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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Friends Peace Committee and its predecessors (1891-2015), 1891-2007 (inclusive)

Extent:
36 linear ft.
Abstract:
The Friends Peace Committee (FPC) of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was formed in 1933 by the merger of similar committees that had been established in 1892 by the Race Street Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) and in 1916 by the Arch Street Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) in Philadelphia. Since 1933, the committee has undergone a series of structural changes, perhaps most strikingly under the direction of Executive Secretary George Hardin from 1949-1973. There are a number of different subcommittees under the Friends Peace Committee that work on different facets of peacekeeping, including international issues, the role of the military in schools and society, and effecting legislative change.

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) Records: Committee on Philanthropic Labor (1892-1936), 1892-1937 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 linear ft.
Abstract:
The Committee on Philanthropic Labor was appointed by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) in 1892, merging the existing committees of Indian Concerns, Temperance and Intoxicating Beverages, and Colored People of the South. The Committee coordinated Philadelphia Hicksite Quaker activity in a number of social concerns, including race relations, Indian affairs, temperance and peace. In 1892, Subcommittees included Peace and Arbitration, Improper Publications, the Colored People, Indians, and Temperance and Tobacco. The name of the Committee was changed in 1936 to Social Service.

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Lake Erie Yearly Meeting Records, 1934-2024 (inclusive)

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15 linear ft. and .3 gb
Abstract:
The Lake Erie Yearly Meeting opened on August 31, 1963, as an outgrowth of the Great Lakes Regional Conference, begun in May, 1939, and called Lake Erie Association of Friends Meetings after 1944. Records include minutes and other records of Lake Erie Association, Lake Erie Yearly Meeting, and its constituent monthly meetings.

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Joint Committee on the Religious Life of Our Society (1944-1950), 1944-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:
In 3mo 1944, Rufus Jones published an article, "Are We Ready," in Friends Intelligencer. In response to his concern for deepening the spiritual life of the Religious Society of Friends, members of both the Race Street and Arch Street Philadelphia Yearly Meetings gathered six months later in the meeting house at 15th and Race Streets. Records include minutes, correspondence, and publications.

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Social Service Committee (1936-1964), 1936-1964 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.5 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:
The Social Service Committee was appointed in 1936, continuing the work of the Committee on Philanthropic Labor of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite). Primarily educational in nature, its work included providing information to local Quaker meetings on social service issues. The Committee was renamed the Committee on Social Welfare in 1964.

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Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting Records, 1943-2023 (inclusive)

Extent:
13 linear ft. and 0.2 gb
Abstract:
Records of the Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association and many of its constituent members. Includes minutes, membership records, newsletters, committee records, and miscellaneous. Some born-digital records. The Charleston WV and Swannanoa Valley Meetings, which disaffiliated with SAYMA in 2022 and 2023, are described separately.

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