Contents

Descriptive Summary

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

COLLECTION OVERVIEW

Ser. 1 First Day School General Conference

Ser. 2 Friends Union for Philanthropic Labor

Ser. 3 Education Committee

Ser. 4 General Conference of Young Friends Associations

Ser. 5 Swarthmore Conference, 1896

Ser. 6 Central Committee

Ser. 7 Finance and Development Committees

Ser. 8 Executive Committee

Ser. 9 Other Administrative Committees and Miscellaneous Records

Ser. 10 Advancement and Outreach Committee

Ser. 11 Religious Education Committee

Ser. 12 Publication and Distribution

Ser. 13 Ministry & Nurture

Ser. 14 Christian and Interfaith Relations

Ser. 15 Other Committees

Ser. 16 Special Conferences

Ser. 17 Conferences

Ser. 1 First Day School General Conference

Ser. 2 Friends Union for Philanthropic Labor

Ser. 3 Education Committee

Ser. 4 General Conference of Young Friends Associations

Ser. 5 Swarthmore Conference, 1896

Ser. 6 Central Committee

Ser. 7 Finance and Development Committees

Ser. 8 Executive Committee

9. Other Administrative Committees and Miscellaneous Records

10. Advancement and Outreach Committee

11. Religious Education Committee

12. Publication and Distribution

13. Ministry & Nurture

14. Christian and Interfaith Relations

15. Other Committees

16. Special Conferences

17. Gatherings

An Inventory of the Records of Friends General Conference, 1867-[ongoing]

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2004


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Friends General Conference
	Title	Records
	Dates:	1867-[ongoing]
	Abstract:	Friends General Conference is a Quaker organization in the unprogrammed tradition of the Religious Society of Friends which primarily serves affiliated yearly and monthly meetings. For additional information about Friends General Conference, please consult their web site: http://www.fgcquaker.org/info/
	Extent:	36 linear feet
	Location:	For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

The Friends General Conference was organized in 1900 as the representative body of seven yearly meetings of Hicksite Friends: Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Indiana, Illinois, Genesee and Ohio. These yearly meetings had associated together previously in four other conferences, First Day School General Conference, founded in 1868; Friends Union of Philanthropic Labor, 1881; Friends Religious Conference, 1893; and Friends Education Conference, 1894. The Young Friends Association also joined the combined conference at Chautauqua, NY in 1900.

Since 1955 with the reunification of Philadelphia, New York, Canada (Genesee) and Baltimore yearly meetings, and the new membership of additional yearly meetings, Friends General Conference has increased its contituency. At present (1984) FGC includes eleven yearly meetings in North America: Philadelphia, Illinois, Lake Erie, Northern, Ohio Valley and South Central, as well as Baltimore, Canadian, New England, New York and Southeastern which are associated with Friends United Meeting also.

The FGC is organized into an operating committee, the Central Committee of One Hundred, and program committees. The Central Committee has the general responsibility for all concerns and activities. The Executive Committee, appointed by the Central Committee is responsible for the budget and coordination of the programs. The names of the program committees have changed over the years, but they generally reflect the original concerns of the Conference: First Day schools, philanthropy, religion and education.

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SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

The collection is divided into four basic parts: (1) Predecessor Organizations, (2) Aministrative Committee Records, (3) Program Committee Records, and (4) Conferences.

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SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

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COLLECTION OVERVIEW

Ser. 1 First Day School General Conference

Box
1		Records, 1867-1900 3 vols.

Ser. 2 Friends Union for Philanthropic Labor

Box
1		Records, 1890-1900 1 vol.

Ser. 3 Education Committee

Box
1		Records, 1894-1897 1 vol.

Ser. 4 General Conference of Young Friends Associations

Box
1-2		Records, 1895-1923 & n.d. .2 linear ft.

Ser. 5 Swarthmore Conference, 1896

Box
2		Records, 1895-1896 .5 linear ft.

Ser. 6 Central Committee

Box
3-6		Minutes, 1911-[ongoing] 2 linear ft.

Box
6		Correspondence, 1974-1988. .2 linear ft.

Box
6-7		Reports, 1984-1992. .2 linear ft.

Box
7-10		Mailings, 1970-1993. 1.5 linear ft.

Box
10-11		Miscellaneous records, 1978-1993. .2 linear ft.

Ser. 7 Finance and Development Committees

Box
12		Early Financial Records, 1894-1937. .5 linear ft.

Box
12-16		Finance Committee, 1939-1997. 2 linear ft.

Box
17-18		Development Committee, 1950-1998. 1 linear ft.

Ser. 8 Executive Committee

Box
19-21		Minutes, 1924-1999. 1.5 linear ft.

Box
21		Correspondence, 1937-1950. .25 linear ft.

Ser. 9 Other Administrative Committees and Miscellaneous Records

Box
22		General Secretary, 1982-1985. .25 linear ft.

Box
22-24		Personnel Committee, 1950-1998. 1 linear ft

Box
24		Advisory Committee, 1988-1989. .25 linear ft.

Box
24-26		Structure and Long-Term Planning Committees, 1949-1997. 1 linear ft. In 1968, FGC began a process self-evaluation culminating in the 1969 “Objectives, Program and Organization of Friends General Conference.” A Working Party on FGC Structure was named ten years later. Formulating Committee was appointed by the Executive Committee in 1984, and produced a report, “Looking Ahead: FGC, 1985-1994.” A Committee on Discernment in Long Term Planning was formed in 1988. Many of the later committees used records from earlier committees in their reports, and many of the files as assembled contain these records.

Box
26		Property Committee, 1988-1998. .5 linear ft.

Box
27-28		Nominating Committee, 1962-1998. .75 linear ft.

Box
28		Interim Committee for Youth Involvement, 1995-1997. .25 linear ft.

Box
28-29		Miscellaneous, 1949-1999. .5 linear ft.

Ser. 10 Advancement and Outreach Committee

Box
30-32		Minutes, 1901-1997. 1 linear ft.

