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Friends Historical Library manuscript epistles collection
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-006
Abstract
The term "epistle" is used to refer to letters exchanged between Quaker organizations, especially from one yearly meeting to another. Epistles are often used to articulate Quaker doctrine and discipline. This collection of various manuscript (handwritten) epistles was compiled from the Friends Historical Library from different sources.
Dates:
1688 - 1973
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Mississippi Project (1964-1966)
Collection — othertype: SW/Phy/826
Identifier: QM-Phy-826
Abstract
In response to the 1964 bombing of 44 black churches in Mississippi, Philadelphia and New York Yearly Meetings coordinated a joint effort to rebuild the destroyed churches and to attempt to foster racial reconciliation in the area. The project sent Lawrence and Viola Scott to Jackson, Mississippi as Quaker representatives. By 1966, the group had rebuilt 33 of the 44 churches, and built a community center in rural Canton, Mississippi. This collection is primarily composed of financial...
Dates:
1949-1967
Quaker Disciplines
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-005
Abstract
The Society of Friends or Quakers (the terms are synonymous) was founded in the middle of the seventeenth century in England by George Fox and others. The Friends Historical Library has collected Quaker disciplines since its founding in 1871. FHL is also the official repository for the records of seven American yearly meetings.
Dates:
1689-2018
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- African American churches -- Mississippi -- History 1
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- Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Epistles 1
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- Religious Society of Friends in Ireland 2
- Yearly Meeting of Friends, held in Virginia 2
- Alaska Yearly Meeting 1
- Bolivian Friends Church 1
- Britain Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
- California Yearly Meeting of Friends Church 1
- Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- Central Yearly Meeting 1
- Central Yearly Meeting of Friends. Union Quarterly Meeting 1
- Congenies Two Months Meeting (Society of Friends : Congenies, France) 1
- Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 1
- Flanagan, Ross, 1934- 1
- Freedom Friends Church (Salem, Or.) 1
- Friends Church Southwest Yearly Meeting 1
- Friends Committee for Reconciliation and Church Reconstruction 1
- Friends General Conference (U.S.) 1
- Friends Meeting of Washington (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Genesee Yearly Meeting of Friends 1
- Illinois Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
- Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1975) 1
- Iowa Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends 1
- Kansas Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends 1
- London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
- Nebraska Yearly Meeting of Friends 1
- New Zealand Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends 1
- North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends Church 1
- Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1975- ) 1
- Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 1
- Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1854) 1
- Oregon Yearly Meeting of Friends Church 1
- Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 1
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 1
- Scott, Viola 1
- Society of Free Quakers 1
- Société religieuse des Amis (Quakers) 1
- Southeastern Yearly Meeting 1
- Western Yearly Meeting of Friends (1877- : Plainfield, Ind.) 1
- Wilmington Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- Yearly Meeting of Congregational Friends (Waterloo, N.Y.) 1 + ∧ less
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