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- The Swarthmore Documents: letters from the beginning of Quakerism
- GF400: Evolution of George Fox’s image
- How a teacup made its way home to tell a story of Quaker activism: working with the Faith Museum
- Creating a world without war: project completed
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The Swarthmore Documents: letters from the beginning of Quakerism
The Swarthmore Manuscripts, our famous collection of early Quaker letters, have been described as the “jewel in the crown” of the Library’s collection. But did you know they are only one part of a larger collection known as the Swarthmore … Continue reading
GF400: Evolution of George Fox’s image
George Fox (1624-1691) was born in Leicestershire and is one of the founding figures of Quakerism. Our Library & Archive collections hold many portraits of George Fox, most produced throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. None of the portraits can … Continue reading
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How a teacup made its way home to tell a story of Quaker activism: working with the Faith Museum
by Melissa Atkinson For the last few years, I have had the privilege of being involved with a new museum project at Auckland Castle in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. This regeneration project encompassed renovating the castle and its grounds with … Continue reading
Creating a world without war: project completed
We are delighted to announce that we have completed the core work of the Wellcome Trust funded project to catalogue and preserve the records of the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU) and Friends Relief Service (FRS) from World War Two. Both … Continue reading
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Restore and renew: the Library refurbishment project
We took the decision in 2020 to try to use the closure of the Library of the Society of Friends due to the pandemic as a positive opportunity, and use the time to carry out some long overdue refurbishment work … Continue reading
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Building back better after times of crisis
Normally around this time of year we would be on a stall at the annual History Day run by the Institute of Historical Research at UCL, which gives researchers a chance to meet staff from libraries, archives, museums, and publishers, … Continue reading
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Creating a world without war cataloguing project begins
I joined Friends House Library in January 2020 as Project Archivist. Over the next 2 years I will be working on a Wellcome Trust Funded project to catalogue the World War Two archives of Friends Ambulance Unit (1939-47) and Friends … Continue reading
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Belsen remembered – working with the Holocaust Educational Trust
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
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
Theatre: some collection highlights
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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