Box
33		Correspondence, 1912-1998. .5 linear ft.

Box
34		Financial Records, 1902-1937. .25 linear ft.

Annual Reports, 1910-1939. .25 linear ft.

Box
34-40		Miscellaneous, 1901-1985. 2.5 linear ft.

Ser. 11 Religious Education Committee

Box
41		First Day School Committee, 1900-1926 .25 linear ft.

Box
40a		Purity Committee, 1911-1924 .25 linear ft.

Box
41		Education Committee, 1924-1966. .25 linear ft.

Box
41-46b		Religious Education Committee, 1928-1994. 5 linear ft.

Ser. 12 Publication and Distribution

Subcommittee on Publications, 1941-1951. .25 linear ft.

Publication & Distribution/Publications & Communications, 1981-1999. .5 linear ft.

Financial, 1982-1996. .25 linear ft.

Administrative Records, 1957-2004. .75 linear ft.

Committee & Staff Correspondence, 1984-1997. 1.5 linear ft.

Publications Mss. & Related Correspondence, 1978-1997. 1 linear ft.

Gathering Store, 1991-1995. .5 linear ft.

Bookstore Committee, 1973-1995. .25 linear ft.

Hymnal Committee, 1919-1996. .75 linear ft.

Ser. 13 Ministry & Nurture

Box
55		Minutes, 1982-1998. .25 linear ft.

Religious Life Committee, 1978-1981. .25 linear ft.

Box
56		Marriage & Family Enrichment, 1969-1983. .5 linear ft.

Box
57-59		Field Secretaries & Visitation, 1976-1997. 1 linear ft.

Box
59		Miscellaneous, 1983-1997. .25 linear ft.

Ser. 14 Christian and Interfaith Relations

Box
60		Minutes, 1952-1998. .25 linear ft.

Box
60-61		Correspondence & Reports, 1954-1994. .75 linear ft.

Box
62-63		FGC & the World Council of Churches .75 linear ft.

Box
63		Miscellaneous, 1981-1991. .25 linear ft.

Ser. 15 Other Committees

Box
64		Friends Student Hostel, 1920-1937. .25 linear ft.

Discipline Revision Committee, 1940-1941. .25 linear ft.

Trends Toward Unity, 1951-1953. .25 linear ft.

Committee on Philanthropic Labor, n.d. .25 linear ft.

Social Service Committee, 1933-1941. .25 linear ft.

Committee on Economic Problems, 1941-1955. .25 linear ft.

Peace & Service Committee, 1941-1951. .25 linear ft.

Committee on Peace & World Understanding, 1952-1955. .25 linear ft.

Social Order Committee, 1951. .25 linear ft.

Box
64-65		Peace & Social Order Committee, 1945-1967. .25 linear ft.

Box
65		Centennial Committee, 1998. .25 linear ft.

Box
65-66		Friends Meeting House Fund, Inc., 1955-1998. .25 linear ft.

Box
66-68		Long Range Planning Committee, 1961-1999. 1 linear ft.

Ser. 16 Special Conferences

Box
68		Conference of Trustees, 1972.

Conference on Our Faith as Friends and Our Future as a Movement, 1953.

Ser. 17 Conferences

Box
68		Early Biennial Conferences, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1920

FGC Biennial Conference 1922- Richmond, Indiana

FGC Biennial Conference 1924- Ocean City, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1926- Ocean City, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1928- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1930- Cape May, NJ

Box
70		FGC Biennial Conference 1932- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1934- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1936- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1938- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1940- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1942- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1944- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1946- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1948- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1950- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1952- Cape May, NJ

Box
71		FGC Biennial Conference 1954- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1956- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1958- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1960- Cape May, NJ

FGC Biennial Conference 1962- Cape May, NJ

FGC General Conference for Friends 1963 - Traverse City, Michigan

FGC General Conference for Friends 1964 - Cape May, NJ

FGC General Conference for Friends 1965 - Traverse City, Michigan

FGC General Conference for Friends 1966 - Cape May, NJ

FGC General Conference for Friends 1967 - Stephens College, Columbia, MO

Box
72		FGC Conference on Renewal and Revolution 1968 - Cape May, NJ

FGC General Conference for Friends 1969 - Wilmington College, Wilmington, OH

FGC General Conference for Friends 1970 - Ocean Grove, NJ

FGC Annual Conference 1972 - Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

FGC Annual Conference 1973 - Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana

FGC Annual Conference 1974 - Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

FGC Annual Conference 1975 - Berea College, Berea, KY

Box
73		FGC Annual Conference 1976 - Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

FGC Annual Gathering 1978- Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

FGC Annual Gathering 1979- Earlham College, Richmond, IN

FGC Annual Gathering 1980- Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

FGC Annual Gathering 1981- Berea College, Berea, KY

Box
74		FGC Annual Gathering 1982- Slippery Rock State College, PA

Box
75		FGC Annual Gathering 1983- Slippery Rock State College, PA

Box
76		FGC Annual Gathering 1984- St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, NY

Box
77		FGC Annual Gathering 1985- Slippery Rock State College, PA

Box
79		FGC Annual Gathering 1986- Carleton College, Northfield, MN

Box
80		FGC Annual Gathering 1987- Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Box
81		FGC Annual Gathering 1988 - Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Box
82		FGC Annual Gathering 1989 - St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

Box
83		FGC Annual Gathering 1990 - Carleton, MN

Box
84		FGC Annual Gathering 1991 - Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Box
86		FGC Annual Gathering 1992 - St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

Box
87		FGC Annual Gathering 1993 - Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Box
88		FGC Annual Gathering 1994 - University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

FGC Annual Gathering 1995 - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Box
89		FGC Annual Gathering 1996 - McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

FGC Annual Gathering 1997 - James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

FGC Annual Gathering 2001 - Viginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Ser. 1 First Day School General Conference

First Day School General Conference

Box
1		Minutes 1867-1876, 1898 3 vols. Vol. 1898 rough minutes

Executive Committee

Box
1		Minutes 1867-1878

Literature Committee

Box
1		Minutes 1888-1900

Ser. 2 Friends Union for Philanthropic Labor

Executive Committee

Box
1		Minutes 1890-1900

Ser. 3 Education Committee

Education Committee

Box
1		Minutes 1894-1897

Ser. 4 General Conference of Young Friends Associations

Executive Committee

Box
1		Minutes 1895-1911, 1914

General Conference of Young Friends Associations

Box
1		Minutes 1895-1913, 1915, 1917

Box
2		Miscellaneous papers 1901-1923 & n.d

Ser. 5 Swarthmore Conference, 1896

Committee on Arrangements for the Conference of 1896.

