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Friends Council on Education records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1278

Scope and Contents

Records of the Friends Council on Education, 1902-1981. Records include: minutes and reports, 1930-1974; financial records, 1962-1983; executive committee records, 1936-1970; conference papers, 1940-1972; surveys and reports, 1930-1978; and publications, 1931-1966.

Additionally included are the records of a number of subcommittees and groups related to Friends Council on Education, 1902-1977. These include: Grants Committee, 1937-1981; Center for Evolving Education, 1973-1977; Program Committee, 1969-1971; Friends Teacher Training Program, 1957-1965; Development Committee/Program, 1963-1968; Independent Urban Education Program, 1966-1971; Meeting of Interns and Beginning Teachers, 1947-1971; Quaker Headmasters Meeting, 1929-1960; Special Committee on Executive Secretary, 1947-1948; Committee on Reorganization/Subcommittee on Organization of Council, 1957-1963; Committee on Appraisal of Friends Education, 1952-1955; Behavioral Science Center, 1969; Teachers Retirement Fund, 1941-1953; Chinese Teaching Fellowship Committee, 1943-1944; Meeting of Friends School Heads, 1970; Committee on Religious Life in Friends Schools, 1971; Minority Teacher Recruitment Program, 1974; and Association for Promoting College Education of Women, 1902-1928. Finally, miscellaneous records, 1925-1973, are included.

Dates

  • Creation: 1902-1981

Creator

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use. Access is through microfilm, if available.

Use Restrictions

Standarrd Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Biographical / Historical

In 1931, two Friends, Morris E. Leeds and Hadassah M. Leeds, invited 90 Quaker educators to form a Council on Quaker education. A bequest from Susan Vanderpoel Clark in 1967 allowed the Council to expand its services and appoint an Executive Director. Since its founding, the Friends Council on Education has become an integrating force in Quaker education, serving Friends' schools in an advisory, consultative, and nurturing capacity, developing mutual understanding and support among its institutions.

Extent

8 linear ft.

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Friends Council on Education is a force in Quaker education, serving Friends' schools in an advisory, consultative, and nurturing capacity, developing mutual understanding and support among its institutions. The records include minutes and reports, 1930-1974; financial records, 1962-1983; executive committee records, 1936-1970; conference papers, 1940-1972; surveys and reports, 1930-1978; and publications, 1931-1966. Additionally included are the records of a number of subcommittees and groups related to Friends Council on Education.

Processing Information

Original processing information unknown.

Title
Friends Council on Education records, 1902-1981
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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