Summary
Records
1882-1923
Foreign Missionary Association of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends.
5.75 linear ft.
Haverford College Library Quaker Collection (HV)
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SHORT HISTORY OF COMMITTEE
Originally named the "Women's Foreign Missionary Association", the group was organized in 1882. The constitution adopted in that year defined the Association's responsibility "to promote the knowledge of the Gospel among women and children in heathen lands, and to assist in the Christian education, as ability and qualification are given by the Lord." As the statement suggests, the Association was concerned primarily with spreading Christianity, but also with more general schooling in the case of uneducated women.
By the turn of the 20th century, the "Foreign Missionary Association of Friends" had extended its scope to include men and its duties to several countries as it worked cooperatively with the efforts of PYM's Mission Board and Japan Committee.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Records of the Foreign Missionary Association of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1921-1953, include its Minutes (1882-1921) as well as the records of its Executive Board (1883-1923), International Committee (1918-1924), Young Women's Auxiliary and other Miscellaneous reports and correspondence (1883-1923). Also included are records from the Committee's Branches at Downingtown, Germantown, Haverford, Moorestown, Philadelphia and West Chester Meetings.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Accession information
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Collection is open for research. Access is through microfilm, if
available.
Use Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
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date of a schism in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, may have been added to by
either the Hicksite or Orthodox branches of this meeting, but could include
information about members of the other branch before the Separation:
Earlier/Later Committees:
International Outreach Committee. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends.
Japan Committee. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends.
Mission Board. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends.
Women's Foreign Missionary Association. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
of the Religious Society of Friends.
Subjects:
Mission Board of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends.
Germantown Monthly Meeting. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends.
Haverford Monthly Meeting. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends.
Moorestown Monthly Meeting. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Society
of Friends : 1699-1827 : Delaware County, Pa.) -- Archives.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Society
of Friends : Orthodox : 1827- : Delaware County, Pa.) -- Archives.
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania.
Society of Friends -- New Jersey.
Society of Friends -- Delaware.
Society of Friends -- Maryland.
Foreign missions -- Society of Friends.
Women and missions -- Society of Friends.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Note to Researchers: These records may
only be consulted at Haverford (HV), and are not available through
inter-Library loan:
Main Committee Records
Minutes Books
1882-1895
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HV
Minutes
1882-1888
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HV
1250/E.5.16
Minutes
1889-1895
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HV
1250/E.5.17
Minutes
1895
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HV
1250/E.5.17.2
Minutes
1895
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HV
1250/E.5.17.2
Books of Annual Minutes
1884-1921
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HV
Minutes
1884-1889
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HV
1250/E.5.16
Minutes
1890-1895
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HV
1250/E.5.17
Minutes
1896-1921
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HV
1250/E.5.17.2
Downingtown Branch
Minutes Books
1910-1918
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HV
Minutes
1910-1918
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HV
1250/E.6.13.1
Executive Board
Minute Books
1883-1923
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HV
Minutes
1883-1892
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HV
1250/E.6.1
Minutes
1892-1896
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HV
1250/E.6.2
Minutes
1896-1900
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HV
1250/E.6.3
Minutes
1900-1904
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HV
1250/E.6.4
Minutes
1904-1911
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HV
1250/E.6.5
Minutes
1911-1917
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HV
1250/E.6.6
Minutes
1917-1923
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HV
1250/E.6.7
Friends Foreign Mission Committee
Minute Books
1908-1922
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HV
Minutes
1910-1922
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HV
1250/F.3.6
Annual Meeting Minutes
1913-1922
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HV
1250/F.3.6
Japan Yearly Meeting Minutes
1908, 1918
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HV
1250/F.3.6
Correspondence
1909-1923
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HV
Correspondence
1911-1923
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HV
1250/F.3.6
Comprised of various authors, mainly of the Japan Mission 1911-1923
Correspondence - Bowles, GilbertGilbertCurriculum
1909 - 1923
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HV
1250/F.3.6
Covers Bowles' days with the Friends Mission in Japan; see also Bowles correspondence under the 'Miscellaneous' category of this committee collection (below)
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Curriculum, Programs, Projects
1914-1922
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HV
1250/F.3.6
Financial Papers
1914-1922
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HV
1250/F.3.6
Pictures
1922
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HV
1250/F.3.6
Policy Statements
1910
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HV
1250/F.3.6
Reference Material
1910-1922
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HV
1250/F.3.6
This is the reference material of the Japan Mission, 1910-1922. It includes clippings from the "Japan Times", "The Forerunner", "The Japanese Friend" and "The Japanese Advertiser" (newsletters).
Reports
1910-1922
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HV
1250/F.3.6
Germantown Branch
Minutes Book
1908-1913
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HV
1250/E.6.13.2
Haverford Branch
Minutes Book
1918-1923
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HV
1250/E.6.13.3
International Committee
Minutes Book
1918-1924
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HV
1250/E.6.13.5
Moorestown Branch
Minutes Book
1915-1923
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HV
1250/E.6.13.4
Philadelphia Branch
Minutes Books
1896-1922
O
HV
Minutes
1896-1901
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HV
1250/E.5.18
Minutes
1901-1911
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HV
1250/E.5.19
Minutes
1912-9122
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HV
1250/E.5.21
Annual Meetings Minutes
1896-1922
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HV
Minutes
1896-1916
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HV
1250/E.6.13.8
Minutes
1917-1922
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HV
1250/E.5.24
Financial Records
1896-1910
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HV
Account Book
1896-1902
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HV
1250/E.5.25
Account Book
1903-1910
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HV
1250/E.3.5
West Chester Branch
Minutes Books
1907-1914
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HV
Minutes
1907-1909
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HV
1250/E.6.13.6
Minutes
1910-1914
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HV
1250/E.6.13.7
Young Women's Auxiliary
Minutes Book
1911-1918
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HV
Minutes
1911-1918
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HV
1250/E.5.20
Executive Committee
1911-1918
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HV
Minutes
1911-1916
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HV
1250/E.5.22
Minutes
1916-1918
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HV
1250/E.5.23
Juvenile Committee
1913-1918
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HV
Minutes
1913-1918
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HV
1250/F.1.2
Miscellaneous
Annual Reports
1883-1923
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HV
Reports
1916
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HV
1250/F.3.6
Reports [Printed]
1883-1923
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HV
1250/E.6.13.10
Correspondence
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HV
Bowles, Gilbert
1900-1917
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HV
1250/F.3.4
Covers Bowles' time as Missionary Superintendent of Friends'
National Christian Endeavor Union; see also 'Correspondence' collection of this
committee collection.
Corresponding
1883-1923
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HV
1250/F.1.1-F.1.2
Corresponding
1883-1923
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HV
1250/F.1.3-F.3.2
Financial Papers
1915-1921
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HV
1250/F.3.6
Papers
1894-1922
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HV
Papers
1894-1922
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HV
1250/F.3.5
Binford, Gurney
1894-1905
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HV
1250/E.6.12
Binford, Gurney
1900-1912
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HV
1250/E.6.12
Reference Material [Printed]
N.D.
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HV
1250/F.3.6
Young Friends Papers
1918-1922
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1250/F.3.6