Friends Center Corporation (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Friends Center Corporation records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-133
Abstract
The records document the planning and progress of renovations of Friends Center, a campus of Quaker-related organizations in Center City, Philadelphia. Friends Center Corporation was organized in 1972 to oversee construction plans. It is responsible for managing the Friends Center property with the goal of furthering the beliefs and testimonies of the Reigious Society of Friends. Documents illustrate Quaker process in the world of business and construction. Includes minutes, financial,...
Dates:
1917-2010
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Administrative Council and its predecessors (including General Secretary Offices)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/325
Identifier: QM-Phy-325
Abstract
The administrative structure of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting has been re-worked a number of times. This finding aid describes administrative records and office files, primarily from the early 20th century to the present -- from the time when the Hicksite and Orthodox Yearly Meetings first began to employ paid staff to handle administrative matters. Today these functions are grouped under the auspices of General Services. This finding aid also describes the records of the General...
Dates:
1829-2005
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
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- Education -- Maryland 1
- Education -- New Jersey 1
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- Environmentalism -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
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