Briefer Notices

BRIEFER NOTICES By John and Barbara Curtis The annual spring meeting of the Friends Historical Association was held on Sunday, May 14, in the Longwood Friends Meeting House outside Kennett Square, Pa. This gathering, held jointly with members of Friends Social Union, opened with meeting for worship at Kendal, the retirement community at Longwood, and continued with picnic lunch at the Meeting House, followed by the regular meeting. Mary Hoxie Jones presented the preliminary speaker, Albert Wahl, Professor emeritus of History at Pennsylvania State University at Indiana, Pa., who gave a brief account of the history of the Longwood Meeting of Progressive Friends and their Meeting House. Dr. Jo-Ann Robinson then gave the principal address. Dr. Robinson, Associate Professor of History at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland , and 1977-78 T. Wistar Brown Fellow in Quaker studies at Haverford spoke on the topic "A. J. Muste—Quaker?" After an excellent presentation there was opportunity for a few questions before adjournmment. The Friends Historical Association and the Friends Social Union are grateful to Friends at Kendal for assisting with the arrangements. Charles Blockson has an article in Pennsylvania Heritage, VoL 4, no. 1, December, 1977, entitled "A Black Underground: Resistance to Slavery, 1833-1860," pp. 29-33. Blockson indicates a more important role for free Negroes in extending aid to fugitive slaves than has been traditional. While acknowledging the useful assistance of white abolitionists in general and Quakers in particular, Blockson states that "Black men and women took over the work from whites, becoming the core of those engaged in fugitive aid." An excellent map of stations on the Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania and several fine portraits of blacks active in the work add to the interest of this article. Harry Silcox writes of the search by blacks for employment and opportunity through "Industrial Education in Philadelphia." His article, appearing in Pennsylvania Heritage, Vol. 4, no. 1, pi 38-43, reviews extant information about the role of several Quaker-founded institutions such as the Institute for Colored Youth, The Beehive School, and others in 19th century Philadelphia . * » * Pennsylvania History, Vol. 45, no. 2, April, 1978, contains a useful account of politics in mid-18th-century Pennsylvania just prior to the Quaker with- 'drawal in 1756. Bruce Lively, a specialist in history at the Los Angeles County Museum, entitles his article "Toward 1756: The Political Genesis of Joseph Galloway," pp. 117-138. Considerable material of Quaker interest is contained in this appraisal of Joseph Galloway. 126 BRIEFER NOTICES127 Pennsylvania History, Vol. 45, no. 1, January 1978, contains an article by Kenneth A. Radbill on "Quaker Patriots: The Leadership of Owen Biddle and John Lacey, Jr." pp. 47-60. * » » Richard A. Ryerson's doctoral thesis has appeared in published form with the title The Revolution is Now Begun: The Radical Committees of Philadelphia 1765-1776. There is much Quaker material in this study which is published in Philadelphia by The University of Pennsylvania Press, 1977. ($25.00). For a review see Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 102, no. 3, July, 1978, pp. 378-380. * » » Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 102, no. 2, April, 1978, has an article by Kenneth L. Carroll, Professor of Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University, called "The Mary and Charlotte Fiasco: A Look at British Quaker Relief for Philadelphia" pp. 212-223. * * » Ira V. Brown, Professor of American History at Pennsylvania State University writes about feminism in Pennsylvania in his article in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 102, no. 2, April, 1978. "Cradle of Feminism: The Philadelphia Female Anti-Siavery Society, 1837-1840," pp. 143-166. Many of the principal personages in this article were Quakers, including Lucretia Mott, Sarah Pugh, and the Grimke sisters.» # * In Pennsylvania Folklife, Spring, 1978, Don Yoder has an article called "The Spiritual Lineage of Shakerism," pp. 2-14. Considerable material relating to Quakers is included as well as a detailed bibliography. * * * A belated note appears here regarding a paper given by Richard E. Wood, a doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota. His talk based on this was one of the addresses given at the first gathering of Quaker historians and archivists in Richmond, Ind., in...