Friends Historical Association records
Scope and Contents
Founded in 1873, incorporated in 1975.
One legal sized box for all legal sized materials (box 18).
The Friends Historical Association records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, financial statements, information concerning the Conference for Quaker Historians and Archivists, details about various committes within the association, publications and publicity, events, and miscellaneous materials. The collection spans from 1873, the year that the Friends Historical Association was founded, and 2016.
Dates
- Creation: 1873-2012
Creator
- Bronner, Edward (Author, Person)
- Curtis, Barbara (Author, Person)
- Robinson, Jo Ann (Author, Person)
- Cherry, Charles L. (Author, Person)
- Brown, Elizabeth Potts (Author, Person)
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 (Author, Person)
- Riley, Lyman W. (Author, Person)
- Jones, Mary Hoxie (Author, Person)
- Tolles, Frederick Barnes, 1915-1975 (Person)
- Walker, E. Virginia (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical / Historical
The Friends Historical Association was founded in 1873 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the mission of studying, preserving, and publishing material related to the history and legacy of Quakerism. In addition to meeting annually in Philadelphia, the Friends Historical Association produces a semi-annual publication containing articles on historical Quaker events as well as contemporary Quaker contributions to matters such as social justice, education, and diplomacy.
Information from the Friends Historical Association.
Extent
7.5 linear ft. (18 hollinger boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains records of meeting minutes, correspondence, financial statements, information concerning the Conference for Quaker Historians and Archivists, details about various committes within the association, publications and publicity, events, and miscellaneous materials of the Friends Historical Association.
Arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically within its series. Box 18 contains all legal sized materials.
Physical Location
This material is stored off-site. All requests for materials from this collection must be made at least one week in advance. Contact hc-special@haverford.edu to arrange access.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection is on permanent loan by Friends Historical Association. It includes materials that organically grew at Haverford College as well as combined from materials at Friends Historical Library. Those materials include: - Gift of E. Virginia Walker, 1948 - Minutes of Friends Historical Commission gift of Eleanore Price Mather, 1972 - Correspondence of Friends Historical Commission gift of George Vaux, 2/1/1973
Processing Information
Processed by Mary Crauderueff; completed April, 2012. Revised by Allison Hall; completed May, 2020.
Subject
- Haverford College (Organization)
- Title
- Friends Historical Association papers, 1873-2016
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Mary A. Crauderueff
- Date
- April, 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- This collection was processed by an outside contractor sponsored by the Friends Historical Association
Revision Statements
- May, 2020: Revised by Allison Hall
- May 2022: by Nathaniel Rehm-Daly, Harmful Language Revision Project
- November 2024: by Mary Crauderueff as Curator, as part of an FHA retention policy implementation project
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