Religious Society of Friends in Britain (Quakers)
London
Friends House, Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ
020 7663 1135
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Libby Adams, Head of Library and Archives
Members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), academic researchers and members of the public
On completion of reader registration form with proof of identification & address. 50 year rule on archival material
Tuesday–Friday 10.00 – 17.00. The Library has an annual closed week in the autumn and is closed between Christmas and New Year.
The Library is on the ground floor of an accessible building; most of the Reading Room is accessible but there are books on high shelves.
Some books can be borrowed by registered readers. The Library does not do interlibrary loans.
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Microfilms; paintings, photographs and sculpture by Quaker artists, costume and textiles, lantern slides, maps, posters, artefacts – viewed only by prior appointment
c. 250 books and 1400 pamphlets
Quakerism; C17 theology; peace; conscientious objection; anti-slavery; international relations; relief work
Richard Richardson Collection (16th-17th century printed books); Hawkins Collection (17th-18th century books and pamphlets); bound tract volumes (17th-20th century); Anti-slavery pamphlets collection (18th-19th century)
The central records of London/Britain Yearly Meeting, Quaker meeting records for the London and Middlesex area, and archives of Quaker individuals, families and organisations from the 17th century to the present day. These include various collections of the papers of early Friends, such as the Swarthmore Mss, and more recent collections such as the archives of the Friends Ambulance Unit in World War I and World War II.
Major library on Quakerism in the UK and internationally, holding the chief sources of early Quaker history and the central archives of the Society of Friends in the UK.
Computer, card and typescript handlists
Photocopying of printed material under 100 years old
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Retrospective cataloguing of printed collections is on-going