%eadnotat; ]> pymsocord RECORDS OF THE SOCIAL ORDER COMMITTEE OF PHILADELPHIA YEARLY 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 2007-2008 RECORDS OF THE SOCIAL ORDER COMMITTEE OF PHILADELPHIA YEARLY 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 Summary Records 1917-1969 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Social Order Committee. 13.5 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College & Haverford College Library Quaker Collection For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu These records are entirely in English A Social Order Committee was established by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1917 to consider the part which the Religious Society of Friends should take in the present day application of efforts to promote the Kingdom of God on Earth, particularly as it relates to social, political, and industrial conditions. In 1927 it began to more formally cooperate with a similar committee of the Hicksite Yearly Meeting in much of its work; the two shared a Secretary, David S. Richie, after 1939. In 1948 the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings formed a joint Social Order Committee. It was absorbed into the Meeting for Social Concerns in 1969-70. SHORT HISTORY OF COMMITTEE

A Social Order Committee was established by Arch Street in 1917 to consider the part which the Religious Society of Friends should take in the present day application of efforts to promote the Kingdom of God on Earth, particularly as it relates to social, political, and industrial conditions. Early members included Bernard G. Waring, Agnes L. Tierney, and Thomas K. Brown; Edward W. Evans was the first General Secretary. At the beginning it was divided into a number of sections, inclluding farmers, educators, and industries. The Farmers’ Group considered the problems of farm laborers and other issues, but was not able to become very active. Two additional groups were soon created: Business Problems and Women’s Problems. The former had a number of related concerns, including the Christian duty of employers toward employees. The latter considered problems of domestic employment.

The Hicksite Committee on Philanthropic Labor (Hicksite) was reorganized for greater flexibility and decentralization in 1919. It changed its name to the Social Service Committee in 1936. The Section On Economic Order held meetings jointly with the Social Order Committee of Arch Street whenever possible; a separate committee on Economic Problems to this end was authorized by Representative Meeting in 1937. The Hicksite Committee on Economic Problems changed its name to Social Order at Yearly Meeting in 1948. The two Social Order Committees of the Philadelphia Yearly Meetings became a Joint Committee in 1949 after many years of cooperation. The Social Order Committee was absorbed by the Meeting for Social Concerns in 1969-70.

J. Howard Branson (1894-1984) served in WWI European relief work for the AFSC. He was appointed Secretary of the Social Order Committee in 1928, a position he filled 1/3 time with his job in Philadelphia’s Bureau of Municipal Research until he resigned both to work for Abbott’s Dairies ten years later.

Wilmer J. Young and Arthur J. Bertholf filled in on an interim basis until, in 1939, David S. Richie (1908-2005) was appointed Secretary of both the Committee on Economic Problems of Race Street and of the Social Order Committee of Arch Street. Richie founded the weekend workcamp program the following year.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of the Social Order Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Includes minutes, 1917-1932 and 1939-1969, subcommittee records, correspondence, financial records, conferences and lectures, reports and publicaitons, projects, and miscellaneous records.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Minutes (1953-1961) deposited by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

Gift of Martha Richie, 2007.

Access

Collection is open for research. Access is through microfilm, if available.

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.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Social Order, Committee. A Statement by the Social Order Committee. Philadelphia, 1921.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Social Order, Committee. Coal Mining and the Social Order. Philadelphia, 1928.

Brown, Thomas Kite ed. Adult Education for Social Change : A Handbook for Leaders and Members of Discussion Groups, Forums, and Adult Classes. Edited by Eduard Lindeman. Philadelphia : Social Order Committee, 1935.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Social Order, Committee. What Is the Social Order Committee Trying to Do and How Is It Trying to Do It? [Philadelphia, 1937.

The records of the Social Order Commitee after 1968 may be found with the records of the Meeting for Social Concerns at Friends Historical Library (RG2/Phy/758); likewise the records of the Committee on Economic Problems (RG2/Phy/730) and of the Friends Weekend Workcamp Program (RG2/Phy/774) are described in separate finding aids at http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/speccoll/pymcomm.htm.

