Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827- 1955). Committee on Temperance and Intoxicating Beverages (1881-1892)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) Records: Committee on Philanthropic Labor (1892-1936)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/759
Identifier: QM-Phy-759
Abstract
The Committee on Philanthropic Labor was appointed by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) in 1892, merging the existing committees of Indian Concerns, Temperance and Intoxicating Beverages, and Colored People of the South. The Committee coordinated Philadelphia Hicksite Quaker activity in a number of social concerns, including race relations, Indian affairs, temperance and peace. In 1892, Subcommittees included Peace and Arbitration, Improper Publications, the Colored People,...
Dates:
1892-1937
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs and its predecessors (1881-1978)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/750
Identifier: QM-Phy-750
Scope and Contents
Records of the Committee on Alcohol Problems of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and its predecessors, Friends Temperance Committee and the Friends Temperance Association of Philadelphia. Includes minutes, financial records, copies of literature, clippings, and other materials.
Dates:
1881-1968
Additional filters:
- Subject
- African Americans -- Charities 1
- Alcoholism -- Study and teaching 1
- Charities -- Pennsylvania 1
- Fresh-air charity 1
- Gambling 1
- Indians of North America -- Charities 1
- Maternal and infant welfare 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities 1
- Society of Friends -- Delaware 1
- Society of Friends -- Maryland 1
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 1
- Substance abuse 1
- Temperance -- Pennsylvania -- Societies, etc. 1
- Temperance and religion -- Society of Friends 1
- Unemployment 1
- Youth -- Alcohol use 1 + ∧ less
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