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Committee on Civil Liberties 1956-1959
Haverford College Quaker Collection
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. COMMITTEE ON CIVIL LIBERTIES.
A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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| Creator: | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee on Civil Liberties. |
| Title | Records |
| Dates: | 1956-1959 |
| Abstract: | A Coordinating Committee on Civil Liberties was appointed by both PYM in 1954. The following year, the reunited Yearly Meeting approved the creation of a regular Committee on Civil Liberties "to activate anew our ancient testimony." |
| Quantity: | 1 folder |
| 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 GROUP
A Coordinating Committee on Civil Liberties was appointed by both PYM in 1954. The following year, the reunited Yearly Meeting approved the creation of a regular Committee on Civil Liberties "to activate anew our ancient testimony." In a report to Yearly Meeting in 1958, Allen S. Olmsted, clerk, restated its three primary purposes, viz. (1) To relieve the suffering of those whose civil liberties have been infringed; (2) to bear witness to Friends' principles of civil liberty to those in positions of power; (3) to assist Friends in reaching a deeper understanding and appreciation of the place which individual freedoms have had throughout our history as a religious society," with particular emphasis on the third. The Committee was laid down in 1964, due to reduced activity, and its continuing concern for the abolition of capital punishment was referred to Representative Meeting.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Minutes of the Committee on Civil Liberties, 1956-1959. Also includes bibliographies, correspondence, 1956 legal opinion (copy) on Pupil Assignment Law, memoranda, publicity and news releases, draft statement (copy) on Friends and the Use of the 5th Amendment, and printed report (1956).
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Restrictions
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 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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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.
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Administrative Information
Accession information
Deposit
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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. 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:
Committee on Civil Liberties, 1956-1959
| Title/Date(s): | Minutes, 1956-1959 |
| Affiliation: | U |
| Size: | 1 folder |
| Repository: | SW |
| Location: | RG2/Phy/720 |
| SW: | No film. |
| HV: | No film. |
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