David S. Richie's personal papers are catalogued as RG5/264. These two collections have the same provenance and Committee records and personal papers are frequently interfiled. Researchers interested in any aspect should consult both.

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:

Earlier/Later Committee Names Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Economic Order Section. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Committee on Economic Problems Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Social Order Committee Social Order Committee (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.) Subjects: Branson, J. Howard, 1894-1984. Richie, David S., 1908-2005. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Committee on Economic Problems Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Social Order Committee Social Order Committee (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.) Church and Social problems -- Society of Friends Social service -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends Economics Business ethics Christian Social Order Committeeiology. 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.

Minutes 1917-1961

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Minutes, 1917-1932

Some folders of minutes overlap in date and contain many gaps, but have been preserved as archived with individual notes.

Minutes 1917-1918 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 1 Minutes 1919-1922 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 1 Minutes 1920-24 1 vol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 1 Minutes 1923-1926 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 1 Minutes 1924-25 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 1 Minutes 1924-26 1 vol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 1 Minutes 1926 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 1 Minutes 1926-1929 1 vol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 2 Minutes 1926, 1929 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 2 Minutes 1930-32 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 2 Minutes, 1939-1961 Minutes 1939-1944 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 2 Minutes 1944-1947 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 2 Minutes 1947-1953 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 2 Minutes 1950-1952 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 2 Minutes 1953-1961 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 2 Subcommittee Records 1919-1940

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Business Problems Group, 1918-1931 Minutes Minutes 1918-22 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 3 Minutes 1922-26 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 3 Minutes 1925-29 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 3

J.H. Bronson’s copy

Minutes 1926-1929 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 3 Minutes and lectures 1931 & n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 3 Correspondence and Other Records Correspondence and Meeting 1926-1930 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 3

Records of C. Canby Balderston

Miscellaneous records 1928-31 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 4

Includes copies of papers and correspondence

Correspondence 1928-29 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 4

Correspondence of C. Canby Balderson; includes list of members

Subcommittee on Unemployment Records 1922-24 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 4

Includes copies of unemployment records

Copies of addresses n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 3 Educators' Group, 1919-1924 Minutes 1919-24 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 4

With gaps

Extension Committee, 1939 Notebook 1939 6mo 1 vol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 4 Records 1939 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 4 Farmers Group, 1918-1924 Minutes 1918-25 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 4 Minutes 1920-24 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 4 Report 1925 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 4

Includes outline and summary of address of Wm.V. Dennis, A Farmer’s Obligation to his Community

Continuation Committee, 1926 Minutes 1926 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 4

Includes list of pamphlets in Social Order closet

Friends Social Work Committee, 1928-1929 Minutes 1929 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 4 Correspondence and Miscellaneous Records 1928-1929 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 4 Questionaires: Friends' Social Work Agencies 1928-29 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 4 Industrial Relations Subcommittee, 1954-1964

The Industrial Relations Subcommittee of the Social Order Committee sponsored an action-research project dealing with the significance of religious principles for the social-industrial order coordinated by Fred H. Blum of the University of Minnesota. Includes attendance and discussion outline for Quaker Business Problems Group and material on Fred Blum

Miscellaneous Materials 1956 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 5 Robert E. Lamb Social Audit 1960 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 5

Typescript copy of Fred H. Blum’s “Summary of the Social Audit…of Robert E. Lamb”

Scott Bader Commonwealth Summary 1964 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 5

The Scott Bader Commonwealth was a British collaborative management-worker organization established after World War 2 that aimed to limit conflict at work and enhance employment conditions. Quaker Social Order Committeeiologist, Fred H. Blum conducted an action research study of the organization of the organization in 1968. Mimeographed copy of “The Scott Bader Commonwealth and the Quest for a New Social Order”

Religion and Labor Council Reports 1963-1964 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 5

