Business Problems Group records
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
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Social Order Committee (Organization)
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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