Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955)
Organization
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
Ad Hoc Committee for Financing the Youth and Family Facility at Burlington Meetinghouse Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-255
Scope and Contents
Records of the Ad-Hoc Committee for Financing the Youth and Family Facility at Burlington Meetinghouse held at Haverford include the group's Minutes (1990-1995), Correspondence (1988-1993), Financial Records (1989-1992), records pertaining to Keast and Hood Engineers (1992-1993) and its Operations and Use Subcommittee (1993-1994).
Dates:
1987-1995
Annual Sessions of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-001
Overview
A general meeting for Friends in the Delaware Valley area was first convened at Burlington in 1681. The first general meeting held in Philadelphia was in 1683, and in 1685, it was agreed that the meetings in New Jersey and Pennsylvania should be combined into one yearly meeting with alternate sessions at Philadelphia and at Burlington. The great Separation among Philadelphia Friends into Orthodox and Hicksite branches occurred at the Yearly Meeting of 1827. Through the course of the early...
Dates:
1662-2013.
Bowles family correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1212
Abstract
The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. In 1900, the Bowles moved to Japan under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and managed the Friends School and established the Tokyo Friends Center. During World War II, the Bowles family moved to Hawaii and worked with war refugees. The Bowles family correspondence consists of correspondence from Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles to their son Gordon Townsend Bowles from 1922 to...
Dates:
1922-1960
Committee on Cooperation with Arch Street Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-364
Overview
In 5mo 1930, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) appointed a committee "for the development of closer cooperation between Arch Street and Race Street Yearly Meetings, and to consider also whether the time of our Yearly Meeting might be changes so that the sessions of the two Meetings would at least in part overlap." Includes records of this Committee, 1930-1935. Of particular interest are surveys of cooperation between the two Philadelphia Quaker bodies to that point, as well as histories...
Dates:
1930-1935
Coordinating Committee for Education and Care of Members Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-450
Scope and Contents
Records of the Coordinating Committee of PYM for Education and Care of Members (CC1) include: Minutes, Correspondence, and other administrative papers (1974-1998). For the most part though, this collection encompasses the records of other committees and groups, some technically under the CC1 umbrella and others not, as they relate to CC1. These records were held by CC1 and are thus kept with the CC1 collection. Groups with records included in the CC1 collection are...
Dates:
1974-1998
Edward W. Evans Quaker Concerns Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-237
Overview
Edward W. Evans (1882-1976) was a Quaker leader and lawyer active in the educational and peace concerns of the Society of Friends. The collection primarily contains papers compiled by Edward W. Evans during his time as Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), from 1938-1946. Of particular interest are the materials concerning Civilian Public Service. The collection is significant in its documentation of pacifist attitudes and the ways in which the Society of Friends was active...
Dates:
1938-1951
Extension Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-573
Scope and Contents
Records of Extension Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Delaware County, PA), 1921-1953, including Minute Books (1921-1952), Financial Records (1928-1953), Printed Materials (1921-1939) and minutes of the Approach to Public Subcommittee (1921-1927).
Dates:
1921-1952
Family Relations Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-574
Scope and Contents
Records of PYM's Family Relations Committee at Haverford include the Committee's Minutes (1963-1992), its Financial Records (1987-1994), those pertaining to its Counseling Services (1989-1992) and the Newsletters of its Subcommittee on Lesbian and Gay Concerns (1991-1992).
Dates:
1963-1994
Field Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-557
Scope and Contents
Records of PYM's Field Committee at Haverford include the group's Minutes, Correspondence, Financial Records, Annual Reports and Reports of Visitations and Acclivities of the Field Committee--the development of the handbook and the sponsorship of intervisitation weekends for members of Monthly Meetings.
Dates:
1981-1998
First Day School Association Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-579
Scope and Contents
Records of First Day School Association of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Delaware County, PA), 1833-1956, including Association's Minutes (1862-1930), Minutes of its Executive Committee (1862-1913), Minutes of its Small Executive Committee (1912-1914) and the printed papers, proceedings and reports of its annual meetings (1865-1930). Records germane to the "First Day School Committee", including the Committee's Minutes (1890-1923), Circulating Libraries Records (1893-1901) and...
Dates:
1862-1927
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- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 24
- Society of Friends -- Delaware 23
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey 23
- Society of Friends -- Maryland 22
- Society of Friends -- Missions 4
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 3
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 3
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 2
- Quaker women 2
- Quakers 2
- Quakers -- Ohio 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
- Quakers -- Social service 2
- Religious education -- Society of Friends 2
- Society of Friends -- Customs and practices 2
- Society of Friends -- History -- 19th century 2
- Society of Friends -- Sermons 2
- Society of Friends -- Testimonies and concerns 2
- Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 2
- Spiritual life -- Society of Friends 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Visitations (Church work) -- Society of Friends 2
- correspondence 2
- family papers 2
- Abolitionists 1
- Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States 1
- Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 1
- Church committees -- Society of Friends 1
- Church work -- Society of Friends 1
- Church work with African Americans 1
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. 1
- Conscientious objection -- United States 1
- Conscientious objectors 1
- Education 1
- Family counseling -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Haverford (Pa.) 1
- Hawaii 1
- Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Indians of North America -- New York (State) 1
- Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania 1
- Indians, treatment of 1
- Japan 1
- Labor movement -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Missionaries 1
- Outlook (Periodical) 1
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Pennsbury Leaflets 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Public worship -- Society of Friends 1
- Quaker missionaries 1
- Quakers -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Education 1
- Quakers -- Massachusetts 1
- Quakers -- Mississippi 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Race relations 1
- Quakers -- Services for 1
- Quakers -- Texas 1
- Race awareness -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 1
- Refugees 1
- Religious education -- Pennsylvania 1
- Religious institutions -- Investments 1
- Religious life -- Society of Friends 1
- Rose Valley (Pa.) 1
- Social ethics 1
- Society of Friends 1
- Society of Friends -- Church discipline 1
- Society of Friends -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
- Society of Friends -- Government 1
- Society of Friends -- Hicksite Separation 1
- Society of Friends -- Japan 1
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- Publishing 1
- Society of Friends -- Reunification 1
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 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
- Wills 1
- Wilmington (Del.) 1
- Women missionaries 1
- Woolman Series of Friendly Papers 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Society of Friends 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 1 ∧ less
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