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Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-117
Abstract
The Quaker Information Center was established in 1990 at Friends Center, Philadelphia, Pa., to provide a central, staffed location for the display and sale of published material and dissemination of information about the Society of Friends. Collection includes minutes, annual reports, correspondence, financial records, and other records.
Dates:
1989-2010
Collection — othertype: SW/B/Q800
Identifier: QM-B-Q800
Scope and Contents
Minutes of Quaker Lake Friends Meeting, 1991-2006.
Dates:
1991-2006
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-128
Abstract
The planning committee for the Quaker Lesbian Conference emerged out discussions in the 1970s focused on Quaker gay and lesbian concerns. The first Quaker Lesbian Conference met in 1977 "to provide a loving time and space in which Quakers and others familiar with Quakerism who are lesbian, bi-sexual, or moving towards those identities could meet in a shared environment," according to an early statement. The planning committee organized annual conferences from 1977 to 2009, mostly located in...
Dates:
1977-2009
Collection — othertype: PG-1
Identifier: SFHL-PG-1
Abstract
PG6 Quaker meeting reference files consists primarily of publications by and about Quaker meetings and committees, including pamphlets, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other materials (mostly secondary source), collected at various times from various sources, and organized by meeting. It also includes directories (including lists of Quaker member organizations and individual Quakers) and epistles (letters exchanged between Quaker organizations, especially from one yearly meeting to...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900 - 2020
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-067
Abstract
This collection is comprised of 17 anonymously hand-written volumes comprised of lists of Quaker ministers from Britain and the United States, and from the United States to Britain from the mid 17th century through the mid 19th century.
Dates:
Undated.
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-325
Collection — othertype: PG-3
Identifier: SFHL-PG-3
Abstract
PG3 Quaker Organizations Reference Files consists primarily of pamphlets, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other materials (mostly secondary source), collected at various times from various sources, and organized by organization. Most of the organizations were established by Quakers.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900 - 2020
Collection — othertype: SC-098
Identifier: SFHL-SC-098
Abstract
Collection of original poetry written by and/or about Quakers, their beliefs, and their places of worship. Included are poems by Rebeca Smedley, Elizabeth Biddle Conrow, and Joseph Conrow, a biography in verse of Thomas and Elizabeth Robson by their grandson Joseph J. Green, a meditation on Spruce St. Monthly Meeting by Joseph Wharton, and an account of the 1843 Women's New York Yearly Meeting by Amanda K. Clark. Also included are poems concerning J.J. Gurney, Elias Hicks, and Robert...
Dates:
1794-1922
Collection — othertype: SC-226
Identifier: SFHL-SC-226
Abstract
Contains poetry collected by New York Yearly Meeting as a topical collection. Folder 1 contains the commonplace book by an anonymous Quaker man which contains both original and copied works [n.d.]; Folder 2 contains the commonplace book of Aaron Baker (1772-1855) containing original and copies, ca. 1799-1855; Folder 3 holds loose manuscript poems; Folder 4 contains typed and printed poems and a detailed list of all the poems in the collection; Folder 5 contains loose poems by Benjamin...
Dates:
1761-1937
Collection — othertype: PG-2
Identifier: SFHL-PG-2
Abstract
PG2 Quaker Schools Reference Files consists primarily of pamphlets, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other materials (mostly secondary source), collected at various times from various sources, and organized by school. Most of the schools were established by Quakers or Quaker organizations.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900 - 2000