Woolman Memorial Association

COLLECTING HISTORICAL MATERIAL.35 in hiding, for the late Wstorian, Moses Coit Tyler. Cooking receipts, doctors' prescriptions—everything has its value, and if not "old enough," time will make it so. The Friends' Historical Society, Friends' Library of Philadelphia, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College and Haverford College, with Westtown and other Friendly centres or schools, can all receive and safeguard such material. We are just now most interested that somewhere this shall be preserved. If, as is proposed, the Friends' Historical Society of Philadelphia is to become the Friends' Historical Society of America, this point must be doubly urged. The collection of Quakeriana at Haverford College is the largest and most valuable in the United States. If, as we hope, all these various headquarters, to name only those in Pennsylvania, become the receiving centres for the efforts of residents in their vicinity, or, for any reason, of persons most interested in those particular collections, the great object will have been attained. This magazine should be the medium of information regarding such work, reporting receipts and aiding collectors. With such cooperation, in prospect of a growing membership in the Society which this publication represents, there are great possibilities before us. Therefore, let all Friends or those who are descendants of Friends, and who are interested in Quaker history, see to it that their heirlooms reach a place of security during their lifetime. WOOLMAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. The Fifth Annual Report of the Trustees of the John Woolman Memorial Association was issued in the Twelfth Month, 1921. As usual it is full of interesting information and forward looking promise. The Annual Meeting was held Tenth Month, 15, 1921, at Mount Holly, N. J., in the Memorial House, " which John Woolman erected in the summer of 1771 for his only child, Mary, wife of John Comfort." Thus the 150th anniversary of the building was celebrated. It is estimated that more than two thousand people have visited the Memorial House during the past year. Improvements about the place are being gradually made, as funds warrant. Various old historical relics are being donated by interested friends. It is hoped to make the Memorial more of a community center, perhaps by establishing in it a gift or exchange shop where women of the neighborhood may place their homemade products for sale on commission. A splendid possibility for the future is that of moving over from an adjoining property the original home of Woolman himself, now used as a barn. Funds are needed. Even modest gifts will pay large returns. If the endowment of $25,000, now under way, can be completed, great things can be accomplished. 3&BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Report is signed by Amelia Mott Gummere, President of the Association , who has been architect-in-chief of the whole memorial project. The Bulletin would add its word of exhortation to the modest appeal of the Report. Here is an opportunity for Friends to fashion a memorial to one of the greatest of Quaker saints, and to perpetuate an historical shrine of very wide interest and appeal.R. W. K. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Friends' Historical Society of Philadelphia was held at Twelfth Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, n mo. 28, 1921, beginning at 7:45 P.M. A list of the Officers and Councillors elected is printed on page 2 of this Bulletin. Several interesting historical objects, including old manuscripts, were exhibited, and brief addresses of exposition were made by the exhibitors . A list of objects shown will be printed in the next issue of the Bulletin. ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS. Professor Harlow Lindley's paper on the history of Indiana Yearly Meeting, read at the centennial celebration of Indiana Yearly Meeting, was published in abridged form in The American Friend, 8 mo. 25, 1921. In the same paper also are pictures, historically valuable, of Benjamin Johnson, Timothy Nicholson, and Luke Woodward, and of the historical pageant enacted at the centennial celebration, 8 mo., 1921. Professor Lindley's paper will be published in full in the next number of the Bulletin. There is an interesting and moving story of the early days of Friends' missionary work in Alaska told in The...