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National Capital Area Association of Friends 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:
RG4.067
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], National Capital Area Association of Friends, Records, RG 4/067, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1966-1982 (inclusive)
Creator:
National Capital Area Association of Friends (Washington, D.C.), Committee on the Organization of Friends in the Washington Metropolitan Area, Friends Council of the National Capital Area (Washington, D.C.), and Friends Meeting of Washington (Washington, D.C.)
Abstract:
The National Capital Area Association of Friends, an organization established to coordinate actives and resources of Friends in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, was founded in 1971. It succeeded an earlier organization, the Friends Council of the National Capital Area, which was established in 1966 by the Committee on the Organization of Friends in the Washington Metropolitan Area. This collection contains the minutes, financial and other papers concerning the National Capital Area Association of Friends and its predecessors.

The Committee on the Organization of Friends in the Washington Metropolitan Area was formed in 1966 to address concerns regarding the organizational structure of Quakerism in the Washington, D.C., area. Members active in the various preparative meetings and monthly meetings experienced overlapping responsibilities and redundant activities. From the recommendations proposed by the Committee, the Friends Council of the National Capital Area was established on November 9, 1966, to coordinate the efforts and resources of Friends, specifically in the areas of community outreach, administrative services, services to groups within the membership, and contact with other organizations. Friends Council held its first meeting February 20, 1967. This group was laid down when it in turn established the National Capital Area Association of Friends (NCAAF) on September 25, 1971. The larger NCAAF continued the work of the Friends Council.

This collection contains the minutes, financial records, and other papers concerning the National Capital Area Association of Friends and its predecessors, the Committee on the Organization of Friends in the Washington Metropolitan Area and Friends Council of the National Capital Area.

The collection is divided into three series:

  1. Committee on the Organization of Friends in the Washington Metropolitan Area
  2. Friends Council of the National Capital Area
  3. National Capital Area Association of Friends

Donor: Friends Meeting of Washington, 1992

The collection was given with material deposited by Friends Meeting of Washington.

Removed from Friends Meeting of Washington records and cataloged separately as a Record Group 4. Divided into series based on issuing body.

See also:

  1. Friends Meeting of Washington (Washington, D.C.), RG 2

Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1992
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

Establishment of Friends Council of the National Capital Area, 1966-1971.
Box 1

Minutes, 1967-1971.
Box 1
Papers, 1967-1968.
Box 1
Papers, 1969.
Box 1
Papers, 1970.
Box 1
Papers, 1971, n.d.
Box 1
Financial Papers, 1967-1971.
Box 1
Friends Activities of the Washington Metro Area, 1970-1972.
Box 1
Revolutionary Peoples Constitutional Convention, 1970.
Box 1
Rosters, 1968-1970.
Box 1

Minutes, 1971-1972.
Box 1
Constituency Meeting Minutes, 1972-1980.
Box 1
Executive Committee Minutes, 1972-1975.
Box 1
Executive Committee Minutes, 1976-1981.
Box 1
Papers, 1972-1981, n.d.
Box 2
Financial Papers, 1971-1982.
Box 2
Newsletter materials, 1975-1980.
Box 2
Outreach, 1972-1978.
Box 2
Rosters, 1972-1980.
Box 2

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