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 4 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: Coordinating Committee for Testimonies & Concerns (1974-1998)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/701
Identifier: QM-Phy-701
Overview
In 1974, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was restructured: three Coordinating Committees were each given oversight of the committees and programs under its care. The Coordinating Committee II, more frequently referred to as CC-2, had general responsibility for Testimonies and Concerns. In 1998, a system of standing committees replaced the three Coordinating Committees within Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. The Peace and Concerns Standing Committee assumed responsibility for many of the programs...
Dates:
1971-2000
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Social Order Committee and its predecessors (1917-1969)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/820
Identifier: QM-Phy-820
Overview
A Social Order Committee was established by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1917 to "consider the part which the Religious Society of Friends should take in the present day application of efforts to promote the Kingdom of God on Earth, particularly as it relates to social, political, and industrial conditions." In 1927 it began to more formally cooperate with a similar committee of the Hicksite Yearly Meeting in much of its work; the two shared a Secretary, David S. Richie, after...
Dates:
1917-1969
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
