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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.
Organization
Subject
- Publisher
- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- Mary A. Crauderueff
- Finding Aid Date
- March, 2018
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Collection Inventory
includes constitution, minute for preservation of two copies of all tracts
includes list of treasurers from 1845-1960
two copies when available; many missing
two copies when available
two copies when available
two copies when available; missing 1935-1939
two copies when available; missing 1945
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two copies when available
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two copies when available
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two copies when available
two copies when available
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two copies when available
volume needs box
volume needs box
volume needs box
volume needs box
volume needs box
volume needs box
volume needs box
two copies when available; missing 1839, 1840, 1843
two copies when available; missing 1859, 1866
two copies when available
two copies when available
two copies when available
two copies when available
bound copy
two copies when available
two copies when available
two copies when available
two copies when available
two copies when available
two copies when available
two copies when available
two copies when available; no 1959 available
two copies when available; no 1960-1965 available
two copies when available; no 1970 available
two copies when available
two copies when available
two copies when available
two copies when available
two copies when available; no 2001 available
two copies when available; no 2006, 2009 available
two copies when available
two copies when available
two copies; placards with three bible quotes on each