Friends Housing, Inc., Records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the records from 1966-1975 of Friends Housing, Inc., a non-profit Quaker organization founded in 1966 to aid in the rehabilitation of low income housing in the Mantua section of Philadelphia, Pa. The records include minutes and reports, correspondence, and related papers.
Dates
- Creation: 1966-1975
Creator
- Friends Housing, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Friends Housing, Inc., was formed as an independent non-profit corporation in 1966 in response to a petition signed by 100 residents of the Mantua neighborhood in Philadelphia and the concern of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Social Concerns Committee. The Corporation was primarily involved in fund-raising for the rehabilitation of vacant and vandalized properties for low income families. David S. Richie, a Quaker who organized the Weekend Workcamp program of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, served as president of the board of directors. The Board included representatives from the community and members of the Mantua Belmont Joint Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
Extent
0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the records, 1966-1975, of Friends Housing, Inc., a non-profit Quaker organization founded in 1966 to aid in the rehabilitation of low income housing in the Mantua section of Philadelphia, Pa. The records include minutes and reports, correspondence, and related papers.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into three series. The series are:
- Minutes and reports
- Correspondence
- Miscellaneous papers
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Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Meeting for Social Concerns), 1985
Gift of Mary Frances James, 1987
Later accrual: accession number 2023.016.
Subject
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- An Inventory of the Friends Housing, Inc., Records, 1966-1975
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 2000
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
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