Mimeographed copies of Humanization of Work and The Human Problem of Work as presented ata Religion and Labor Council seminar and board meeting

Social Audit of the Enterprise by Fred H. Blum 1958 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 5

Off print from Harvard Business Review

Material for a Study of English Firms 1955 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 5

Includes correspondence and reports for distribution

Interview Schedule 1959 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 5

Carbon copy of interview questions

Friends and the Industrial-Social Order 1954-1959 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 5

Friends and the Industrial-Social Order / Working papers, prepared by Fred H. Blum, was issued under auspices of The Religious Society of Friends, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Social Order Committee [and] London Yearly Meeting, Industrial and Social Order Committee in the mid 1950s. Includes application for a Chace grant, typescript draft, and a title page

Committee Lists 1923-40 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 5 Correspondence, 1918-1969 1918-1938

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film General Correspondence, 1918-1969 Correspondence 1918 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 6 Correspondence 1925-1926 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 6

Correspondence of Julia E. Branson, Secretary and Treasurer

Correspondence 1926 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 6

Correspondence of Edith C. Moon, Secretary and Director of the Office

Correspondence & reports 1927-29 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 6 Correspondence 1930-1931 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 6 Miscellaneous correspondence 1930-1936 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 6 Correspondence of Interest 1932-38 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 6

Primarily correspondence of J.Howard Branson, Secretary

Correspondence 1935 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 6 Correspondence 1935 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 6

J.Howard Branson’s Social Order Committee correspondence and related materials

Correspondence and Leaflets 1936-1939 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 6

Concerning labor issues

Correspondence 1938-1944 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 6

General correspondence

Correspondence 1939 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 6

David S. Richie’s miscellaneous Social Order Committee correspondence

Correspondence 1939-40 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 7

David S. Richie’s Social Order Committee Correspondence and related materials

Correspondence 1940 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 7

General correspondence

Correspondence 1940-41 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 7

David S. Richie’s Social Order Committee Correspondence and related materials

Correspondence 1940 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 7

General Social Order Committee mailings

Correspondence 1941 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 7

David S. Richie’s Social Order Committee Correspondence and related materials

Correspondence 1943 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 8

David S. Richie’s Social Order Committee Correspondence and related materials

Correspondence 1943-44 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 8 Correspondence 1944 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 8

Includes letter from Dotty Bowman soliciting applications to Swarthmore College from African-American students

Correspondence 1944-45 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 8

Correspondence of Bernard G. Waring as Chairman

Correspondence 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 8 Correspondence 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 8

Includes blank Attitude Surveys for Week-end Work Camp and Week-long Close-up of Urban Problems

Correspondence 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 8

Also includes a tally of persons served by Weekend Work Camp

Correspondence 1946 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 8 Correspondence 1946-47 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 8

Correspondence of Bernard G. Waring

Correspondence 1948-49 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 8 Correspondence 1948-49 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 8 Correspondence (1947) 1949-50 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 9 Correspondence 1948 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 9 Correspondence 1948-49 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 9

Includes Social Order Committee correspondence and other records

Correspondence and Miscellaneous Records 1949-1950 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 9

Committee correspondence, Work Camp thank you letters received, reports, and other committee materials

Correspondence 1950 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 9

General committee correspondence

Correspondence 1950 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 10 Correspondence 1950 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 10 Correspondence 1950-51 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 10

Also includes a Proposed Revision of the Discipline, “Friends and the Social Order, by D.S. Richie in 1951

Correspondence 1957 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 10 Correspondence 1965 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 10

Includes drafts of The Economics of the Kingdom of God, Social Order Committee Rough Minutes and Notes

Topical Correspondence, 1937-1969 Correspondence with Other Religious Groups & their printed statements 1937 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 10 Correspondence re: Friends & Labor 1937-1938 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 11 Correspondence re: labor leaders & employers dinner & conferences 1938 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 11 Correspondence re: Labor-Management Conference 1938 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 11 Ideas for Action Correspondence 1944 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 11

