Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Friends Conflict Resolution Programs and Friends Suburban Project (1977-1998)
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the records of Friends Conflict Resolution Programs consist of case files of the many programs it sponsored. Included in the files are syllabi, notes, press clippings, and a variety of other documents. Series 2, Programs and Case Files, is sorted chronologically by year, with the contents of the folders maintained as originally arranged by the creator.
Includes financial and other administrative files, programs and case files, and material related to the publication of the Mediator's Handbook, 1974-1991. Arrangement of series is as follows: 1. Administrative files; 2. Programs and Case files; 3. Publications; 4. Miscellaneous.
Dates
- Creation: 1969-1998
Creator
- Friends Conflict Resolution Programs (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
Biographical / Historical
Friends Conflict Resolution Programs, part of the Friends Suburban Project from 1977 to 1983, began as an attempt to utilize Quaker insights to address and solve disputes in local communities. Initially named the Friends Mediation Service, the Friends Conflict Resolution Programs acquired its current title in 1991. Its mediators work with both Quaker and non-Quaker organizations and communities and have published two manuals, The Mediator's Handbook (1982) and Peacemaking In Your Neighborhood (1986). In 1998, at the time of the reorganization of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the Friends Conflict Resolution Programs were placed under the Peace and Concerns Standing Committee.
Extent
6 linear ft. (12 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Friends Conflict Resolution Programs of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, part of the Friends Suburban Project from 1977 to 1983, began as an attempt to utilize Quaker insights to address and solve disputes in local communities. Initially named the Friends Mediation Service, the Friends Conflict Resolution Programs acquired its current title in 1991. Its mediators work with both Quaker and non-Quaker organizations and communities and have published two manuals, The Mediator's Handbook (1982) and Peacemaking In Your Neighborhood (1986). In 1998, at the time of the reorganization of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the Friends Conflict Resolution Programs were placed under the Peace and Concerns Standing Committee.
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 2/20/99
Subject
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library (Organization)
- Friends Conflict Resolution Programs (Organization)
- Friends Mediation Service (Organization)
- Friends Suburban Project (Organization)
- Title
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Friends Conflict Resolution Programs and Friends Suburban Project (1977-1998)
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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