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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: AIDS Working Group (1992-2000)

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The AIDS Working Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was first established in 1992, a result of the discussion of AIDS at a number of monthly meetings and two threshing sessions of PYM. The convener of the AIDS working group, Kenneth Sutton (Central Philadelphia MM), stated that the group wished "to discover what it is that God is calling Friends to do about the AIDS epidemic." The group soon discovered its purpose with a proposal from Carolyn Schodt, a nurse and former professor of nursing at the Temple University School of Allied Health. After witnessing a program of visitation to AIDS patients at the San Francisco Zen Hospice, Schodt approached the AIDS working group and proposed a similar program, called "A Quaker Ministry to Persons With AIDS." Volunteers in this program visited those most chronically afflicted by the disease. They sought to provide solace, friendship, and spirituality to these patients in the last days and weeks before they passed away.

Though the AIDS working group organized a series of retreats for persons with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers, taught classes on AIDS prevention and care, and organized a Quaker Presence at the Philadelphia AIDS walk, the majority of its budget and services were devoted to the "Quaker Ministry to Persons With AIDS". On September 11,1999 at a Board retreat, the Board of Trustees of the Quaker Ministry to Persons With AIDS, and its director, Schodt, made an announcement to lay down its program of direct services to AIDS clients. This responsibility was taken over by the AIDS working group, though no longer under the name of "A Quaker Ministry to Persons With AIDS". On June 30, 2000, the AIDS working group was also laid down, as the only service it had come to provide was the visitation of those infected with the disease. Many of the volunteers continued their visits, however, either independently or under the auspices of Shilaom, a sister spiritual ministry to people with AIDS.

The bulk of the AIDS Working Group records consists of information related to "A Quaker Ministry to Persons With AIDS," including newspaper articles, correspondence, and publicity concerning the program. The minutes of the group from 1993-2000 are also found in the collection, as are the original papers documenting the founding of the group. Removed from this collection as relics are a sheet with painted handprints, a T-shirt from the 1996 AIDS Walk, and a Quaker AIDS Ministry Banner. Within each series of the collection, the folders are arranged chronologically.

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Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2004
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Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.

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Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Collection Inventory

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes concerning the creation of an ad-hoc AIDS working group, 1991-1992.
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Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No film
  2. Haverford: No film
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. Minutes of AIDS Working Group, 1993-2000.
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  1. Swarthmore: No film
  2. Haverford: No film
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. Annual Reports/ Annual Meeting Minutes of QMPWA, 1994-1998.
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  1. Swarthmore: No film
  2. Haverford: No film
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. Carolyn Schodt, director of QMPWA - Correspondence to and from, 1996-1998.
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  1. Swarthmore: No film
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. Notes of Appreciation to QMPWA, 1997-1999.
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. Benefit Concerts for A Quaker Ministry to Persons with AIDS (QMPWA), 1997-1998.
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  1. Swarthmore: No film
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. Fund-raising Letters for QMPWA to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1997-1999.
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. History of A Quaker Ministry to Persons with AIDS (QMPWA) , including lists of donors and volunteers, QMPWA Manual of Services, n.d.
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. QMPWA Volunteer Training Manual, Policy Regarding Physical Contact with Clients, n.d.
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. Articles Concerning QMPWA, 1994-1997.
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. AIDS Working Group/ QMPWA Newsletters, 1995-1999.
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  1. Swarthmore: No film
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. Newspaper Advertisements, Flier Soliciting Volunteers, 1996, 1998-1999.
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  1. Swarthmore: No film
  2. Haverford: No film
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. Retreats for Case managers and Caregivers of People With AIDS, 1996-1997.
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Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No film
  2. Haverford: No film
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. QMPWA Volunteer Training Program - Schedule, Evaluation Forms, Certificate of Training, 1997.
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  1. Swarthmore: No film
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. Miscellaneous Papers, Pamphlets, Photos, 1997, n.d.
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  1. Swarthmore: No film
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. Retreats for People with HIV/AIDS, 1997-1998.
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Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No film
  2. Haverford: No film
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1 folder

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Phy/769/Box 1. Summary of Staff Evaluations/ Board Performance Review, 1998.
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Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No film
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1 folder

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Affiliation: United

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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