Finding aid for National Conference of Friends on Race Relations Records, 1960-1970
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National Conference of Friends on Race Relations Records 1960-1970
National Conference of Friends on Race Relations
Biographical History for: National Conference of Friends on Race Relations Records 1960-1970
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE According to a brochure published for the Fourth National Conference of Friends on Race Relations, the Conference on Race Relations was initiated in 1956 in order to stimulate individual Friends and Meetings to work directly in the field of race relations and not rely entirely on the work of the American Friends Service Committee. Conferences were held approximately every two or three years: 1956; sometime between 1956 and 1961; 1961 at Earlham College in Richmond, IN; 1963 at the Oakwood School in Poughkeepsie, NY; 1965, again at Earlham College; 1967 at Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, NC; and in 1970 in Washington, D.C. The first four conferences were organized by an Executive Committee that met in Philadelphia, Pa., in between sessions. At the Fourth Conference (1963), a Continuing Committee composed of members of monthly meetings from around the nation was established which met roughly every four months in rotating locations. Victor Paschkis, Quaker professor of Chemical Engineering at Columbia University and founder of the Society for Social Responsibility in Science, was coordinator of the Continuation Committee ca. 1965-1967. Marian Darnell Fuson, a member of Nashville Monthly Meeting, was active in Quaker organizations and served as the chairman of the Continuation Committee charged with the preparation of the 1970 Conference. Both the National Conference of Friends on Race Relations and its successor, Friends for Human Justice, operated under the umbrella of Friends World Committee for Consultation, American Section.
SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS The collection, Records of the National Conference of Friends on Race Relations, includes materials from the Conferences held in 1961, 1963, 1967, and 1970 ; also includes minutes of the initial organizing body, the Executive Committee, and its successor, the Continuing Committee, and materials collected by Victor Paschkis and Marian Fuson. Organized into six series: Organization:Series 1. Executive Committee, 1960-1961 Series 2. Continuing Committee, 1963-1970 Series 3. Newsletter, 1962-1964 Series 4. Coordinator's Files, 1965-1968 Series 5. Conference Materials, 1961-1970 Series 6. Financial and Miscellaneous
Related Material See also RG2/Phy/800, Race Relations Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends RG2/Phy/758.11, Meeting For Social Concerns: Community Involvement Program of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends RG1 Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas
National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (3rd : 1961 : Richmond, IN.)
National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (4th : 1963 : Poughkeepsie, NY)
National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (5th : 1965 : Richmond, IN)
National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (6th : 1967 : Black Mountain, NC)
National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (7th : 1970 : Washington, DC)
Friends World Committee for Consultation. Section of the Americas
Race relations-Religious aspects-Society of Friends
Quakers -- Race relations
series
Ser. 1 Executive Committee, 1960-1961
Minutes
Creation of Minutes
Time of Creation of Minutes
Ser. 2 Continuing Committee, 1963-1970
Memos & Other Documents
Creation of Memos & Other Documents
Time of Creation of Memos & Other Documents
Correspondence
Creation of Correspondence
Time of Creation of Correspondence
Correspondence, Marian Fuson, Chairman
Creation of Correspondence, Marian Fuson, Chairman
Time of Creation of Correspondence, Marian Fuson, Chairman
Ser. 3 Newsletter, 1962-1964
NFCRR Newsletter
Creation of NFCRR Newsletter
Time of Creation of NFCRR Newsletter
Ser. 4 Coordinator's Files, 1965-1968
Victor Paschkis' file
Creation of Victor Paschkis' file
Time of Creation of Victor Paschkis' file
Largely financial receipts.
Ser. 5 Conference Material, 1961-1970
Creation of National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (3rd : 1961 : Richmond, IN.)
Time of Creation of National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (3rd : 1961 : Richmond, IN.)
Creation of National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (4th : 1963 : Poughkeepsie, NY)
Time of Creation of National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (4th : 1963 : Poughkeepsie, NY)
National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (5th: 1965 : Richmond, IN)
Creation of National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (5th: 1965 : Richmond, IN)
Time of Creation of National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (5th: 1965 : Richmond, IN)
Creation of National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (6th : 1967 : Black Mountain, NC)
Time of Creation of National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (6th : 1967 : Black Mountain, NC)
Creation of National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (7th : 1970 : Washington, DC)
Time of Creation of National Conference of Friends on Race Relations (7th : 1970 : Washington, DC)
Ser. 6 Financial and Miscellaneous
Financial records
Creation of Financial records
Time of Creation of Financial records
Miscellaneous reference