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Friends Instruction Association Charter, by-laws, annual report, and minutes
Title:
Friends Instruction Association Charter, and minutes
Description:
Collection of documents from the Friends Instruction Association, including the original handwritten Charter from 1876, printed Charter and By-Laws, printed Second Annual Report (1877-78), and book of meeting minutes from 1875-1887. The minute book also contains a loose paper with some accounting notes and two letters written to Elizabeth H. Bunting, secretary of the Association, regarding donations made by the Association to other charity organizations.
Date:
1876-1887
Collection:
Friends Instructional Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Cornelia Blight letter to Margaret Tyler Paul
Title:
Cornelia Blight letter to Margaret Tyler Paul
Description:
Blight expressed her concerns about Miss Esther Steel, an elderly woman who she wanted the Female Association to assist financially. Letter includes a brief note possibly written by Margaret Tyler Paul.
Date:
1943-11-17
Collection:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Virginia P. Rich letter to Helen S. Remer
Title:
Virginia P. Rich letter to Helen S. Remer
Description:
Requests funds for increased wages for the women employed by the Female Society.
Date:
1947-10-24
Collection:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances board of directors report
Title:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances board of directors report
Description:
Report of the Association's Board of Directors summarizing the Association's activities in the last year.
Date:
1812-04-15
Collection:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor House of Industry report book no. 2
Title:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor House of Industry report book no. 2
Description:
Weekly reports on activities at the House of Industry and its nursery.
Date:
1846 - 1853
Collection:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends, including William Emerson, Sally's husband. Discusses raising money for the Diet Kitchen, the Infant Asylum, and The Home (later the Isaac T. Hopper Home).
Date:
1874-02-09
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Thanks Gibbons for the documents concerning the conditions of the Washington Jail. Woolsey's brother-in-law Col. Joseph Howland (the New York State Treasurer) has written a letter to Senator Morgan about the jail but doesn't feel optimistic about their efforts to instigate reform. Discusses ideas for aid and employment services for working class women.
Date:
1867-02-11
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances board of directors report
Title:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances board of directors report
Description:
Report of the Association's Board of Directors summarizing the Association's recent activities.
Date:
1804-11-21
Collection:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances record of services rendered
Title:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances record of services rendered
Description:
Report recording information about women who received financial assistance from the Association, including their names and the amounts of money received.
Date:
1800 - 1850
Collection:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Bertha S. Cranmer report to the Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor
Title:
Bertha S. Cranmer report to the Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor
Description:
Brief report about the House of Industry and the women employed there. Handwritten version of mc1234_04_03_019.
Date:
1930-02-03
Collection:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor history
Title:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor history
Description:
Summarizes the establishment and general history of the Female Society.
Date:
1880 - 1950
Collection:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
House of Industry photographs
Title:
House of Industry photographs
Description:
Two versions of a photograph of women sewing at the Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor's House of Industry. Photograph taken by George B. Wood.
Date:
1893-03
Collection:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor reports
Title:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor reports
Description:
Various reports Female Society's House of Industry from 1942-01-05 to 1946-06-24. Includes superintendent's reports, treasurer reports, and weekly and monthly statistical reports.
Date:
1942 - 1946
Collection:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances list of beneficiaries
Title:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances list of beneficiaries
Description:
Record of women financially assisted by the Association, listing their names, addresses, ages, and the Association members who nominated them.
Date:
1950-04-12
Collection:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Jane C. Hoge letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane C. Hoge letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane C. Hoge was a Civil War nurse for the Union soldiers and social activist. Requests information about the Isaac T. Hopper Home (a shelter for women ex-convicts), including its origin, organization, and operation. Believes that Chicago needs a similar institution.
Date:
1878-01-28
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Sedgwick letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane Sedgwick letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Possibly written by Jane Minot Sedgwick (1821-1889). Tells Gibbons about a destitute war widow with five children who is looking for work and wonders if she would be applicable for aid from the "employment society for war widows" that Gibbons participates in.
Date:
1866-06-28
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Catharine Maria Sedgwick
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Catharine Maria Sedgwick
Description:
Writes on behalf of the Women's Prison Association Committee of the Isaac T. Hopper Home, a shelter for women ex-convicts, to acknowledge Catharine Maria Sedgwick's resignation from the position of First Director. Her resignation letter was read at the special meeting and the members expressed their respect for her.
Date:
1863-10-30
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Discusses travelling to Albany to receive government funding for her charities, the Infant Asylum and The Home (later the Isaac T. Hopper Home). Mentions aid from Joseph Choate. Less money was awarded to The Home, as the House Speaker did not have faith in "so called" sinners. Of the women associated with The Home, she says she will "stand by them long as I live." Discusses her daughter Julia's active involvement in the Diet Kitchen. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends. James B. Thayer wrote her to announce the birth of another daughter.
Date:
1874-04-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Is helping poor women find employment and asks about the Friend's Employment Society.
Date:
1865-06-09
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Discusses the Home (the Isaac T. Hopper Home) and employing women there to do sewing. Discusses General Samuel C. Armstrong and the "Tabb farm question" concerning the Hampton Institute, a school for African Americans.
Date:
1868-04-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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