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Tract Association of Friends collection

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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

The Tract Association of Friends in Philadelphia was founded in 1816 for the purposes of "printing and distribution of moral and religious books and pamphlets, principally such as explain and enforce the doctrines of the Christian religion." By the 1850s, the association had distributed over four million tracts. The Association still exists today. Their website is: http://www.tractassociation.org

This collection includes both the official business of the organization, including minutes, correspondence, financial records, and annual proceedings, as well as published materials of which two have been preserved, as able, including tracts, almanacs, calendars, and books. The Association had a collection of tract association materials from non-Philadelphia tract associations, which is included at the end of the collection.

This collection has four series:

  • Minutes and Correspondence (split into two subseries: minutes and correspondence)
  • Financial Records
  • Annual Proceedings
  • Publications (split into five subseries: tracts, almanacs, calendars, books and other publications, and non-Philadelphia materials)

Processed by Mary A. Crauderueff; completed March, 2018.

Publisher
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Mary A. Crauderueff
Finding Aid Date
March, 2018
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Collection Inventory

Managers Minutes volume 1, 1816-1841.
Volume 1
Managers Minutes volume 2, 1841-1860.
Volume 2
Managers Minutes volume 3, 1860-1871.
Volume 3
Managers Minutes volume 4, 1871-1888.
Volume 4
Managers Minutes volume 5, 1888-1906.
Volume 5
Managers Minutes volume 6, 1907-1930.
Volume 6
Managers Minutes, 1930-1969.
Box 1
Minutes, 1852-1866.
Box 1
Minutes, 1866-1887.
Box 1
Minutes, 1887-1951.
Volume 7
Clerk's correspondence, 1816-1821.
Box 1
Letters, 1816-1824.
Box 1
Correspondence, 1832-1846.
Box 1
Letterbook, 1842-1849.
Box 2
Correspondence, 1944.
Box 2
Correspondence, 1845-1893.
Box 2
Outreach, undated.
Box 2
board materials, undated.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

includes constitution, minute for preservation of two copies of all tracts

Stocks, 1919.
Box 2
Miscellaneous, undated.
Box 2
Financial Reports, 1947.
Box 3
Financial Ledger, 1963-1975.
Box 3
Financial Statements, 1963-1964.
Box 3
Financial Records and Correspondence, 1964-1967.
Box 3
Financial Materials, 1964-1965.
Box 3
Financial Worksheet and related, 1965-1966.
Box 3
Financial Worksheet, 1966-1967.
Box 3
Worksheet, 1967-1968.
Box 3
Financial Worksheet and related, 1968-1969.
Box 3
Reciepts and Distributions, 1969-1970.
Box 3
Reciepts and Distributions, 1970-1971.
Box 3
Financial Statement and Records, 1971-1972.
Box 3
Copies of Financial Reports, 1978-1988.
Box 3
Orphan's court adjucations, 1887.
Box 4
Subscription Books, 1840-1861.
Box 4
Cash Books, 1848-1856.
Box 4
Treasurer's Reports, 1858-1865.
Box 4
various financial material, 1896-1910.
Box 4
various financial material, 1901-1904.
Box 4
financial notes, 1847-1851.
Box 5
financial notes, 1852-1856.
Box 5
financial notes, 1857-1861.
Box 5
financial notes, 1864, 1886, 187.
Box 5
financial notes, 1893-1904.
Box 5
various financial material, 1800s-1900s, undated.
Box 5
insurance policies, 1910-1919.
Box 6
Financial notes, 1906, 1909-1917.
Box 6
financial ledgers and notes, 1987-1988.
Box 6
Financial reports and ledgers, 1988-1996.
Box 6
financial ledgers and notes, 1990-2001.
Box 6
membership payment, 1823-1828.
Box 6
financial correspondence, 1938-1840.
Box 6
subscriptions, 1816.
Box 6
subscriptions, 1817-1822.
Box 6
receipt book, 1833.
Box 7
subscription books, 1833-40, 1843.
Box 7
subscriptions, 1840-1843.
Box 7
subsciprtions, 1847-1850.
Box 7
Treasurer's Reports, 1865-1879.
Box 7
Treasurer's Reports, 1880-1889.
Box 7
financial reports, 1972-1980.
Box 7
Calendar finances, 1969.
Box 7
Calendar finances, 1965.
Box 7
checks recieved, 1977-1986.
Box 8
cash book, 1922-1947.
Box 8
Treasurer Account book, 1935-1963.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

includes list of treasurers from 1845-1960

Treasurer Account book, 1845-1934.
Box 8
Books and Tracts sold and given, 1895-1896.
Box 8
Bonds and bills payable, 1948-1976.
Box 8
Cash book, 1832-1840.
Box 9
Cash book, 1893-1899.
Box 9
Distribution Record, 1894-1915.
Volume 8
Ledger: Memberships and Cash Recieved, 1840-1874.
Volume 9
Subscriptions and reciepts, 1816-1846.
Volume 10
Memberships and reciepts, 1874-1886.
Volume 11
Pamphlet notes, 1894-1898.
Box 9
Tracts Gratutitously Distributed, 1894-1899.
Box 9
Tracts Gratutitously Distributed, 1899-1905.
Box 9
Tracts Gratutitously Distributed, 1905-1915.
Box 9
Expenses, 1849-1905.
Volume 12
Distribution Record, 1874-1894.
Volume 13
Distribution Record, 1915-1947.
Volume 14

