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The conscience of the nation: the work of three Quaker MPs during World War I
The Military Service Act came into force on 2 March 1916, and Quakers nationally are marking the centenary. Our new online exhibition Matter of conscience: Quakers and conscription gives an overview of the introduction and impact of the Act. The story involves … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions
Tagged conscientious objection, conscription, exhibitions, World War I
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Preservation news: highlights of 2015
Though we are well into January, here’s a look back at some of the exciting and varied work done over the past year to preserve the Library’s collections for future generations of users. We were delighted to have back the … Continue reading
Posted in Collection care, News
Tagged BeFriend a Book, broadsides, conservation, Hawkins Collection, preservation, Swarthmore Manuscripts, tract volumes
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White Feather Diaries latest instalment and researching World War I
***Please note, as of 2022, this website is no longer online*** The latest instalment of The White Feather Diaries, an online project of British Quakers, goes live today. The diaries tell of the challenges faced by five people who followed their … Continue reading
The life of a photograph and an extraordinary woman
The Library’s Visual Resources Development Officer, Melissa Atkinson, talks about one enduring image in our collection. I am fascinated with historical material culture and how it translates into modern society. When a researcher in the Library is interested in any … Continue reading
Posted in Highlights
Tagged Anne Knight, Anti-slavery, archives, Feminism, photographs, United Nations, Universal suffrage
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Opening up the manuscript collections: an update on our online cataloguing project
What do silhouettes, the South Sea journals of Daniel Wheeler, press-cuttings on the General Strike, and a 100 year-old phial of anti-tetanus serum have in common? They’re all to be found in the Library’s main manuscript series, which currently comprises over … Continue reading
The French Revolution: Quakers and cockades
When our project cataloguer came across a cockade (a type of ribbon rosette for wearing on a hat or pinned to a garment) from 1792 revolutionary France among the A. Ruth Fry papers (TEMP MSS 373), belonging to John Hodgkin … Continue reading
Posted in Projects
Tagged cockades, conscientious objection, France, French Revolution, Jean de Marsillac, National Assembly, William Rotch
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Sole survivor? A Dutch broadside by an early 18th century woman Friend
A few weeks ago we were enthralled to discover that the Library holds what is possibly the sole surviving copy of an early 18th century broadside by a little known woman Friend, Margaret Langdale (1684?-1742). It’s an undated exhortation in … Continue reading
Friends and Armenian relief
April 24 is commemorated as the official anniversary of the Armenian genocide, which began in April 1915 with the round-up of Armenian intellectuals, followed by massacres and forced exile of hundreds of thousands of Armenian people from Turkey. Quakers at … Continue reading
The Hawkins Collection: an early Quaker library, its provenance and some puzzles
We’ve recently finished cataloguing the contents of the Hawkins Collection – a remarkable private library bequeathed by Richard Hawkins (1649?-1735) to Westminster Monthly Meeting. The collection consists of 86 bound volumes containing over 1,200 individual publications – books, pamphlets and … Continue reading
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