Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Organization
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Mississippi Project (1964-1966)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/826
Identifier: QM-Phy-826
Abstract
In response to the 1964 bombing of 44 black churches in Mississippi, Philadelphia and New York Yearly Meetings coordinated a joint effort to rebuild the destroyed churches and to attempt to foster racial reconciliation in the area. The project sent Lawrence and Viola Scott to Jackson, Mississippi as Quaker representatives. By 1966, the group had rebuilt 33 of the 44 churches, and built a community center in rural Canton, Mississippi. This collection is primarily composed of financial...
Dates:
1949-1967
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Quaker Fund for Indigenous Communities and its predecessors (Indian Committee, Friendly Association) (1795- )
Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-838
Scope and Contents
The records of the Indian Committee include minutes, financial materials, correspondence, reports, journals, scrapbooks, papers, maps, lists, transcripts, miscellaneous projects, published items, film, video and other material. Major topics discussed in the records include Friends' 18th and 19th century visits to various First Nations peoples (Oneida people, Genesanguhta people, Stockbridge people, for example), the settlement at Tunesassa and later boarding school (Friends Indian School),...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1795-2007
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Religious Education Committees
Collection — Othertype HV/Phy/576
Identifier: QM-Phy-576
Scope and Contents
Records of the PYM Religious Education Committee (REC) include the committee's Minutes (1923-1983), Section Minutes (1905-1970), the minutes of its Advisory Committee (1956-1959), Executive Committee (1922-1993), Representative Meeting (1986-1989), and Committee on Worship and Ministry (1984-1987), its Correspondence (1943-1956), Conference Papers (1948-1988), Financial Records (1863-1971) and Publications (1975-2000), among other resource materials and miscellaneous papers. The REC...
Dates:
1863-2000
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Standing Nominating Committee
Collection — Othertype HV/Phy/110
Identifier: QM-Phy-110
Scope and Contents
Records of Standing Nominating Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting among the "Papers (1950-1951)" described below include minutes from the Committee's annual sessions and lists of officers in other Committees (PYM and a few outside) who are scheduled for new appointments. The Committees included in this collection are the Committee on Arrangements, Friends Council on Education, Committee on Epistles, Extension Committee, Committee on Family Relationships, Friends Committee on...
Dates:
1950-1951
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Women's Problems Group (1917-1969)
Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-821
Scope and Contents
Records of the Women's Problem Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1949-1961.
Dates:
1949-1961
Photographs of meetinghouses in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1900 - 1950
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-001
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of meeting houses in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Most are black and white, some are colored. It is arranged in five volumes by quarterly meeting.
Dates:
1900 - 1950
Quaker Disciplines
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-005
Abstract
The Society of Friends or Quakers (the terms are synonymous) was founded in the middle of the seventeenth century in England by George Fox and others. The Friends Historical Library has collected Quaker disciplines since its founding in 1871. FHL is also the official repository for the records of seven American yearly meetings.
Dates:
1689-2018
Koozma J. Tarasoff photographs of visit to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-068
Abstract
Koozma J. Tarasoff (born 1932) is a scholar of the Doukhobors, a Spiritual Christian religious group of Russian origin with a sizeable community in Canada. This collection consists of black and white photographs taken by Tarasoff on a trip to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in March 1983. He photographed Quaker Meeting Houses and schools and prominent Quakers including E. Raymond Wilson and Laurama Pixton.
Dates:
1983-03
Judy and Michael Van Hoy Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-341
Abstract
The papers of Judy and Michael Van Hoy, members of Green Street Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who have been deeply involved in social justice concerns particularly through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Workcamps programs. Both also were active in international workcamps, especially in Kenya. Judy Van Hoy maintained correspondence with many international workcampers, including extensive correspondence with Jane Swart, a South African who worked at the Quaker Peace Centre...
Dates:
1967 - 2015
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- Collection 38
- Archival Object 1
- Subject
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 26
- Society of Friends -- Delaware 22
- Society of Friends -- Maryland 22
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey 22
- Society of Friends -- Missions 3
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 2
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 2
- Quaker church buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 2
- Religious education -- Society of Friends 2
- Religious life -- Society of Friends 2
- Society of Friends -- Discipline 2
- Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 2
- Society of Friends -- Publishing 2
- Visitations (Church work) -- Society of Friends 2
- Youth -- Religious life 2
- African American churches -- Mississippi -- History 1
- Anniversaries 1
- Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 1
- Church committees -- Society of Friends 1
- Church work -- Society of Friends 1
- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History 1
- Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Epistles 1
- Evangelical Quakers 1
- Family counseling -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Farm life -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
- Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Housing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Indians of North America -- New York (State) 1
- Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania 1
- Inner cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Labor movement -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Land titles -- Pennsylvania 1
- New Jersey -- Burlington County -- Maps 1
- Oral histories 1
- Outlook (Periodical) 1
- Pageants 1
- Peace -- Posters -- History -- Sources 1
- Pennsbury Leaflets 1
- Pennsylvania -- History 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions 1
- Photographs 1
- Public worship -- Society of Friends 1
- Quaker authors -- 20th century 1
- Quaker church buildings 1
- Quaker church buildings -- Pictorial works 1
- Quaker educators 1
- Quakers -- Albums (Books) 1
- Quakers -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Education 1
- Quakers -- Genealogy 1
- Quakers -- Mississippi 1
- Quakers -- New Jersey 1
- Quakers -- New Jersey -- Burlington County 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- 20th century 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century 1
- Quakers -- Portraits 1
- Quakers -- Services for 1
- Quakers -- Social service -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Quakers -- United States -- Civil War, 1861–1865 1
- Race awareness -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Real property -- Pennsylvania 1
- Religious education -- Pennsylvania 1
- Religious institutions -- Investments 1
- Religious newspapers and periodicals -- United States 1
- Social ethics 1
- Social justice -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- Church discipline 1
- Society of Friends -- Doctrines -- History 1
- Society of Friends -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
- Society of Friends -- Finance 1
- Society of Friends -- Government 1
- Society of Friends -- History 1
- Society of Friends -- Missions -- Kenya 1
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) 1
- Society of Friends -- Reunification 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
- Women missionaries 1
- Woolman Series of Friendly Papers 1
- Work camps 1
- Work camps -- Pennsylvania 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- financial records 1
- letters (correspondence) 1
- newsletters 1 + ∧ less
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