Contents


Descriptive Summary

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Ser.1 Minutes, 1941-1972

Ser. 2. Correspondence, 1942-1972

Ser. 3. Finance, 1949-2001

Ser. 4. Miscellaneous, 1941-1965

An Inventory of the Friends Historical Association Records, 1942-2001

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Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries

2000

Descriptive Summary

Creator Friends Historical Association
Title Records,
Dates: 1942-2001
Abstract: Friends Historical Association is an organization that promotes research and publication on topics in Quaker history. Membership and editorial offices are located at Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges. Minutes of the organization after 1964 are at Haverford College.
Extent: 9 boxes; 4 linear feet
Identification: RG 4/026
Location: For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Location:

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

Friends Historical Association is an organization that promotes research and publication on topics in Quaker history. Membership and editorial offices are located at Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges. Minutes of the organization after 1964 are at Haverford College.

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SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

The collection contains the files of the Editors and Chairs of the Friends Historical Association, 1942-1972, and of its Treasurers to 2001.

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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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The collection is organized into 4 series. The series are:

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Ser.1 Minutes, 1941-1972



Friends Historical Association 1946-1964 3 folders

Box


1
Minutes 1946-1959


Minutes 1960-1964


Minutes (duplicate) 1962-1964


Membership Committee 1941 1 folder


Friends Historical Commission 1968-1972 1 folder

Ser. 2. Correspondence, 1942-1972



Bulletin General Correspondence 1948-1950 1 folder


Bulletin Editors' Correspondence 1949-1960 15 folders

Box


1
A 1949-1960


B 1949-1960

Box


2
C 1949-1960


D-E 1949-1960


F-G 1949-1960


H 1949-1960


Anna B. Hewitt 1949-1960


I-K 1949-1960


L-N 1949-1960


O-Q 1949-1960


R 1949-1960


S 1949-1960


T-V 1949-1960

Box


3
W-Z 1949-1960


Index 1949-1960


Curator's Correspondence 1954-1973 3 folders

Box


3
Curator 1954-1965


Curator 1966-1968


Curator 1969-1973


Entertainment Committee 1942-1947 2 folders
This series consists of the correspondence of the Chairman of the Entertainment Committee, E. Virginia Walker, during her term of office. It deals mainly with arrangements for speakers, etc.

Box


3
Entertainment Committee 1942-1944


Entertainment Committee 1945-1947


Old York Road Pub. Co., correspondence with 1949-1950 1 folder


Silhouettes, correspondence concerning 1940 1 folder


Correspondence of editor and others 1960-1961 13 folders

Box


3
A 1960-1961


B 1960-1961


C 1960-1961


D-E 1960-1961


F-G 1960-1961


H 1960-1961


I-K 1960-1961


L-N 1960-1961

Box


4
O-Q 1960-1961


R 1960-1961


S 1960-1961


T-V 1960-1961


W-Z 1960-1961


Correspondence of editor and others 1961-1963 12 folders

Box


4
A 1961-1963


B 1961-1963


C 1961-1963


D-E 1961-1963


F-G 1961-1963


H 1961-1963


I-K 1961-1963


L-N 1961-1963


R 1961-1963


S 1961-1963


T-V 1961-1963


W-Z 1961-1963


Correspondence of editor and others 1963-1965 7 folders

Box


4
A-B 1963-1965


C-D 1963-1965


F-I 1963-1965

Box


5
K-M 1963-1965


N-R 1963-1965


S-T 1963-1965


U-Z 1963-1965


Westbrook Publishing Co., correspondence with. 1963-1964 1 folder


Correspondence of Fred Tolles, Editor 1965-1970 1 folder


Correspondence re: Friends Historical Commission 1968-1972 1 folder

Ser. 3. Finance, 1949-2001


Box


5
Wills, William M., treasurer's correspondence 1949-1956 1 folder


Advertising Rates 1961-1965 1 folder


Printer's bills 1961-1963 1 folder


Bills and receipts 1970-1979 9 folders


Bills and receipts 1970-1971


Bills and receipts 1971-1972

Box


6
Bills and receipts 1972-1973


Bills and receipts 1973-1974


Bills and receipts 1974-1975


Bills and receipts 1975-1976


Bills and receipts 1976-1977


Bills and receipts 1977-1978


Bills and receipts 1978-1979


Treasurers' Records 1958-2001 19 folders
Treasurers' records maintained by Mary Ellen Chijioke and her predecessor, Albert W. Fowler.

Box


6
Girard Trust Passbook 1958-1980


Girard Trust Check Stub Book 1965-1977


Taxes and Tax Status 1970-1989


Treasurers' reports 1983-1989

Box


7
Friends Fiduciary Agreement 1998-2000


Insurance 1998-2001


Financial files 1986-1987


Financial files 1987-1988


Financial files 1988-1989


Financial files 1989-1990


Financial files 1990-1991

Box


8
Financial files 1991-1992


Financial files 1992-1993


Financial files 1993-1994


Financial files 1994-1995

Box


9
Financial files 1995-1996


Financial files 1996-1997


Financial files 1997-1998


Financial files 1998-1999

Ser. 4. Miscellaneous, 1941-1965


Box


9
Reports 1946 1 folder


Printed and mimeographed announcements 1941-1948 1 folder
This series consists of printed and mimeographed announcements of the Association, giving information as to the nature of the programs sheduled


Friends Historical Society, uncorrected page proofs of Some Quaker Portraits… 1958 1 folder


Lists of Committee members 1961-1963 1 folder


Printer's bills 1961-1963 1 folder


Research in Progress blanks 1961-1963 1 folder


Book Reviews 1963-1965 1 folder