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Creating a world without war cataloguing project begins

Posted on 09/04/2020 by

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

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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Respected Friend? Women and equality in the Society of Friends

Posted on 18/06/2019 by

Quaker women in history have a reputation for being bolder and more publicly visible than their contemporaries, being involved with preaching and publishing from the very beginning of the movement. Until the end of the 19th century, however, the members … Continue reading →

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Yearly Meeting 2019

Posted on 28/05/2019 by

Here in the Library, we are all recovering from a busy and productive Yearly Meeting in Friends House held over the bank holiday weekend. Yearly Meeting is the annual gathering for Quakers from around the country to come together to … Continue reading →

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Conscience Matters: new exhibition in Edinburgh

Posted on 09/04/2019 by

Last month an exciting new exhibition telling the story of World War II conscientious objectors opened at the National War Museum at Edinburgh Castle. Conscience Matters is the result of a partnership between National Museums Scotland, and a University of … Continue reading →

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Quaker feeding programmes in postwar Germany and Austria

Posted on 20/02/2019 by

For many, the celebrations at the signing of the Armistice and the end of World War I were short lived. While soldiers went home from the front, the destruction wreaked on basic infrastructure and the civilian populations became clear. Germany … Continue reading →

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Kristallnacht, Kindertransport, and help for refugees

Posted on 15/11/2018 by

Last week saw the 80th anniversary of the November Pogrom in Germany and Austria, now known as Kristallnacht. This outburst of anti-Semitic violence happened over the night of the 9th/10th of November and was a clear indication of the direction … Continue reading →

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Demystifying digitisation

Posted on 05/03/2018 by

In this blog post we want to tackle the big issue currently facing libraries, archives and museums: digitisation. It is something we are putting a lot of thought into here at Library of Society of Friends, and something we are … Continue reading →

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Quakers and the Nobel Peace Prize – 70 year anniversary

Posted on 11/12/2017 by

  Yesterday marked the the 70th anniversary of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Friends Service Council and American Friends Service Committee, representing British and Americans Quakers more widely.   The anniversary feels all the more special this … Continue reading →

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Refugees and relief

Posted on 16/06/2017 by

Refugee Week starts next Monday and here at Friends House we are having a series of events including a small exhibition in the Library on Monday open to all (http://www.quaker.org.uk/our-work/social-justice/migration). The exhibition will consist of banners giving an overview of Quaker … Continue reading →

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