%eadnotat; ]> pymahtort.xml 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 Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2004 Finding aid encoded by JGW from an existing bib record. 2004 PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. WORKING PARTY ON THE ABOLITION OF TORTURE. A Finding Aid for its Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1976 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Working Party on the Abolition of Torture. 1 folder Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu An 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. SHORT HISTORY OF THE GROUP

An 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.

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Minutes of the Working Party on the Abolition of Torture, 1976.

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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. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

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Working Party on the Abolition of Torture 1976 Minutes 1976 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/792

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