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Church and social problems -- Society of Friends

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

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