Box
2		Minutes 1895-1896

Finances 1896

Registers 1896 3 vols.

Lists names and addresses of attendees.

Miscellaneous Papers 1896

Includes Programs, some correspondence, and reports.

Executive Committee

Box
2		Minutes, 1895-1896.

Subcommittee on Tents and Grounds

Box
2		Minutes, 1895-1896.

Ser. 6 Central Committee

Minutes, 1911-[ongoing]

Box
3		Minutes 1911-1940 Includes minutes of the Central Committee of the General Conference

Minutes 1937-1952

Minutes 1952-1964

Box
4		Minutes 1965-1976

Minutes 1977-1992

Minutes 1993-1994

Box
5		Minutes 1995

Minutes 1996

Minutes 1997

Box
6		Minutes 1998

Correspondence, 1974-1988

Box
6		Correspondence 1974-1976

Correspondence 1984-1985

Re: Change Process

Correspondence 1987-1988

Re: Worship Concern

Reports, 1984-1992.

Box
6		Reports 1984-1987

Box
7		Reports 1989-1992

Mailings, 1970-[ongoing]

Box
7		Mailings 1970-1978

Mailings 1980-1983

Mailings 1984

Mailings 1985

Mailings 1986

Mailings 1987

Box
8		Mailings 1988

Mailings 1989

Mailings 1988-1990

Mailings 1990

Box
8-9		Mailings 1991 2 folders

Box
9		Mailings 1992 2 folders

Box
9-10		Mailings 1991 3 folders

Miscellaneous records, 1978-1993.

Box
10		Conferences 1981-1984

Attendees 1984-1985

Clerk’s Retreat 1981-1983

Clerk’s Retreat 1983

Personal History Sheets 1986

Box
11		Personal History Sheets 1990

Inquiries 1982-1983

Preparations 1982

FGC & ERA Boycott 1978

Computer 1989

Evaluations 1990-1993

Membership Lists 1984-1988

Membership Lists 1991-1992

Ser. 7 Finance and Development Committees

Early Financial Records.

Box
12		Account Book 1894-1904 1 vol.

Account Book 1904-1914 1 vol.

Account Book 1921-1926 1 vol.

Account Book 1926-1930 1 vol.

Account Book 1930-1934 1 vol.

Account Book 1934-1937 1 vol.

Finance Committee.

Box
12		Minutes 1939-1950

Minutes 1950-1954

Minutes 1958-1979

Minutes 1987-1994

Minutes 1995-1997

Box
13		Minutes 1997-1999

Budget 1915-1930 (gaps)

Budget 1930-1938

Budget 1961-1975

Budget 1964-1974

Budget 1982

Budget 1983

Budget 1984

Budget 1985

Budget 1986

Budget 1987

Box
14		Budget 1988

Budget 1989

Budget 1992

Budget 1995

Budget 1997

Financial Statements 1961-1975

Financial Statements 1985-1996

Box
15		Financial Statements 1986-1996 (audited)

Treasurer's Reports 1987-1997

Reports & Correspondence 1980-1985

Reports & Correspondence 1985-1987

Box
16		Reports & Correspondence 1988-1990

Reports & Correspondence 1991

Reports & Correspondence 1992

Reports & Correspondence 1993-1994

Reports & Correspondence 1995

Reports & Correspondence 1996

Miscellaneous: Deposit log 1995

Miscellaneous: Deposit log 1996

Miscellaneous: Cash flow: budget & reports 1995

Miscellaneous: Monthly NRC Statements 1996

Development Committee.

