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Friends Circle (Baltimore, Md.)

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-080

Scope and Contents

The collection contains four volumes of bound minutes, 1884-1885, 1885-1888, 1888-1894, 1894-1896.

Dates

  • Creation: 1884-1896

Creator

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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