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An Inventory of the Penn Sewing School Records, 1868-1906Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staffEncoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries1957
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTEPenn Sewing School was founded in 1868 as the Friends Sewing School. The name was changed in 1871 and classes suspended in 1899. Known first as the “Friends Sewing School,” Penn Sewing School was organized with the help of Dillwyn Parrish and William C. Biddle by two young Quaker women, Annie Caley and Augusta Taber. Friends of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) held at Fifteenth and Race Streets granted the use of a room, and the children were gathered from the neighborhood. The first four teachers were Augusta Taber, Mary Biddle (later Wood), Sallie Cooper, and Annie Caley (later Dorland). The first class was held February 29, 1868. Seventy-nine girls attend the School in the first year, including both black and white children. In the season 1874-1875, 260 children were enrolled. In 1871 the name “Penn Sewing School” was adopted, and the institution was incorporated. In 1873 a meeting for mothers was started. This grew and was incorporated in 1877 as the “Friends Instruction Association.” Penn Sewing School continued until 1898 and Friends Instruction Association until 1881. Return to the Table of Contents SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDSThe collection contains minute books (1876-1906), charter, history, printed report, and other papers. Return to the Table of Contents SELECTED SEARCH TERMSThis collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings: Return to the Table of Contents ArrangementThe collection is divided into five series: Return to the Table of Contents DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDSSer. 1. History, 1868-1888
Ser. 2. Charters and trusts, 1871-1875
Ser. 3. Reports, 1894-1895
Ser. 4. Minutes, 1876-1906
Ser. 5. Miscellaneous, 1876-1894
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