Summary
Records
1923-1956
Mission Board of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends.
2 Linear Ft.
Haverford College Library Quaker Collection (HV)
For current information on the location of
materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog:
[http://tripod.brynmawr.edu]
SHORT HISTORY OF COMMITTEE
The Mission Board was appointed by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1923 to succeed its Foreign Missionary Association, coordinating cooperative domestic issues while maintaining missionary work done primarily in Japan with the help of the nascent Japan Yearly Meeting. By 1956, the responsibilities of the Board were effectively assumed by PYM's newer Japan Committee.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Records of the Mission Board of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting at Haverford include the minutes, financial accounts and other records from the time of the groups inception in 1923 until 1956, as well as those of its branches at Germantown, Haverford and Moorestown Monthly Meetings and other miscellaneous documents, including the extensive diary collection of missionary Edith F. Sharpless, which begins in 1908 but provides a thorough chronicle of her experience with the Mission Board in Japan.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Accession information
Deposit
Access
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.
SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in TRIPOD, the
joint on-line catalog of Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. Researchers
desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the
catalog using these headings. Please note that records created before 1827, the
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.
Foreign Missionary Association. 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.
Japan Friends Service Committee.
Japan 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.
Edith F. Sharpless -- Society of Friends.
Foreign 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
1923-1950
O
HV
Minutes
1923-1934
O
HV
1250/E.6.9
Minutes
1934-1937
O
HV
1250/E.6.10
Minutes
1937-1946
O
HV
1250/E.6.11
Minutes
1946-1950
O
HV
1250/E.6.11.1
Executive Board
Minutes Book
1923-1934
O
HV
1250/E.6.10
Financial Records
Account Books
1923-1949
O
HV
Minutes
1923-1940
O
HV
1250/E.7.2
Minutes
1935-1949
O
HV
1250/E.7.2.1
Germantown Friends Mission Board
Minutes Book
1923-1956
O/U
HV
1250/N.4.18.3
Financial Records
1938-1950
O/U
HV
Account Book
1938-1950
O
HV
1250/N.4.18.4
Haverford Local Mission Board
Minutes Books
1923-1949
O
HV
Minutes
1923-1934
O
HV
1250/E.6.13.3
Minutes
1934-1949
O
HV
1250/E.6.13.9
Moorestown Local Mission Board
Minutes Books
1923-1952
O
HV
Minutes
1923-1942
O
HV
1250/E.6.13.4
Minutes
1942-1952
O
HV
1250/E.6.13.4
Miscellaneous
Annual Reports
1924-1925
O
HV
1250/E.6.13.10
Edith F. Sharpless Diaries
1908-1956
O
HV
Diary
1908 [printed]
O
HV
1250/E.7.11
Diary
1915-1919
O
HV
1250/E.7.11
Diary
1920-1924
O
HV
1250/E.7.11
Diary [Vol. 1]
1924-1929
O
HV
1250/E.7.11
Diary [Vol. 2]
1924-1929
O
HV
1250/E.7.11
Diary
1930-1934
O
HV
1250/E.7.11
Diary
1935-1939
O
HV
1250/E.7.11
Diary
1940-1943
O
HV
1250/E.7.11
Diary
1955-1956
O
HV
1250/E.7.11