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Philadelphia Quaker Women

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

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Philadelphia Quaker Women was a organization, informal in structure and membership, which worked with the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends to address the concerns of women. It was laid down in 1970. This collection contains minutes, financial reports, correspondence, and miscellaneous material, 1961-1971.

This collection contains minutes, financial reports, correspondence, and miscellaneous material, 1961-1971, relating to Philadelphia Quaker Women, an organization, informal in structure and membership, which worked with the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends to address the concerns of women.

The collection is divided into four series:

  1. Minutes of the Executive Board
  2. Financial reports
  3. Correspondence
  4. Miscellaneous material, including audio tapes

Donor: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1975

Donor: Mary Mangelsdorf, 1984

Sorted and filed in document box and placed with RG 4. Three tape recordings removed and cataloged with Tape Recordings. Gavel and Cut for letterhead placed in relics.

Three tape recordings, originally part of the collection, were removed and cataloged with Tape Recordings. Also, Gavel and Cut for letterhead placed in relics.

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1975
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

Minutes, 1961-1970.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Minutes included Evalyn K. Balderston, Elaine E. Bell, Virginia Berlinger, Rachel Cadbury, Frances G. Conrow, Joy M. Cronk, Edith M. Darnell, Elizabeth A.W. Furnas, Jean Hollingshead.

Financial reports, 1961-1970.
Box 1

Correspondence, 1961-1971.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Arranged chronologically

Programs.
Box 1
Reference Material.
Box 1

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