Coll.1017 Finding aid prepared by Diane Rofini. Last updated on October 09, 2013. Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections May 9, 2013
Table of Contents Summary Information...3 Biography/History...3 Scope and Contents... 4 Administrative Information... 6 Related Materials... 7 General note...7 Bibliography...7 Collection Inventory... 8 Correspondence...8 Images... 8 Notebooks...8 Miscellaneous...8 - Page 2 -
Summary Information Repository Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Title Emma Cadbury papers Call number Coll.1017 Date 1894-1963 Extent 1.5 boxes (200 items) Language English Abstract The papers of Emma Cadbury (1875-1965), a Quaker social worker, consist of correspondence, programs, essays, notebooks, and clippings. These papers were kept by Cadbury while attending Quaker Women's Yearly Meetings and summer schools at Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges and the George School (PA), during the early 20th century. Cite as: Haverford College Library, Haverford, PA, Special Collections, Quaker Collection, Emma Cadbury Papers, Coll. No. 1017 Biography/History Emma Cadbury [Jr.] (February 24, 1875 - March 6, 1965) was the daughter of Joel and Anna Kaighn (Lowry) Cadbury. She was a Quaker educated at Bryn Mawr College, PA (1897, BA) and Wilmington - Page 3 -
College, OH (1962, LHD). Cadbury was committed to the international aspect of Friends' work and was the American Secretary of the Friends International Centre in Vienna from 1924 to 1938. Cadbury was a joint representative of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Friends' Council for International Service. She was chairman of Wider Quaker Fellowship (created by her brother-inlaw, Rufus Jones) of the American Section of the Friends' World Committee from 1943-1963. In 1948 Cadbury toured Europe under sponsorship of the AFSC and spent four months in Vienna. She was also active in Quaker activities in the Philadelphia and Moorestown, New Jersey areas. Scope and Contents Cadbury's papers consist of letters, notebooks, images, and miscellaneous items. Most of the letters relate to Cadbury's interest and involvement with Quaker discussion groups and Quaker history. The notebooks contain notes taken by Cadbury on Quaker Women's Yearly Meetings and Summer Schools. Images include photographs of prominent contemporary Quakers and postcards of Quaker Meeting Houses and sites. The miscellaneous items are newspaper clippings, Quaker history research notes, programs, member lists, etc. 1: Photographs (ca. 15 items) including: Photographs of Arch Street Friends Meeting House, Philadelphia, PA. Portraits featuring Dr. James E. Rhoads (the first president of Bryn Mawr College), John B. Garrett (an original member of the Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs), Carl and Effie Heath, the 1912 Westtown School Committee, and others. Pictures (ca. 50 items) including: Published photographs of James E. Rhoads, Elisha Roberts, and others. Postcards of Quaker Meeting Houses and sites including The Blue Idol Meeting House (Coolham, Horsham, UK), Jordans Friends Meeting House (Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, UK), the John Woolman Memorial (Mount Holly, NJ), Earlham College (Richmond, IN), and others. Paper cut-outs, illustrations, and clippings. Keithian Controversy Bibliography, ca. 1904 (2 items) including: Letter from Mary S. Allen, Friends' Library, Philadelphia, PA to Emma Cadbury concerning this bibliography which was created by Allen. Holograph manuscript titled "Keithian Controversy Bibliography" which also includes a bibliography for "Beacon Controversy, Isaac Crewdson, etc." Papers by Danny Ross Chandler on Jakob B?hme and Sebastian Franck ca. 1963 (3 items) including: - Page 4 -
Letter from Danny Ross Chandler, Purdue University, IN to Emma Cadbury, regarding these papers. Typed paper on Jakob B?hme by Danny Ross Chandler. Typed paper on Sebastian Franck by Danny Ross Chandler. Materials on Friends' Discussion and Reading Groups, ca. 1902-1918 (ca. 35 items) including: Letters, ca. 1904-1911. All letters addressed to Emma Cadbury except as noted. Letter writers include: Mary D[ean?] Hole (to Carolina Wood, with forwarding note), Alfred C. Garrett, James M. Moon, Anna M. Moore, Frances S. Rhoads, R.W. Barrett, Elizabeth Abbott, Anna S.W. Evans, Alice Hutton, Emma Cadbury, R. Evans, E.B. Evans, Sylvia F. Marriage. Highlights include: Emma Cadbury, ca. 1906 Letter for the 1907 Conference Report on Friends Reading Circles and Round Tables. Misc. material related to small Meetings including notes, reading groups, programs, Quaker history research, and member lists of Meetings. Highlights include: Typed paper titled "Some phases of the present condition of Indiana Yearly Meeting (prepared