https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/QuakMeet_QM.PHY.507
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Joint Committee on the Religious Life of Our Society (1944-1950)
- Date
- 1944-1950 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.1 linear ft. (swarthmore college)
- Call Number
- Phy.507
Description
Where the collection came from, what's inside, and how you can use it.
Biography/History
In 3mo 1944, Rufus Jones published an article, "Are We Ready," in Friends Intelligencer. In response to his concern for deepening the spiritual life of the Religious Society of Friends, members of both the Race Street and Arch Street Philadelphia Yearly Meetings gathered six months later in the meeting house at 15th and Race Streets. Originally called the Committee to Further the Concern of Rufus M. Jones, the group formed a joint body and met regularly. Rufus Jones participated in the Committee before his death in 1948, and introduced a number of ideas, including having Quaker youth become involved in intervisitation in order to revitalize local meetings. Richmond P. Miller wrote On your marks! Get set! The Committee on the Religious Life of Our Society also published a Study Outline on the Religious Life of a Meeting (1946).
Scope and Content
Records of the Committee on the Religious Life of Our Society, 1944-1950. Includes minutes, correspondence, and publications.
Acquisition Information
Deposit
Related Materials
Related material may be found in the Rufus Jones papers, 1894-1947 [SC066], Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Rights and citation
- Use
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Copyright has not been assessed for these materials. Works over 120 years old are generally considered to be in the public domain. For permission for other materials, please contact the repository where the materials are on deposit.
- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Date
- 2004
Subjects and headings
- Creator
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948
- Subject
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey
- Society of Friends -- Delaware
- Society of Friends -- Maryland
- Spiritual life -- Society of Friends
- Spirituality
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends
- People
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948
- Miller, Richmond P. (Richmond Pearson), 1902-1972
- Organization
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955)
- Language
- English
Inventory
Everything in this collection, in the order the archivist chose to help you understand it.
Committee on the Religious Life of Our Society, 1944-1950
Contact
These materials are held by Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Contact them to schedule a visit or ask about your research.