PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS (HICKSITE : 1827-1955). PROMOTION COMMITTEE. A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

The Promotion Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was appointed to coordinate PYM's representation at the 1952 Friends World Conference in Oxford, England. Its purpose was threefold, viz. to distribute Vocation of Friends in the Modern World, to select 50 representatives to the Conference, and to collect donations to defray budget expenses of the Friends World Committee and to supplement travelling expenses of the representatives.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of the Promotion Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite), 1950-1953. Includes applications, financial records, literature relating to the Conference, and other records.

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