Box
17		Minutes 1969-1975

Minutes 1987-1994

Minutes 1995-1997

Minutes 1997-1998

Box
18		Appeal Letters 1950-1960

Appeal Letters 1962-1979

Estate: Crawford 1961

Grants: Institute for World Order 1974

Grants: Biddle Foundation 1963-1972

Grants: Shoemaker Fund 1959-1967

Grants: Chace Fund Committee 1957-1974

Office Space Purchase 1988

Campaign Feasibility Study 1998

Ser. 8 Executive Committee

Minutes

Box
19		Minutes 1924-1943

Minutes 1943-1953

Minutes 1953-1964

Minutes 1965-1976

Minutes 1977-1979

Box
20		Minutes 1980-1982

Minutes 1983-1984

Minutes 1985-1988

Minutes 1989-1991

Box
21		Minutes 1992-1994

Minutes 1995-1997

Minutes 1997-1999

Correspondence

Box
21		Correspondence 1937-1950

9. Other Administrative Committees and Miscellaneous Records

General Secretary

Box
22		Lloyd Lee Wilson Correspondence 1982-1985

Personnel Committee

Box
22		Minutes 1985-1993

Box
22		Minutes 1985-1993

Box
22		Minutes 1994-1995

Box
22		Minutes 1996

Box
22		Minutes 1997

Box
23		Minutes, 1998

Box
23		Correspondence (Executive Committee) Restricted 1950-1981

Box
23		Correspondence Restricted 1983-1988

Box
23		Correspondence Restricted 1991-1995

Box
23		Search for General Secretary Restricted 1985

Box
23		Search for General Secretary Restricted 1992

Box
23		Benefits, 1994-1995

Box
23		Pension Fund 1990-1997

Box
23		Personnel Policy 1957-1958

Box
23		Personnel Policy 1982-1983

Box
23		Manual & Procedures 1985-1997

Box
24		Manual & Procedures 1997

Box
24		Miscellaneous records 1987-1988

Box
24		Staff Meetings 1985-1987

Box
24		Staff Meetings 1987-1990

Box
24		Staff Meetings 1991

Box
24		Staff Meetings 1992-1994

Box
24		Staff & Committee Lists 1983

Box
24		Staff Information 1983-1986

Box
24		Computer Plans 1989

Advisory Committee

Box
24		Minutes 1988-1989

Structure & Long-Term Planning Committees

Box
24		FGC Structure sheets 1949-1979

Box
24		Committee on Functions & Organization Reports 1966-1969

Box
24		Working Party on FGC Structure 1979

Box
24		Structure Committee 1982-1985

Box
24		Objectives, Programs, & Organization: Mock-ups & revisions 1981

Box
24		Objectives, Programs, & Organization: Mock-up, ca.1968

Box
24		Objectives, Programs, & Organization: Revisions, 1978-1980

Box
24		Objectives, Programs, & Organization: Shorter Fact Sheets & Brochures 1969-1977

Box
24		Objectives, Programs, & Organization: Small Group Discussions on FGC Organization 1983 & n.d

