Creator: Aimwell School (Philadelphia, Pa.) (author)
Date Created: 1796 - 1865
16.
Aimwell School articles of association
Creator: Aimwell School (Philadelphia, Pa.) (author)
Date Created: 1796 - 1860
17.
American Relief Administration food plan
Creator: American Relief Administration
Date Created: 1919-11-24
18.
'Two hours at the Bedside of Chloe Lankton.''
Creator: American Sunday-School Union (author)
19.
Minutes of the Annual Assoc. for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Book No. 3
Creator: Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date Created: 1821-1823
20.
Minutes of the Annual Assoc. for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Book No. 5
Creator: Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date Created: 1843-1845
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Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor (author)
172
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances (author)
85
Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.)
82
Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons
34
German Society of Pennsylvania
21
Cranmer, Bertha S. (author)
18
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing
15
Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer (Philadelphia, Pa.)
6
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
5
Northern Soup Society of Philadelphia (author)
4
Aimwell School (Philadelphia, Pa.) (author)
3
Connelly, Gladys (author)
3
Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893
3
Rosine Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)
3
Schofield, Martha
3
Yocum, Mary Gordon, 1891-1971 (author)
2
American Relief Administration
1
American Sunday-School Union (author)
1
Blight, Cornelia Taylor, 1864-1957 (author)
1
Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (author)
1
Chew, Katherine Banning, 1770-1855 (author)
1
Collins, Rebecca, 1805-1892 (author)
1
Fisher, M. Beatrice (social service worker) (author)
1
Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935
1
Friends' Relief Committee (London, England)
1
George, William R. (William Reuben), 1866-1936
1
Hibben, Paxton, 1880-1928
1
Hillborn, Jane, 1824-1867
1
Howland, Emily, 1827-1929
1
Jackson, William M. (William Morris), 1837-1919
1
Laing, Henry M., 1821-1900
1
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court (author)
1
Philadelphia (Pa.). Board of Guardians of the Poor (author)
1
Philadelphia County (Pa.). Department of Public Assistance (author)
1
Philadelphia Society for the Employment and Instruction of the Poor (author)
1
Prince, William Henry, 1817-1883 (Doctor)
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Reeve, Hannah C. (author)
1
Seybert Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania (author)
1
Waring, Beulah Hurley, 1886-1988
1
Women's Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Freedman
1
Women's Auxiliary of the German Society of Pennsylvania
1
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85
African American children
82
Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.)
82
Endowments
70
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor
63
Charities--Finance
60
Poor women--Services for
39
African Americans--Services for
36
School management and organization
36
African American schools
35
Quakers--Charities
35
African Americans--Education
34
Women employees
34
African Americans--Charities
33
Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons
33
Education
33
Schools
33
Sewing
29
Accounting
27
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23
German American women
23
Immigrants
23
Poor--Services for
22
German Americans
21
Societies
21
Social service
20
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing
15
Women in charitable work
13
Minutes (Records)
12
Older people--Services for
11
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances
9
Poor women
7
Women--Employment
7
Christmas
6
Cost accounting
6
Gifts
6
Public health
6
Quaker women
6
Sick children
6
Constitutions
5
Aimwell School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
4
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Child welfare
4
Employee rules
4
Food relief
4
Hospitals
4
Quilting
4
Schofield, Martha
4
Women--Charities
4
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3
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
3
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3
Girls' schools
3
Humanitarian assistance
3
Immigrants--Education
3
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3
Labor movement
3
Needlework
3
Northern Soup Society of Philadelphia
3
Orphans--Services for
3
Personal correspondence
3
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3
Prostitutes--Services for
3
Public welfare
3
Temperance
3
Wages--Women
3
Wistar, Caspar, 1801-1867
3
Women ex-convicts
3
Women in education
3
Account books
2
American Friends Service Committee
2
Biography
2
Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830
2
Collins, Rebecca Singer, 1804-1892
2
Educational fund raising
2
Famines
2
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
2
Help-wanted advertising
2
International relief
2
Leases
2
New York (N.Y.). Department of Public Charities and Correction
2
Parrish, Anne, 1760-1800
2
Philadelphia Society for the Employment and Instruction of the Poor
2
Poor women--Abuse of
2
Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.)
2
Soup kitchens
2
Women teachers
2
Women volunteers in social service
2
Women's Prison Association of New York
2
Women--Suffrage
2
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Society of Friends
2
African Americans
1
African Americans--Education--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
1
African Americans--Social conditions
1
Alabama claims
1
Anniversaries
1
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
1
Articles of incorporation
1
Boards of directors
1
Bonds
1
Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821
1
Buildings
1
Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--Taxation--Law and legislation
1
Charity organization
1
Child prostitution
1
Children--Nutrition
1
Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917
1
Clothing and dress
1
Collyer, Robert, 1823-1912
1
Contraband of war
1
Correspondence
1
Cutler, H. M. Tracy (Hannah Maria Tracy), 1815-1896
1
Davis, Edward M., 1811-1887
1
Death
1
Depression, Mental
1
Diaries
1
Emergency clothing supply
1
Entrikin, Samuel J.
