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SFHL/FHL/RG4. Organizational Records

 Record Group Term
Identifier: SFHL/FHL/RG4
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College holds the records of many organizations that were established by or largely under the direction of members of the Society of Friends.

Found in 125 Collections and/or Records:

Circle of the King's Daughters

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-099
Abstract Minutes and financial records for the "Here a Little, There a Little" Chapter of the King's Daughters, an international Christian philanthropic association. Records are dated from the 1892-1975, with gaps. While this New York chapter was primarily Quaker, the association itself was evangelical Christian in orientation, with Baptist and Congregationalist membership in other parts of the world. Members gathered to read Bible passages, discuss Lenten observance, and perform philanthropic work....
Dates: 1892-1975
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

The Meeting School (Rindge, N.H.) records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-129
Abstract

The Meeting School was an experimental, co-educational Quaker farm school located in Rindge, N.H. It was founded in 1957 and closed in 2011. The collection contains the records from its inception to closing, publications, and other related records.

Dates: 1957 - 2014
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

John Barnes Trustees Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-122
Abstract

Records of Barnes Trustees Inc., formed in 1949 to hold in trust for Abington Meeting and School the land deeded for its use February of 1697. Also included in their responsibility are investments made with funds received from land sales over time.

Dates: 1880-1987
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Philadelphia Friends Housing Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-130
Abstract

Records of Philadelphia Friends Housing Inc., an independent corporation affiliated with Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends. The corporation raised and lent money for urban redevelopment in Philadelphia.

Dates: 1967-1982
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Friends World College Collected Papers 1957-1992

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-116
Abstract Friends World College was conceived as an accredited, co-educational, degree-granting liberal arts college combining a residence program with the opportunity for foreign travel and study. Planned as a "college without walls," it was sponsored by the New York Yearly Meeting and opened in September 1965. It was merged into Long Island University in 1991. The collection contains Mary-Cushing Niles's files pertaining to all aspects of Friends World College. Mary-Cushing Niles (1900-1993), a...
Dates: 1957-1992
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Friends World College Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-082
Abstract Friends World College was conceived as an accredited, co-educational, degree-granting liberal arts college combining a residence program with the opportunity for foreign travel and study. Planned as a "college without walls," it was sponsored by the New York Yearly Meeting and opened in September 1965. The College flourished in the 1960s counterculture environment, but ran into financial difficulties in the 1970s. While much of its support came from...
Dates: 1958-2001
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

North American Quaker Tapestry Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-090
Abstract

The collection contains the records of the North American Quaker Tapestry project which created a series of embroidered panels commemorating Quaker accomplishments in North America.

Dates: 1988-2013
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Virginia Friends Conference

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-092
Abstract

Minutes and other records of the Virginia Friends Conference, an inter-yearly meeting association of Friends in Virginia, 1967-95.

Dates: 1967-1995
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Pendle Hill (School : Wallingford, Pa.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-066
Abstract Pendle Hill is a Quaker study center located in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1930 out of an earlier Quaker school and study center, the Woolman School. The Woolman School was established in 1915 under the care of the General Conference Committee of the Seven Yearly Meetings (Hicksite). In 1917, it was reorganized as a joint enterprise of Hicksite and Orthodox Friends, governed by a Board of Managers. The Woolman School was incorporated in 1918. In 1928, it was reorganized...
Dates: 1915-2011
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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