Box
25		Blue Book 1987-1997

Box
25		Blue Book 1982

Box
25		Blue Book 1997

Box
25		Report 1984

Box
25		Setting Priorities Retreat 1984

Box
25		Background materials 1967-69, 1983

Box
25		Slide show script 1984

Box
25		Correspondence 1983-1985

Box
25		Correspondence of L.L. Wilson 1983

Box
26		Correspondence of D. Spann-Wilson 1984

Box
26		Ms. “What We Must Do To Be…” n.d

Box
26		Objectives 1978

Box
26		FGC Organizational Change 1984 draft

Box
26		“Looking ahead” 1984

Box
26		Questionnaire 1984

Box
26		Babson Papers on Change in FGC ca. 1984 original transcript

Box
26		Restructuring correspondence 1984-1985

Box
26		Committee on Discernment in Long Term Planning records 1988

Property Committee

Box
26		Minutes 1988-1997

Minutes 1998

Property Condo Association 1985-1990

Friends Center Corporation Correspondence 1982-1984

Miscellaneous Correspondence 1989-1991

Nominating Committee

Box
27		Minutes 1962-1974

Minutes 1994, 1998

Roster of Committees 1986-1996

Central Committee Membership Lists 1988-1997

Committee Job Description Work Sheets 1986

Individual Committee Lists 1988-1997

Box
28		Correspondence 1972

Correspondence 1978-1982

Correspondence 1983

Correspondence 1984

Correspondence 1985

Nomination forms 1985

Interim Committee for Youth Involvement

Box
28		Minutes and drafts 1995-1997

Miscellaneous

Box
28		Annual Reports 1949-1981

Annual Reports 1977-1996

Annual Reports 1997

Committee & Representative Reports 1988-1996

Membership Statistics 1890-1976

J. Barnard Walton (biographical) 1957-1965

Box
38		Alice B. Flitcraft memorial 1995

Box
39		Inventory of additions, checklists 1985-1999

Box
29		New Call to Peacemaking 1979-1983

UN Association 1983-1984

Requests for Information 1983-1984

Youth Programming 1983-1984

Boy Scouts & Award 1984-1986

FAHE 1983-1985

Evangelical Friends Alliance 1976-1983

AFSC 1983-1984

FUM 1983-1984

National Strategy for Friends 1978-80

Miscellaneous correspondence 1987-1993

Clerks' Retreat 1983

Timetables for Clerks 1979-1984 & n.d

10. Advancement and Outreach Committee

Minutes

Minutes, 1901-1903

Minutes, 1906-1909

Minutes, 1910-1913

Minutes, 1913-1918

Minutes, 1919-1927

Minutes, 1927-1930

Minutes, 1931-1932

Minutes, 1933-1945

Minutes, 1946-1954

Minutes, 1953-1959

Minutes, 1959-1964

Minutes, 1965-1972

Minutes, 1972-1980

Minutes, 1982-1983

Minutes, 1984

Minutes, 1987-1993

Minutes, 1994-1997

Minutes, 1901-1903

Correspondence

Box
33		Advancement of Friends Principles 1912-1942

Typical letters 1944-1950

Special correspondence 1961, 1964

Correspondence 1976-1983

Kenneth Ives project 1980-1984

Correspondence 1993

Miscellaneous correspondence 1980-1981

Miscellaneous correspondence 1980

Miscellaneous correspondence 1981-1982

Miscellaneous correspondence 1982-1983

Miscellaneous correspondence 1983-1984

Miscellaneous correspondence 1980-1985

Miscellaneous correspondence 1984-1990

Miscellaneous correspondence 1993

Correspondence 1998

Financial Records

Box
34		Account books 1902-1910, 1915-1937

Annual reports

Box
34		Annual reports 1910-1915, 1938-1939

Miscellaneous

Box
34		Joint Committee on Isolated Members Minutes 1901-1915

Adult classes and lectures 1935-1938

Field Work, 1919-1944, 1984

Midwest Field Work 1939-1952

Midwest Field Work 1942-1945

Midwest Field Work 1945-1946

Midwest Field Work 1946-1950

Conference of Meeting Secretaries 1926-1946

Committee on Radio 1944-1945

Visual aids, The story of 1652 slide show 1954

Box
35		Midwestern Presence 1979-1981

Quaker Dialogues 1959-1961

Fellowship of Non-Resident Friends 1963-1968

Advertising Subcommittee 1976-1981

Advertising Program 1974-1980

Friends by Mail 1978-1979

Outreach Subcommittee 1975-1981

Yearly Meeting Outreach Committees 1978-1979

Intensive Outreach Project 1981

Box
36		Surveys of Meetings 1926-1927

Surveys of Meetings 1950-1951

Surveys of Meetings, 1971: Correspondence 1971

Surveys of Meetings, 1971: Preliminary Sample Letters 1971

Surveys of Meetings, 1971: Form Letters & Survey Sheets 1971

Surveys of Meetings, 1971: Contributions 1971

Surveys of Meetings, 1971: Meeting Finances 1971

Surveys of Meetings, 1971: Meeting Activities 1971

Surveys of Meetings, 1971: Membership & Attendance Statistics 1971

Surveys of Meetings, 1971: New Members 1971

Box
37		Surveys of Meetings, 1971: Meeting Facilities & History 1971

Surveys of Meetings, 1971: Outreach 1971

Surveys of Meetings, 1971: Religious Education 1971

Surveys of Meetings, 1971: Preliminary Summary 1971

Survey of Meetings 1972

New Member Survey, 1978: Report & Code Sheet 1978

New Member Survey, 1978: Replies 1&2 1978

Box
38		New Member Survey, 1978: Replies 3&4 1978

New Member Survey, 1978: Replies 7&8 1978

New Member Survey, 1978: Quotables 1978

New Member Survey, 1978: Other Replies 1978

New Member Survey, 1978: Meeting Responses 1978

New Member Survey, 1978: New Friends Speak 1978

New Member Survey, 1978: Replies 5&6 1978

Box
39		Affiliation of Meetings with FGC 1944-1978

Working Party on Inner City Meetings 1970-1972

Communications Program. Correspondence prior to beginning program 1962-1966

Communications Program. Proposed test 1966-1968

Communications Program. Tape for Radio Spot 1968

Communications Program. Sample Letters to Respondents 1968

Communications Program. Printed Resource Materials 1968

Communications Program. Final Report 1968

Communications Program. Correspondence after Program was Completed 1968-1971

Field Trip Reports (Goulding) 1973-1979

Field Staff Activity Reports 1982

Report of FGC Consultant Workshop 1978

An Experiment and Experience in Quaker Outreach/Inreach ca. 1981

Advertising 1979-1985

Box
40		Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: BYM

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: Canadian YM

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: Illinois YM

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: IMYM

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: LEYM

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: NEYM

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: London YM

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: NYYM

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: NCYM

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: Northern YM

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: Ohio (C) YM

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: Pacific YM

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: Piedmont

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: Philadelphia YM

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: SAYMA

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: SCYM

Correspondence with Affiliated Yearly Meetings: SEYM

11. Religious Education Committee

First Day School Committee

Box
41		Minutes 1900-1928

Minutes and reports 1911-1926

Purity Committee

Box
40a		First-day school lesson leaf orders 1911-1912

First-day school lesson leaf orders 1912-1916

First-day school lesson leaf orders 1916-1917

First-day school lesson leaf orders 1917-1921

First-day school lesson leaf orders 1921-1924

Education Committee

Box
41		Minutes and reports 1924-1941

Minutes and reports 1942-1966

Box
40a		Correspondence and lesson plans 1912

Booklets on Quaker Education 1925-1939

Outlines for Study Groups n.d.

Leadership Training Course Materials n.d.

Religious Education Committee

Box
41		Minutes 1928-1941

Minutes 1941-1950

Box
42		Minutes 1951-1961

Minutes 1961-1970

Minutes 1971-1976

Minutes 1977-1980

Minutes 1980-1984

Minutes 1985-1987

Minutes 1988-1993

Box
43		Minutes 1994-1995

Minutes 1996-1997

Correspondence 1930

Correspondence and mailings 1979-1984

Correspondence and mailings (Cynthia B. Taylor) 1987-1990

Box
44		Correspondence and mailings (Marty Walton) 1987-1990

Correspondence and mailings 1991-1992

Correspondence and mailings 1993-1994

Correspondence and mailings 1996-1997

Correspondence and mailings 1997-1998

Box
45		Summer School Programs 1909-1927

Suggestions to teachers 1913-1932

Suggestions to teachers 1988 & n.d

Comments on Lesson Leaves 1926-1937

Daily Vacation Religious Schools 1945-1950

Outlines of Leadership Training Courses n.d

Leadership Training Subcommittee 1929-1953

Leadership Training Institutes 1931-1947

Family Institutes 1947-1961

Rufus Jones Lectures 1959-1975

Rufus Jones Lectures 1974-1979

Resource Catalogs 1991-1998

PYM RE Committee 1983.

Box
46		Religious Ed in the Family & Small Meeting 1986-1987

Religious Life and Feminine Experience 1986

Final JEDEC 1993

Cynthia Taylor (RE Coordinator) correspondence 1983-1989

Discipleship Alive correspondence 1986

Discipleship Alive correspondence & miscellaneous 1987-1988

Publishing Process for RE Committee 1997

WARSP 1979

NEYM 1991

This I Know Experimentally (Eliz. Watson) 1977

Stony Run Meeting 1985-1987

Piedmont Friends Fellowship 1986-1987

Religious Educators Institute 1994

Box
46A, 46B		Curriculum Materials oversized

12. Publication and Distribution

Subcommittee on Publications, 1941-1951.

