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Friends Historical Association records

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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 Friends Historical Association was founded in 1873 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the mission of studying, preserving, and publishing material related to the history and legacy of Quakerism. In addition to meeting annually in Philadelphia, the Friends Historical Association produces a semi-annual publication containing articles on historical Quaker events as well as contemporary Quaker contributions to matters such as social justice, education, and diplomacy.

Information from the Friends Historical Association.

Founded in 1873, incorporated in 1975.

One legal sized box for all legal sized materials (box 18).

The Friends Historical Association records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, financial statements, information concerning the Conference for Quaker Historians and Archivists, details about various committes within the association, publications and publicity, events, and miscellaneous materials. The collection spans from 1873, the year that the Friends Historical Association was founded, and 2016.

Records are arranged chronologically within its series. Box 18 contains all legal sized materials.

This collection is on permanent loan by Friends Historical Association. It includes materials that organically grew at Haverford College as well as combined from materials at Friends Historical Library. Those materials include: - Gift of E. Virginia Walker, 1948 - Minutes of Friends Historical Commission gift of Eleanore Price Mather, 1972 - Correspondence of Friends Historical Commission gift of George Vaux, 2/1/1973

Processed by Mary Crauderueff; completed April, 2012. Revised by Allison Hall; completed May, 2020.

Publisher
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Mary A. Crauderueff
Finding Aid Date
April, 2012
Sponsor
This collection was processed by an outside contractor sponsored by the Friends Historical Association
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

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

Collection Inventory

Minute book, Friends Historical Association, 1873-1934.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

The Friends Historical Society was founded in 1904 and merged with the Friends Historical Association in 1923.

Minutes, Friends Historical Society of Philadelphia, 1909-1919.
Box 1
Minutes and related materials, Friends Historical Society and Friends Historical Association, 1919-1937.
Box 1
Memorial and appreciation minutes, 1933-1957.
Box 2
Minutes, 1937-1950.
Box 2
Minutes, 1950-1955.
Box 2
Minutes, 1951-1959.
Box 2
Minutes, 1959-1963.
Box 2
Minutes, 1956-1963.
Box 2
Distributed minutes, 1946-1959.
Box 3
Distributed minutes, 1959-1964.
Box 3
Minutes, 1964-1980.
Box 3
Minutes, 1964-1969.
Box 3
Minutes, 1969-1972.
Box 3
Minutes, 1965-1975.
Box 4
Minutes, 1965-1981.
Box 4
Minutes, 1972-1978.
Box 4
Minutes, 1978-1980.
Box 4
Minutes, 1980-1986.
Box 4
Minutes, 1984.
Box 4
Minutes, 1985.
Box 4
Minutes, 1986.
Box 4
Minutes, 1987.
Box 5
Minutes, 1988.
Box 5
Minutes, 1989.
Box 5
Minutes, 1989-1992.
Box 5
Minutes, 1990.
Box 5
Minutes, 1991.
Box 5
Minutes, 1992.
Box 5
Minutes, 1993.
Box 5
Minutes, 1994.
Box 6
Minutes, 1994-1998.
Box 6
Minutes, 1995-1997.
Box 6
Minutes, 1995.
Box 6
Minutes, 1996.
Box 6
Minutes, 1997.
Box 6
Minutes, 1998.
Box 6
Minutes, 1999.
Box 6
Minutes, 1999-2002.
Box 6
Minutes, 2000.
Box 7
Minutes, 2001.
Box 7
Minutes, 2002.
Box 7
Minutes, 2003.
Box 7
Minutes, 2004.
Box 7
Minutes, 2005.
Box 7
Minutes, 2007.
Box 7
Minutes, 2008.
Box 7
Minutes, 2009.
Box 7
Minutes, 2010.
Box 8
Minutes, 2011.
Box 8
Minutes, 2012.
Box 8
Minutes, 2013.
Box 8
Minutes, 2014.
Box 8
Minutes, 2015.
Box 8
Minutes, 2016.
Box 8
Minutes, 2017.
Box 9
Minutes, 2018.
Box 9
Minutes, 2019.
Box 9
Minutes, 2020.
Box 9
Minutes, 2022.
Box 9
Friends Historical Society Minutes, London, 1923-1958.
Box 18

Henry J. Cadbury, chair, 1953-1955.
Box 9
Arthur James, chair, 1966-1969.
Box 9
Henry J. Cadbury, chair, 1965-1967.
Box 9
Mary Hoxie Jones, president, 1972-1974.
Box 9
Mary Hoxie Jones, president, 1977-1979.
Box 9
Regarding donated materials, 1987.
Box 9
Barbara Curtis, Margaret Hope Bacon, presidents, 1986-1990.
Box 9
Margaret Hope Bacon, 1988-1991.
Box 9
Curator's Correspondence, 1954-1965.
Box 9
Curator's Correspondence, 1966-1968.
Box 9
Curator's Correspondence, 1969-1973.
Box 10
Regarding Silhouettes, 1940.
Box 10
Friends Historical Commission, 1968-1972.
Box 10

Treasurer's reports, 1947-1968.
Box 10
Treasurer's reports, 1954-1986.
Box 10
Reports to Treasurer, 1962-1969.
Box 10
Budget and Finances, 1965-1971.
Box 10
Ledger Sheets, 1971-1978.
Box 10
Annual financial reports and ledger, 1977-1982.
Box 10
Treasurer's reports, 1983-1989.
Box 10
Atwater-Kent gift information, 1987.
Box 11
Budgets, reports, audits, 1988-1997.
Box 11
Budgets, reports, audits, 1998-2010.
Box 11
Budgets, reports, audits, 2011-2016.
Box 11
Balance book, 1945-1951.
Box 18
Bequest letters, 1942-1959.
Box 18
Budgets, including drafts, 1942-1963.
Box 18
Tax Exemption history, 1955-1986.
Box 18

