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Summary
SHORT HISTORY OF WORKING GROUP
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Restrictions
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Administrative Information
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS Series 1: Minutes/Annual
Reports
Series 2: Correspondence
Series 3: Financial
Series 4: Miscellaneous
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PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF
FRIENDS. AIDS WORKING GROUP.
A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends
Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Summary
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| Creator: |
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of
Friends. AIDS Working Group.
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| Title |
Records |
| Dates: |
1991-2000 |
| Abstract: |
The AIDS Working Group of the Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting began in 1992 as a response to the growing severity of the AIDS
epidemic. The main focus of the group, organized under the title of "A Quaker
Ministry to Persons With AIDS," was to visit those terminally ill with AIDS to
provide solace, friendship, and spiritual counseling. The AIDS Working Group
also organized the Quaker presence at the Philadelphia AIDS Walk and held
retreats and seminars for caregivers of AIDS patients. The group was laid down
on June 30, 2000.
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| Quantity: |
1 box. |
| Repositories: |
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College |
| Location: |
For current information on the location of
materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog:
http://tripod.brynmawr.edu |
SHORT HISTORY OF WORKING GROUP
The AIDS Working Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was first
established in 1992, a result of the discussion of AIDS at a number of monthly
meetings and two threshing sessions of PYM. The convener of the AIDS working
group, Kenneth Sutton (Central Philadelphia MM), stated that the group wished
"to discover what it is that God is calling Friends to do about the AIDS
epidemic." The group soon discovered its purpose with a proposal from Carolyn
Schodt, a nurse and former professor of nursing at the Temple University School
of Allied Health. After witnessing a program of visitation to AIDS patients at
the San Francisco Zen Hospice, Schodt approached the AIDS working group and
proposed a similar program, called "A Quaker Ministry to Persons With AIDS."
Volunteers in this program visited those most chronically afflicted by the
disease. They sought to provide solace, friendship, and spirituality to these
patients in the last days and weeks before they passed away.
Though the AIDS working group organized a series of retreats for
persons with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers, taught classes on AIDS prevention
and care, and organized a Quaker Presence at the Philadelphia AIDS walk, the
majority of its budget and services were devoted to the "Quaker Ministry to
Persons With AIDS". On September 11,1999 at a Board retreat, the Board of
Trustees of the Quaker Ministry to Persons With AIDS, and its director, Schodt,
made an announcement to lay down its program of direct services to AIDS
clients. This responsibility was taken over by the AIDS working group, though
no longer under the name of "A Quaker Ministry to Persons With AIDS". On June
30, 2000, the AIDS working group was also laid down, as the only service it had
come to provide was the visitation of those infected with the disease. Many of
the volunteers continued their visits, however, either independently or under
the auspices of Shilaom, a sister spiritual ministry to people with AIDS.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
The bulk of the AIDS Working Group records consists of information
related to "A Quaker Ministry to Persons With AIDS," including newspaper
articles, correspondence, and publicity concerning the program. The minutes of
the group from 1993-2000 are also found in the collection, as are the original
papers documenting the founding of the group. Removed from this collection as
relics are a sheet with painted handprints, a T-shirt from the 1996 AIDS Walk,
and a Quaker AIDS Ministry Banner. Within each series of the collection, the
folders are arranged chronologically.
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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.
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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.
Subjects:
Schodt, Carolyn
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends. AIDS Working Group
AIDS (Disease) -- Social
Aspects.
AIDS activists.
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania.
Society of Friends -- New Jersey.
Society of Friends -- Delaware.
Society of Friends -- Maryland.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Note to Researchers: These records may
only be consulted at
Swarthmore (SW), and are not available through
inter-Library loan.
Series 1: Minutes/Annual
Reports,
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Title/Date(s):
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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes concerning the
creation of an ad-hoc AIDS working group, 1991-1992 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Minutes of AIDS Working Group, 1993-2000 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Annual Reports/ Annual Meeting Minutes of
QMPWA, 1994-1998 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Series 2: Correspondence,
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Title/Date(s):
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Carolyn Schodt, director of QMPWA - Correspondence to
and from, 1996-1998 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Notes of Appreciation to QMPWA, 1997-1999 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Series 3: Financial,
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Title/Date(s):
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Benefit Concerts for A Quaker Ministry to Persons with
AIDS (QMPWA), 1997-1998 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Fund-raising Letters for QMPWA to Philadelphia Yearly
Meeting, 1997-1999 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Series 4: Miscellaneous,
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Title/Date(s):
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History of A Quaker Ministry to Persons with AIDS
(QMPWA) , including lists of donors and volunteers, QMPWA Manual of
Services, n.d. |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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QMPWA Volunteer Training Manual, Policy Regarding
Physical Contact with Clients, n.d. |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Articles Concerning QMPWA, 1994-1997 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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AIDS Working Group/ QMPWA Newsletters, 1995-1999 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Newspaper Advertisements, Flier Soliciting
Volunteers, 1996, 1998-1999 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Retreats for Case managers and Caregivers of People With
AIDS , 1996-1997 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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QMPWA Volunteer Training Program - Schedule, Evaluation
Forms, Certificate of Training, 1997 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Miscellaneous Papers, Pamphlets, Photos, 1997, n.d. |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Retreats for People with HIV/AIDS , 1997-1998 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Summary of Staff Evaluations/ Board Performance
Review, 1998 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/769/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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