Research in Progress

Research in Progress By Christopher Densmore and Barbara Addison ClausBernet(Martin LutherUniversity, Halle, Germany), TawoggenerStr. 2, 10589 Berlin, Germany; cbernet@web.de is researching 17th and 18th century Quakers in Germany and America. Richard Allen (Newcastle University), 3 Dilston Ave, Whitley Bay, England, T25 8QA; richard.allen @ncl.ac.uk is researching Welsh emigration to America, ca. 1682-1776. Thomas D. Hamm (Earlham College), 3 14 E, Main St, Spiceland, IN 47385 is researchingHicksite Friends. Mike Heller (Roanoke College) 3156 Garst Cabin Dr. SW, Roanoke, VA 2401 8-2634; heller@roanoke.edu is studying John Woolman and other eighteenth century Quakerjournal writers as well as M.K. Gandhi and the Quakers. Sharon MacDonald (University ofNew Brunswick), 6178 WindsorTerrace, Halifax, Nova ScotiaB3Kl S4, Canada; ad634@chebucto.ns.ca is writing a dissertation on western women associated with Gandhi and the independence movement in India. Harold D. Weaver (DuBois Institute, Harvard University, 123 Park St., Newton, MA 02458; weaverhal@yahoo.com is compiling an anthology of the writings ofBlack Friends worldwide. Both Murray Dubin, 42 1 7 Osage Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104, murraydubin@verizon.net and Daniel R. Biddle, 4330 LarchwoodAve, Philadelphia, PA 1 91 04, dbiddle@phillynews .com are researching 19th Century Philadelphia African American activist , Octavius Catto, a teacher in the Quaker-sponsored Institute for Colored Youth. JohnLardas (HaverfordCollege), 370 LancasterAve, Haverford, PA 19041 , jlardas@haverford.edui is studying the Post Family, Lewis Henry Morgan and the Quaker-Spiritualist connection in Rochester, NY circa 1840s and 185Os. Several researchers are interested in Quaker involvement in the Underground Railroad. David G. Smith (Pennsylvania State University), 6928 River Oaks Dr, McLean, VA 22101. smith_david-g@bah.com is studying theUndergroundRailroadin southernPennsylvania. Cheryl JaniferLaRoche (University of Maryland), 5333 Strathmore Ave, Kensington, MD 20895, cjlaroche@vahoo.com is studying free Black communities in the Midwest and Pennsylvania with an interest in Quaker involvement with those communities and with the Underground Railroad. Herbert Levine, 2488 Saratoga Rd, Pottstown, PA 19464; execff@aol.com is researching Fellowship Farm, a project originally begun by the Race Relations Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Interest remains strong in Native American topics. Mark Nicholas (Lehigh 94Quaker History Universtiy), 2117 Henderson St, Bethlehem, PA 1 801 7, man5@lehigh.edu is researching the impact ofQuakerbenevolence among the Iroquois as part of a dissertation on Native American accommodation in the new republic. Richard Ricklefs, Airport Rd, P.O. Box 1268, Hoopa CA 95546, is interested in Quaker work among Native Americans in Northern California. Jill Kinney (University of Rochester), 243 West 5th Ave, Conshohocken, PA 19428, is researching Seneca Indian education for her doctoral dissertation. Joe Eldrel (Lehigh University), 21 Shuit Pl, Central Valley, NY 10917; jpe4@lehigh.edu is studying the Friendly Association. Alison Hirsch (Susquehanna University and Lycoming County Historical Society), 934 Vine Ave, Williamsport, PA 1 770 1 , ahirsch 1277@earthlink.net is studying the Friendly Association and Pennsylvania Indian treaties. Jeremiah Patrie (State University ofNew York, Albany), 219 Belchertown Rd, Ware, MA 01082, maytfrog@aol.com is writing a thesis on Quaker interaction with Handsome Lake and the Seneca. Susan Grigg (University of Alaska, Fairbanks), 4954 Dartmouth Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99709, is surveying resources for Alaska mission history. Kenneth A. Oye (Massachustts Institute ofTechnology), 167 Benvenue St, Wellesley, MA 02482, oye@mit.edu is interested in Mary Arnold and Mabel Reed of Media, Pennsylvania, and their work with Native Americans in Northern California. Roger Hansen, 614 Hinman Ave, #2, Evanston, IL 60202, epoints @mindspring.com is interested in Jonathan Plummer, Henry Wilbur and Quaker participation in the World Parliament ofReligions, Chicago, 1893. Biographical research includes Greg Barnes, 404F S. Croskey, Philadelphia , PA 1 9146; " barnesgreg@dca.net. on George and Lillian Willoughby, Anthony Manousos, 3303 Danaha St, Torrance, CA 90505; friendsbulletin @aol.com on Gene Knudsen Hoffman, Byron and Betsy Forbush, 30 Barthel Ct, Lutherville, MO 21093, bforbusL@sheppardpratt.org onMoses Sheppard and Bliss Forbush and Donna Madison, 1414 New Church St, Rahway, NJ 07065, madisonluofish@aol.com on Arthur Compton. Craig Horle (Temple University), 109 W Stratford Ave, Lansdowne, PA 19050 is preparing biographies of Pennsylvania Quaker legislators, 1757-1776. David Maxy, 829 Blackrock Rd., Gladwyne, PA 19035 on Samuel Wallis and Hannah Barnard. H. David Hunt...