Box
47		Minutes, correspondence, & reports 1941-1951

Minutes

Box
47		Minutes 1981-1989

Minutes 1990-1993

Minutes 1994-1997

Minutes 1997-1999

Financial

Box
48		Budgets: Sales figures 1982-1996

Administrative Records

Box
48		Long-range proposals 1985-1996

Joint Book Distribution with PYM 1989-1993

QUIP 1984-1994

Joint Book Distribution Evaluation 1991-1992

Advertising 1993-1994

Literature Lists and Bookstore Catalogs 1957-1969

Literature Lists and Bookstore Catalogs 1970-1997

Box
49		Literature Lists and Bookstore Catalogs 1997-1998, 2004

Procedures for Publications 1973-1989

Job Descriptions 1984-1995

Promotional Publications, Pamphlets, etc. 1989-1996 & n.d

Suggested Books Lists and Pamphlets 1976-1978 & n.d

FGC Quarterly 1980

Faith & Life Panel 1979-1981

Box
48		Long-range proposals 1985-1996

Committee and Staff Correspondence

Box
49		Gretchen Castle 1985-1989

Chris Jocius 1988-1989

Bill Kriebel 1984-1985

Leonard Kenworthy 1984-1987

Mary Moehlman 1987-1989

Elizabeth Muench 1988-1993

Clarence M. Parker 1984-1989

Helen Parker 1984-1989

Greg Swanson 1986-1987

Joanie Piccard 1986

Clerks' correspondence 1982-1997

David Scull 1982

Box
49A		Publications Oversized archival copies

Publications Mss. & Related Correspondence

Box
50		Spanish language publications 1989

Quakers & Science 1983-1987

The Exiles Return 1997

Sparklers Too 1988-1989

A Casual Glossary of Quaker Terms n.d

Human Sexuality and the Quaker Conscience 1985-1986

Elias Hicks 1983

Plays n.d

Barnett Stories 1996 & n.d

Unpublished plays 1963-1980 & n.d

Conflict Resolution in Quaker Families 1982-1984

Box
51		A Brief Introduction to the Quakers ca. 1987

Directory for Traveling Friends 1985

Friends' Handbooks 1962-1966

Stories from the Life of Cahoun D. Geiger 1997

Publications material for Display n.d

Manuscripts Commentary, 1982-1987

Early Pamphlets on the Nature of Quakerism, etc. n.d

Quarterly Promotions 1989

A Friendly Meeting Place 1982

Miscellaneous 1979-1983

Box
52		Rejected Manuscripts 1983-1987

Publications Under Consideration 1992-1995

Speeches 1978-1980

Gathering Store

Box
53		Minutes & budgets 1993-1995

Correspondence & policy 1991-1994

Bookstore Committee

Box
53		Agenda 1995

Inventory Evaluations for Catalog 1973-1992

Hymnal Committee

Box
53		Minutes 1986-1996

Progress reports 1994-95

Press Releases 1987-1995

Organization and Design Proposals 1994

Mennonite hymnal & clippings from other churches 1988-1995

Interest Surveys 1986-1992

Regional Committee Proposals 1988-1989

Correspondence (Gretchen Castle) 1983-1985

Agendas 1993-1996

Reports & Budgets 1987-1997

Publication estimates & correspondence 1990-94

Selection Guidelines and Correspondence 1990-1996

Box
54		Promotion 1996

Fund Raising 1988-1994

Early Hymnals 1919-1931

1955 Hymnal 1955

1975 & 1978 Hymnals, Samples & Related Correspondence 1975-1978

Trial Booklets 1993-1995

Copyright letters 1940-1942

Copyright letters 1930-1931

Copyright letters 1923-1924

Copyright Hymns & Songs 1921

Copyright & correspondence 1955

Suggested Hymns 1923

13. Ministry & Nurture

Ministry & Nurture Committee

Box
55		Minutes, reports, mailings & correspondence 1982-1985

Minutes, reports, mailings & correspondence 1987-1993

Minutes 1994-1997

Minutes 1998-1999

Nurture Coordinator 1984-1996

Religious Life Committee Minutes, 1978-1981

Marriage & Family Enrichment

Box
56		Married Couples Retreats 1969-1970

Marriage Enrichment Retreat Program 1973-1981

Working Party on Human Sexuality 1973-1979

Family Enrichment 1978-1980

Life Enrichment Committee Minutes 1980-1983

Life Enrichment Committee Resource Materials 1981-83

Life Enrichment Committee Correspondence 1980-82

Couple Enrichment for Friends brochure n.d

Field Secretaries & Visitation

Box
57		Field Secretary 1987-1994

Traveling Ministries Oversight Committee 1997

YM Visitors Process n.d

Address List for Field Secretaries 1989, 1994-1995

Directories for Traveling Friends 1988-1993

North Central Regional 1980-1984

Midwest 1980-1984

South Central 1982-1985

Southeastern 1983-1984

South Central 1982-1983

SEYM 1983-1984

Box
58		Visitation reports 1983-1985

Visitation reports 1983-1984

Dorothy Ackerman 1986-1988

Katherine & Jerry Ellison 1986-1989

Daryl Berquist 1987-1988

YM Visitors 1988

Unaffiliated YM Visitors 1988

YM Visitors 1989

Lyle Jenks (NEYM) 1988

Lyle Jenks (SEYM) 1988

SCYM 1982-1985

Daryl Berquist 1989-1992

Box
59		Mid-South Region Reports (Berquist) 1989-1992

YM Visitors 1990

Visit Reports 1990

Baltimore YM 1983

SAYMA 1982-1989

NYYM 1974-1985

Pacific 1981-1984

Intermountain 1982-1983

Northern YM 1982-1985

LEYM 1983

NCYM (Conservative) & Peidmont FF 1979-1989

PYM 1982-1985

NEYM 1982

Florida 1983

Indiana 1982-1983

Virginia 1983

New Orleans 1982

Little Rock and Arkansas 1983

Kentucky 1983

Chicago 1983-1984

Alabama 1982

Kansas 1982-1983

Ohio 1983-1984

Maryland, Pennsylvania, & N.J. 1983-1984

Texas 1981-1982

North Carolina 1982-1983

North Carolina YM (Conservative) & Piedmont Friends Fellowship 1979

Rochester 1979

Wisconsin & Minnesota 1982-1985

Lake Superior Meeting 1981-1982

Visitation reports 1992

Visitation reports 1993-94

Visitation reports 1997

Scattered Fellowship 1983

College Students 1982

Miscellaneous

Box
59		Youth Quake reports 1987-1994

Wilson Correspondence 1983-1984

Gathering Networking List 1997

Mailings to Whole Community 1997

Budget Requests 1992 & 1995

Retreats 1989-1990, 1997

Toward Becoming a New Friends Gathering 1986

14. Christian and Interfaith Relations

Minutes

Box
60		Minutes 1952-1964

Minutes 1965-1975

Minutes 1976-1978

Minutes 1979-1984

Minutes 1987-1991

Minutes 1992-1997

Minutes 1997-1998

Correspondence and reports

Box
60		Correspondence and reports 1954-1957

Correspondence and reports 1958-1961

Box
61		Correspondence and reports 1962-1964

Correspondence and reports 1976-1980

Correspondence and reports 1978-1985.

