Author Archives: Library of the Society of Friends

Belsen remembered – working with the Holocaust Educational Trust

Posted on 18/03/2020

This year there are several anniversaries coming up, but some of the most poignant, and perhaps relevant in today’s world, are the 75th anniversaries of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. These anniversaries remind us of the world’s horror in … Continue reading →

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Women’s History Month

Posted on 02/03/2020

Since March is Women’s History Month, we’re taking the opportunity to highlight some blogposts that have appeared here on Quaker Strongrooms over the years, in case you missed them. And over on Facebook we’ll be bringing you some glimpses of … Continue reading →

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Theatre: some collection highlights

Posted on 18/12/2019

We hope you enjoyed our blog post back in October exploring some of the many works of fiction in our collections. Returning to the theme, we’d like to focus this time on drama. You might not necessarily think of theatre … Continue reading →

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Dr John Fothergill

Posted on 08/11/2019

Reading about 18th century Quakers, there is one person you are almost certainly going to come across at some point – Dr John Fothergill. He was at the centre of Quaker activity throughout his life, involved with peace, prison reform … Continue reading →

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Quaker fiction: some collection highlights

Posted on 04/10/2019

Following the popular recent blogposts on fictional Quaker characters over on the Quakers in Britain blog  we thought we’d highlight some of the wide range of fiction written both by and about Quakers that you can find in the Library … Continue reading →

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Creating A World Without War: new project to open up World War Two research materials

Posted on 05/09/2019

In the week that many have been commemorating the start of World War II 80 years ago, we have some news to share about an exciting new project to open access to some of our key collections from that period. … Continue reading →

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Respected Friend? Women and equality in the Society of Friends

Posted on 18/06/2019

Quaker women in history have a reputation for being bolder and more publicly visible than their contemporaries, being involved with preaching and publishing from the very beginning of the movement. Until the end of the 19th century, however, the members … Continue reading →

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