Friends' Freedmen's Association records
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of the single volume account book and single volume account book of the Friends Freedman's Association.
Dates
- Creation: 1862-1867
Creator
- Friends Freedmen's Association (Organization)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Historical Note
Friends' Freedmen's Association was an organization of Philadelphia Quakers founded in 1863, as Friends' Association of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity, for the Relief of Colored Freemen. Its purpose was to provide relief and education to freed slaves during and after the Civil War. The name was changed circa 1873. From 1947 to 1955, the Association supported black students in schools and summer work camps. From 1955 to 1970, the income from investments was used to provide grants for scholarship to black students. From 1970, income and principal was distributed yearly, primarily among Bryn Mawr, Earlham, Guilford, and Haverford Colleges. In January, 1982, the Association was dissolved. The funds were distributed among the four colleges named above to be used as aid to black students as the J. Henry Scattergood Scholarship Fund.
Source: An Inventory of the Friends Freedmen's Association Records, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College
Extent
.1 Linear Feet (2 folders)
Language
English
Overview
This collection is comprised of the single volume account book and single volume account book of the Friends Freedman's Association.
Acquisition
Unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed February, 2016.
- Title
- Friends' Freedman's Association records, 1862-1867
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- February, 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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