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Friends World Conference report

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-016

Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of the single volume stenographic report of the Friends World Conference, 1937, at Swathmore, Pa. The volume includes the transcript of meetings, discussions, and speeches given at the conference.

Dates

  • Creation: 1937

Creator

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17).

Historical note

The First Friends World Conference was in 1936. At the second Friends World Conference at Swrthmore, Pa., in 1937, the Friends World Committee for Consultaion (FWCC) was created, and took the place of the Friends World Conference. The FWCC works to communicate between the FWCC's world headquarters in London and Quakers around the world, and host Quaker conferences.

In addition to their world headquarters, the FWCC also includes the Africa section, the Asia and West Pacific Section, the Europe and Middle east section, and the Section of the Americas.

Extent

0.16 Linear Feet

Language

English

Acquisition

Unknown.

Related materials

  • MC 1189 Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton papers
  • MC 1171 Edwin B. Bronner papers regarding Friends World Committee for Consultation
  • MC 1004A, 1004B, 1004C Friends Conferences
  • MC 950.078 Friends World Conference minutes
  • MC 1130 Rufus Matthew Jones papers
  • MC 1175 L. Hollingsworth Wood papers

Processing Information

Processed by Kara Flynn; completed December 2015.

Title
Friends World Conference report, 1937
Author
Kara Flynn
Date
December 2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

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