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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
Dr John Fothergill
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
Quaker fiction: some collection highlights
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
Friends at the end of World War I: seeking international peace
At various points during the last four years we have marked the centenary of World War I on this blog by highlighting our collections relating to aspects of Quaker work at that time, including the relief work of the Friends … Continue reading
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Tagged international relations, League of Nations, peace, World War I
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William Penn: commemorations and curios
30 July 2018 is the 300th anniversary of the death of William Penn. He is widely-known as the founder of the American colony of Pennsylvania in 1681, on land given to him by Charles II in payment of a debt … Continue reading
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Tagged anniversaries, exhibitions, manuscripts, objects, William Penn
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150 years of Friends and foreign missions
26th May 2018 marked the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Friends Foreign Mission Association in 1868. This put overseas mission and relief work on a permanent footing for the Society for the first time, and this … Continue reading
New images on display in the reading room: a quick tour
The Library reading room has had a make-over. Around the walls you’ll see a series of large panels displaying images selected from different parts of the collections. They give some insight into the breadth of material held by the Library, … Continue reading
From cupola, portico or archway: Quaker school magazines
We’ve touched on children’s magazines in a previous blog post about Quaker missionary periodicals. Another kind of publication concerning young people is the school magazine. Quaker schools generated a variety of these, some written by teachers, others by pupils, some … Continue reading
Three remarkable women of the twentieth century: Joan Mary Fry, Elizabeth Fox Howard and Francesca Wilson
For Women’s History Month, we look at the lives of three remarkable women of the 20th century – Joan Mary Fry, Elizabeth Fox Howard and Francesca Wilson. Each of them in their own way responded to the challenges of world … Continue reading
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Tagged Elizabeth Fox Howard, Francesca WIlson, Joan Mary Fry, refugees, relief, women
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