%eadnotat; ]> pymgenmtg.xml PHILADELPHIA GENERAL 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 2004 Finding aid encoded by JGW from an existing bib record. 2004 PHILADELPHIA GENERAL MEETING. 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 1933-1955 Philadelphia General Meeting. 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 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 . 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.

 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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Individuals and Committees involved in Philadelphia General Meeting:Walker, James F. Walton, G.A. Jones, WilmotSmith, 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. 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 Minutes1946-19542 volumesU

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No filmNo FilmMinutes1946-19511 volumeUSWRG2/PhgMinutes1952-19541 volumeUSWRG2/PhgPlanning Committee minutes1946-19541 volume + 1 folderURG2/PhgSW

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No filmNo FilmEpistles1951-19545 foldersU

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No filmNo FilmEpistles received1951-19531 folderUSWRG2/PhgEpistles presented19511 folderUSWRG2/PhgEpistles presented19521 folderUSWRG2/PhgEpistles presented19531 folderUSWRG2/PhgEpistles received19541 folderUSWRG2/PhgAgenda, epistles, and printed proceedings1946-19541 folderUSWRG2/Phg

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No filmNo Film Ser.2 Joint Committees 1933-1955 Joint Committee on the Revision of Queries1939-19451 volumeUSWRG2/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):

No filmNo FilmDocuments assembled by James F. Walker1945-19491 volumeUSWRG2/Phg

Gift, 1/1963

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No filmNo FilmPapers of G.A. Walton1946-19502 foldersUSWRG2/Phg

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No filmNo FilmJoint Committee on a Common Book of Discipline, Faith and Practice1950-19551 volumeUSWRG2/Phg

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No filmNo FilmMinutes of the Joint Committee on Organic Union1950-19551 volumeUSWRG2/Phg

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No filmNo FilmPapers of Wilmot Jones1950-19543 foldersU

Deposited by Barbara Jones, 11/6/1970

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No filmNo FilmMinutes1950-19531 folderUSWRG2/PhgMiscellaneous papers1950-19541 folderUSWRG2/PhgCorrespondence1950-19531 folderUSWRG2/PhgPapers of Claude C. Smith1950-19551 boxUSWRG2/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):

No fiilmNo FilmPapers of Richmond Miller1949-19551 folderUSWRG2/Phg

Minutes, 1949-1955.

Deposited by Richmond Miller, 1968

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No filmNo FilmMinutes and drafts of the Joint Committee on Faith and Practice1952-19551 folderUSWRG2/Phg

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No filmNo FilmMembership lists1950-19561 folderUSWRG2/Phg

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No filmNo FilmPamphlets and a Tentative Draft of Faith and Practice1933-19541 folderUSWRG2/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):

No filmNo Film