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Philadelphia Quaker Women

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-057

Scope and Contents

This collection contains minutes, financial reports, correspondence, and miscellaneous material, 1961-1971, relating to Philadelphia Quaker Women, an organization, informal in structure and membership, which worked with the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends to address the concerns of women.

Dates

  • Creation: 1961-1971

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

Philadelphia Quaker Women was a organization, informal in structure and membership, which worked with the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends to address the concerns of women. It was laid down in 1970. This collection contains minutes, financial reports, correspondence, and miscellaneous material, 1961-1971.

Extent

0.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Philadelphia Quaker Women was a organization, informal in structure and membership, which worked with the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends to address the concerns of women. It was laid down in 1970. This collection contains minutes, financial reports, correspondence, and miscellaneous material, 1961-1971.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into four series:

  1. Minutes of the Executive Board
  2. Financial reports
  3. Correspondence
  4. Miscellaneous material, including audio tapes

Physical Location

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1975

Donor: Mary Mangelsdorf, 1984

Separated Materials

Three tape recordings, originally part of the collection, were removed and cataloged with Tape Recordings. Also, Gavel and Cut for letterhead placed in relics.

Processing Information

Sorted and filed in document box and placed with RG 4. Three tape recordings removed and cataloged with Tape Recordings. Gavel and Cut for letterhead placed in relics.

Title
An Inventory of the Philadelphia Quaker Women Records, 1961-1971
Author
FHL staff
Date
1975
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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