Friends Social Union (Ambler, Pa.)
Scope and Contents
Friends Social Union was a Hicksite Quaker social club established in 1907 in Ambler, PA. The collection contains minutes, 1907 1924.
Dates
- Creation: 1907-1924
Creator
- Friends Social Union (Ambler, Pa.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Friends Social Union was established in 1907 on the dissolution of the Ambler First Day School, due to the discontinuance of the Ambler indulged meeting. Meetings of the Friends Social Union were held in members' homes and at the Gwynedd Meeting House. They included discussion of current events, literature, Quaker history, and other topics of interest to the members, as well as musical interludes.
Extent
0.42 linear ft. (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Friends Social Union was a Hicksite Quaker social club established in 1907 in Ambler, Pennsylvania. The collection contains minutes, 1907 1924.
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting
Processing Information
Removed from Gwynedd Monthly Meeting Records in 1991 and catalogued separately.
Subject
- Friends Social Union (Ambler, Pa.) (Organization)
- Gwynedd Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1936) (Organization)
- Title
- An Inventory of the Friends Social Union (Ambler, Pa.) Records, 1907-1924
- 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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