New Orleans Religious Society of Friends records, 1945-1991 | Louisiana Research Collection

By LAC Group

Printer-friendly |

Collection Overview

Title: New Orleans Religious Society of Friends records, 1945-1991

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 786

Primary Creator: New Orleans Religious Society of Friends.

Extent: 5.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged as follows: minutes, financial records, correspondence, South Central Yearly Meeting, other Friends organizations and committees, clippings, and volumes. The collection consists of five boxes.

Subjects: American Friends Service Committee., Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.), Friends World Committee for Consultation., New Orleans Religious Society of Friends., Quakers., South Central Yearly Meeting.

Forms of Material: Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence., Financial records., Membership lists., Minutes., Newsletters.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The New Orleans Religious Society of Friends was founded in 1945. The first meeting was inspired by a Quaker couple, the Binfords, on a visit to New Orleans. All members of the wider Quaker fellowship in the vicinity were called together. They formed the New Orleans Fellowship of Friends which met monthly at the YWCA for a short program of business and music. This collection consists of minutes, correspondence, financial records, marriage and membership information, budgets, newsletters, and materials from other Friends' organizations. In addition, there is a significant number of materials about the regional South Central Yearly Meeting (1958-1969), including correspondence and minutes because the local committee was making special arrangements for the meeting in 1966.There are materials from the American Friends Service Committee, the Friends Committee on National Legislation and the Friends World Committee for Consultation.

Biographical Note

The New Orleans Religious Society of Friends was founded in 1945. The first meeting was inspired by a Quaker couple, the Binfords, on a visit to New Orleans. All members of the wider Quaker fellowship in the vicinity were called together. These people were from pastoral Friends meetings and had found other churches to attend in the vicinity. They formed the New Orleans Fellowship of Friends, which met monthly at the YWCA for a short program of business and music. There were no indigenous Friends in Louisiana, so the growth of the Meeting was dependent upon people moving to the city from elsewhere. Attendance at Meetings began to grow as additional families joined the group. In 1947, two members of the Fellowship Council came to organize the Monthly Meeting. Peace, education, the clothing drive and adult discussion groups were the principal concerns in the early years. The Society began the First Day School in 1952. Issues of the draft and the Vietnam War came to the forefront. In New Orleans, the Society followed the traditional format of Quaker Meetings for Business, established in the 17th century, and other types of committees within the larger organization.

Subject/Index Terms

American Friends Service Committee.
Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.)
Friends World Committee for Consultation.
New Orleans Religious Society of Friends.
Quakers.
South Central Yearly Meeting.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained bythe Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: Jane Lemman.

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: New Orleans Religious Society of Friends records, Manuscripts Collection 786, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1989 by JGC.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Minutes, financial records, and correspondence],
[Box 2: Financial records, correspondence, and South Central Yearly Meeting],
[Box 3: South Central Yearly Meeting, New Orleans Friends Meeting, other Friends organizations],
[Box 4: Other Friends organizations],
[Box 5: New Orleans Religious Society of Friends and other Quaker groups records and printed material, 1945-1973],
[All]

Box 2: Financial records, correspondence, and South Central Yearly Meeting

Folder 1: Correspondence and bills, 1963
Folder 2: Correspondence and bills, 1964
Folder 3: Correspondence and bills, 1965
Folder 4: Correspondence and bills, 1966
Folder 5: Correspondence and bills, 1967
Folder 6: Correspondence and bills, 1968
Folder 7: Correspondence and bills, 1969
Folder 8: Correspondence and bills, 1970
Folder 9: Correspondence and bills, 1971-1974
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1975
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1978
Folder 12: Correspondence, 1980
Folder 13: Correspondence, 1981
Folder 14: Correspondence, 1982
Folder 15: Correspondence, 1983
Folder 16: Correspondence, 1984
Folder 17: Correspondence, 1985
Folder 18: Correspondence, 1986
Folder 19: Correspondence, 1987
Folder 20: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1958-1959
Folder 21: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1960
Folder 22: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1961
Folder 23: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1962
Folder 24: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1963
Folder 25: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1964
Folder 26: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1965
Folder 27: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1966
Folder 28: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1967
Folder 29: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1968
Folder 30: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1969
Folder 31: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1970
Folder 32: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1971
Folder 33: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1972
Folder 34: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1973
Folder 35: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1974
Folder 36: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1975
Folder 37: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1976
Folder 38: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1977
Folder 39: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1978
Folder 40: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1980
Folder 41: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1981
Folder 42: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1982
Folder 43: South Central Yearly Meeting Directories, 1983-1986
Folder 44: South Central Yearly Meeting Newsletter, 1984
Folder 45: South Central Yearly Meeting Newsletter, 1985
Folder 46: South Central Yearly Meeting, 1987

Tulane University Special Collections