%eadnotat; ]> 4092vafr An Inventory of the Virginia Friends Conference Records, 1967-1995 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staffEncoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1999 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Virginia Friends Conference Records, 1967-1995 POD Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1999 Descriptive Summary Records, 1967-1995 RG 4/092 Virginia Friends Conference 2 boxes; 1 linear foot Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Minutes and other records of the Virginia Friends Conference, an inter-yearly meeting association of Friends in Virginia, 1967-95.

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399

Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

By 1845, the number of Quakers resident in the State of Virginia had drastically declined; Virginia Yearly Meeting was laid down and remaining members were attached to Baltimore Yearly Meeting. The 20th century again saw growth in numbers of Friends in Virginia. Existing and new meetings were affiliated with five yearly meetings: Baltimore, North Carolina (FUM), Evangelical Friends Church-Eastern Region, North Carolina (Conservative) and Ohio (Conservative). The Virginia Friends Legislative Committee was organized in the early 1960's under the leadership of Albert Turner as an inter-Yearly Meeting association to oppose capital punishment in Virginia. In 1967, a concern was felt to expand that fellowship beyond legislative matters, and the first large-scale All-Virginia Friends Conference was held near Richmond in October. The name was changed in 1975 to the Virginia Friends Conference. The Conference absorbed the former Virginia Friends Legislative Committee after 1968. The Virginia Friends Conference was laid down in 1993 and its assets distributed.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

Series 1, Minutes, contains a bound volume of minutes of the Virginia Friends Conference; there is an incomplete set of the minutes of the Virginia Friends Legislative Committee, bound in chronologically. Miscellaneous files (Series 2) contain conference materials, publicity, and correspondence; these files are arranged chronologically. Two additional files in this series contain material relevant to the Virginia Friends Legislative Committee, 1967-68, and a folder-level inventory of the VFC archives, conducted in 1995.

 Arrangement

The collection is divided into two series:

Minutes Miscellaneous ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Donor: Evelyn W. Bradshaw, Clerk

Date: 6/5/1995

 Provenance

The collection was deposited in 1995 by Evelyn W. Bradshaw, former Recording Clerk. Records include a bound volume of minutes and folders with general files, arranged chronologically by Bradshaw.

 Access

Collection is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here,], RG4/092, Virginia Friends Conference, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

 Processing information

The original order and arrangement was retained when processed.

 Bibliography Worrall, Jay Jr. The Friendly Virginians: America's First Quakers. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Press, 1994.

Photographs received as part of this collection were catalogued separately and placed in a PA

 SELECTED SEARCH TERMS Materials catalogued separately

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:

Virginia Friends Conference -- History Virginia Friends Legislative Committee -- History Society of Friends -- Virginia Virginia Friends Legislative Committee DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

 Ser. 1. Minutes, 1967-1993 Minutes 1967-1993 1 Ser. 2. Miscellaneous, 1967-1995 Miscellaneous papers, 1967-1993 Miscellaneous papers 1967-1968 1 Miscellaneous papers 1969 1 Miscellaneous papers 1970-1972 1 Miscellaneous papers 1973-1974 1 Miscellaneous papers 1975 1 Miscellaneous papers 1976-1977 1 Miscellaneous papers 1978-1979 1 Miscellaneous papers 1980 1 Miscellaneous papers 1981-1982 1 Miscellaneous papers 1983 1 Miscellaneous papers 1984 1 Miscellaneous papers 1985 1 Miscellaneous papers 1986-1987 1 Miscellaneous papers 1988 2 Miscellaneous papers 1989 2 Miscellaneous papers 1990 2 Miscellaneous papers 1991 2 Miscellaneous papers 1992 2 Miscellaneous papers 1993 2 Virginia Friends Legislative Committee 1967-1968 2 Inventory of Archived Records 1995 2