%eadnotat; ]> pymalcohl 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 Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2004 Finding aid encoded by JGW. 2004 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 Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1881-1968 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee on Alcohol Problems. 3 boxes; 2 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 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.

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.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Deposit

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.

 Processing Information

Contains records previously shelved under PYM/Phy/RG815 (Friends Temperance Committee).

 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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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 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 Committee on the Park Commissions 1885-86 1 folder H SW RG2/Phy/750/Box 1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Joint Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting on Temperance and Intoxicating Beverages 1886-92 1 vol. RG2/Phy/750/Box 1 SW H

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):

No film. No film. Executive Committee 1886-1888 Committee on Legislation 1889-1892 Joint Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting on Temperance and Intoxicating Beverages 1881-90 1 vol. RG2/Phy/750/Box 1 SW H

Includes minutes of the Joint Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting on Temperance, 1881-83.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Friends Temperance Association (Philadelphia) 1903-47 1 vol. RG2/Phy/750/Box 1 SW O/U

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):

No film. No film. Friends Temperance Association 1940-49 1 folder RG2/Phy/750/Box 1 SW U

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Friends Temperance Committee 1950-1957 1 folder RG2/Phy/750/Box 2 SW U

Includes correspondence and reports.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Series 2: Correspondence, 1926-47

Correspondence, Reports 1930-1932 1 folder RG2/Phy/750/Box 2 SW U

On "Prohibition."

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Correspondence, 1940-42 1 folder RG2/Phy/750/Box 2 SW U

Received and sent by Benjamin J. Whitson.

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No film. No film. Correspondence, Reports 1940-47 1 folder RG2/Phy/750/Box 2 SW U

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Series 3: Financial Records, 1913-24 & 1951-68

Friends Temperance Committee Treasurers' Book 1913-24 1 vol. RG2/Phy/750/Box 2 SW O

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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Friends Committee on Alcohol Problems Treasurers Book 1951-68 1 vol. RG2/Phy/750/Box 2 SW U

Includes the accounts of the Friends Temperance Committee.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1914-1957 Scrapbook of clippings 1942-1956 & n.d. 1 folder RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 SW U

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No film. No film. Four Quaker Tales of Total Abstinence n.d. 1 folder RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 SW U

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Other temperance literature 1907-1946 1 folder RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 SW U

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Reprints from Quaker periodicals 1926-1933 1 folder RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 SW U

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Other Quaker temperance literature 1933-1957 1 folder RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 SW U

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Is the Commercialized Drink Trade Good for Other Men? 1932 2 copies RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 SW U

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"The Friends Meeting and Alcohol" n.d. 1 folder RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 SW O

Five Years Meeting Manual

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Prohibition clippings 1914-1938 1 folder RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 SW U

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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"The Growth of a Quaker Concern" n.d. 1 folder RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 SW O

Typescript history of Quaker temperance efforts by Helen E. Rhoads.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Literature Produced by Friends Temperance Association 1932-33 & n.d. 3 copies RG2/Phy/750/Box 3 SW U

Includes "Four Lessons in Abstinence," compiled by Helen E. Rhoads.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film.