Call Number:

MC.975.09.029

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.146 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Friends Institute minutes (HC.MC.975.09.029), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1880-1898

Creator:

Wistar, Edward Morris (1852-1941), Morris, Marriott Canby, Roberts, Charles, 1846-1902, Comfort, Howard, Jenks, William H., and Cadbury, Richard, 1825-1897

Abstract:

Friends Institute was founded as the Friends Institute for Young Men, in 1880, in Philadelphia as a reading room, lecture, and meeting room suitable for young men who were members of the Religious Society of Friends. It had approximately 200 founding members. Women were allowed to use the reading room, and by 1885 the name should be changed to Friends Institute. Today the organization exists as a granting group through Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, supporting the ministry of Quakers ages 18 - 35 years.

(source: Friends Institute records, MC 1197)

This collection is comprised of one book of Board of Managers minutes from the Friends Institute. It includes the organizations' by-laws, minutes from the beginning of the organization, as well as an attendance record in the back.