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. It is of course improbable that the list is complete, but it is interesting as showing where the present frontiers of Quaker research are. Information concerning other Quaker studies in progress but not published should be sent to Henry J. Cadbury, Chairman of the Committee on Historical Reserach, 7 Buckingham Place, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts. Hugh S. Barbour, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut. Quakerism and Society, 1650-1725. (The attitudes of early Quakers to "the world" as shown by their role in and statements on society, politics, and economics). Yale University: Religion, thesis for Ph.D. degree, 1951. Research commenced. Jewel Bellush, 130 West 16th Street, New York 11, N.Y. Women in Abolition, 1830-1860. (Includes Lucretia Mott and the Grimké sisters) . Columbia University: History, thesis for M.A. degree, 1948. Irving Brant, 3333 M Street, S.E., Washington 19, D. C. A Biography of James Madison. (Includes incidental references to Dolly Madison). Two volumes published (1941, 1948) ; third volume to be published, Spring, 1950. Arthur R. Eady, 100 East 2nd Avenue, Indianola, Iowa. A Study of Quaker Apologists and Critics, 1660-1725. (Special emphasis on Robert Barclay and George Keith). Drake University: History; thesis for M.A. degree. Research commenced. Joseph McDonald Ernest, Jr., Department of English, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. John Greenleaf Whittier's Reading in American Literature. University of Tennessee: English, thesis for Ph.D. degree, 1951. Partially completed. William Bacon Evans, P.O. Box 90, Moorestown, New Jersey. Who was Who among Friends, called Quakers. (To include those who have made significant contributions in any sphere) . Work commenced (about 2700 names so far) . Alice Ford, 252 East 61st Street, New York 21, N. Y. Edward Hicks, 1780-1849. (Monograph on the life and painted works of the Quaker preacher and sign painter of Newtown, Pennsylvania). Publication expected in 1952. Joseph Frank, 1224 Genesee Street, Rochester, New York. The Correlation of the Politics, Ideas, and Styles of Lilburne, Overton, and Walwyn. (Will consider Lilburne's Quakerism, the significance of 39 40Bulletin of Friends Historical Association James Nayler, some of the forerunners of Quakerism, etc.). Harvard: English, thesis for Ph.D. degree, 1952. Research nearly completed. Karl Herbert Hertz, 529 South Drexel Avenue, Columbus 9, Ohio. Bible Commonwealth and Holy Experiment: A Study of the Relation between Theology and Politics in the Puritan and Quaker Colonies. University of Chicago: Social Thought, thesis for Ph.D. degree, 1949. Harold S. Jantz, Fisk Hall 207, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. The Collected Works of Francis Daniel Pastorius. (An edition of the Beehive and the shorter works of Pastorius) . Bettina S. Laycock, Woodbrooke, Selly Oak, Birmingham, England. Quaker Missions to Europe and the Near East, 1655-1665. Birmingham University: History, thesis for B.A. degree, 1950. Henry F. Pommer, Department of English, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania. I Agree to That: A Personal Selection of Quaker Literature. Herbert F. Ricard, 89-14 Parsons Boulevard, Jamaica 2, New York. The Journal of John Bowne. Text transcribed and editing under way. Russell G. Schofield, Magnolia, Massachusetts. The Ranters in Seventeenth-Century England. (Contains frequent mention of and comparison with early Quakers) . Harvard University: History, thesis for Ph.D. degree, 1949. Lulie A. Shaw, Woodbrooke, Selly Oak, Birmingham, England. Quakerism and the Family. (The influence of family life in the growth of Quakerism; religious education and preparation for the ministry; relationships within the family, including servants and apprentices; the position of women; the Quaker family in the post-Christian world). Research commenced. Ann G. Shoemaker, 255 West Court Street, Doylestown, Pennsylvania . The Red Man and the Quaker. (Emphasizes the religious aspect of the life of the Indians of eastern North America and the influence of early Friends upon them) . Completed. Helen P. South, 226 East 12th Street, New York 3, N. Y. Johnson and the Quakers (A study of Samuel Johnson's relations with members of the Society of Friends and their comments on him) . Virtually complete. E. M. M. Taylor, Girton College, Cambridge, England. Enthusiasm before 1700, with Particular Reference to the Latter Half...