%eadnotat; ]> 4033frjo An Inventory of the Friends' Publishing Corporation Records, 1959-2005 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2007 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG An Inventory of the Friends' Publishing Corporation Records, 1959-2005 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2007 Descriptive Summary Records, 1959-2005 RG 4/033 Friends' Publishing Corporation 1 box and 3 volumes ; 1.5 linear feet The records are entirely in English. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. The primary activity of the Friends' Publishing Corporation is Friends Journal, a Quaker periodical. The latter was the successor to The Friend, the serial published by the Orthodox Quakers (1827-1955) and Friends Intelligencer, published by the Hicksite Quakers (1844-1955). It was established as a result of the merger of the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings, and the first consolidated issue was dated July 2, 1955. Originally published weekly and then bi-weekly, it became a monthly periodical in 1988.

Repository:

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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

Friends Publishing Corporation was founded in 1955 "for the purpose of promoting religious concerns of the Religious Society of Friends and the education and information of its members and others by means of the written or spoken word, including the publication of a magazine or magazines, pamphlets or other writings." Friends Journal, the major publication of Friends Publishing Corporation, is the consolidation of two previous Quaker publications and corporations, Friends Intelligencer (Hicksite) and The Friend (Orthodox), at the time of reunification of the two yearly meetings in Philadelphia. Friends Intelligencer was published from 1844 to 1955. The Friends Intelligencer Corporation was founded in 1933 "to publish a magazine, pamphlets and other writings for the purpose of promoting religious concerns of the Religious Society of Friends and the education and information of its members and others." The Friend was published from 1827 to 1955. The corporation, named "Contributors to the Friend, Inc.," was founded in 1874 "to carry on the publication of the religious and literary journal known as The Friend and to publish such other material pertaining to the general field of the interests, practices, and beliefs of the Religious Society of Friends as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Managers" (http://www.friendsjournal.org/about/miss_hist/index.html). The first consolidated issue was dated July 2, 1955. Originally published weekly and then bi-weekly, it became a monthly periodical in 1988.

Friends Journal Associates are those persons who subscribed to Friends Journal and gave additional contributions to the Corporation for the support and promotion of its activities.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

This collection contains minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends' Publishing Corpoaration and correspondence concerning Friends Journal selected in 1968 by the in-coming editor.

The collection is organized into 3 series. The series are:

Minutes Correspondence Miscellaneous

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Correspondence gift of Friends Journal through Edwin B. Bronner (1971) and Lois O'Neal (1975)

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Publishing Corporation gift of Mary Ellen Chijioke (2007) for the Board of Trustees, 2007-003.

Original correspondence was given to FHL in 1971 and 1975, and the collection was initially described as the records of Friends Journal (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1959-1968. In 2007, Mary Ellen Chijioke gave copies and photocopies of the minutes of the Board of Trustees Friends Publishing Corporation that she used in her research for a talk she gave at Friends General Conference in 2005. These were combined with the former collection, and the whole was re-catalogued as the records of Friends Publishing Corporation.

 Access

Collection is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Friends Publishing Corporation Records, 1959-, RG 4/033, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

 SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Hubben, William, 1895-1974 Browin, Frances Williams, 1898- Stefferud, Alfred Alexander, Horace Gundry, 1889-1989 Anderson, Edgar Bailey, Gerald Bailey, Moses, 1892-1994 Bartram, Anna Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 Burdsall, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Rogers), 1903-1968 Cadbury, Catherine J. Cadbury, Henry Joel, 1883- Cadbury, Lydia C. Cadbury, Rachel Canter, Bernard Curtis, Anna L. (Anna Louise), b.1882 De Hartog, Jan, 1914-2002 Dewees, Lovett Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990 Jones, Geoffrey Jones, Robert C. (Robert Cuba) Lachmund, Margarethe Morrison, Norman R., 1933-1965 Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 Friends Journal Associates Friends Publishing Corporation Friends Journal Associates Friends Journal -- Archives Society of Friends -- Periodicals American Periodicals DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

 Ser. 1. Minutes of Friends Publishing Corporation, 1959-2005 Minutes 1959-1968 1 1 folder

Minutes of Annual Meeting of the Friends Publishing Corporation (1959) and of the combined Annual Meeting of Friends Publishing Corporation and Friends Journal Associates (1962-66, 1968), and of the Board of Trustees of Friends Journal (1968).

 Minutes 1969-2000 1-3 3 volumes

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends' Publishing Corporation, 1969-1981, 1982-1995, and 1996-2000.

Minutes 2000-2005 1 1 folder

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Publishing Corporation, 2000-2005.

 Ser. 2. Friends' Journal Editors' Correspondence, 1962-1968

Corrrespondence as selected by Alfred Stefferud, primarily concerning matters of publication. Some files contain rough drafts of articles.

 Correspondence of Alfred Stefferud 1968 1 1 folder Correspondence of William Hubben and Frances Williams Browin, 1962-1968

Frances Williams Browin served as acting editor from 10/1962-4/1963 while William Hubben was on a leave of absence in Europe. Carl Wise was the acting editor in 1963 and 1964, and then Frances Browin served in that capacity until she was suceeded by Alfred Stefferud in September of 1968.

Includes correspondence received and sent, arranged chronologically within each folder.

 General Correspondence 1962-1968 1 folder 1 Alexander, Horace G. 1962-63 1 folder 1 Anderson, Edgar 1966-67 1 folder 1 Bailey, Gerald 1967-68 1 folder 1 Bailey, Moses 1964-68 1 folder 1 Bartram, Anna 1965-66 1 folder 1 Brinton, Howard 1964-68 1 folder 1 Burdsall, Benjamin 1964-68 1 folder 1 Cadbury, Catherine J. 1966 1 folder 1 Cadbury, Henry J. 1962-68 1 folder 1 Cadbury, Lydia C. 1964-65 1 folder 1 Cadbury, Rachel 1962-65 1 folder 1 Canter, Bernard 1966-68 1 folder 1 Curtis, Anna L. 1962-65 1 folder 1 De Hartog, Jan 1964-68 1 folder 1 Dewees, Lovett 1963 1 folder 1 Eichenberg, Fritz 1962-63 1 folder 1 Jone, Geoffrey 1964-67 1 folder 1 Jones, Robert C. 1967-68 1 folder 1 Lachmund, Margarethe 1963-64 1 folder 1 Morrison, Norman R. 1963-64 1 folder 1 Muste, A. J. 1962 1 folder 1 Ser. 3 Miscellaneous, 1959-1968 Annual Reports and Membership Lists 1961-1967 1 folder 1

Membership lists (1961, 1963) and annual report (1967) of Friends' Publishing Corporation.

 Invitations and Agendas 1959-1968 1 folder 1

Includes invitations to annual meetings and form letters to Friends Journal Associates.