ICPR 244: Quaker Social Witness (HC) [Spring 2015]: Stewardship

Alvin J. Cox (1875-1966) was Director in the Bureau of Science in the Department of Agriculture. He traveled to the Philipines in 1917 with other bureau chiefs of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Primary Resource.

Francis R. Cope, Jr., graduated from Haverford College in 1900 and began his career as a farmer at Woodbourne in Dimock, PA where he developed a diary and orchard business studying fruit trees. He was a naturalist and ornithologist.
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The author of this book identifies himself as 100% Quaker and 100% naturalist. Included is his essay "Quakers from the Viewpoint of a Naturalist," which David Boulton describes as "the best short statement of what it means to be a nontheist Friend that I have read anywhere." Secondary Resource.

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The Emlen Institution was the result of a bequest from Samuel Emlen, Jr. who, in 1837, left $20,000 for the “education, maintenance and instruction in school learning and in agriculture and mechanical trades or arts of free male orphan children of African or Indian descent. Primary Resource.

The Female Association was supported in their charitable efforts through donations of goods and money. Primary Resource.

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The Lewis Benson Papers document the life
and service of Lewis V. Benson a Quaker and recorded minister. His in-depth reading and study of the writings of 17th century Quakers gave him the venue to bring their message to a modern audience and to keep to the simplicity of the gospel message that Fox preached. Primary Resource.

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