1
Exhibitions
1
Finance, Personal
1
Frail elderly--Services for
1
Freedmen
1
Freedmen--Education
1
Fugitive slaves
1
George Junior Republic Association
1
Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893
1
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892
1
Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
1
Griffing, Josephine W. (Josephine White), 1814-1872
1
Haines, Samuel B. (Samuel Bowne), 1834-1913
1
Hallowell, Anna Davis, 1838-
1
Health
1
Health and Welfare Council (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Hodge, Mary, 1763-1832
1
Hooker, Isabella Beecher, 1822-1907
1
Howland, Emily, 1827-1929
1
Investments
1
Klapp, William H. (William Henry), 1808-1855
1
Loans
1
Mental illness
1
Mortgages
1
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
1
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women
1
Pennsylvania Peace Society (1866-1928)
1
Poor--Pharmaceutical assistance
1
Poverty
1
Public officers
1
Quakers
1
Reconstruction (1914-1939)
1
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
1
Resignation
1
Save the Children International Union
1
Scarcity
1
Sherwood Select School
1
Sick
1
Sick--Services for
1
Social settlements
1
Society of Friends--Charities
1
Spinning
1
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902
1
Still, William, 1821-1902
1
Student loans
1
Swarthmore College
1
Textile fabrics
1
Thayer, James Bradley, 1831-1902
1
Travel
1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
1
United States--History--War of 1812
1
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
1
Vaccination
1
Victims of famine
1
Wages
1
Weddings
1
Weiss, John, 1818-1879
1
Welfare
1
Wistar, Mary Waln, 1765-1844
1
Woman's journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870)
1
Women immigrants--Services for
1
Women social reformers
1
Women's Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Freedman
1
Women's Auxiliary of the German Society of Pennsylvania
1
Women's rights
1
Women--Economic conditions
1
Women--Education
1
Women--Finance, Personal
1
Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927
1
Working class
1
Working class--Housing
1
World War, 1914-1918
1
Youth--Employment
1
Contributing Institution
Haverford College
309
Swarthmore - Friends
134
Historical Society of PA
32
The German Society
22
In Her Own Right
1
Type
Text
467
Administrative reports
102
Annual reports
80
Minutes (administrative records)
38
Financial records
16
Letters (correspondence)
14
Constitutions
8
Bylaws (administrative records)
7
Still image
7
Photographs
6
Rules (instructions)
5
Clippings (information artifacts)
3
Financial statements
3
Lists (document genres)
3
Administrative regulations
2
Advertisements
2
Charters
2
Histories (literary works)
2
Maps (documents)
2
Newspaper clippings
2
Address books
1
Agreements
1
Articles of incorporation
1
Excerpts
1
Indexes (reference sources)
1
Leases
1
Legal documents
1
Resolutions (administrative records)
1
Scrapbooks
1
Speeches (documents)
1
Collection
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor records
203
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances records
97
Association for the Care of Colored Orphans records
82
Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons
32
Women's Aux. of the German Society of PA records
19
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing records
16
Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer records
6
Martha Schofield papers
6
Branson-Jackson Family papers
5
Lucretia Mott manuscripts
5
Abby Hopper Gibbons papers
4
Aimwell School records
4
Emily Howland Family papers
4
Beulah Hurley Waring and Alston Waring collection
3
Mira Sharpless Townsend papers
3
Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons records
2
Rebecca Singer Collins papers
2
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
465
West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
21
New York (N.Y.)
6
Cheltenham (Pa.)
5
Cheyney (Pa.)
5
Cornwells Heights (Pa.)
4
611 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA
3
Aiken (S.C.)
2
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
2
Lansdowne (Pa.)
2
Russia
2
Sherwood (N.Y.)
2
Albany (N.Y.)
1
Austria
1
Boston (Mass.)
1
Byberry (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Cambridge (Mass.)
1
Camden (N.J.)
1
Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Darby (Pa.)
1
Freeville (N.Y.)
1
Great Britain
1
Harrisburg (Pa.)
1
Holyoke (Mass.)
1
Irvington (N.Y.)
1
London (England)
1
New Hartford (Conn.)
1
Randalls Island (N.Y.)
1
Red Bank (N.J.)
1
Salem (Mass.)
1
Virginia
1
Wadmalaw Island (S.C.)
1
West Chester (Pa.)
1
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