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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

 Organization

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

Arch Street Meeting House renovations photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-132
Identifier: SFHL-PA-132
Overview

The Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was designed by Owen Biddle Jr. in 1803 in the Georgian style. It was completed in 1811. This collection contains photographs and negatives from renovations undertaken in 1990-1992 of the roof of the meetinghouse.

Dates: 1990 - 1992

Burlington Monthly Meeting 300th Anniversary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-298
Overview

This collection contains various materials including photocopies, newspaper clippings, deeds, and maps about the Burlington Meeting House, with an emphasis on the tercentenary celebration.

Dates: 1964 - 1982

George H. Burr Collected Papers on the Quaker Separation

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-313
Overview

The Burr Collection includes manuscripts which document the Hicksite position during the Separation of 1827/28 in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and the trial over the Crosswicks School Fund. It is directly related to the Southard Papers/RG5/312, which contain a more complete description of the controversy. It also includes Burr's manuscript on the History of the Society of Friends which he compiled for Southard as background in preparing his case representing the Hicksite position.

Dates: 1822 - 1836

Quaker Disciplines

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-976

Friends Historical Library manuscript epistles collection

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-006
Overview

The term "epistle" is used to refer to letters exchanged between Quaker organizations, especially from one yearly meeting to another. Epistles are often used to articulate Quaker doctrine and discipline. This collection of various manuscript (handwritten) epistles was compiled from the Friends Historical Library from different sources.

Dates: 1688 - 1973

Friends Fiduciary Corporation Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Phy-200
Overview

Records of the Quaker investment company Friends Fiduciary Corporation (2001- ) and its predecessor organizations, the Trustees of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (1898-1975), the Friends Fiduciary Corporation (1920-1975), and the Fiduciary Corporation of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (1975-2001).

Dates: 1889-2005

George School Collection of Meeting House and George School Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-070
Overview

This collection of photographs was assembled by the George School Archives and transferred to the Friends Historical Library. It consists primarily of photographs of Philadelphia-area Quaker Meeting Houses taken by Gilbert Cope and A.A. Buzby from the 18070s to 1930s. There are also a few photographs by other photographers, photographs of Meeting Houses beyond Philadelphia, and George School graduating classes. George School is a Quaker school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1870 - 1936

Lippincott Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-251
Overview Horace Mather Lippincott (1877-1967) was a Quaker editor and historian. The collection contains his speeches and writings on topics primarily concerning the Society of Friends and the history of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Of particular interest is the scrapbook he compiled in 1946 of papers and photographs of the 1913-1914 Joint Group which met weekly to study the Separation in the Society of Friends, along with other papers on the topic and on the first joint meeting of the two...
Dates: 1752 - 2010

Oral History Among Friends in Chester County (Pa)

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-054
Overview

Audio cassettes and some transcripts of interviews with 55 Quakers, chiefly born in Chester County between 1889-1910. Interviews contain largely autobiographical data, as well as information about Quaker life and Chester County in general.

Dates: 1978-1979

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: John Pemberton Fund

 Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/375
Identifier: QM-Phy-375
Scope and Contents

These records include Pemberton Fund reports, 1990-1992, and completed applications, 1988-1992.

Dates: 1988-1992

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Collection 38
Archival Record 1
 
Subject
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 26
Society of Friends -- Delaware 22
Society of Friends -- Maryland 22
Society of Friends -- New Jersey 22
Society of Friends -- Missions 3
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Church controversies -- Society of Friends 2
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 2
Quaker church buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
Quakers -- Social life and customs 2
Religious education -- Society of Friends 2
Religious life -- Society of Friends 2
Society of Friends -- Discipline 2
Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 2
Society of Friends -- Publishing 2
Visitations (Church work) -- Society of Friends 2
Youth -- Religious life 2
African American churches -- Mississippi -- History 1
Anniversaries 1
Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 1
Church committees -- Society of Friends 1
Church work -- Society of Friends 1
Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History 1
Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Epistles 1
Evangelical Quakers 1
Family counseling -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Farm life -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Housing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Indians of North America -- New York (State) 1
Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania 1
Inner cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Labor movement -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Land titles -- Pennsylvania 1
New Jersey -- Burlington County -- Maps 1
Oral histories 1
Outlook (Periodical) 1
Pageants 1
Peace -- Posters -- History -- Sources 1
Pennsbury Leaflets 1
Pennsylvania -- History 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions 1
Photographs 1
Public worship -- Society of Friends 1
Quaker authors -- 20th century 1
Quaker church buildings 1
Quaker church buildings -- Pictorial works 1
Quaker educators 1
Quakers -- Albums (Books) 1
Quakers -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- Education 1
Quakers -- Genealogy 1
Quakers -- Mississippi 1
Quakers -- New Jersey 1
Quakers -- New Jersey -- Burlington County 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Portraits 1
Quakers -- Services for 1
Quakers -- Social service -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Quakers -- United States -- Civil War, 1861–1865 1
Race awareness -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Real property -- Pennsylvania 1
Religious education -- Pennsylvania 1
Religious institutions -- Investments 1
Religious newspapers and periodicals -- United States 1
Social ethics 1
Social justice -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- Church discipline 1
Society of Friends -- Doctrines -- History 1
Society of Friends -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
Society of Friends -- Finance 1
Society of Friends -- Government 1
Society of Friends -- History 1
Society of Friends -- Missions -- Kenya 1
Society of Friends -- New York (State) 1
Society of Friends -- Reunification 1
Stewardship, Christian 1
Temperance -- Pennsylvania -- Societies, etc. 1
Temperance and religion -- Society of Friends 1
Trusts and trustees 1
Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
Women missionaries 1
Woolman Series of Friendly Papers 1
Work camps 1
Work camps -- Pennsylvania 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace 1
clippings (information artifacts) 1
financial records 1
letters (correspondence) 1
newsletters 1
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