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The Temperance Association of Friends of Media (Media, Pa.) Records

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

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
RG4.063
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], The Temperance Association of Friends of Media(Media, Pa.), Records, RG 4/063, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1883-1909 (inclusive)
Creator:
Temperance Association of Friends of Media (Pa.) and Temperance Association of Friends of Media (Media, Pa.)
Abstract:
The Temperance Association of Friends of Media was a Quaker temperance association in Media, Pennsylvania, established in 1883. The records include the constitution, minutes, financial records, correspondence, and related papers.

The Temperance Association of Friends of Media was a Quaker temperance association in Media, Pennsylvania, established in 1883.

The records include the constitution, minutes, financial records, correspondence, and related papers.

The collection is divided into ten series:

  1. Constitution and structure
  2. Annual reports
  3. Minutes
  4. Correspondence (1895-1903)
  5. Financial papers
  6. Committee papers
  7. Resolutions (Includes resolutions by the Media and Providence Prohibition Society, 1897)
  8. Manuscripts
  9. Papers of the Temperance Association of Friends of Philadelphia Y.M.
  10. Reference material (Printed)

Donor: Alice Pennell Allen, 1964

Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1964
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

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Collection Inventory

Constitution and structure.
Box 1

Annual reports, 1896.
Box 1
Annual reports, 1897.
Box 1
Annual reports, 1898.
Box 1

Minutes, 1895-1910.
Box 1
Minutes, 4-4-1900.
Box 1
Executive committee minutes, 1895-1908.
Box 1

Correspondence, 1895-1903.
Box 1

Account Book (loose papers in back), 1895-1912.
Box 1
Financial papers, including treasurer's and auditor's reports, 1897-1909, n.d.
Box 1

Annual reports, 1896-1900.
Box 1
Minutes, 11-9-1896.
Box 1
Annual, and other reports, 1896-1902.
Box 1
Minutes, 6-27, 7-15-1885.
Box 1
Committee on Finance: Annual reports, 1897, n.d.
Box 1
Committee on Politics and Legislation: Annual reports, 1896-1904.
Box 1
Committee on Interest of Peace: Annual report, 1899.
Box 1

Resolutions, 1897, other dates.
Scope and Contents

(Includes resolutions by the Media and Providence Prohibition Society, 1897

"Questions Regarding a Licensed Saloon on the Border of Media.", 12-7-1897.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Article, signed by Stanley R. Yarnall, Joseph Rhoads. Walter Smedley, on behalf of Friends Temperance Association, Media, Pa.

Physical Description

mss, typewritten

"Temperance Literature." Author unknown., n.d.
Box 1
Physical Description

mss

Constitution.
Box 1
Extract from minutes, 3-17-1897.
Box 1

National Woman's Christian Temperance Union pamphlet, No. 1, Methods of Work with Temperance Literature, by Julia Colman. ., 1883.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Published by The National Temperance Society an Publication House, N.Y

Pamphlet: Report of the Executive Committee of the Temperance Association of Friends of Philadelphia Y.M., 1887.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Friends' Printing House, Philadelphia.

Newspaper: The Issue, Chester, Pa., 12-3-1895.
Box 1
Flyer: A Study in Figures, 2-7-1896.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

re. Alcohol consumption per capita. Reprint from The Kennett Square, Pa. New American

The New Voice Leaflets, Vol. 1.1 No. 5, Chicago, 3-24-1900.
Box 1
Physical Description

3 copies

Penny Papers No. 25, "Effective Use of Temperance Literature," by Julia Colman, n.d.
Box 1

Print, Suggest