%eadnotat; ]> pymenvirt PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. FRIENDS ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP. 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. FRIENDS ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP. 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 1975-1994 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Friends Environmental Working Group. 2 boxes. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu Records of various Philadelphia Yearly Meeting groups concerned with energy and the environment, 1975-1994. SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORKING GROUP

The Friend’s Working Group on the Environment of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was originally formed at the 1975 Yearly Meeting as the Working Group on Nuclear Energy to address a concern on nuclear power plant legislation. At the 1977 Yearly Meeting, the group recommended that it be continued under the name of Working Group on Energy, and its focus shifted from the debate on nuclear power to conservation and consciousness of energy among Friends. In 1980 the group reported irresolvable differences amongst its members on the issue of nuclear power, and seems to have stopped meeting from 1981 to 1983, at which point the concern of nuclear power was taken up by both the Special Peace Project and the New Call to Peacemaking. The Working Group on Stewardship of the Environment was created in 1984 and presented its mission to the 1985 Yearly Meeting as preserving God’s Creation through education and conservation. The group continued its work under various names, eventually becoming the Friend’s Environmental Working Group, through 1992.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of the Working Group on Nuclear Energy, the Working Group on Energy, the Working Group on Stewardship of the Environment, and the Friend’s Environmental Working Group, all of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, 1977-1992.

Organization: Series 1. Predecessor Committee Records Series 2. Minutes Series 3. Correspondence Series 4. Clerks’ Files Series 5. Financial Papers Series 6. Events Series 7. Publicity Series 8. Other groups Series 9. Photographs Series 10. Miscellaneous

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

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

 Access

Collection is open for research.

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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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Related Committees: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Friends Working Group on the EnvironmentPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Working Group on EnergyPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Working Group on Nuclear EnergyPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Working Group on Stewardship of the Environment. Subjects: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Friends Working Group on the Environment. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Working Group on Energy. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Working Group on Nuclear Energy. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Working Group on Stewardship of the Environment. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Friends Environmental Working Group. Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania. Society of Friends -- New Jersey. Society of Friends -- Delaware. Society of Friends -- Maryland. Political ecology. Environmental ethics. Nature -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends. Nuclear energy -- Public opinion. 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:

Series 1: Predecessor Committees 1975-1980 Working Group on Nuclear Energy 1975 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 1 Working Group on Energy 1977-80 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Series 2: Minutes 1984-1994Minutes1984-1990 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 1

Includes Working Group on Stewardship of the Environment.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Minutes 1991-94 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Series 3: Correspondence 1985-1994 & n.d. Correspondence 1985-94 & n.d. 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 1

Chronologically arranged.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Letters to Senators, Presidents, & Political Candidates 1985-92 & n.d. 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 1

Chronological.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Condolence Letters re Environmental Disasters 1985-86 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Correspondence with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1985 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Letters to Corporations 1985-92 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Series 4: Clerks' Files 1984-1990 Assorted Papers Compiled by K. Geist, Clerk 1984-90 & n.d. 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. K. Geist's "Quaker Record File" 1988-90 & n.d. 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Series 5: Financial 1984-93 Miscellaneous budget slips, bills, etc. 1984-93 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 2

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Series 6: Events 1985-1993 Yearly Meeting, Conference, and Workshop Materials 1985-1993 10 folders U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 2

Folders by year.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Series 7: Publicity 1985-92 & n.d. Articles & Statements Written by the Committee 1985-1992 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 2

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Series 8: Other Groups 1973, 1991-93

Committee to Plan Yearly Meeting Day on the Environment 1973 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 2

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Media Friends of Planet Earth 1991-93 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 2

Series 9: Photographs 1989-93 & n.d. Events 1989-93 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 2

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film. Series 10: Miscellaneous 1988-93 & n.d. Flyers, Publications, and Relevant Background Information 1988-93 & n.d. 1 folder U SW RG2/Phy/740/Box 2

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No film. No film.