Includes draft of action plan with reference to California

Speaking 1950-52 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 11

Includes draft of action plan with reference to California

Correspondence and minutes 1968-1969 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 11

Substantive exchange of letters between George Lakey and David Richie on their differences in philosophy, and a mimeographed public letter from Richie to Representative Committee on his disagreement with the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee; also includes (loose) relevant mimeographed minutes

See also: BEDC and Reparations, 1969-70, in Miscellaneous

Social Concerns Log 1968-69 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 11

David S. Richie’s daily log of activities, 11/1968-3/1969, as well as other correspondence, notes, minutes, and other records received during that period

Speaking Engagements Correspondence 1968-69 1 fol. SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 11 Financial Records 1929-1969

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Account book 1939-1951 1 vol. O/U SW RG2/Phy/820 OE Other Financial Records, 1929-1969 Financial Records Financial Records 1929-1930 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 12 Financial Records 1930-1931 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 12 Financial Records 1932-1933 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 12 Financial Records 1934 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 12 Expenses and Contributions 1934-41 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 12

Correspondence and treasurer’s and expense reports

Union Paper Purchases 1940 and n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 12

Letterhead and paper samples

Financial History 1940-45 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 12 Fundraising Lists 1942 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 12 Finances Finances 1942-45 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 12 Finances 1944 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 12 Bills and Receipts 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 13 Finances 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 13 Finances 1947-49 1 fol. O/U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 13 Finances 1947 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 13 Bills and Receipts 1948 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 13 Financial records of the Bedford Street Mission Fund 1949-1969 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 13

Fund from the Bedford Street Mission of Philadelphia (through the AFSC) for the support of work camps and related activities

Contributions 1950 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 13

Report on contributions to the committee in 1950, and tabulation of same, 1945-49

Deposits: Contribution Reports 1952-54 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 13

Includes lists of contributors

Deposits: Contributors 1955-68 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 13

Deposit reports with lists of contributors

Contributions 1965 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 13 Treasurer’s Records 1967-69 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 14 Contributions and Finances 1968-69 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 14 Deposits 1968 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 14 Deposits 1969 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 14 Receipts 1969 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 14 Conferences and Lectures, 1929-1945 1929-1939

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Lectures, 1929-1933 Lectures 1929-33 & n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 14 Conferences, 1926-1945 Annual Conference and Special Business Meeting 1926 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 14

Includes drafts.

Media (Pa.) Conference 1939 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 14 Religion and Cooperative Conferences 1940-44 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 14

Includes correspondence and other materials related to the Religion and Consumer Co-operation Conference at Swarthmore in 1941

Simplicity Weekend Correspondence 1940 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 14

Correspondence and other materials related to a retreat with Douglas and Dorothy Streere and other individuals interested in simplicity at Pendle Hill

Joint Fall Planning Conference 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 14 Religion and Social Order Conference (New Lisbon) 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 14

Records concerning the joint conference, Freedom is More Than a Word

Reports and Publications, 1917-1945

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Reports, 1917-1945 Original report on Social Order Matters to Yearly Meeting, Third Month 1917 1917 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 15 Reports 1921-24 and n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 15 Reports 1926 and n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 15 Reports and Correspondence 1929-1932 & n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 15 Reports 1931-1935 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 15 Report 1933-34 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 15 Report 1936 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 15 Reports of Work 1937-1939 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 15 Reports and related correspondence 1938-1939 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 15 Report 1941 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 15 Report 1944 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 15

Includes draft by David S. Richie and published copy in the Friend

Report 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 15 Publications, 1919-1959 and n.d.

Publications from specific projects may be found with the relevant project records.

