Research in Progress

Research in Progress Mary Ellen Chijioke and Claire B. Shetter Continuing his interest in the first periods of Quakerism, Douglas Gwyn has recently been spending time at Pendle Hill working on a book on seventeenthcentury Seekers. Those interested in publications of Quaker source material will welcome two projectsbeingundertakenby Patrick J. Nugent (Quaker House, 5615 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL 60637), an edition ofthe sermons ofElias Hicks and one ofthe sermons of Lucretia Mott for general readers. Robert K. Webb (3309 Highland Place NW, Washington, DC 20008-3234), emeritus faculty of the University of Maryland, has been drawing on Quaker sources for a book chapter on religious liberty in nineteenth-century England. Michael B. Montgomery, faculty ofthe Department ofEnglish, University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC 29208) has been studying early Quaker correspondence for a book on Colonial American English. Eliza Garfield (13 Ellery St., Apt. 5, Cambridge, MA 02138), student in the Philosophy of Education and Writing at the Harvard Graduate School of Education , is including a dissertation chapter on Quaker ideas ofwriting as illustrated in female and African-American student/teacher writing (essays, journals, letters, etc.). Also in the history of education, Nancy Rosenberg (845 Carroll St., Brooklyn , NY 1 1 2 15) is planning an "ambivalent discourse" on Quaker subtexts and the origins of public schooling in Philadelphia, 1682-1840. Scholars continue to examine Quaker social reform and philanthropy. Leslie Harris (700 Hankin St., Silver Spring, MD 20910), faculty at the University of Maryland, College Park, is studying New York City Quakers and Blacks, 1785— 1863 for a post-doctoral book on the creation of the African-American working class in New York City during that period. Cannella Vemick (303 Hillside Avenue, Jenkintown, PA 19046), Temple University graduate student in Sociology , has been studying the Central Employment Association (of Philadelphia). Cliff Smith has been using his time at Pendle Hill (338 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA 19086) to study Quaker involvements with the Plains Indians from the 1860s to the present. In general civic philanthropy, Maria Crossman (113 Hilltop Court, Langhorne, PA 19047), religion teacher at George School, has been looking forQuakerconnections withthe founding ofthe Philadelphia Zoo in 1859. Dan Konviser (2567 Washington Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201), George Washington University graduate student in History, is studying Quaker pacifism in Britain during World War I. Quakertopics continue to attract scholars in women's studies. Having produced the single most important book on seventeenth-century English Quaker women, Phyllis Mack (334 Graham St., Highland Park, NJ 08904), faculty member in History at Rutgers University, is now studying their daughters and grand-daughters ofthe eighteenth century. Christine Rogers (504 Steven Drive, Apt. F, King 164Quaker History of Prussia, PA 19406), graduate student in History at Villanova University, is developing a topic concerning Quaker women in colonial American society. Johan Winsser (P.O. Box 70, West Cornwall, CT 06796) is writing a more specific article on New England Quaker women Mary Dyer, Ann Burden, etc. Irene P. BarosJohnson (1415 Jamestown Rd., Williamsburg, VA 23185), is funded by a Unitarian Universalist Feminist Theology Award to study contributions of text and texture: Lucretia Mott and the Unitarians. Judith Scheffler (833 S. New St., West Chester, PA 19382), faculty member in the English Department of West Chester University, is preparing a biographical study of Rebecca Lukens. Marjorie King (3338 N. Bentley Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85716), of the History Department, University ofArizona, has been using her time at Pendle Hill to study the Friends Ambulance Unit for a biography ofIda Pruitt. Harriet Monshaw (1768 Lark Lane, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003), ofthe Haddonfield Historical Society, has been tracing the family history ofJohn Gill for a briefbiography ofElizabeth French Gill. Two researchers have been revisiting the life ofBenjamin Lay. Paul Rosier (307 Michigan Ave., Swarthmore, PA 19081), graduate student in History at the University of Rochester, is preparing an entry on Lay for the forthcoming Dictionary of American National Biography. Andreas Mielke (484 Hansen Rd., King ofPrussia, PA 19406) is working on biographies ofboth Benjamin and Sarah Lay. Constance Lezenby (8 Haycroft, Spring House, PA 19477), masters student at Chestnut Hill College, is examining thejournal ofJane Johnson as part ofher study of the process of Quaker journal writing. Herb...