Correspondence and reports 1985-1987

Correspondence and reports 1987

Correspondence and reports 1988-1989

Correspondence and reports 1990

Correspondence and reports 1991

Correspondence and reports 1992-1994

FGC and the World Council of Churches

Box
62		Correspondence re joining 1939-1941.

Correspondence and reports 1947-1953

Correspondence 1968

Correspondence 1979-1983

Correspondence 1985-1989

Correspondence 1989-1991

Proposal for Martin Luther King resolution of WCC 1969-1970

Correspondence re WCC statement on Violence, Nonviolence and the Struggle for Social Justic

Published articles 1947-1954

Reply to WCC Questionnaire on Ordination of Women 1963

Box
63		Correspondence re: Canadian Yearly Meeting 1995

Report of the Central Committee of WCC 1971

Abstract of Biblical Evidence 1976

General Assembly materials 1991

Persian Gulf & Friends 1990-1991

Miscellaneous

Box
63		Historic Peace Churches Consultation 1987-1989

Friends Committee on War Tax Concerns (FCWTC) 1984-1988

Unitarian Universalist Association 1981-84 & 1987-88

Unitarian Universalist Association 1986-1987

Christian Peacemaker Teams 1991

Toward a Theology of Peacemaking Consultation 1983

Ecumenical Correspondence (Gen. Sec'y) 1979-1983

15. Other Committees

Friends Student Hostel

Box
64		Minutes 1920-1937

Discipline Revision Committee. 1940-1941

Trends Toward Unity 1951-1953

United Nations, News of

Statement & copies 1957-1963

Committee on Philanthropic Labor

Correspondence n.d

Social Service Committee

Industrial Relations Section 1933-1934

Minutes 1939-1941

Committee on Economic Problems

Minutes 1941-1955

Correspondence 1951-1954

Peace and Service Committee

Minutes, 1941-1951

Newsletter on Intercultural Relations, 1941-1944 no. 1-10

National Study Conference, Report 1947

Committee on Peace and World Understanding

Minutes 1952-1955

Social Order Committee

Minutes 1951

Peace and Social Order Committee

Minutes 1955-1967

Box
65		Loyalty oaths 1951-1952

UN Conferences 1955-1962

MEMO 1956-1962

Meeting for Worship, Washington D.C. 1958

Statements 1945-1958

Centennial Committee Minutes, 1998

Friends Meeting House Fund Inc. Minutes, 1955-1968

Miscellaneous records 1955-1967

Correspondence 1983

Miscellaneous records 1990-1991

Miscellaneous records 1987-1995

Miscellaneous records 1995-1997

Miscellaneous records 1997-1998

Long Range Conference Planning Committee

Box
66		Program Committee Minutes 1961-1972

Box
67		Minutes 1966-1996

Reports & Correspondence 1980-1985

Reports & Correspondence 1985-1989

Reports & Correspondence 1990-1991

Box
68		Reports & Correspondence 1992-1993

Reports & Correspondence 1994-1997

Gathering Manuals, Planning Guides, etc. 1980-1988

16. Special Conferences

Box
68		Conference of Trustees 1972

Conference on Our Faith as Friends and Our Future as a Movement 1953

17. Gatherings

Early Biennial Conferences

Box
68		Records 1908, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1920

FGC Biennial Conference 1922- Richmond, Indiana

Box
68		Records 1922

FGC Biennial Conference 1924- Ocean City, NJ

Box
68		Records 1924

FGC Biennial Conference 1926- Ocean City, NJ

Box
68		Records 1926

FGC Biennial Conference 1928- Cape May, NJ

Box
68		Records 1928

FGC Biennial Conference 1930- Cape May, NJ

Box
68		Records 1930

FGC Biennial Conference 1932- Cape May, NJ

Box
70		Records 1932

FGC Biennial Conference 1934- Cape May, NJ

Box
70		Records 1934

FGC Biennial Conference 1936- Cape May, NJ

Box
70		Records 1936

FGC Biennial Conference 1938- Cape May, NJ

Box
70		Records 1937-1938

FGC Biennial Conference 1938- Cape May, NJ

Box
70		Ribbons 1938 photocopy

Notes taken by Graham C. Woodward 1938

FGC Biennial Conference 1940- Cape May, NJ

Box
70		Records 1940

FGC Biennial Conference 1942- Cape May, NJ

Box
70		Records 1942

FGC Biennial Conference 1944- Cape May, NJ

Box
70		Records 1944

FGC Biennial Conference 1946- Cape May, NJ

Box
70		Records 1946

FGC Biennial Conference 1948- Cape May, NJ

Box
70		Records 1948

FGC Biennial Conference 1950- Cape May, NJ

Box
70		Records 1950

FGC Biennial Conference 1952- Cape May, NJ

Box
70		Records 1952

FGC Biennial Conference 1954- Cape May, NJ

Box
71		Records 1954

FGC Biennial Conference 1956- Cape May, NJ

Box
71		Records 1956

FGC Biennial Conference 1958- Cape May, NJ

Box
71		Records 1958

FGC Biennial Conference 1960- Cape May, NJ

Box
71		Records 1960

FGC Biennial Conference 1962- Cape May, NJ

Box
71		Records 1962

FGC General Conference for Friends 1963 - Traverse City, Michigan

Box
71		Records 1963

FGC General Conference for Friends 1964 - Cape May, NJ

Box
71		Records 1964

FGC General Conference for Friends 1965 - Traverse City, Michigan

Box
71		Records 1965

FGC General Conference for Friends 1966 - Cape May, NJ

Box
71		Records 1966

FGC General Conference for Friends 1967 - Stephens College, Columbia, MO

Box
71		Records 1967

FGC Conference on Renewal and Revolution 1968 - Cape May, NJ

Box
72		Records 1968

FGC General Conference for Friends 1969 - Wilmington College, Wilmington, OH

Box
72		Records 1969

FGC General Conference for Friends 1970 - Ocean Grove, NJ

Box
72		Records 1970

FGC Annual Conference 1972 - Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

