An Inventory of the Friends Social Union (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1924-1978
General International Standard for Archival Description
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000.
Encoded Archival Description
Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002
collection
Records, 1924-1978
Friends Social Union (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Biographical History for: Records, 1924-1978
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE Friends Social Union was founded in 1924 in Philadelphia, Pa., as a social club for Quaker men. In 1976 the by-laws were amended to include women as members. The records include by-laws, minutes, and miscellaneous, 1924-1978.
SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS Minute books, bylaws, committee, treasurer, and membership reports, programs, menus, and other records.
Quakers -- Pennsylvania
Quakers -- Societies, etc.
Pennsylvania -- Societies, etc. -- Social
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Societies, etc. -- Social
Pennsylvania -- Churches and religious affairs
Pennsylvania -- Societies, etc. -- Religion
series
Ser. 1. By-Laws of Friends of Social Union
By-laws
Ser. 2. Minutes and other records
Creation of Notebook:
Time of Creation of Notebook:
Minutes of meetings of Executive Committee6/26/1924-4/12/1934
Mainly and also of joint Executive and Membership Committee and of Board
Minutes of Annual Meetings 1925-1934
In some cases printed programs or clippings are attached
Record of programs of annual Spring Pilgrimages 1926-1934
In some case printed programs or clippings are attached
Lists of officers and members of Executive Committee 1928-1934
By-Laws
Attached are copies of printed Bylaws, which differ in some items from typed draft
Notebook
Creation of Notebook
Time of Creation of Notebook
Containing essentially the type of material in the first book above
Ser. 3. Programs
Programs, route maps
Programs, miscellaneous papers of H. Mather Lippincott
Creation of Programs, miscellaneous papers of H. Mather Lippincott
Time of Creation of Programs, miscellaneous papers of H. Mather Lippincott
Ser. 4. Correspondence
Correspondence