TABLE OF CONTENTS
Summary
SHORT HISTORY OF THE GROUP
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Restrictions
SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED
MATERIALS
Administrative Information
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS Ser.1 Philadelphia General Meeting 1946-1954
Ser.2 Joint Committees 1933-1955
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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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PHILADELPHIA GENERAL MEETING
A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Summary
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| Creator: |
Philadelphia
General Meeting.
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| Title |
Records |
| Dates: |
1933-1955 |
| Abstract: |
Records of Philadelphia General Meeting, an annual meeting of members of both Philadelphia Yearly Meetings from 1946-1954.
Also includes minutes, correspondence, and other records of joint committees involved in the process of the reunification
of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting .
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| 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
In 1945, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) instructed its Representative Meeting to consider possible ways and means
of closer unity with its Orthodox counterpart; this direction was met with a similar proposal from Arch Street. A preliminary
study resulted in the formation of a Philadelphia General Meeting of Friends, comprising all members of both Philadelphia
Yearly Meetings. Philadelphia General Meeting convened in the autumn of each year. Direction of this Meeting was vested in
a Planning Committee of fifty, half of which would be appointed by each Yearly Meeting. Initially the sessions were limited
to consideration of those projects which were already conducted jointly, including the American Friends Service Committee
Friends Council on Education, etc., with two evenings of an inspirational or educational nature.
In 1950, agreement on the complete merger of the two yearly meetings was reached; this organic reunification was finally accomplished
in 1955. The last session of Philadelphia General Meeting was held in 1954.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Records of the Philadelphia General Meeting (Society of Friends) and the joint committees appointed in anticipation of reunification,
including the Joint Committee on a Common Book of Discipline, Faith and Practice and the Joint Committee on Organic Union.
Also includes the relevant papers -- minutes and correspondence -- of committee members.
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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 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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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.
Individuals and Committees involved in Philadelphia General Meeting:
Walker, James F.
Walton, G.A.
Jones, Wilmot
Smith, Claude C.
Miller, Richmond
Joint Committee on Organic Union
(Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Joint Committee on a Common Book of Discipline, Faith and Practice
(Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Joint Committee on the Revision of Queries
(Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Subjects:
Philadelphia General Meeting (Society of Friends)
Society of Friends --
Pennsylvania.
Society of Friends -- New
Jersey.
Society of Friends -- Delaware.
Society of Friends -- Maryland.
Society of Friends -- Reunification.
Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation.
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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:
Ser.1 Philadelphia General Meeting, 1946-1954
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Minutes, 1946-1954 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
2 volumes |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
Minutes, 1946-1951; Desc.: 1 volume; Affil.: U; Repos.: SW; Loc.: RG2/Phg.
Minutes, 1952-1954; Desc.: 1 volume; Affil.: U; Repos.: SW; Loc.: RG2/Phg.
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Title/Date(s):
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Planning Committee minutes, 1946-1954 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 volume + 1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phg |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Name:
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Epistles, 1951-1954 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
5 folders |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
Epistles received, 1951-1953; Desc.: 1 folder; Affil.: U; Repos.: SW; Loc.: RG2/Phg.
Epistles presented, 1951; Desc.: 1 folder; Affil.: U; Repos.: SW; Loc.: RG2/Phg.
Epistles presented, 1952; Desc.: 1 folder; Affil.: U; Repos.: SW; Loc.: RG2/Phg.
Epistles presented, 1953; Desc.: 1 folder; Affil.: U; Repos.: SW; Loc.: RG2/Phg.
Epistles received, 1954; Desc.: 1 folder; Affil.: U; Repos.: SW; Loc.: RG2/Phg.
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Agenda, epistles, and printed proceedings, 1946-1954 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phg |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Ser.2 Joint Committees, 1933-1955
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Title/Date(s):
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Joint Committee on the Revision of Queries, 1939-1945 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 volume |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phg |
Includes minutes of the Committee on the Revision of Queries and Advices (Hicksite), as well as some of the minutes of the
FGC Committee on the Revision of Discipline and of the committees in joint session, 1940-1942. A joint committee of the two
Representative bodies was appointed in 1945.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Documents assembled by James F. Walker, 1945-1949 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 volume |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phg |
Gift, 1/1963
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Papers of G.A. Walton, 1946-1950 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
2 folders |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phg |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Joint Committee on a Common Book of Discipline, Faith and Practice, 1950-1955 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 volume |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phg |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Minutes of the Joint Committee on Organic Union, 1950-1955 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 volume |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phg |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Name:
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Papers of Wilmot Jones, 1950-1954 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
3 folders |
Deposited by Barbara Jones, 11/6/1970
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
Minutes, 1950-1953; Desc.: 1 folder; Affil.: U; Repos.: SW; Loc.: RG2/Phg.
Miscellaneous papers, 1950-1954; Desc.: 1 folder; Affil.: U; Repos.: SW; Loc.: RG2/Phg.
Correspondence, 1950-1953; Desc.: 1 folder; Affil.: U; Repos.: SW; Loc.: RG2/Phg.
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Papers of Claude C. Smith, 1950-1955 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 box |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phg |
Deposited by Claude C. Smith, 1974
Includes minutes, correspondence, and revisions of the Joint Committee on a Common Book of Discipline, Faith and Practice
and the Joint Committee on Organic Union.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Papers of Richmond Miller, 1949-1955 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phg |
Minutes, 1949-1955.
Deposited by Richmond Miller, 1968
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Minutes and drafts of the Joint Committee on Faith and Practice, 1952-1955 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phg |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Membership lists, 1950-1956 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phg |
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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Title/Date(s):
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Pamphlets and a Tentative Draft of Faith and Practice, 1933-1954 |
| Affiliation: |
U |
| Size: |
1 folder |
| Repository: |
SW |
| Location: |
RG2/Phy/181 |
Published materials including a Tentative Draft of Faith and Practice (1954), Queries of the Two Yearly Meetings (1946, 1949), United Meetings (1945, 1946), and a mailing to the Clerks of Monthly Meetings from the Committee (1953).
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
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