Box
72		Records 1972

FGC Annual Conference 1973 - Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana

Box
72		Records 1973

FGC Annual Conference 1974 - Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

Box
72		Records 1974

FGC Annual Conference 1975 - Berea College, Berea, KY

Box
72		Records 1975

FGC Annual Conference 1976 - Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

Box
73		Records 1976

FGC Annual Gathering 1978- Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

Box
73		Records 1978

FGC Annual Gathering 1979- Earlham College, Richmond, IN

Box
73		Records 1979

FGC Annual Gathering 1980- Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

Box
73		Records 1980

FGC Annual Gathering 1981- Berea College, Berea, KY

Box
73		Records 1981

FGC Annual Gathering 1982- Slippery Rock State College, PA

Box
74		Records 1982

FGC Annual Gathering 1983- Slippery Rock State College, PA

Box
74		General 1982-1983

Junior Gatherings 1982-1983

Planning 1982-1983

Workshops 1982-1983

Box
75		Printing Masters 1983

Coordinators Files (Ken Miller) 1983

FGC Annual Gathering 1984- St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, NY

Box
75		General 1984

Box
76		FGC Annual Gathering 1984- St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, NY Gathering Notices

FGC Annual Gathering 1984- St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, NY Workshop Evaluations

FGC Annual Gathering 1984- St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, NY Plenary

FGC Annual Gathering 1984- St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, NY Workshops

FGC Annual Gathering 1984- St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, NY Junior Gathering Evaluations

FGC Annual Gathering 1985- Slippery Rock State College, PA

Box
76		General (2) 1985

Box
77		Workshops 1985

Junior Gathering Evaluations 1985

General 1985

Plenary 1985

FGC Annual Gathering 1986- Carleton College, Northfield, MN

Box
78		General, 1986

Interest Groups 1986

Plenary 1986

Junior Gathering 1986

Workshop Evaluations 1986

Box
79		Newsletter 1986

Gathering 1986

Junior Gathering 1986

Evaluations & reports 1986

Daily Bulletin 1986

FGC Annual Gathering 1987- Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Box
79		General 1987

Box
80		Coordinators Notebook 1987

Planning 1987

Workshop Proposals 1987

FGC Annual Gathering 1988 - Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Box
81		General 1988

Junior Gathering Booklet (1st graders) 1988

Junior Gathering Booklet (4th graders) 1988

Junior Gathering Booklet (6th graders) 1988

Junior Yearly Meeting - Ideas for Coordinators 1988

File Copies 1988

Planning and pre-Gathering arrangements 1988

Junior Gathering and evaluations 1988

High School Program 1988

Workshops and Evaluations 1988

Worship 1988

Music 1988

Presentations 1988

Facilities 1988

Evaluations & reflections 1988

FGC Annual Gathering 1989 - St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

Box
82		General 1989

File Copies 1989

Planning and pre-Gathering arrangements 1989

Junior Gathering 1989

High School Program 1989

Workshops and Evaluations 1989

Worship 1989

Music 1989

Publicity 1989

Miscellaneous 1989

FGC Annual Gathering 1990 - Carleton, MN

Box
83		General 1990

File Copies 1990

Planning 1990

Junior Gathering 1990

Workshops and Evaluations 1990

Worship 1990

Local arrangements and special services 1990

Miscellaneous including scholarships, plenaries, and recreation 1990

Ad Hoc Sessions Committee 1990

FGC Annual Gathering 1991 - Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Box
84		General 1991

File copies 1991

Planning 1991

Junior Gathering 1991

High School Programs 1991

Workshops 1991

Worship 1991

Music 1991

Evening Programs 1991

Interest Groups 1991

Alphabet Soup 1991

Special Services 1991

Facilities & local arrangements 1991

Publicity 1991

Evaluations 1991

Miscellaneous 1991

FGC Annual Gathering 1992 - St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

Box
85		General 1992

File copies 1992

Planning 1992

Junior Gathering 1992

High School Programs 1992

Workshops 1992

Box
85/86		Workshop Requests (3) 1992

Box
86		W orship 1992

Evening Programs 1992

Plenaries 1992

Exhibits 1992

Alphabet Soup 1992

Recreation 1992

Special Services 1992

Facilities & local arrangements 1992

Publicity 1992

Evaluations 1992

Miscellaneous 1992

FGC Annual Gathering 1993 - Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Box
87		File copies 1993

Long Range Planning 1993

Workshops 1993

Junior Gathering 1993

Evaluations 1993

Miscellaneous 1993

FGC Annual Gathering 1994 - University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Box
88		General 1994

File copies 1994

Bookstore 1994

FGC Annual Gathering 1995 - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Box
88		General 1995

File copies 1995

Daily Bulletins 1995

FGC Annual Gathering 1996 - McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

Box
89		General 1996

File copies 1996

Planning 1996

Evening Programs 1996

Facilities & local arrangements 1996

Policy Considerations: Sexual Harrassment 1996

Evaluations 1996

Miscellaneous 1996

FGC Annual Gathering 1997 - James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Box
89		General 1997

File copies 1997

Planning 1997

Workshops 1997

Worship 1997

FGC Annual Gathering 2001 - Viginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Box
89		General 2001

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