Quaker Research in Progress

Quaker Research in Progress The following list of current or recent studies in Quaker history continues the series of such notices appearing from time to time in the Bulletin. Information concerning other Quaker studies in progress but not published should be sent to Henry J. Cadbury, Chairman of the Committee on Historical Research, 774 Millbrook Lane, Haverford, Pennsylvania. Percy W. Bartlett, 185 Grays Inn Road, London, W.C. 1, England. Life of Barrow Cadbury, 1862-1958. Robert F. Berkhofer, Jr., Boardman Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Protestant Missionaries and American Indians, 1785-1862. (An exploration of the value systems presented to the Indians by the missionaries and their effect on the political development of various tribes; Friends' efforts are included, especially the work among the Sénecas in New York.) Cornell University: thesis for Ph.D. degree. Anna M. Black, Flora Dale, Biglerville, Pennsylvania. Adams County Quakers prior to 1800. (Completed) Andrew M. Brink, 26 Elmcroft Avenue, London, N.W. 11, England. A Study in the Literature of Inward Experience (1630-1680), with Special Reference to Isaac and Mary Penington. University College, London : English, thesis for Ph.D. degree. Tom Brown, II, 33 Pierce, Maiden, Massachusetts. The Relation between the Mystical and the Ethical in the Quaker Spirit. (An examination of the reasons underlying the strong ethics of Quakerism and the relationship this has to worship.) Boston University: Systematic Theology. (Completed) Mary C. Cadbury, 6138 Kimbark Avenue, Chicago 37, Illinois. William Penn and the Schools of Colonial Pennsylvania. (Penn's background and theory of education, the first laws relating to education, and the first schools in Pennsylvania.) University of Chicago: Education, thesis for M.A. degree. (Completed) Betsy Copping Corner, c/o Dr. G. W. Corner, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 66th Street and York Avenue, New York 21, N. Y., and Dr. Christopher Booth, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London, W. 12, England. Selected letters of Dr. John Fothergill. Cecil B. Currey, Box 154, Residence Hall, Fort Hays Kansas State College, Hays, Kansas. Quaker Pacifism in Kansas. Fort Hays Kansas State College: History, thesis for M.A. degree. Edna M. Hall, Maria Grey College, 300 St. Margaret's Road, Twickenham , Middlesex, England. The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in Early Quakerism , with Special Reference to the Theology of Samuel Fisher. University of Birmingham: Theology, thesis for B.D. degree. Arthur L. Hayward, Cherry Bounce, Jordans, Bucks, England. Short History of Jordans. (Completed) 63 64Bulletin of Friends Historical Association Guy F. Hershberger, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana. Pacifism and Politics in Provincial Pennsylvania. (A critical study of William Penn's Holy Experiment; an analysis of the theological, philosophical, and ethical issues in the application of Quaker principles to the operation of a political society; an evaluation of the experiment and its outcome.) William W. Hustings, Box 2, Hancock, New Hampshire. A Memorial of the Freedmen's Normal Institute. Leslie Johnston, Woolverstone Hall, near Ipswich, England. Study of Quaker Documents in the Rawlinson Collection, Bodleian Library, Oxford. Alice Jaquette Lindell, 49 Prospect Avenue, Newark, Delaware. Quakers in Delaware. (Particular attention to early business prosperity, and activities in philanthropy, education, and abolition of slavery.) University of Delaware: History, thesis for M.A. degree. Patrick C. Lipscomb, III, 2515 Pearl Street, Austin 5, Texas. The Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1783-1807. University of Texas: History, thesis for Ph.D. degree. Patricia D. Odwell, 18, Ashfield Avenue, King's Heath, Birmingham 14, England. Some Social and Political Aspects of Quakerism in the Nineteenth Century. (Quakerism and liberalism; development of radical, i.e., socialistic, views; comparison of Quaker attitude towards society and that of other churches.) University of Birmingham: Faculty of Commerce and Social Science, thesis for Ph.D. degree. Levinus K. Painter, Box 561, Collins, New York. Beginnings of Quakerism on the Niagara Frontier. (Largely confined to Quaker settlements in Erie County.) Dietmar Rothermund, 5 South 38th Street, Philadelphia 4, Pennsylvania . Denominations and Political Behavior in Colonial Pennsylvania. (Interaction of religious and secular groups and leaders.) University of Pennsylvania: American Civilization, thesis for Ph.D. degree. Harry B. Shufelt, 11805 Michel Sarrazin, Cartierville, Quebec, Canada. Nicholas Austin the Quaker and the Township of Bolton. Richard E. Stagg, 7 Erskine Hill, London N.W...