%eadnotat; ]> pymcoecpr RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING 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 2007 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore CollegeRecords Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1936-1948 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Committee on Economic Problems 1 linear ft. ; 2 boxes Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College & Haverford College Library Quaker Collection For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu The records are entirely in EnglishThe Committee on Economic Problems was appointed in 1937 to cooperate with the Social Order Committee of the Arch Street Yearly Meeting. Clair Wilcox, a Quaker professor of Economics at Swarthmore College was the first Chair. The Committee was interested in a variety of related issues, including industrial relations, unemployment, and economic and social research. SHORT HISTORY OF COMMITTEE

The Committee on Philanthropic Labor of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) formed a Economic Order sub committee in the early '30's. In 1937, the Yearly Meeting authorized Representative Committee to establish a separate Social Order committee to cooperate with the corresponding committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox). A Committee on Economic Problems was appointed in 1938 with Clair Wilcox, Economics professor at Swarthmore College, as Chair.

In the ten years of its existence, Economic Problems had a number of sub committees, including Industrial Relations, Community, Economic and Social Research, and a joint sub committee on the visitation of Meetings.

David S. and Mary Richie's program of Weekend Workcamps began in 1940 and was sponsored jointly by the Arch Street group and the American Friends Service Committee. Richie himself was named Executive Secretary of the Committee on Economic Problems in 1944. Three years later, the Committee on Economic Problems and the Social Order Committee (Arch Street) combined their efforts, and in 1948 were finally merged as a joint committee.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Includes minutes, 1937-1947, financial records, 1940-1949, correspondence, 1939-1942, records of programs and visitation, 1939-1948, and miscellaneous records, 1936-1947 & n.d.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Deposit, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, v.d.

Gift of Martha Richie, 2007

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.

Wilcox, Clair. The Obligations of the Individual in His Economic Relationships : An Outline of Questions for Discussion Groups. Philadelphia Yearly meeting of Friends, 1939.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Committee on Economic Problems. Reconstructing Our World. Philadelphia, 1941.

Richie, David S. Building Tomorrow : Some Quaker Explorations. Philadelphia : Friends Central Bureau, or Friends Book Store, 1943.

Records of the Philanthropic Committee and of the Social Order Committee, predecessor and successor committees respectively, are described in the relevant finding aids, located at http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/speccoll/pymcomm.htm. David S. Richie's personal papers are in the collections of the Quaker Collection at Haverford College..

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 Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Social Order Committee.Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Committee on Philanthropic Labor (1892-1936)Social Order Committee (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.) Subjects: Wilcox, Clair, 1898-1970.Richie, David S. (David Shoemaker), 1908-2005Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee on Economic ProblemsSocial Order Committee (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.)Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Social Order Committee.Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Committee on Philanthropic Labor (1892-1936)Church and social problems -- Society of FriendsSocial service -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends EconomicsBusiness ethicsChristian sociology. 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.

Minutes 1937-1947 Records on the establishment of Committee on Economic Problems19371 fol.HSWRG2/Phy/730

Minutes and other documents on the establishment of the Committee.