Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Education Committee (1833-1837)
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Education Committees (1833-1974)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Phy-501
Abstract
The Committee on Education of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends acts primarily as an advisory and consultative body. It has various funds at its disposal for use in assisting Friends schools and individual Quakers in the Yearly Meeting. An Education Committee was first appointed by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1833 to survey the state of education within its limits. Hicksites and Orthodox Friends subsequently named a sucession of subroups on...
Dates:
1833-1976
