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Call Number:
MC.1121.addition
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
5 linear ft. (10 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Addition to Henry J. Cadbury papers (HC.MC.1121-addition) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Date:
1866-1987 (inclusive)
Creator:
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974
Form:
notes, certificates, legal documents, letters (correspondence), Diaries, speeches (documents), Lecture notes, and Photographs
Abstract:
Henry Joel Cadbury (1883-1974) was one of the foremost American Quaker scholars of the 20th century. He published in the fields of Quaker and biblical history, and served as a teacher and philanthropist. This addition to the papers of Henry Cadbury includes biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, writings, such as his The Book of Acts in History and photographs of Cadbury and his family.

Henry Cadbury (1883-1974), son of Joel and Anna Kaign Cadbury and a descendant of John Bartram, was a Quaker and member of Twelfth Street Monthly Meeting in Philadelphia. He received a B.A. from Haverford College in classics and philosophy in 1903 where he served as editor-in-chief of the Haverfordian in his senior year, was involved in the YMCA, tennis club, student newspaper, music club and student government. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated with honors. He received an M.A. in 1904 and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1914. His doc

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    • Henry Joel Cadbury was born on December 1, 1883, to a faith-driven Quaker family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Joel Cadbury Jr., a relative of the chocolate-manufacturing Cadbury family, and Anna Kaighn Lowry. Joel Cadbury Jr. demonstrated his strong Quaker beliefs when he refused to serve when drafted to the Civil War; instead, he paid a $300 bounty to hire another man to fight in his place and spent his time helping freed slaves begin their new lives in Pennsylvania. As a result of his parents' conviction to their Quaker beliefs, Henry Cadbury was enrolled in Quaker school, graduating in 1899 from William Penn Charter School, the oldest Quaker school in the world.

    Cadbury chose to continue his education by enrolling in Haverford College, a Quaker-based school set on the outskirts of Philadelphia. During his time at Haverford, Cadbury worked for the college newspaper, the Haverfordian, eventually working his way up to Editor-in-Chief during his senior year. An interest in the outdoors led him to join the Campus Club, a club dedicated to the planting and maintenance of Haverford's grounds. He became secretary of the Classics Club, treasurer of the Tennis Club, and a member of the gymnastics team. He also earned honors in Greek and Philosophy, a prize for Systematic Reading and Mathematics, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and became class president and class poet.

    After graduation from Haverford, Cadbury decided that he would choose teaching as his profession, and he enrolled in Harvard University to earn his Master's Degree. In 1904, he was awarded an MA in Greek from the University, and from there, he accepted a position to teach Classics and History at the University Latin School in Chicago. Only remaining at this job for a year, Cadbury decided to return to the Philadelphia area and took a job teaching at Westtown School in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

    During his time at Westtown, Cadbury began participating in a faculty Bible study hour

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     Collection

    Identifier: HC.MC-950-034

    Scope and Contents

    This collection is comprised of the papers of Henry J. Cadbury, and includes research notes and correspondence.

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    Creator

    Access Restrictions

    The collection is open for research use.

    Use Restrictions

    Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

    Biographical Note

    Henry Joel Cadbury (1883-1974) was a biblical scholar and Quaker historian. He was born on December 1, 1883, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Joel Cadbury Jr., and Anna Kaighn Lowry. Henry Cadbury was educated in Quaker schools, graduating in 1899 from William Penn Charter School. He attended Haverford College, where he wrote for the college newspaper, the Haverfordian, eventually working his way up to editor-in-chief during his senior year. He was also a part of the Campus Club, a club dedicated to the planting and maintenance of Haverford’s grounds. He became secretary of the Classics Club, treasurer of the Tennis Club, and a member of the gymnastics team. He also earned honors in Greek and philosophy, a prize for systematic reading and mathematics, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and became class president and class poet. Cadbury earned his master's degree from Harvard University in 1904 and his Ph.D., also from Harvard, in 1914. He taught at the University Latin School in Chicago, Westtown School, Haverford College, Harvard University, and Bryn Mawr College.

    Cadbury married Lydia Brown on June 17, 1916, and the couple had four children: Elizabeth (b. 1917), Christopher Joel (b. 1921), Warder Henry (b. 1925), and Winifred (b. 1926). Cadbury was a founder and early member of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). During World War I, in addition to his work with the AFSC, Cadbury wrote letters to various press sources. Cadbury became a volunteer publicist for the AFSC, and traveled to France and Germany to provide aid to child

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    • Henry Cadbury

    American Quaker, biblical scholar, historian (1883–1974)

    Henry Joel Cadbury (December 1, 1883 – October 7, 1974) was an American biblical scholar, Quaker historian, writer, and non-profit administrator.

    Life

    A graduate of Haverford College, Cadbury was a Quaker throughout his life, as well as an agnostic. Forced out of his teaching position at Haverford for writing an anti-war letter to the Philadelphia Public Ledger, in 1918, he saw the experience as a milestone, leading him to larger service beyond his Orthodox Religious Society of Friends. He was offered a position in the Divinity School at Harvard University, from which he had received his Ph.D., but he first rejected its teacher's oath for reasons of conscience, the Quaker insistence on telling the truth, and as a form of social activism.

    In 1934, Cadbury encouraged Jews to engage Nazis with good will, according to The New York Times, which characterized his stance as, "Good will, not hate or reprisals, will end, or offset, the evils of Hitler government's persecution of Jews." The suggestion was repudiated by the rabbis he made it to, led by Stephen S. Wise.

    Cadbury accepted the Hollis Professorship of Divinity (1934–1954). He also was the director of the Harvard Divinity School Library (1938–1954), and chairman (1928–1934; 1944–1960) of the American Friends Service Committee, which he had helped found in 1917. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He delivered the Nobel lecture on behalf of the AFSC when it, together with the British Friends Service Council, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947 on behalf of the Religious Society of Friends. The prize was shared between the American Friends Service Committee (represented by Cadbury) and the Friends Relief Service (represented by Margaret Backhouse). He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1949.[7]