Other Publications 1919-1935 & n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 16 The Social Order Bulletin 1924 (gaps) & n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 16 The Citizen and His Governments 1934 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 16

Includes note cards, drafts and correspondence related to a talk by J.Howard Branson

Committee Notes and Publications 1935-1942 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 16

Includes News Notes (Social Service Committee) and other publications

Christian Social Order mss 1935 and n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 16

Draft of articles on unemployment and other economic issues, possibly written in part by either J.Howard Branson or M. Albert Linton

Records of Publication: Adult Education for Social Change 1936-1938 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 16 Other Publications 1935-1959 1 fol. O/U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 17 Projects 1926-1941 & n.d.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Coal Study, 1926-1927 Social Order Committee Coal Study 1926 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 17 Coal Study Group: Report and Meeting 1927 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 17 Unemployment, 1929-1934 Unemployment Report 1929-1932 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 17 Unemployed Citizens League Farm Project 1933-34 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 17

The Social Order Committee conducted a cooperative farm project with the Unemployed Citizens’ League of Philadelphia.

Milk Study, 1932-1941 and n.d. Drafts n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 17 Correspondence 1935-40 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 18 From Cow to Consumer [published report] 1941 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 18 Interstate Milk Producers Cooperative Report n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 18 Miscellaneous notes n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 18 Other Talks 1932-35 & n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 18 Part 1 A Public Interest n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 18 Reference Materials 1934-37 & n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 18 Report [mimeo] n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 18 Talks given to the Social Order Committee 1936-39 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 18 Topics for Discussion n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 18 Milk Study Group Talks 1936 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 18

Copies of the text of talks given before the Social Order Committee

Milk Report Correspondence 1941 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 18

Correspondence concerning From Cow to Consumer

Small Communities, 1947-1948

Completed questionnaires and related correspondence concerning the Social Order Committee study of small communities

Questionnaire on Small Communities 1947-48 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 18 Men-In-Service Project, 1940-1945

Letters sent by Social Order Committee with questionnaire to Friends in CPS camps as well as in the armed services; see also Richie papers, RG5/264.

Letter to Men-in-Service 1943-44 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 19 Letter to Men-in-Service 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 19 Letter to Men-in-Service 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 19 Men-In-Service Correspondence 1943-1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 19

Correspondence from both COs and men in military service, mostly with Edith Lentz. Includes summary of responses, 1944.

Conscription Correspondence and Printed Materials 1940-44 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 19 Work Camps, 1939-1971 Work Camps in Friends Schools 1939-42 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 20 Weekend Work Camp Logs 1940-49 1 fol. O/U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 20 Work Camp Correspondence 1940-44 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 20 Work Camps and Suggested Projects 1941-43 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 20 Work Camps Correspondence 1941-42 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 20

Re: Work Camps and cooperatives with related materials

Weekend Work Camp Logs and Reports 1942-44 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 20 Weekend Work Camps (Germantown) 1942-43 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 20 Work Camps Correspondence 1942-43 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 20 Work Camp Correspondence 1943-44 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 20

Includes notes on what work was done

Work Camps Publicity 1943-44 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21

Includes correspondence

Urban Minority Closeup 1944 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21

Correspondence and other materials relative to the Urban Minority Close-Up combination work camp, field trip, and conference for high school-aged students

Week-long Logs, Reports 1944-48 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21 Week-long Work Camp Correspondence 1944 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21 Week-long Work Camps 1944-54 1 fol. O/U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21

Itineraries, correspondence, and delegate materials for Week-long Work Camps

Work Camp Correspondence 1944-45 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21

Includes brochures

Work Camps Experience 1944-49 1 fol. O/U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21

Includes narratives of experiences in Work Camps, one illustrated with photographs, list of work projects, and other materials

Work Camp Correspondence 1945-47 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21 Students in Cooperative Project Proposed for Summer 1946 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21 Students in Industry Project Log 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21 Close-up of Industry 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21 Close-up Programs 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21 Work Camps Publicity Brochures Ca. 1945-52 1 fol. O/U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21 Week-long Project 1946 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21 Week-long Project 1946 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 21 Week-long Program Correspondence 1946 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 22 Weeklong Close-up 2 mo 1947 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 22 Weeklong Close-up 4 mo 1947 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 22 Weeklong Project Close-up 1 mo 1947 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 22 Close-up: Week-long Project 1948 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 22 Close-up: Week-long Project (Germantown) 1948 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 22 Week-long Project 1948 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 22 Work Camps Correspondence 1948 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 22 Work Camps Correspondence 1948-49 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 22 Work Camps Publicity 1948-51 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 22 Work Camp Publicity 1948-55 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 22

Includes drafts of articles, some correspondence, and Work Camp hand-outs

Work Camps speech material 1949 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 22

Handwritten outlines for talks. Also includes international correspondence with Work Campers which may have been used for speech material.

