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Library of the Society of Friends, London - a growing print, archive, and visual Quaker collection, 17th century to the present day. Quakers in Britain
Loving the mix of independent researchers, postgrads and #GLAM professionals at this event #HistDay23
We're having a great time talking to researchers here at #HistDay23
#Twitterstorians, work on #EarlyModern #17thc #WomensHist #HistReligion Nonconformists English Civil Wars #Genealogy #Quakers + more... #CfP 'Fox at 400: The Life, Times and Legacies of George Fox', Lancaster University, 20-23 June 2024 library.guilford.edu/cqha/
@BritishQuakers my paper will present some of the materials I researched @LibSocFriends back in January. Please share and attend! I’d be thrilled to see you online!
And here at the History Centre we hold a Quaker collection including the archives of the Pickering and Hull Monthly Meetings of the Society of Friends. hullhistorycentre.org.uk/research/resea… @hull_libraries @HistoryatHull @LibSocFriends
Coincidentally, as part of our latest cataloguing project, we added this 1771 edition of "The select works of William Penn" a few days ago. It's part of our Quaker collection which will appear as part of our online catalogue in the course of the next few months.
#QuakerStudies' summer issue contains a Research Note from Lisa McQuillan about a @wellcometrust-funded project at @LibSocFriends, 'Exploring the Second World War Friends Ambulance Unit and Friends Relief Service Records' #HistMed #AidHist #SWW #Quaker doi.org/10.3828/quaker…
Splendid batch of new books ready for cataloguing this morning
John Woolman has been described as the “Quaker Saint” and the “Quintessential Quaker.” Now 250 years since his death in 1772, it is worth reflecting on the life and legacy of this famous tailor, minister, and abolitionist. For more information visit woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/time-w…
ICYMI The new free-to-read #QuakerStudies is out with @LivUniPress and @openlibhums! I'll be showcasing the contents, but you can read a brief overview here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/qu… #Quaker #Quakers #HistReligion #BlackHistory #WW2 #USHist #Funding #ECRChat #Twitterstorians
📢NEW ESSAY PRIZE📢 #QuakerStudies Research Association's 'Excellence Award' is for those often shut out: - post-3yrs #PhD - #AltAc - #Adjunct, and - academia-as-side-hustle folks Closing date 1 November. Details: docs.google.com/document/d/1Ep… #Quaker #ECRChat #Interdisciplinary
Still time to sign up for the QSRA conference on Quakers, Power and Minorities 23-24 June. woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/crqs-q… Full programme qsra.org/2023-qsra-conf…
One week to go until #HistDay22! We're excited to be joined by 40+ other organisations in showcasing parts of our collections that relate to the theme 'Human Discovery: Experiencing Science'. Sign up here: bit.ly/3DUkchd
Creating a world without war: project completed quakerstrongrooms.org/2022/11/01/cre…
Updated holdings from @LibSocFriends, @lincolntheol library @Nrw_Cathedral, @SarumCollege, and @WycliffeHall
"Blessed are the peacemakers". Women's history month blog on suffragist historian Alice Clark drawing on resources @LSELibrary
Alice Clark was a student of LSE, a suffragist and a pacifist. We have three peace banners of the Clark family in our collection. Find out more: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/201… #WomensHistoryMonth
Interesting event on John Coakley Lettsom this Thursday
Next week we are delighted to be hosting the recently published author @dr_hick on 'The Doctors Garden, Dr John Coakley Lettsom and his garden at Grove Hill, Camberwell'. Thursday 24 Feb 2022 on nice and cosy, warm Zoom. qmul-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Our catalogue will be offline this afternoon 14:30-23:00 GMT - apologies for any inconvenience. You can still search our printed holdings on @JiscLibraryHub and ESTC (pre-1800 works estc.bl.uk)
Restore and renew: the Library refurbishment project quakerstrongrooms.org/2021/10/04/res…
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Restore and renew: the Library refurbishment project
Library moodboard We took the decision in 2020 to try to use the closure of the Library of the Society of Friends due to the pandemic as a positive opportunity, and use the time to carry out some l…
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