TABLE OF CONTENTSBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALS DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS Working Party on the Abolition of Torture 1976 Haverford College Quaker Collection Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College |
PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. WORKING PARTY ON THE ABOLITION OF TORTURE.A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
SHORT HISTORY OF THE GROUPAn Ad Hoc group to investigate the widespread use of torture around the world was appointed after Yearly Meeting in 1975. In 1976, Arthur W. Clark reported on its work and presented a program on Amnesty International. On the suggestion of Kay Camp, Yearly Meeting recommended that Representative Meeting establish a Working Party on the Abolition of Torture. Return to the Table of Contents BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDSMinutes of the Working Party on the Abolition of Torture, 1976. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccessCollection is open for research. Use RestrictionsCopyright 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. Return to the Table of Contents SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALSThis 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. Subjects:Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of
the Religious Society of Friends. Working Party on the Abolition of Torture.
Society of Friends --
Pennsylvania.
Society of Friends -- New
Jersey.
Society of Friends -- Delaware.
Society of Friends -- Maryland.
Torture -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends.
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationAccession informationDeposit Return to the Table of Contents DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDSNote to Researchers: These records may only be consulted at Swarthmore (SW), and are not available through inter-Library loan. To request materials on-site, please make sure to use the correct call numbers for the Library in which you wish to use the records: Working Party on the Abolition of Torture, 1976
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