Close-up: Week-long 1949 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 22 Close-up: Week-long 1949 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 22 Urban Problems Close-up 1950 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 23

Itineraries, correspondence, and evaluation of Close-Up of Urban Problems Work Camps for high school students

Thesis ca.1950 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 23

Thesis written by Hector N. Black, A Study of Religious Orientations in a Given Social Order Committeeio-Religious Experience, concerning Work Camps.

Family Work Camp 1950-53 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 23

Includes hand-outs, correspondence, and publicity materials

Work Camp Correspondence 1951 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 23 Work Camp Correspondence 1951-52 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 23 Correspondence 1951 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 23

Primarily inquiries about the work camp program; includes Work Camp brochures from other organizations

Work Camp Inquiries 1951-52 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 23 Inquiries About Starting Work Camps 1952-53 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 23

Correspondence on Work Camps, Social Order Committee and AFSC; includes descriptions of Work Camps elsewhere, including an integrated one in Little Rock.

Family Work Camp – Lincoln University 1955-56 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 23

Includes correspondence, hand-outs, and publicity

Family Work Camps 1955-56 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 23

Includes draft of skit, Take Time Together, on Family Work Camp at Lincoln University

Family Work Camp Brochures 1955-58 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 23 Thesis 1956 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 24

Typescript thesis written by Elizabeth McClure Thomas entitled “The Slum Problem,” with thank you letter to David S. Richie. Study was based on observations at Weekend Work Camps and the weeklong “Closeup of Urban Problems.”

Work Camp Evaluations 1956-63 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 24

Alsoincludes (2) typescript copies of Peter Hill’s Capacity to Consume is Against the Law of Life, 1956

Weekend Work Camps: Work Camp Appeal 1957 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 24 Weekend Work Camps: Christian Herald Article on Work Camping 1958 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 24

David S. Richie wrote an article on Weekend Work Camping as proposed by Faye Marley of the AFSC

Weekend Work Camps: Letters from Work Campers 1959 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 24 Weekend Work Camps: Work Camp Appeal 1958 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 24 Work Camps Correspondence 1962 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 24 Work Camp Mailings and Handouts 1963-1969 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 24 Work Camp surveys and discussion manuals 1965 and n.d. 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 24

Includes mss scenarios for characters, probably for use in sensitivity training

Work Camps “Elsewhere” 1965-68 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 24

Correspondence, brochures and other information about other work camps

Weekend Work Camp 1966 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 24

Includes part of a letter describing a violent incident at a weekend Work Camp and a mimeographed response to criticism of Work Camps in Cox’ Secular City

Work Camps Correspondence and Miscellaneous 1967-68 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 24 3945 Fairmount 1967-70 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 25

Correspondence, reports, and other records of the property at 3945 Fairmont and memos about a series of incidents that took place there

VISTA Volunteers in Mantua 1967-68 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 25

Includes correspondence and related records

Mantua: Summer Projects 1968 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 25

Includes report by Lyn Vlaskamp and David S. Richie’s correspondence relative to Mantua community outings to meetings during the summer

Philadelphia Weekend Work Camps 1968 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 25

Includes tabulation of participation by school groups and a draft of an article by Pearl Vee

VISTA Volunteers in Mantua 1968-69 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 25

Includes correspondence and related records

Weekend Work Camp 1968 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 25

Sign-in Sheets and Correspondence

Weekend Work Camp correspondence 1968-69 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 25 Work Camp Budgets and Finances 1969-1970 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 25

Correspondence and other documents on Work Camp finances, including insurance, budgets, and proposed budgets.

