QM/Ph/YM. Yearly Meeting business and committees
Record Group Term
Identifier: QM/Ph/YM
YEARLY MEETING: A large autonomous body of Quakers, which meets for several days once a year. In theory, its decisions are binding on the monthly and quarterly meetings within its jurisdiction and on the committees and staff which carry out the work of the yearly meeting. It meets annually to conduct business, formulate the discipline, receive reports and concerns from its constituent meetings, review the state of the Society, and communicate with other yearly meetings and non-Quaker organizations.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) Records: Committee on Economic Problems (1937-1948)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/730
Identifier: QM-Phy-730
Overview
The Committee on Economic Problems was appointed in 1937 to cooperate with the Social Order Committee of the Arch Street Yearly Meeting. Clair Wilcox, a Quaker professor of Economics at Swarthmore College was the first Chair. The Committee was interested in a variety of related issues, including industrial relations, unemployment, and economic and social research.
Dates:
1936-1948
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Social Service Committee (1936-1964)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/805
Identifier: QM-Phy-805
Overview
The Social Service Committee was appointed in 1936, continuing the work of the Committee on Philanthropic Labor of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite). Primarily educational in nature, its work included providing information to local Quaker meetings on social service issues. The Committee was renamed the Committee on Social Welfare in 1964.
Dates:
1936-1964
