TABLE OF CONTENTS
Summary
SHORT HISTORY OF THE COMMITTEE
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Restrictions
SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALS
Related Material
Administrative Information
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS Series 1: Minutes, 1881-1949
Series 2: Correspondence,
1926-47
Series 3: Financial Records, 1913-24
& 1951-68
Series 4: Miscellaneous,
1914-1957
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PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF
FRIENDS. COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOL PROBLEMS.
A Finding Aid for its 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. Committee on
Alcohol Problems.
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| Title |
Records |
| Dates: |
1881-1968 |
| Quantity: |
3 boxes; 2 linear ft. |
| 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 THE COMMITTEE
A request was made to the Hicksite Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1881
that a committee be formed to spread knowledge about the dangers of alcoholic
stimulants. The first meeting of the joint committee of Philadelphia Yearly
Meeting on Temperance took place 5th month 13th, 1881. The Joint Committee of
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting On Temperance and Intoxicating Beverages was
appointed 5th month 13th 1886. An Executive Committee was also appointed. 6th
Month 6th, 1888, the Executive Committee was discontinued and the Four Standing
Committees were directed to the General Committee. The Committee on Legislation
was formed on that date. On 5th month 13th, 1892, the Joint Committee of
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting On Temperance and Intoxicating Beverages was merged
with the Committees on Indian Affairs and Education of the Colored People of
the South into the Joint Committee on Philanthropic Labor appointed by the
Yearly Meeting, where it became a subcommittee titled Committee on Temperance
and Tobacco.
The Friends Temperance Association, affiliated with the Orthodox
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, began around 1880. The Orthodox and Hicksite
temperance associations were merged in 1932 as the Friends Temperance
Association. The name was changed to Friends Temperance Committee of the
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1949, and to the Committee on Alcohol Problems
in 1966. A Meeting on Social Concerns of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was
approved in 1969; although the Alcohol Problems Committee was originally slated
to be merged into this new administrative structure, the merger was never
completed. Its name was changed again in 1975 to the Committee on Alcohol and
Other Drugs. It continued to operate on a reduced scale until it was finally
laid down in 1978 by Representative Meeting.
Main activities of the associations throughout their histories
included pamphlet distribution, political petitioning, and educational programs
in elementary and high schools concerning the dangers of alcohol.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Records of the Committee on Alcohol Problems of the Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and its predecessors,
Friends Temperance Committee and the Friends Temperance Association of
Philadelphia. Includes minutes, financial records, copies of literature,
clippings, and other materials.
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Access
Collection is open for research.
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 Committee 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.
Earlier/Later Committee Names
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends. Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs.
Friends Temperance Association of
Philadelphia
Friends Temperance Committee
(Philadelphia, Pa.)
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends
(Hicksite : 1827- 1955). Committee on Philanthropic Labor
(1892-1936)
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends
(Hicksite : 1827- 1955). Committee on Temperance and Intoxicating Beverages
(1881-1892)
Subjects:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends. Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends. Committee on Alcohol Problems.
Friends Temperance Association of
Philadelphia
Friends Temperance Committee
(Philadelphia, Pa.)
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends
(Hicksite : 1827- 1955). Committee on Philanthropic Labor
(1892-1936)
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends
(Hicksite : 1827- 1955). Committee on Temperance and Intoxicating Beverages
(1881-1892)
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania.
Society of Friends -- New Jersey.
Society of Friends -- Delaware.
Society of Friends -- Maryland.
Temperance -- Pennsylvania
Alcoholism -- Study and
teaching
Youth -- Alcohol use
Temperance and religion -- Society of
Friends
Temperance societies, etc. --
Pennsylvania
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Minutes of the Committee on Alcohol Problems and its successor
committee, the Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs, from 1972-76 were
deposited with the records of the Meeting for Social Concerns, and are shelved
with RG2/Phy/758 in Friends Historical Library.
Miscellaneous papers of the Addiction Conferences of the Committee
on Health Care may be found in Series 20 of the records of the Meeting for
Social Concerns.
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Accession information
Deposit
Processing Information
Contains records previously shelved under PYM/Phy/RG815 (Friends
Temperance Committee).
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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 or on microfilm.
Series 1: Minutes, 1881-1949 ,
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Title/Date(s):
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Committee on the Park Commissions, 1885-86 |
| Affiliation: |
H |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Name:
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Joint Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting on
Temperance and Intoxicating Beverages, 1886-92 |
| Affiliation: |
H |
| Size: |
1 vol. |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 1 |
Volume includes the Minutes of the Executive Committee from
1886-1888, and of the Legislative Committee from 1889-1892.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
Executive Committee, 1886-1888
Committee on Legislation, 1889-1892
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Title/Date(s):
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Joint Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting on
Temperance and Intoxicating Beverages, 1881-90 |
| Affiliation: |
H |
| Size: |
1 vol. |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 1 |
Includes minutes of the Joint Committee of Philadelphia Yearly
Meeting on Temperance, 1881-83.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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Friends Temperance Association
(Philadelphia), 1903-47 |
| Affiliation: |
O/U |
| Size: |
1 vol. |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 1 |
Friends Temperance Association met in the 12th Street Meeting
House and merged with its Hicksite counterpart in 1932.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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Friends Temperance Association, 1940-49 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 1 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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Friends Temperance Committee, 1950-1957 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 2 |
Includes correspondence and reports.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Series 2: Correspondence,
1926-47,
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Title/Date(s):
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Correspondence, Reports, 1930-1932 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 2 |
On "Prohibition."
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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Correspondence,, 1940-42 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 2 |
Received and sent by Benjamin J. Whitson.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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Correspondence, Reports, 1940-47 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 2 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Series 3: Financial Records, 1913-24
& 1951-68,
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Title/Date(s):
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Friends Temperance Committee Treasurers'
Book, 1913-24 |
| Affiliation: |
O |
| Size: |
1 vol. |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 2 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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Friends Committee on Alcohol Problems Treasurers
Book, 1951-68 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 vol. |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 2 |
Includes the accounts of the Friends Temperance Committee.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Series 4: Miscellaneous,
1914-1957,
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Title/Date(s):
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Scrapbook of clippings, 1942-1956 & n.d. |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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Four Quaker Tales of Total Abstinence, n.d. |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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Other temperance literature, 1907-1946 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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Reprints from Quaker periodicals, 1926-1933 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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Other Quaker temperance literature, 1933-1957 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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Is the Commercialized Drink Trade Good for Other
Men?, 1932 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
2 copies |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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"The Friends Meeting and Alcohol", n.d. |
| Affiliation: |
O |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 |
Five Years Meeting Manual
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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Prohibition clippings, 1914-1938 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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"The Growth of a Quaker Concern", n.d. |
| Affiliation: |
O |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 |
Typescript history of Quaker temperance efforts by Helen E.
Rhoads.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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Title/Date(s):
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Literature Produced by Friends Temperance
Association, 1932-33 & n.d. |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
3 copies |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 |
Includes "Four Lessons in Abstinence," compiled by Helen E.
Rhoads.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
| SW: |
No film. |
| HV: |
No film. |
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