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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

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From today, alongside other @BritishQuakers accounts and other Quaker organisations around the world, we will no longer be engaging on X. quaker.org.uk/news-and-event…

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We are taking some time to explore other platforms but for now you can find us on: Facebook: facebook.com/libraryofthesoc… Blog: quakerstrongrooms.org/ You can also follow Quakers in Britain on Bluesky at: bsky.app/profile/britishquak…

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Library of the Society of Friends, London. 1,474 likes · 90 were here. A growing collection of Quaker material from the 17th century to the present day

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LibrarySocFriends@LibSocFriends
23 Nov 2023
Loving the mix of independent researchers, postgrads and #GLAM professionals at this event #HistDay23
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LibrarySocFriends@LibSocFriends
23 Nov 2023
We're having a great time talking to researchers here at #HistDay23
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Rebecca Wynter 💙⭐@rebeccawynter
15 Nov 2023
#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/
Image of text and logos: 'Fox at 400: The Life, Times, & Legacies of George Fox'. A joint conference brought to you by: Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists, Quaker Studies Research Association, and the Centre for Research in Quaker Studies

ALT Image of text and logos: 'Fox at 400: The Life, Times, & Legacies of George Fox'. A joint conference brought to you by: Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists, Quaker Studies Research Association, and the Centre for Research in Quaker Studies
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Ariane Fichtl@threadofariane
12 Nov 2023
Replying to @ISIHtweets
@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!
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Hull History Centre@Hullhistorynews
3 Oct 2023
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/res… @hull_libraries @HistoryatHull @LibSocFriends

Hull Libraries@hull_libraries
3 Oct 2023
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.
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Rebecca Wynter 💙⭐@rebeccawynter
17 Aug 2023
#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.2023.…
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LibrarySocFriends@LibSocFriends
3 Aug 2023
Splendid batch of new books ready for cataloguing this morning
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Woodbrooke@WoodbrookeUK
2 Aug 2023
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/ti…
A monochrome sketch of the side of a man's head with text Time with John Woolman (1720-1772) Saturday 2 September 16:00-20:30 (UK time) £36

ALT A monochrome sketch of the side of a man's head with text Time with John Woolman (1720-1772) Saturday 2 September 16:00-20:30 (UK time) £36
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Rebecca Wynter 💙⭐@rebeccawynter
19 Jul 2023
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.… #Quaker #Quakers #HistReligion #BlackHistory #WW2 #USHist #Funding #ECRChat #Twitterstorians
Image of a white and orange cover, with black text reading 'Quaker Studies'. Accompanying blurb reads: 'The only refereed journal covering all aspects of Quaker Studies'. You can read the contents here: https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/quaker/current.

ALT Image of a white and orange cover, with black text reading 'Quaker Studies'. Accompanying blurb reads: 'The only refereed journal covering all aspects of Quaker Studies'. You can read the contents here: https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/quaker/current.

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Rebecca Wynter 💙⭐@rebeccawynter
31 May 2023
📢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/1… #Quaker #ECRChat #Interdisciplinary

ALT Kermit The Frog sits in front of a typewriter and types furiously.

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LibrarySocFriends@LibSocFriends
20 Apr 2023
Still time to sign up for the QSRA conference on Quakers, Power and Minorities 23-24 June. woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/cr… Full programme qsra.org/2023-qsra-conferenc…
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Institute of Historical Research@ihr_history
10 Nov 2022
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
Brewing Coppers from 50 years of Brewing, from the National Brewing Library at Oxford Brookes Special Collections

ALT Brewing Coppers from 50 years of Brewing, from the National Brewing Library at Oxford Brookes Special Collections

Tables of colours from 'Modern chromatics : with applications to art and industry', KCL Foyle Special Collections [Early Science Coll.] QC495 ROO

ALT Tables of colours from 'Modern chromatics : with applications to art and industry', KCL Foyle Special Collections [Early Science Coll.] QC495 ROO

A representation of hand with the Zodiacal signs from 1669 edition of Belot’s Les oeuvres (classmark FMH 240) at the Warburg Institute

ALT A representation of hand with the Zodiacal signs from 1669 edition of Belot’s Les oeuvres (classmark FMH 240) at the Warburg Institute

Cecil Powell and balloons on University of Bristol Physics building, 1950 (DM1137/A125)

ALT Cecil Powell and balloons on University of Bristol Physics building, 1950 (DM1137/A125)
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LibrarySocFriends@LibSocFriends
1 Nov 2022
Creating a world without war: project completed quakerstrongrooms.org/2022/1…

Creating a world without war: project completed

We are delighted to announce that we have completed the core work of the Wellcome Trust funded project to catalogue and preserve the records of the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU) and Friends Relief S…

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Theological & Philosophical Libraries UK & ROI@abtapl
2 Apr 2022
Replying to @RegentsTC @ThinkUHI @StPadarnLibrary
Updated holdings from @LibSocFriends, @lincolntheol library @Nrw_Cathedral, @SarumCollege, and @WycliffeHall
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LibrarySocFriends@LibSocFriends
16 Mar 2022
"Blessed are the peacemakers". Women's history month blog on suffragist historian Alice Clark drawing on resources @LSELibrary
LSE Library@LSELibrary
14 Mar 2022
Replying to @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/2… #WomensHistoryMonth
A banner brown and creme in colour. It includes the text "Blessed Are The Peace Makers".

ALT A banner brown and creme in colour. It includes the text "Blessed Are The Peace Makers".

A banner. Gold and black. Includes the text "Law Not War".

ALT A banner. Gold and black. Includes the text "Law Not War".

A banner. Blue, white and ocean green with the text "Arbitration Our Hope At Home & Abroad".

ALT A banner. Blue, white and ocean green with the text "Arbitration Our Hope At Home & Abroad".
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LibrarySocFriends@LibSocFriends
21 Feb 2022
Interesting event on John Coakley Lettsom this Thursday
Queen Mary English PGRS@QMEnglishPGRS
17 Feb 2022
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/r…
LibrarySocFriends@LibSocFriends
5 Nov 2021
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/)
LibrarySocFriends@LibSocFriends
4 Oct 2021
Restore and renew: the Library refurbishment project quakerstrongrooms.org/2021/1…

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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