Category Archives: Guides

“In turbulent times”: sources on local Quakers and their meetings over the centuries

Posted on 05/10/2017 by

For Quaker Week 2017, our head of Library & Archives, Libby Adams, travelled to Penrith Meeting to give a talk on local Quakers living through “turbulent times” (this year’s Quaker Week theme). This blog post concentrates on Quaker stories from … Continue reading →

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Quaker women: resources for women’s history in the Library of the Society of Friends

Posted on 01/03/2017 by

For Women’s History Month this March, we offer a broad overview of some of the great women’s history resources the Library has to offer. Whether you’re interested in the lives and thought of particular Quaker women, in the history of … Continue reading →

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Friends as missionaries: contemporary reports, newsletters and magazines

Posted on 31/08/2016 by

This blog post introduces some of the periodicals that document British Quakers’ activity in the foreign mission field from the second half of the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Mission work was reported and promoted through annual reports, newsletters, and circulars. These … Continue reading →

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Library resources for researching World War I: visual resources

Posted on 28/11/2014 by

For the past nine months our blog has been focusing on printed and archival resources for researching World War I and its aftermath. At last it’s the turn of the Library’s “visual resources” – ever-present in the blog and on … Continue reading →

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Library resources for researching World War I: periodicals

Posted on 29/09/2014 by

Where would you look for news, reflections, debate or comment on World War I events as they unfolded? Contemporary magazines, newsletters and reports are a fruitful resource for researchers studying Quaker thought and activity during the war and its aftermath. … Continue reading →

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Library resources for researching World War I: peace pamphlets

Posted on 29/08/2014 by

It’s sometimes said that the richness of a library’s collection can be judged by the number and variety of its pamphlets. This Library has over a thousand boxes and volumes of pamphlets, which we aim to catalogue individually. Pamphlets have … Continue reading →

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Library resources for researching World War I: Wartime Statistics Committee

Posted on 30/06/2014 by

The Wartime Statistics Committee was established by Meeting for Sufferings in June 1917, a year after the introduction of conscription, to collect statistics on men of military age. Its records are of value for researchers interested in British Quakers and … Continue reading →

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