Friends Circle (Baltimore, Md.)
Scope and Contents
The collection contains four volumes of bound minutes, 1884-1885, 1885-1888, 1888-1894, 1894-1896.
Dates
- Creation: 1884-1896
Creator
- Friends Circle (Organization) (Baltimore, Md.) (Organization)
- Friends Circle (Organization) (Baltimore, Md.) (Contributor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
Friends Circle, a Hicksite Quaker study and social group, was established in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1884, to discuss topics of mutual interest. Originally the Circle met in the homes of members, but after the Park Avenue meeting house opened in March 1889, the meeting house library became the regular location.
Extent
0.21 linear ft. (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Friends Circle, a Quaker study and social group, was established in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1884. The group met regularly to discuss topics of mutual interest. The collection contains four volumes of bound minutes, 1884-1896.
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Baltimore Monthly Meeting
Processing Information
The collection was deposited by Baltimore Monthly Meeting and later catalogued separately in Record Group 4.
- Title
- An Inventory of the Friends Circle (Baltimore, Md.) Minutes, 1884-1896
- Author
- SKM
- Date
- 1999
- 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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