Call Number:

SC.160

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Continuing Committee on Greater Unity Records, 1958-1964, SC/160.

Date:

1958-1964 & n.d (inclusive)

Creator:

Ives, Kenneth, Sutton, Marshall O. (Marshall Ostrander), 1918-, and Continuing Committee on Greater Unity (Society of Friends)

Abstract:

Includes: Kenneth Ives' correspondence regarding the Continuing Committee of Greater Unity, 1958-1961 and n.d.; minutes of the Continuing Committee on Greater Unity, 1958-1963; and information on the Gatherings of Friends, 1959-1964.

The Continuing Committee on Greater Unity was formed in 1958 including representatives of Wilmington Yearly Meeting, Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative), and the Lake Erie Association of Friends. Its main concerns were the promotion of greater unity between its constituents and cooperation concerning the Lake Erie Association of Friends (LEAF) interest in establishing a yearly meeting affiliation. In 1962, it was the sense of the committee that the LEAF should become Lake Erie Yearly Meeting and affiliate itself with Friends General Conference. The Committee worked to promote greater understanding between the different branches of Quakerism in the area, including the tri-annual issuance of a calendar of Quaker events in the area, large retreats, more inclusive Young Friends activities, and regular intervisitation by committee members.