%eadnotat; ]> 4026frhi An Inventory of the Friends Historical Association Records, 1942-2001 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding 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. 2000 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Friends Historical Association Records, 1942-2001 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. ca. 1972 Descriptive Summary Records, 1942-2001 RG 4/026 Friends Historical Association 9 boxes; 4 linear feet 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. 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.

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

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.

 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.

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

Minutes Correspondence Financial Miscellaneous

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

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Gift of E. Virginia Walker, 1948

Minutes of Friends Historical Commission gift of Eleanore Price Mather, 1972

Correspondence of Friends Historical Commission gift of George Vaux, 2/1/1973

 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], Friends Historical Association Records, RG 4/026, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

 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:

American periodicals -- Pennsylvania Churches, Quaker -- Pennsylvania Historic buildings -- Pennsylvania Quakers -- History -- Periodicals Quakers -- History -- Societies, etc. Schools -- Pennsylvania Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania Bucks County (Pa.) -- Historic buildings and sitesHaverford (Pa.) -- Education -- Universities and collegesHaverford (Pa.) -- Societies, etc. -- HistoricalPennsylvania -- Education -- Universities and collegesPennsylvania -- Education -- SchoolsPennsylvania -- Churches and religious affairs -- Quaker Pennsylvania -- Historic buildings and sitesPennsylvania -- Newspapers, periodicals and journalismPennsylvania -- Societies, etc. -- Historical Twelfth Street Meeting house (Philadelphia, Pa.) Tolles, Frederick Barnes, 1915- Walker, E. VirginiaWills, William M. George School (Bucks County, Pa.) Society of Friends -- History -- Periodicals Society of Friends -- History -- Societies, etc. Swarthmore College Bulletin of the Friends' Historical Association Quaker History Friends Historical Commission Friends Historical Commission Friends Historical Association DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

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

 Ser.1 Minutes, 1941-1972 Friends Historical Association1946-19643 foldersMinutes 1946-1959 1Minutes 1960-1964 1Minutes (duplicate)1962-1964 1Membership Committee 1941 1 folder1Friends Historical Commission1968-1972 1 folder1 Ser. 2. Correspondence, 1942-1972 Bulletin General Correspondence1948-1950 1 folder1Bulletin Editors' Correspondence1949-1960 15 foldersA 1949-1960 1B 1949-1960 1C 1949-1960 2D-E 1949-1960 2F-G 1949-1960 2H1949-1960 2Anna B. Hewitt 1949-1960 2I-K 1949-1960 2L-N 1949-1960 2O-Q 1949-1960 2R 1949-1960 2S 1949-1960 2T-V 1949-1960 2W-Z 1949-1960 3Index1949-1960 3Curator's Correspondence 1954-19733 foldersCurator1954-1965 3Curator1966-1968 3Curator1969-1973 3Entertainment Committee 1942-19472 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.

 Entertainment Committee1942-1944 3Entertainment Committee1945-1947 3Old York Road Pub. Co., correspondence with 1949-1950 1 folder3Silhouettes, correspondence concerning 1940 31 folderCorrespondence of editor and others1960-1961 13 foldersA 1960-1961 3B 1960-1961 3C 1960-1961 3D-E 1960-1961 3F-G 1960-1961 3H 1960-1961 3I-K 1960-1961 3L-N 1960-1961 3O-Q 1960-1961 4R 1960-1961 4S 1960-1961 4 T-V 1960-1961 4W-Z 1960-1961 4Correspondence of editor and others1961-1963 12 foldersA 1961-1963 4B 1961-1963 4C 1961-1963 4 D-E 1961-1963 4F-G 1961-1963 4H 1961-1963 4I-K 1961-1963 4 L-N 1961-1963 4R 1961-1963 4 S 1961-1963 4 T-V 1961-1963 4W-Z 1961-1963 4Correspondence of editor and others1963-1965 7 foldersA-B 1963-1965 4C-D 1963-1965 4F-I 1963-1965 4K-M 1963-1965 5N-R 1963-1965 5S-T 1963-1965 5U-Z 1963-1965 5Westbrook Publishing Co., correspondence with. 1963-1964 1 folder5Correspondence of Fred Tolles, Editor 1965-1970 1 folder5Correspondence re: Friends Historical Commission 1968-1972 1 folder5 Ser. 3. Finance, 1949-2001 Wills, William M., treasurer's correspondence 1949-1956 1 folder5Advertising Rates 1961-1965 1 folder5Printer's bills 1961-1963 1 folder5Bills and receipts 1970-19799 foldersBills and receipts 1970-1971 5Bills and receipts 1971-1972 5Bills and receipts 1972-1973 6Bills and receipts 1973-1974 6Bills and receipts 1974-1975 6Bills and receipts 1975-1976 6Bills and receipts 1976-1977 6Bills and receipts 1977-1978 6Bills and receipts 1978-1979 6Treasurers' Records1958-200119 folders

Treasurers' records maintained by Mary Ellen Chijioke and her predecessor, Albert W. Fowler.

Girard Trust Passbook 1958-1980 6Girard Trust Check Stub Book 1965-1977 6Taxes and Tax Status 1970-1989 6Treasurers' reports 1983-1989 6Friends Fiduciary Agreement 1998-2000 7Insurance 1998-2001 7Financial files 1986-1987 7Financial files 1987-1988 7Financial files 1988-1989 7Financial files 1989-1990 7Financial files 1990-1991 7Financial files 1991-1992 8Financial files 1992-1993 8Financial files 1993-1994 8Financial files 1994-1995 8Financial files 1995-1996 9Financial files 1996-1997 9Financial files 1997-1998 9Financial files 1998-1999 9 Ser. 4. Miscellaneous, 1941-1965 Reports 1946 1 folder9Printed and mimeographed announcements 1941-1948 1 folder9

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 folder9Lists of Committee members 1961-1963 1 folder9Printer's bills 1961-1963 1 folder9Research in Progress blanks 1961-1963 1 folder9Book Reviews 1963-1965 1 folder9