Author Archives: Library of the Society of Friends

Creating a world without war: project completed

Posted on 01/11/2022 by Library of the Society of Friends

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

Posted on 04/10/2021 by Library of the Society of Friends

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

Posted on 05/11/2020 by Library of the Society of Friends

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

Posted on 09/04/2020 by Library of the Society of Friends

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

Posted on 18/03/2020 by Library of the Society of Friends

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 by Library of the Society of Friends

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 by Library of the Society of Friends

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 by Library of the Society of Friends

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 by Library of the Society of Friends

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 by Library of the Society of Friends

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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