Correspondence and related information, 1978-1988.
Box 11
1978 Conference program letter, 1978.
Box 11
1980 Conference correspondence, program and registration information, 1979-1989.
Box 11
1982 Conference program and registration information, 1982.
Box 11
1984 Conference program and registration information, 1984.
Box 11
1986 Conference program and registration information, 1986.
Box 11
1988 Conference program and registration information, 1987-1988.
Box 11
1990 Conference program and registration information, 1990.
Box 11
1992 Conference program and registration information, 1992.
Box 12
1994 Conference program and registration information, 1994.
Box 12
1996 Conference program and registration information, 1996.
Box 12
1998 Conference program and registration information, 1998.
Box 12
2000 Conference program and registration information, 2000.
Box 12
2002 Conference program and registration information, 2002.
Box 12
2004 Conference program and registration information, 2004.
Box 12
2006 Conference program and registration information, 2006.
Box 12
2008 Conference program and registration information, 2008.
Box 12
2010 Conference program and registration information, 2010.
Box 12
2014 Conference program and registration information, 2014.
Box 12
1996 conference papers; selected 1 of 2, 1996.
Box 12
1996 conference papers; selected 2 of 2, 1996.
Box 12
1998 conference papers; selected 1 of 2, 1998.
Box 12
1998 conference papers; selected 2 of 2, 1998.
Box 12
1998 responses to conference papers, 1998.
Box 13
2000 conference papers; selected 1 of 2, 2000.
Box 13
2000 conference papers; selected 2 of 2, 2000.
Box 13
2000 responses to conference papers, 2000.
Box 13
2002 conference papers; selected 1 of 2, 2002.
Box 13
2002 conference papers; selected 2 of 2, 2002.
Box 13
2010 conference papers; selected, 2010.
Box 13
2012 conference papers; selected, 2012.
Box 13
2014 conference papers; selected, 2014.
Box 14
2016 conference papers; selected, 2016.
Box 14

Membership lists, 1874-1964.
Box 14
Membership drive letters, 1946-1991, undated.
Box 14
Reports for annual meeting, 1950-1993.
Box 14
Reports for directors, 1958-1994.
Box 14
Committee reports, 1964-1976.
Box 14
Appeals, 1986-1991.
Box 14
Office manual and membership materials, 1982.
Box 14
Long range planning, 1988.
Box 14
Membership records, 1994-1997.
Box 14
Membership office manual, undated.
Box 14
Nominating Committee reports, 1929-1958.
Box 14
Committee reports, 1950.
Box 14
Ad hoc Committee on the Use of Reserve Funds, 1987-1988.
Box 14
Entertainment Committee, 1959-1961.
Box 14
Development Committee project, 2004-2008.
Box 15
Committee lists, 1929-1961.
Box 18

Form letters, 1929-1937.
Box 15
Exhibition in Old City Hall, 1937.
Box 15
Exhibition at Atwater Kent Museum, 1941-1954.
Box 15
Publicity, 1965.
Box 15
Invitations and notices of dues, 1995-1997.
Box 15
Mailings, 1995-1997.
Box 15
Legacy of George Fox Conference, 2002.
Box 15
Publication annoucements, 1925,1927, 1941, 1986.
Box 15
List of cuts used in Bulletin, 1908-1944.
Box 15
Copyright information for. Bulletin/ Quaker History, 1975-1992.
Box 15
Project Muse agreements for Bulletin/ Quaker History, 2007.
Box 15
Assignment of copyright for Friends in the Delaware Valley, 1980-1981.
Box 16

Annual meeting book lists, circa 1970s.
Box 16
Drafts of mateirals, 1990-1995.
Box 16
Annual and spring meeting information, 2000.
Box 16
Annual and spring meeting information, 2001.
Box 16
Annual and spring meeting information, 2002.
Box 16
Annual and spring meeting information, 2003.
Box 16
Annual and spring meeting information, 2004.
Box 16
Annual and spring meeting information, 2005.
Box 16
Annual and spring meeting information, 2006.
Box 16
Annual and spring meeting information, 2007.
Box 16
Annual and spring meeting information, 2008.
Box 16
Annual and spring meeting information, 2009.
Box 16
Annual and spring meeting information, 2010.
Box 16
Annual and spring meeting information, 2011.
Box 16
Programs, 1906-1922.
Box 18
Invitations and programs, 1923-1929.
Box 16
Invitations and programs, 1930-1939.
Box 16
Invitations and programs, 1940-1949.
Box 16
Invitations and programs, 1950-1959.
Box 16
Invitations and programs, 1956.
Box 18
Invitations and programs, 1960-1966.
Box 16
Invitations and programs, 1970-1979.
Box 17
Invitations and programs, 1971-1981.
Box 17
Invitations and programs, 1983-1988.
Box 17
Invitations and programs, 1980-1989.
Box 17
Invitations and programs, 1990-1999.
Box 17
Invitations and programs, 2000-2009.
Box 17
Invitations and programs, 2010-2012.
Box 17
Invitations and programs, 2013-2016.
Box 17
Invitations and programs, undated.
Box 17
Certification of Incorporation, 1875.
Box 17
Sharples Memorial Marker, 1930.
Box 17
Miscellaneous reports, 1946-1951.
Box 17
Manuscript collection, 1947-1950.
Box 17
Lydia F. Gummere Memorial Fund, 1956.
Box 17
Decision to handle Firneds Historical Association due and records at Haverford College, 1961-1962.
Box 17
Copy of Charpter, 1965.
Box 17
By-laws, 1980.
Box 17
Friends Historical Association seal, undated.
Box 18

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