Category Archives: Projects

Friends Emergency and War Victims Relief Committee cataloguing project: relief and reconstruction during World War I and beyond

Posted on 26/01/2015 by Library of the Society of Friends

A 15 month project to catalogue the archives of the Friends Emergency and War Victims Relief Committee (FEWVRC) has now been completed, making accessible the records of an unprecedented Quaker relief effort during and after World War I. The project, … Continue reading →

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Horses – bits and bots: the writings of Bracy Clark, F.L.S.

Posted on 31/01/2014 by Library of the Society of Friends

It’s the Chinese Year of the Horse – not much Quaker material there you might well think. If you were researching horses and equine veterinary practice, our Library would hardly be your first port of call. You might – perhaps … Continue reading →

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Quakers, relief and rescue in 1930s and 1940s Europe: a collaborative microfilming project with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Posted on 02/10/2013 by Library of the Society of Friends

Since 2006 the Library has been involved in a collaborative microfilming project with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). The Museum, based in Washington DC, is the most comprehensive institution of its type in the world. Its primary mission is … Continue reading →

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