Over 180,000 titles (200,000 volumes) which includes books, pamphlets, essays, broadsides and more. Based on the English Short Title Catalogue Works published in the UK during the 18th century plus thousands from elsewhere, Primarily in English - also includes other languages.
"While Friends traditionally do not have creeds, most yearly meetings (regional bodies of like-minded Friends) do adopt a book of "discipline," often called "Faith and Practice." These books generally describe the practices and procedures used in the yearly meeting, offer inspirational extracts from Quaker literature, and contain "advices" and "queries" (guidance and questions to help Friends examine themselves and their lives as they strive to live more fully in the Light). "
This project was created to "increase public accessibility to rare historical materials formerly available only on-site at the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College and the Quaker & Special Collections at Haverford College." Users can browse or search this online collection containing images and documents.
"New Quaker videos, every Thursday. By and about Quakers. Quaker Speak is a project of Friends Journal, in collaboration with Friends Committee on National Legislation, Friends World Committee for Consultation - Section of the Americas, and American Friends Service Committee. Directed by Jon Watts." YouTube
"Friends Historical Library was established in 1871 to collect, preserve, and make available archival, manuscript, printed, and visual records concerning the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) from their origins mid-seventeenth century to the present...Only a very small amount of the collection is currently available online." Swathmore College Friends Historical Library
Designed for materials that document "non-governmental efforts for nonviolent social change, disarmament, and conflict resolution between peoples and nations"
Book Sources: Quakers
A selection of books/e-books available in Trible Library.
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"... this assertive, outspoken woman described her life and her society in a diary kept intermittently from the time she was twenty-one years old in 1758 through the birth of her first grandchild in 1788."
Suggested terms to look for include - diary, diaries, letters, papers, documents, documentary or correspondence.
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