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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Meeting for Social Concerns (1969-1974)
Collection — othertype: SW/Phy/758
Identifier: QM-Phy-758
Abstract
The Meeting for Social Concerns began as the Committee for Social Concerns with a deliberately loose structure and open membership. It assumed direction of numerous social action committees within Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. After the Meeting for Social Concerns was laid down in 1974, these committees were placed under Coordinating Committee for Testimonies and Concerns (CCII).
Dates:
1958-1980
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Meeting for Sufferings (1756-1910), Representative Committee (1828-1995), Interim Meeting (1996-2014), and Continuing Sessions (2015- )
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Phy-040
Scope and Contents
Records of Meeting for Sufferings, the Representative Committee, Representative Meeting and Interim Committee include minutes of proceedings, a large collection of supporting reports, and financial information for each session. Its annual reports may be found in the records of the Yearly Meeting as well as in the printed proceedings of each session. Records of smaller committees reporting to these bodies are also described in this finding aid. Larger subcommittees like the Meeting House...
Dates:
1719 - 2022
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Ministry & Care and its predecessors
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Phy-400
Abstract
The Meeting on Worship and Ministry is a gathering of Friends in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting concerned with the spiritual life of the Society, which nurtures and assists Monthly Meetings and individuals with their spiritual and worship concerns.
Dates:
1827-1998
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Miscellaneous Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-120
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Delaware County, PA), 1662-1968, including the records of a great number of its subcommittees.
Dates:
1662-1968
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: Nonviolence and Children Committee (1970-2015)
Collection — othertype: SW/Phy/771
Identifier: QM-Phy-771
Abstract
Since its inception in 1973, the Non-Violence and Children Committee (NVC) has explored the values, skills, and supports which enable children to develop powerful, nonviolent responses to violence. They work with Monthly Meetings, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Friends' and non-Quaker schools, the wider community and within their own committee, to support nonviolent approaches to conflict and differences, and to nurture children in the ways of peacemaking. The committee organizes and often...
Dates:
1970-1997
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Prison Service Committee (1958-1976)
Collection — othertype: SW/Phy/790
Identifier: QM-Phy-790
Abstract
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Prison Service Committee of Southern New Jersey was organized in the mid 1960s. It focused its activities on the reform of female and juvenile justice. Members of the Committee developed a successful Friendly Visitors Program, staffed by volunteers, and a volunteer Probation Counselor Program. The Committee was also involved in lobbying efforts, maintained a speakers' bureau, and published a newsletter, "No Bars Hold." Records include minutes of the Prison...
Dates:
1958-1975
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
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- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 22
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- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 7
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 4
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 4
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. International Outreach Committee (1974-) 4
- Friends Peace Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 3
- Miller, Richmond P. (Richmond Pearson), 1902-1972 3
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Japan Committee 3
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Mission Board 3
- American Friends Fellowship Council 2
- American Friends Service Committee. Message Committee 2
- American Young Friends Fellowship 2
- Baltimore Monthly Meeting for the Eastern District (Society of Friends : 1807-1819 : Baltimore, Md.) 2
- Baltimore Monthly Meeting for the Western District (Society of Friends : 1807-1864 : Baltimore, Md.) 2
- Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends (Stony Run) 2
- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 2
- Black Economic Development Conference 2
- Clark, Rebecca Timbres, 1896- 2
- Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971 2
- Foreign Missionary Association of Friends of Philadelphia 2
- Friends Center Corporation (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
- Friends Conference on Religion and Psychology 2
- Friends Council on Education (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
- Friends Temperance Association of Philadelphia 2
- Germantown Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
- Goodenow, Leanore 2
- Haverford Monthly Meeting of Friends (1904-) 2
- Heacock, Walter G. 2
- Jones, Margaret E., 1895-1984 2
- Moorestown Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1951- ) 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Abortion Study Group 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee on Community Involvement 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee on Criminal Justice 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee on Social Concerns 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Coordinating Committee for Testimonies and Concerns 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. First Day School Association 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Friends Pension Plan Committee 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Prison Service Committee of Southern New Jersey 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Religious Education Committee 2
- Pickard, Irene 2
- Shaffer, Leslie D., 1901-1950 2
- Simkin, Margaret T. 2
- Simkin, Robert L. 2
- Social Order Committee (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
- Walker, James F., d.1978 2
- Walton, George A. (George Arthur), 1883- 2
- Walton, J. Barnard (Joseph Barnard), 1885-1963 2
- Wider Quaker Fellowship (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
- Women’s Foreign Missionary Association of Friends of Philadelphia 2
- Young Friends Movement (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
- 57th Street Meeting of Friends (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Adelphi Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- American Friends Service Committee 1
- Ann Arbor Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1
- Annapolis Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Annapolis, Md.) 1
- Ashton Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1887-1950: Ashton, Md.) 1
- Ashton Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends: 1887-1950: Montgomery County, Md.) 1
- Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 1
- Atlanta Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Baily, Sydney 1
- Baltimore Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1792-1807 : Baltimore, Md.) 1
- Baltimore Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1864-1950 : Baltimore, Md.) 1
- Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends (Homewood) 1
- Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends for the Eastern and Western Districts (Orthodox : 1828-1927 : Baltimore, Md.) 1
- Baltimore Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1781-1807 : Baltimore, Md.) 1
- Baltimore Preparative Meeting for the Western District (Society of Friends : 1807-1915 : Baltimore, Md.) 1
- Baltimore Preparative Meeting of Friends for the Eastern District (1807-1916 : Baltimore, Md.) 1
- Baltimore Preparative Meeting of Friends for the Eastern and Western Districts (Society of Friends : Orthodox : Baltimore, Md.) 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1968). -- Nottingham Quarterly Meeting 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1968). -- Warrington Quarterly Meeting 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1968). Baltimore Quarterly Meeting 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968) 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1968) 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1968). Baltimore Quarterly Meeting 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends. Quarterly Meeting for the Western Shore 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. -- Warrington and Fairfax Quarterly Meeting (1776-1787) 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Baltimore Quarterly Meeting 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Nottingham Quarterly Meeting 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Potomac Quarterly Meeting 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Quarterly Meeting on the Eastern Shore 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Warrington Quarterly Meeting 1
- Bansen, Richard P. 1
- Beede, Willis 1
- Bethesda Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Bethesda, Md.) 1
- Bethesda Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Bethesda, Md.) 1
- Binford, Raymond, 1876-1951 1
- Bolzau, Dr. Emma 1
- Bowles, Gilbert, 1869-1960 1
- Brinton, Anna Cox 1
- Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 1
- Broad Creek Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Dublin, Md.) 1
- Broad Creek Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Harford County, Md.) 1
- Brown, Francis G., 1917-2012 1
- Brown, Levi K. (Levi Kirk), 1814-1899 1
- Buchinger, Hans, -1910 1
- Burlington Meeting House, Inc (Organization) 1
- Burlington Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1681-1685) 1 + ∧ less
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