Call Number:

MC.950.075

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (2 folders)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Friends Freedman's Association records (HC.MC.950.075), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1862-1867 (inclusive)

Creator:

Friends Freedmen's Association

Form:

minutes (administrative records) and Financial records

Abstract:

This collection is comprised of the single volume account book and single volume account book of the Friends Freedman's Association.

Friends' Freedmen's Association was an organization of Philadelphia Quakers founded in 1863, as Friends' Association of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity, for the Relief of Colored Freemen. Its purpose was to provide relief and education to freed slaves during and after the Civil War. The name was changed circa 1873. From 1947 to 1955, the Association supported black students in schools and summer work camps. From 1955 to 1970, the income from investments was used to provide grants for scholarship to black students. From 1970, income and principal was distributed yearly, primarily among Bryn Mawr, Earlham, Guilford, and Haverford Colleges. In January, 1982, the Association was dissolved. The funds were distributed among the four colleges named above to be used as aid to black students as the J. Henry Scattergood Scholarship Fund.

Source: An Inventory of the Friends Freedmen's Association Records, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College

This collection is comprised of the single volume account book and single volume account book of the Friends Freedman's Association.