Summary
Records
1917-1948
Social Order Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.
12 Linear Ft.
Haverford College Library Quaker Collection (HV)
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SHORT HISTORY OF COMMITTEE
It was the charge of the Social Order Committee of the PYM to examine and address issues of Social Order as they pertain to Christian ethical ideals. In this case, "Social Order" encompasses the relations between buyer and seller, employer and employee, borrower and lender, owner and renter, and the relations of each to the community and the state.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Records of the Social Order Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1917-1948, include the Committee's Annual Reports (1919-1938), Printed Materials, (1917-1941) and Minutes (1917-1948), the Papers of its Business Problems Group (1925), its Educator's Group (1917-1921), its Executive Committee (1919-1937), its Extension Committee (1919-1920), its Farmer's Development Group (1918-1923), its Property Group (1918-1921) and its Printed Bulletin (1919-1920).
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
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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:
Women's Problem Group. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends.
Subjects:
Social Order Committee of 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.
Labor and religion -- Society of Friends.
Race and religion -- Society of Friends.
Social order and religion -- 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
Minute Books
O
HV
Minutes
1917-1938
O
HV
1250/F.4.8
Minutes
1944-1948
O
HV
1250/F.4.17
Minutes - Annual Conference
1918-1923
O
HV
1250/F.4.12
Minutes - [COPY]
1917-1918
O
HV
1250/F.4.19
Minutes - [COPY]
1917-1920
O
HV
1250/F.4.18
Minutes - [COPY]
1918-1920
O
HV
1250/F.4.17
Minutes - [COPY]
1921-1924
O
HV
1250/F.4.17
Annual Reports
1919-1938
O
HV
1250/F.4.13
Printed Materials
1917-1941
O
HV
1250/F.4.14
Business Problems Group
Papers
1925
O
HV
1250/F.4.10.1
Educators Group
Papers
1917-1921
O
HV
1250/F.4.10.2
Executive Committee
Papers
1919-1937
O
HV
1250/F.4.11
Extension Committee
Papers
1919-1920
O
HV
1250/F.4.10.3
Farmers Development Group
Papers
1918-1923
O
HV
1250/F.4.15.1
Milk Study Subcommittee
Minutes
1936
O
HV
1250/F.4.15.2
Printed Materials
Publications: Bulletin
1919-1920
O
HV
1250/F.4.9
Property Group
Minutes
1918-1920
O
HV
1250/F.4.16.1
Papers
1918-1921
O
HV
1250/F.4.16.2
Miscellaneous
Papers
1918-1924
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HV
1250/F.4.7