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Friends Social Union (Philadelphia, Pa.)

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-039

Scope and Contents

Minute books, bylaws, committee, treasurer, and membership reports, programs, menus, and other records.

Dates

  • Creation: 1924 - 1990

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce items in this collection beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/.

Biographical / Historical

Friends Social Union was founded in 1924 in Philadelphia, Pa., as a social club for Quaker men. In 1976 the by-laws were amended to include women as members. The records include by-laws, minutes, and miscellaneous, 1924-1990.

Extent

0.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Friends Social Union was founded in 1924 in Philadelphia, Pa., as a social club for Quaker men. In 1976 the by-laws were amended to include women as members. The records include by-laws, minutes, and miscellaneous, 1924-1990.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into 4 series. The series are:

  1. By-Laws
  2. Minutes and other records.
  3. Programs
  4. Correspondence

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of James Frorer, 1960. Gift of H. Mather Lippincott, 2000. FHL-2023-007.

Title
An Inventory of the Friends Social Union (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1924-1990
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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