Proceedings 1841-1889, 1841-1889.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

two copies when available; many missing

Proceedings 1890-1909, 1890-1909.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Proceedings 1910-1929, 1910-1929.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Proceedings 1930-1940, 1930-1940.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

two copies when available; missing 1935-1939

Proceedings 1940-1949, 1940-1949.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

two copies when available; missing 1945

Proceedings 1950-1951, 1950-1951.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Proceedings 1960, 1978, 1982, 1960, 1978, 1982.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Proceedings 1998, 2000, 2003, 1998, 2000, 2003.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

List of tracts, 1960, 1978, 1983.
Box 11
drafts, 1998, 2000, 2004.
Box 11
Tracts, 1810s.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1820s.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1830s.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1840s.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1850s.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1870s.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1880s.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1890s.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1900s.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1920s.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1930s.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1940s.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1950s.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1960s.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1970s.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1980s.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 1990s.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 2000s.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts, 2010s.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Tracts for children, undated.
Box 13
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Natural History series, undated.
Box 13
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Undated tracts published between 1816 and 1892, undated.
Box 13
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Undated tracts published after 1892, undated.
Box 13
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

longer tracts, undated.
Box 13
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

longer tracts, undated.
Box 13
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

A Series of Essays on Moral and Religious Subjects, 1826.
Volume 15
Scope and Contents

volume needs box

Friends' Tracts volume 1, 1867.
Volume 16
Scope and Contents

volume needs box

Friends' Tracts on various subjects volume 1, 1871.
Volume 17
Scope and Contents

volume needs box

Memoirs and Essays on Moral and Religious Subjects volume 2, undated.
Volume 18
Scope and Contents

volume needs box

A Series of Tracts on Religious and Moral Subjects volume 1, 1893.
Volume 19
Scope and Contents

volume needs box

A Series of Tracts on Religious and Moral Subjects volume 2, 1893.
Volume 20
Scope and Contents

volume needs box

A Series of Tracts on Religious and Moral Subjects volume 3, 1893.
Volume 21
Scope and Contents

volume needs box

1838-1849, 1838-1849.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

two copies when available; missing 1839, 1840, 1843

1850-1869, 1850-1869.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

two copies when available; missing 1859, 1866

1870-1889, 1870-1889.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

1890-1909, 1890-1909.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

1910-1929, 1910-1929.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

1930-1946, 1930-1946.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

1849-1870, 1849-1870.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

bound copy

1885-1890, 1885-1890.
Box 16
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

1891-1899, 1891-1899.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

1900-1909, 1900-1909.
Box 17
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

1910-1919, 1910-1919.
Box 17
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

1920-1929, 1920-1929.
Box 18
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

1930-1939, 1930-1939.
Box 18
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

1940-1949, 1940-1949.
Box 19
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

1950-1958, 1950-1958.
Box 19
Scope and Contents

two copies when available; no 1959 available

1966-1969, 1966-1969.
Box 20
Scope and Contents

two copies when available; no 1960-1965 available

1971-1979, 1971-1979.
Box 20
Scope and Contents

two copies when available; no 1970 available

1980-1985, 1980-1985.
Box 21
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

1986-1989, 1986-1989.
Box 21
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

1990-1995, 1990-1995.
Box 21
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

1996-1999, 1996-1999.
Box 22
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

2000-2005, 2000-2005.
Box 22
Scope and Contents

two copies when available; no 2001 available

2007-2008, 2007-2008.
Box 22
Scope and Contents

two copies when available; no 2006, 2009 available

2012, 2012.
Box 22
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Pocket calendars, 2002-2008, 2012.
Box 22
Scope and Contents

two copies when available

Placards, undated.
Box 22
Scope and Contents

two copies; placards with three bible quotes on each

Stock books, 1934, 1959-1969.
Box 14
Order book, 1893-1898.
Volume 22
Stock Book, 1874-1897.
Volume 23
Miscellaneous Articles collected by Joseph S. Elkington, undated.
Volume 24
Distribution of tracts, 1850-1874.
Volume 25
List of Sales & tracts, 1821-1849.
Volume 26
scrapbook with tracts from various locations, undated.
Volume 27
Tractlets, New York, undated.
Box 23
New York Tract Association, 1817-1823, 1899, 1904-1907.
Box 23
Ohio Tract Association, 1954.
Box 23
Richmond, Indiana, #1-8, 11-16, undated.
Box 23
London Tract Association, #1-49, undated.
Box 23
London Tract Association, #50-72, 163, 186, undated.
Box 23
Manchester and Stockport, England Tract Association, 1830s, undated.
Box 23
York, England Tract Association, undated.
Box 23
Dublin, Ireland Tract Association #1-22, undated.
Box 23
Dublin, Ireland Tract Association #23-40, undated.
Box 24
Dublin, Ireland Tract Association #41-85, undated.
Box 24
non-English materials, undated.
Box 24
unknown location, undated.
Box 24

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