for Reading Circle of Twelfth Street Meeting, Philadelphia)" [by Anna M. Moore?], ca. 1905. Materials on Round Table Groups, ca. 1904-1921 (ca. 25 items) including: Notebook titled "Concerning the Separation of 1827 and events preceding it. Quaker Round Table Joint Study Class, 1914" with ca. 5 accompanying items laid in. Misc. material related to small meetings such as research notes on Quaker history, round table meeting programs, survey questions, lists of topics, lists of names. Highlights include: Typed paper titled "Quaker Round Table work" [by Earlham College?] Letters, ca. 1904-1921. All letters addressed to Emma Cadbury except as noted: Letter writers include: Elizabeth R. Lippincott (to Arthur Beardsley), J.H. Bartlett, Ruth S. Murray, William B. Harvey. Highlights include: Elizabeth R. Lippincott of Friend's Historical Library of Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA) and William B. Harvey about the Yearly Meeting Committee on Extension of Christian Fundamentals. Materials on helping small Meetings, ca. 1904-1918 (ca. 45 items) including: Letters, ca. 1906-1909. All letters addressed to Emma Cadbury except as noted: Letter writers include: George A. and Frances S. Rhoads, Edward G. Rhoads, Joseph Rhoads, William Stokes, Jonathan M. Steere, W. G. Heacock (to S. M. Tatum), Thomas H. Whitson, Francis R. Taylor, John B. Garrett, J. Henry Bartlett, Margaret Sheppard, Amelia M. Gummere. Misc. material related to small Meetings including programs, lists, schedules, maps, clippings, and more. Highlights include: Typed report on Mount Holly Friends Meeting, May 18, 1907. Holograph manuscript titled "Maiden Circle" containing a report of visit to Earlham College, IN. Holograph manuscript titled - Page 5 -
"The summer work of the Executive Committee" and marked "Report to the Quaker Round Table of the summer work of the Exec. Committee, Alfred Lowry, Jr." ca. 1907. Notebooks on Summer School Meetings, 1900-1904 (2 items) including: Notebook labeled "Summer School 1900" with "Emma Cadbury Jr. 1-14-1900" written on the inside cover. Notebook labeled "Haverford Summer School 1904." Notebooks on Summer School Meetings, 1907-1912 (ca. 10 items) including: Notebook titled "Haverford Summer School 1912" with accompanying items including a typed paper titled "The place of Christ in the message" [by Earlham College], newspapers clippings, and a Haverford Summer School program. Notebook titled "Summer School Bryn Mawr 1907." 2: Notebooks on Summer School Meetings, 1913-1914 (ca. 5 items) including: Notebook titled "Lecture at George School, 1913" with 2 holographs laid in. Notebook titled "Haverford Summer School, 1914" with 1 item laid in. Notebooks on Women's Yearly Meetings, 1913-1920 (ca. 10 items). Highlights include: Notebook on the topic of war titled "Hamilton Holt," dated April 7, 1916. Poem (1 item): Holograph manuscript draft of a poem [by Emma Cadbury?] Administrative Information Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections May 9, 2013 Finding aid prepared by Diane Rofini. Access Restrictions This collection is open for research use. Use Restrictions Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce the material. - Page 6 -
Custodial History note Emma Cadbury papers Gift of estate of Emma Cadbury, through Mary Hoxie Jones and Henry J. Cadbury, May, 1965. [accession number 1824] Related Materials Related Archival Materials note See Cadbury-Jones family papers, Ms. Coll. 1172 and Emma Cadbury material PG 4 and PG 6 for additional papers of Emma Cadbury, including material (letters, diaries, photos, etc.) related to her work in Vienna (1924-1938) for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). General note State and country names are abbreviated. Jakob B?hme is the Library of Congress authority name heading but the variant spelling "Jacob Boehme" is used in the Danny Ross Chandler papers. Bibliography Crosfield, John F. A history of the Cadbury Family, London: Cambridge Press: 1985. Dictionary of Quaker Biography. Typescript. Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford PA. Friends Journal, 10 (1964): 223. Friends Journal, 11 (1965): 174. - Page 7 -
Correspondence Collection Inventory Correspondence, 1900-1920. Scope and Contents note ca. 40 items Correspondence of Emma Cadbury, ca. 1900-1920. 1 2 Images, 1895-1920. Scope and Contents note ca. 65 items 2 Photographs, postcards, and other images collected or created by Emma Cadbury, ca. 1895-1920. Notebooks, 1900-1920. Scope and Contents note ca. 20 items Notebooks of Emma Cadbury, ca. 1900-1920. 1 2 Miscellaneous, 1895-1920. Scope and Contents note ca. 80 items Miscellaneous materials of Emma Cadbury including clippings, Quaker history research notes, programs, member lists, etc. ca. 1895-1920. 1 2 - Page 8 -