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Society of Friends -- Maryland

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

Baltimore Yearly Meeting Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-By
Scope and Contents The collection contains pre-separation, Orthodox, and Hicksite records of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting. The records of the Stony Run Meeting include pre-separation and Hicksite minutes, committee records, and miscellaneous items from 1677-1967. Minutes included are men's from 1677-1912, and women's from 1790-1899. Memorials, registers, treasurer's accounts, and cash books make up the material covering vital statistics and financial information. Records of the Homewood Meeting are primarily...
Dates: 1677-2020
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Baltimore Yearly Meeting Records

Friends Council on Education records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1278
Overview 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...
Dates: 1902-1981
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Friends Council on Education records

Friends World Committee for Consultation. Section of the Americas Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG1
Overview A Friends World Conference Committee, sponsored by the Fellowship Council of the American Friends Service Committee, was established in 1932 to promote better understanding among Friends world wide. The representatives at the Second World Conference of Friends, held at Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges, Pa., in 1937, approved the establishment of a continuing international organization, a Friends World Committee, to promote international contacts and cooperation among Friends. In 1958, it...
Dates: 1933-2010
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Friends World Committee for Consultation. Section of the Americas Records

Philadelphia General Meeting (1946-1954) Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Phg
Identifier: QM-Phg
Overview

Records of Philadelphia General Meeting, an annual meeting of members of both Philadelphia Yearly Meetings from 1946-1954. Also includes minutes, correspondence, and other records of joint committees involved in the process of the reunification of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting .

Dates: 1933-1955
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Philadelphia General Meeting (1946-1954) Records

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting: Abortion Study Group (1981-1982)

 Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/710
Identifier: QM-Phy-710
Overview

The Abortion Study Group was formed by the Family Relations Committee to discuss the Yearly Meeting's position on abortion issues. It met monthly for two years, and wrote position papers supporting the pro-life and pro-choice points of view. Records include minutes, reports, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 1981-82
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Philadelphia Yearly Meeting: Abortion Study Group (1981-1982)

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) Records: Civilian Public Service Fund Committee (1942-1946)

 Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/510
Identifier: QM-Phy-510
Scope and Contents

Records of contributions and related correspondence of the Civilian Public Service Fund Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite), 1941-1945.

Dates: 1941-1945
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) Records: Civilian Public Service Fund Committee (1942-1946)

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) Records: Promotion Committee (1950-1952)

 Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/511
Identifier: QM-Phy-511
Overview

The Promotion Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was appointed to coordinate PYM's representation at the 1952 Friends World Conference in Oxford, England. Records include applications, financial records, literature relating to the Conference, and other materials.

Dates: 1950-1953
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) Records: Promotion Committee (1950-1952)

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) Records: Extension Committee (1922-1955)

 Collection — Othertype HV/Phy/573
Identifier: QM-Phy-573
Scope and Contents

Records of Extension Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Delaware County, PA), 1921-1953, including Minute Books (1921-1952), Financial Records (1928-1953), Printed Materials (1921-1939) and minutes of the Approach to Public Subcommittee (1921-1927).

Dates: 1921-1952
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) Records: Extension Committee (1922-1955)

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) Records: Foreign Missionary Association (1882-1950)

 Collection — Othertype HV/Phy/830
Identifier: QM-Phy-830
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: 1882-1923
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) Records: Foreign Missionary Association (1882-1950)

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) Records: Mission Board (1923-1956)

 Collection — Othertype HV/Phy/836
Identifier: QM-Phy-836
Scope and Contents Records of the Mission Board of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting at Haverford include the minutes, financial accounts and other records from the time of the groups inception in 1923 until 1956, as well as those of its branches at Germantown, Haverford and Moorestown Monthly Meetings and other miscellaneous documents, including the extensive diary collection of missionary Edith F. Sharpless, which begins in 1908 but provides a thorough chronicle of her experience with the Mission Board in...
Dates: 1923-1956
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) Records: Mission Board (1923-1956)
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