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Friends Historical Association

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 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

Call Number:
RG4.026
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
4 linear ft. (9 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Friends Historical Association Records, RG 4/026, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1942-2001 (inclusive)
Creator:
Friends Historical Association, Tolles, Frederick Barnes, 1915-1975, Walker, E. Virginia, Wills, William M., Swarthmore College, Friends Historical Commission, Friends Historical Association. Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association, Friends Historical Association. Quaker History, and Twelfth Street Meeting House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Abstract:
Friends Historical Association is an organization that promotes research and publication on topics in Quaker history. Membership and editorial offices are located at Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges. Minutes of the organization after 1964 are at Haverford College.

Friends Historical Association is an organization that promotes research and publication on topics in Quaker history. Membership and editorial offices are located at Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges. Minutes of the organization after 1964 are at Haverford College.

The collection contains the files of the Editors and Chairs of the Friends Historical Association, 1942-1972, and of its Treasurers to 2001.

The collection is organized into 4 series. The series are:

  1. Minutes
  2. Correspondence
  3. Financial
  4. Miscellaneous

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

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

Organization
Subject
Place

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
2000
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce items in this collection beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/.

Collection Inventory

Physical Description

3 folders

Archival Resource Key. Minutes, 1946-1959.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Minutes, 1960-1964.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Minutes (duplicate), 1962-1964.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Membership Committee, 1941.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Archival Resource Key. Friends Historical Commission, 1968-1972.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Archival Resource Key. Bulletin General Correspondence, 1948-1950.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Description

15 folders

Archival Resource Key. A, 1949-1960.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. B, 1949-1960.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. C, 1949-1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. D-E, 1949-1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. F-G, 1949-1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. H, 1949-1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Anna B. Hewitt, 1949-1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. I-K, 1949-1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. L-N, 1949-1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. O-Q, 1949-1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. R, 1949-1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. S, 1949-1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. T-V, 1949-1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. W-Z, 1949-1960.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Index, 1949-1960.
Box 3
Physical Description

3 folders

Archival Resource Key. Curator, 1954-1965.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Curator, 1966-1968.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Curator, 1969-1973.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

This series consists of the correspondence of the Chairman of the Entertainment Committee, E. Virginia Walker, during her term of office. It deals mainly with arrangements for speakers, etc.

Physical Description

2 folders

Archival Resource Key. Entertainment Committee, 1942-1944.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Entertainment Committee, 1945-1947.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Old York Road Pub. Co., correspondence with, 1949-1950.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Archival Resource Key. Silhouettes, correspondence concerning, 1940.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Description

13 folders

Archival Resource Key. A, 1960-1961.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. B, 1960-1961.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. C, 1960-1961.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. D-E, 1960-1961.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. F-G, 1960-1961.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. H, 1960-1961.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. I-K, 1960-1961.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. L-N, 1960-1961.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. O-Q, 1960-1961.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. R, 1960-1961.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. S, 1960-1961.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. T-V, 1960-1961.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. W-Z, 1960-1961.
Box 4
Physical Description

12 folders

Archival Resource Key. A, 1961-1963.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. B, 1961-1963.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. C, 1961-1963.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. D-E, 1961-1963.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. F-G, 1961-1963.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. H, 1961-1963.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. I-K, 1961-1963.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. L-N, 1961-1963.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. R, 1961-1963.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. S, 1961-1963.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. T-V, 1961-1963.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. W-Z, 1961-1963.
Box 4
Physical Description

7 folders

Archival Resource Key. A-B, 1963-1965.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. C-D, 1963-1965.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. F-I, 1963-1965.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. K-M, 1963-1965.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. N-R, 1963-1965.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. S-T, 1963-1965.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. U-Z, 1963-1965.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Westbrook Publishing Co., correspondence with., 1963-1964.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence of Fred Tolles, Editor, 1965-1970.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence re: Friends Historical Commission, 1968-1972.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Archival Resource Key. Wills, William M., treasurer's correspondence, 1949-1956.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Archival Resource Key. Advertising Rates, 1961-1965.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Archival Resource Key. Printer's bills, 1961-1963.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Description

9 folders

Archival Resource Key. Bills and receipts, 1970-1971.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Bills and receipts, 1971-1972.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Bills and receipts, 1972-1973.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Bills and receipts, 1973-1974.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Bills and receipts, 1974-1975.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Bills and receipts, 1975-1976.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Bills and receipts, 1976-1977.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Bills and receipts, 1977-1978.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Bills and receipts, 1978-1979.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Treasurers' records maintained by Mary Ellen Chijioke and her predecessor, Albert W. Fowler.

Physical Description

19 folders

Archival Resource Key. Girard Trust Passbook, 1958-1980.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Girard Trust Check Stub Book, 1965-1977.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Taxes and Tax Status, 1970-1989.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Treasurers' reports, 1983-1989.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Friends Fiduciary Agreement, 1998-2000.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Insurance, 1998-2001.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Financial files, 1986-1987.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Financial files, 1987-1988.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Financial files, 1988-1989.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Financial files, 1989-1990.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Financial files, 1990-1991.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Financial files, 1991-1992.
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. Financial files, 1992-1993.
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. Financial files, 1993-1994.
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. Financial files, 1994-1995.
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. Financial files, 1995-1996.
Box 9
Archival Resource Key. Financial files, 1996-1997.
Box 9
Archival Resource Key. Financial files, 1997-1998.
Box 9
Archival Resource Key. Financial files, 1998-1999.
Box 9

Archival Resource Key. Reports, 1946.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Archival Resource Key. Printed and mimeographed announcements, 1941-1948.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

This series consists of printed and mimeographed announcements of the Association, giving information as to the nature of the programs sheduled

Physical Description

1 folder

Archival Resource Key. Friends Historical Society, uncorrected page proofs of Some Quaker Portraits…, 1958.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Archival Resource Key. Lists of Committee members, 1961-1963.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Archival Resource Key. Printer's bills, 1961-1963.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Archival Resource Key. Research in Progress blanks, 1961-1963.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Archival Resource Key. Book Reviews, 1963-1965.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Print, Suggest