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Business Problems Group records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-005

Scope and Contents

This collection contains three bound volumes of minutes from meetings of the Business Problems Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. The group met and had presentations and programs. The minutes reflect the process of deciding on speakers, as well as membership, reports from an investigator committee, and brief descriptions of the addresses that were given at the meetings, on related topics. Included in the volumes are many transcriptions or texts of the full addresses that were given, as well.

Dates

  • Creation: 1919-1935

Creator

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use

Use Restrictions

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

Historical note

The Business Problem Group of Philadelphia was part of the Social Order Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Orthodox whose purpose was to "deal with prblems of the relation between employers and employees (such as those involved in the democratization of business, welfare work for employee methods of eliminating competition, etc." ("The Friend, January 23, 1919).

Extent

.4 linear ft. (3 volumes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Business Problem Group of Philadelphia was part of the Social Order Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Orthodox whose purpose was to "deal with prblems of the relation between employers and employees. This collection contains three bound volumes of minutes from meetings of the Business Problems Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. The group met and had presentations and programs.

Acquisition

Unknown.

Processing Information

Processed by Mary A Crauderueff; completed October, 2015.

Title
Business Problems Group records, 1919-1935
Author
Mary A Crauderueff
Date
October 2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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