%eadnotat; ]> 4039suph An Inventory of the Friends Social Union (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1924-1978 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 Social Union (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1924-1978 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. ca. 1960 Descriptive Summary Records, 1924-1978 RG 4/039 Friends Social Union (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1 box ; .5 linear ft. 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 Social Union was founded in 1924 in Philadelphia, Pa., as a social club for Quaker men. In 1976 the by-laws were amended to include women as members. The records include by-laws, minutes, and miscellaneous, 1924-1978.

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 Social Union was founded in 1924 in Philadelphia, Pa., as a social club for Quaker men. In 1976 the by-laws were amended to include women as members. The records include by-laws, minutes, and miscellaneous, 1924-1978.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

Minute books, bylaws, committee, treasurer, and membership reports, programs, menus, and other records.

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

By-Laws Minutes and other records. Programs Correspondence

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

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Gift of James Frorer, 1960

Gift of H. Mather Lippincott, 2000

 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 Social Union (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, RG 4/039, 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:

Quakers -- Pennsylvania Quakers -- Societies, etc. Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs Pennsylvania -- Societies, etc. -- Social Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Societies, etc. -- Social Pennsylvania -- Churches and religious affairs Pennsylvania -- Societies, etc. -- Religion Friends Social Union (Philadelphia, Pa.) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

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

 Ser. 1. By-Laws of Friends of Social Union By-laws 1 Ser. 2. Minutes and other records Notebook: 1924-1934 Loose-leaf 1 Minutes of meetings of Executive Committee6/26/1924-4/12/1934

Mainly and also of joint Executive and Membership Committee and of Board

 Minutes of Annual Meetings 1925-1934

In some cases printed programs or clippings are attached

 Record of programs of annual Spring Pilgrimages 1926-1934

In some case printed programs or clippings are attached

 Lists of officers and members of Executive Committee 1928-1934 By-Laws Typed draft

Attached are copies of printed Bylaws, which differ in some items from typed draft

 Notebook 1934-1970 1

Containing essentially the type of material in the first book above

Ser. 3. Programs Programs, route maps 5/22/1931-2/4/1949 1 Programs, miscellaneous papers of H. Mather Lippincott 1972-1978 1 Ser. 4. Correspondence Correspondence 1/1/1955-12/4/1957 1