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Quaker Print Resources
General Quaker History:
The beginnings of Quakerism.
Publisher: Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press, 1970.
The first book of four in the most comprehensive history of Quakers, which although dated, remains the starting place for serious research. Included are the two William Braithwaite books and the two Rufus Jones books in this bibliography. The series covers Quaker history in England and America from its origins until World War I.
Historical dictionary of the Friends (Quakers)
Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003.
An excellent resource for defining Quaker terminology and identification of noteworthy Friends, past and present.
The later periods of Quakerism
Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., limited, 1921.
Even though Later Periods refers to post-1715, there is much material on 19th-century American Quakerism.
The light in their consciences
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2000.
"Moore offers compelling portraits of the leading figures of the Quaker movement, notably George Fox, James Nayler, and Margaret Fell.
A living faith
Publisher: Richmond, Ind. : Friends United Press, 2001, c1990.
A systematic historical study of Quaker beliefs including discussion questions, bibliography, glossary and index.
Living in the light
Publisher: Kennett Square, Pa. (Box 728, Kennett Square 19348) : Friends General Conference and Quaker Publications, c1985.
Brief biographies of 40 twentieth-century Quakers who were pioneers in at least one movement or concern: Vol. II. In the wider world.
The Philadelphia Quakers in the industrial age, 1865-1920
Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [1976]
Portrait in grey
Publisher: London : Quaker Home Service, 1986, c1984.
This addition to Quaker histories deals fairly equally with faith, government, and practice, and supplements earlier publications.
The Quaker reader
Publisher: Wallingford, Pa. : Pendle Hill Publications, 1992, c1990.
A compilation of writings by and about Quakers from 1650-1960.
The Quakers
Publisher: Richmond, Ind. : Friends United Press, 1994, c1988.
The newest general history of the Society of Friends in the U.S. Includes brief biographical sketches and an extensive critical bibliographic essay.
The Quakers in Puritan England
Publisher: [Richmond, Ind.] : Friends United Press, 1985, c1964.
An assessment of the faith and mission of early Quakers perceived by the author as "the Lamb's War."
The quiet rebels
Publisher: Wallingford, Pa. : Pendle Hill Pubs., c1999.
A very good introduction to Quaker history.
The rich heritage of Quakerism
Publisher: Newberg, Or. : Barclay Press, c1987.
A history based on biographical sketches written from an Evangelical point of view.
The transformation of American Quakerism
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1988.
A study of the transformation of American Quakerism from distinctive sect to Protestant denomination.
Special Subjects in Quaker History:
Black Quakers
Publisher: Chicago, IL : Progresiv Publishr, c1991.
Little has been written on this subject.
The journal and major essays of John Woolman
Publisher: Richmond, Ind. : Friends United Press, 1989.
A classic journal by an eighteenth-century Quaker abolitionist.
Quakers & slavery
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1988, c1985.
Examines the process, which led Friends to become pioneers in the antislavery movement and how that process evolved at the monthly meeting level.
Quakers and slavery in America
Publisher: Gloucester, Mass. : P. Smith, 1965, [c1950]
Still the standard work on this subject.
Asia
Quakerism in Japan
Publisher: [Philadelphia : Friends World Committee for Consultation], [1944]
A good starting place on the topic.
Education
Growing into goodness
Publisher: Wallingford, Pa. : Pendle Hill Publications in cooperation with Friends Council on Education, c1998.
Written in conjunction with the Friends Council on Education and reflects the thinking of Friends in the late 20th century.
Quaker education
Publisher: Kennett Square, Pa. : Quaker Publications, [1987?]
An overview of Friends' work in education, which includes the opinions of the author.
Quaker education in theory and practice.
Publisher: [Wallingford, Pa. : Pendle Hil], 1967.
A good introduction to this subject, which contains a bibliographical list of a number of special volumes about Quaker education.
Native Americans
As long as the sun gives light
Publisher: [Dublin, Indiana] : [Print Press for] Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs, 1970.
This updates but does not revise the Kelsey volume; an account of Friends' work with American Indians in Oklahoma from 1917-1967.
Friends and the Indians, 1655-1917
Publisher: Philadelphia : The Associated executive committee of Friends on Indian affairs, 1917.
This needs to be revised and updated, but it is a classic.
With good intentions
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1982.
Quaker work among the Pawnees, Otos, and Omahas in the 1870's.
Peace
Pioneers of the peaceable kingdom
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1970, c1968]
A superb study of the Quaker peace testimony.
We have just begun to not fight
Publisher: New York : Twayne Publishers ; c1996.
A reflection after 50 years on the CPS experience.
Women against the good war
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1997.
A study of the c. 2000 women who marginalized themselves from American society by identifyin themselves as “C.O.'s”.
Separations
Quakers in conflict
Publisher: Wallingford, Pa. : Pendle Hill Publications, c1998.
A well written detailed account of a major upheaval in Quaker history.
The reformation of American Quakerism, 1748-1783
Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1984.
Marietta disagrees with James and Tolles in interpreting the mid-18th-century reform movement in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
Social issues
Beyond majority rule
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1983.
Explanation and analysis of contemporary Friends' use of their traditional decision-making process by a Jesuit priest.
The courage of their convictions
Publisher: New York : Free Press ; c1988.
The defendant’s story in each of 16 civil liberties cases tried by the Supreme Court.
Meeting house and counting house
Publisher: New York : Norton, [1963]
A very illuminating volume about the Quaker upper class in Philadelphia.
Quaker aesthetics
Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2003.
Presents aspects and examples of Quakerism interacting with material culture over time.
The Quaker family in colonial America
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, [1973]
A now classic, sociological examination of the Quaker family.
Quakers in fiction
Publisher: Northampton, Mass. : Pittenbruach Press, c1993.
Some fiction by Quaker authors provides valuable insight into Quaker life.
A quiet haven
Publisher: Rutherford [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; c1989.
Examines the development by Quakers of moral treatment for the mentally ill from 1652 to 1850.
Women
Daughters of light
Publisher: Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
A study of 18th-century Quaker women’s role as public ministers and its effect on their identities, their families, and their society.
Hidden in plain sight
Publisher: Wallingford, PA : Pendle Hill Publications, 1996.
36 original texts with interpretive introductions are arranged in four categories: Tracts of proclamation and warnings; Journals, autobiographies and travel narratives; Theological works; Letters and epistles.
Margaret Fell and the rise of Quakerism
Publisher: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 1994.
This volume claims Margaret Fell to be a co-leader of early Quakerism.
Mothers of feminism
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Friends General Conference, [1995], c1986.
An exploration of the roots of feminism in the history of the Quaker tradition.
Visionary women
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1994], c1992.
Studies the significance of gender in the writings of 17th-century Quaker women.
Witnesses for change
Publisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, c1989.
A collection of essays on Quaker women's roles in social change. Includes a descriptive chapter: "Sources on Quaker Women".
Spiritual Life of Friends:
Introduction from Quaker spirituality
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, 1988.
A short introduction to the spiritual foundation and practice of Quakers, with many examples.
Silence and witness
Publisher: Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, 2004.
An excellent introduction to the Society of Friends, especially for those who are familiar with other forms of organized religion. Thoughtful and clear.