%eadnotat; ]> 4084bhas An Inventory of the Friends' Boarding House Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1877-1913 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. ca. 1985 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Friends' Boarding House Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1877-1913 SKM Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. ca. 1985 Descriptive Summary Records, 1877-1913 RG 4/084 Friends' Boarding House Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1 box; .25 linear ft. 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 Friends Boarding House Association was incorporated in 1877 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the purpose of establishing a boarding home for Quakers and others. The Association was dissolved in 1913 with the establishment of a Boarding Home under the care of the Quarterly Meeting. The collection contains records of the Friends Boarding House Association, 1877-1913, including legal papers, minutes and other documents.

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399

Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

The Friends Boarding House Association was incorporated in 1877 in Philadelphia with the purpose of establishing a boarding home for Quakers and others. A home was at first operated at 1623 Filbert Street, and in 1894, it was moved to 1708 Race Street. The Association was dissolved in 1913 with the establishment of a Boarding Home under the care of the Quarterly Meeting which made continuation of the “Friends Boarding House” unnecessary. It was therefore resolved that the Friends Boarding House Association (when legally dissolved) would transfer the property to the Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting Committee on Homes for Aged and Infirm Friends. All 17 of the Board members of the Friends Boarding House Association resigned in 1897 and were temporarily replaced with 13 others. It was decided that the remaining funds would be transferred to the Philadelphia Young Friends Association.

SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

Records of the Friends Boarding House Association, 1877-1913, including legal papers, minutes and other documents.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Donor: Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting

Access

Parts of the collection are restricted (Folder 5).

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' Boarding House Association (Philadelphia, Pa.), Records, 1877-1913, RG 4/084, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Processing information

Deposited as part of Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting Records, Committee on Friends Boarding Home. Material removed from RG 2 and catalogued separately as an RG 4 collection.

Related Material

See also:

RG 2, Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting, Committee on Homes for Aged and Infirm Friends 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:

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: (Hicksite: 1827-1955) -- Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting of Friends -- Archives Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Quakers -- Church work with the aged Quakers -- Charities Quakers -- Old age homes Society of Friends -- Church work with the aged Society of Friends -- Old age homes Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Quakers Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Church work with the aged Rest homes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends -- Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting -- Records -- 1828-[ongoing] Old age homes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Friends' Boarding House Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Archives DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

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

Records, 1877-1913 Charter 2/2/1877 1 Rules and regulations 9/4/1893 2 Resignations of members (17) of the Board of the Friends Boarding House Association June 1897 3 Annual Report 1894 4 Minutes (roughly indexed) Restricted 1890-1913 bound 5