Research in Progress

Abstract

Research in Progress By Christopher Densmore and Barbara Addison Ronald E. Butchart (College ofEducation, University of Georgia, Athens , GA 30602-7130) is examining the activities ofthe Friends Freedmen's Association as part of a larger investigation of the activities of religious and other groups to educate the newly freed African-Americans during and following the American Civil War. Paul Dekar, Memphis Theological Seminary (168 East Parkway South, Memphis, Tennessee 38104) is researching the role of Friends in the history of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Charles Fager (223 Hillside Ave., Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301) continues his work on the origin, history and theology ofliberal Friends. Rosemary Moore (25 Beech Drive, Shifnal, Shropshire, United Kingdom TFIl 8HJ) is researching Isaac, Mary and Edward Penington. Jennifer Janofsky, Ph.D. candidate, Temple University (880 N. Bucknell St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130) is examining Quaker sources as background to her study of prison reform and the Eastern State Penitentiary . James A. Levy, Ph.D. candidate, Rutgers University (161 Prospect Park West #3R, Brooklyn, New York 11215) has been researching the Institute for Colored Youth as part of a study ofAfrican-American education . MarkNicholas, graduate student at Lehigh University (2117 Henderson St., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18017) is researching the impact of Friends among the Six Nations Iroquois in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Kirill Grushko, Russian Institute for General History (100 S. Huntington Ave., No. 307, Boston, Massachusetts 02130) is studying the relationships between Quakers in Britain and North America with the peace sects in Russia. Setsuko Mikami, graduate student at Reikaku University in Japan (5-28-9 Umeda, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan 123-0851) is comparing the educational ideas of Japanese Quaker Inazo Nitoke and American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. Joshua Civin (701 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511) is exploring the history ofLiverpool, England, in the early 19th century, with attention to several Quaker families. ...