SHORT HISTORY OF THE GROUP

In 3mo 1944, Rufus Jones published an article, Are We Ready, in Friends Intelligencer. In response to his concern for deepening the spiritual life of the Religious Society of Friends, members of both the Race Street and Arch Street Philadelphia Yearly Meetings gathered six months later in the meeting house at 15th and Race Streets. Originally called the Committee to Further the Concern of Rufus M. Jones, the group formed a joint body and met regularly. Rufus Jones participated in the Committee before his death in 1948, and introduced a number of ideas, including having Quaker youth become involved in intervisitation in order to revitalize local meetings. Richmond P. Miller wrote On your marks! Get set! The Committee on the Religious Life of Our Society also published a Study Outline on the Religious Life of a Meeting (1946).

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of the Committee on the Religious Life of Our Society, 1944-1950. Includes minutes, correspondence, and publications.

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Restrictions

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.

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Related Material

Related material may be found in the Rufus Jones papers, 1894-1947 [SC066], Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Administrative Information

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:

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