Work Camp Staff 1969-70 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 25 Evaluations of (Mantua) Summer Trips 1969 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 25 John Hollister 1969-1970 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 25

David S. Richie correspondence with Work Camps employee, John Hollister

Arlin Gordon 1970 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 25

David S. Richie correspondence with Work Camps employee, Arlin Gordon

Work Camp Correspondence 1969-70 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26 Advisory Committee Evaluation 1970-1971 1 fol. U SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26

Evaluations and questionnaires for an advisory committee regarding the Mantua Weekend Work –Camp.

Miscellaneous 1930-1941

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Employment and Labor Miscellaneous, 1930-1940 Putnam Speech on Working Conditions 1930 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26 City Delinquent Tax Survey [typescript] ca.1937 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26 Clippings & brochures re: labor problems 1937 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26 Labor legislation 1938 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26 Reading Strike 1939 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26 Notes: History of Local 46 1940 and n.d. 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26 Missions and Settlement Houses 1931-45 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26

Includes reports and other information on the Susan Parrish Wharton Settlement/Whittier Centre and the Bedford Center

Friends General Conference, 1933-1943 Minute Man letters 1933-1936 1 fol.1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26 Minute Man List 1935 O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26 Letters to the "Minute-Man" 1933-35 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26 Offprint of A Statement of Economic Objectives (Industrial Relations Committee of FGC) 1934 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26 Statement of Economic Objectives 1934 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26

Office copy

Fundamentals of Social Reconstruction Drafts 1942-43 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 26

Includes correspondence with Bayard Rustin and Other Contributors

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite), 1933-1947 Race Street Questionnaires 1933 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27

Social Attitude Scales by population category with tabulations, a draft report, and related correspondence

Economic Problems Committee 1941-47 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27

Cooperation with Social Order Committee

To My Friends Who Teach letter 1939-1941 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27 Peace Postals 1939 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27 Progressive Committee of Pennsylvania 1939 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27 A Call to a Third Order of Friends 1939 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27

Draft of Pendle Hill Weekend conference

Movies 1939-41 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27

Request to book the film The River, as well as listings of films sponsored by the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Pennsylvania Council of Churches Notes and Mailings 1939-41 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27

Includes correspondence with David S. Richie

Philadelphia Federation of Churches Industrial Committee, 1939-1941

J. Howard Branson and David S. Richie were members of the Committee. Richie was Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations

Minutes 1939-40 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27 Minutes 1941 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27 Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1939-1940 FOR 1939 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27

Concerning the Pacifist Training Camp in New York City

Citizen Council Notes and Mailings 1939-1940 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27

J. Bernard Walton was Chairman of the FOR and was also a Secretary of the Committee on Social-Industrial Situation. Copies of The Citizen’s Newsletter (1940) transferred to the SCPC.

Five Years Meeting, 1940-1945 Fraternal Delegates 1940-45 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27

Includes materials relative to the Social Order Conference at Quaker Hill in 1941

Social Order Commission 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27 Philadelphia Consumers’ Federation 1942 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27

David S. Richie was a member; includes mimeographed reports and minutes

National Religion and Labor Foundation 1943-44 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27

B.G. Waring and Bernard Walton were members

Regional Conference of the Church and Labor on Consumer Cooperation 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27

Sponsored by the Committee on the Church and Cooperatives of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America; David S. Richie was the Registrar. Includes attendance lists with church affiliation

CPS Union Weekend (New Lisbon, NJ) 1945 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27 Meeting for Social Concerns: BEDC and Reparations 1969-70 1 fol. O SW RG2/Phy/820 Box 27

David S. Richie was deeply concerned over the proposed Friends Manifesto initiated by Victor Paschkis. Includes his notes and printed response(s). See also: David S. Richie Papers.