Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) Records: Foreign Missionary Association (1882-1950)
Scope and Contents
Records of the Foreign Missionary Association of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1921-1953, include its Minutes (1882-1921) as well as the records of its Executive Board (1883-1923), International Committee (1918-1924), Young Women's Auxiliary and other Miscellaneous reports and correspondence (1883-1923). Also included are records from the Committee's Branches at Downingtown, Germantown, Haverford, Moorestown, Philadelphia and West Chester Meetings.
Dates
- Creation: 1882-1923
Creator
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. International Outreach Committee (1974-) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Conditions Governing Use
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
Originally named the "Women's Foreign Missionary Association", the group was organized in 1882. The constitution adopted in that year defined the Association's responsibility "to promote the knowledge of the Gospel among women and children in heathen lands, and to assist in the Christian education, as ability and qualification are given by the Lord." As the statement suggests, the Association was concerned primarily with spreading Christianity, but also with more general schooling in the case of uneducated women.
By the turn of the 20th century, the "Foreign Missionary Association of Friends" had extended its scope to include men and its duties to several countries as it worked cooperatively with the efforts of PYM's Mission Board and Japan Committee.
Extent
5.75 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. International Outreach Committee (1974-) (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Japan Committee (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Mission Board (Organization)
- Women’s Foreign Missionary Association of Friends of Philadelphia (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Mission Board (Organization)
- Germantown Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.) (Organization)
- Haverford Monthly Meeting of Friends (1904-) (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) (Organization)
- Moorestown Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1951- ) (Organization)
- Title
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) Records: Foreign Missionary Association (1882-1950)
- Author
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends: 1676- : Delaware County, Pa.).
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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