Call Number:

RG4.033

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

1.5 linear ft. (1 box and 3 volumes)

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Friends Publishing Corporation Records, 1959-, RG 4/033, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Date:

1959-2005 (inclusive)

Creator:

Friends Publishing Corporation, Hubben, William, 1895-1974, Browin, Frances Williams, -1898, Stefferud, Alfred, Alexander, Horace Gundry, 1889-1989, Anderson, Edgar, Bailey, Gerald, Bailey, Moses, 1892-1994, Bartram, Anna, Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973, Burdsall, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Rogers), 1903-1968, Cadbury, Catherine J., Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974, Cadbury, Lydia C., Cadbury, Rachel, Canter, Bernard, Curtis, Anna L. (Anna Louise), b.1882, De Hartog, Jan, 1914-2002, Dewees, Lovett, Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990, Jones, Robert C. (Robert Cuba), Lachmund, Margarethe, Morrison, Norman R., 1933-1965, Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967, and Friends Journal Associates

Abstract:

The primary activity of the Friends' Publishing Corporation is Friends Journal, a Quaker periodical. The latter was the successor to The Friend, the serial published by the Orthodox Quakers (1827-1955) and Friends Intelligencer, published by the Hicksite Quakers (1844-1955). It was established as a result of the merger of the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings, and the first consolidated issue was dated July 2, 1955. Originally published weekly and then bi-weekly, it became a monthly periodical in 1988.

Friends Publishing Corporation was founded in 1955 "for the purpose of promoting religious concerns of the Religious Society of Friends and the education and information of its members and others by means of the written or spoken word, including the publication of a magazine or magazines, pamphlets or other writings." Friends Journal, the major publication of Friends Publishing Corporation, is the consolidation of two previous Quaker publications and corporations, Friends Intelligencer (Hicksite) and The Friend (Orthodox), at the time of reunification of the two yearly meetings in Philadelphia. Friends Intelligencer was published from 1844 to 1955. The Friends Intelligencer Corporation was founded in 1933 "to publish a magazine, pamphlets and other writings for the purpose of promoting religious concerns of the Religious Society of Friends and the education and information of its members and others." The Friend was published from 1827 to 1955. The corporation, named "Contributors to the Friend, Inc.," was founded in 1874 "to carry on the publication of the religious and literary journal known as The Friend and to publish such other material pertaining to the general field of the interests, practices, and beliefs of the Religious Society of Friends as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Managers" (http://www.friendsjournal.org/about/miss_hist/index.html). The first consolidated issue was dated July 2, 1955. Originally published weekly and then bi-weekly, it became a monthly periodical in 1988.

Friends Journal Associates are those persons who subscribed to Friends Journal and gave additional contributions to the Corporation for the support and promotion of its activities.

This collection contains minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends' Publishing Corpoaration and correspondence concerning Friends Journal selected in 1968 by the in-coming editor.

The collection is organized into 3 series. The series are:

1. Minutes
2. Correspondence
3. Miscellaneous

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