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This Special Collection is a comprehensive collection of printed books and pamphlets about the history, beliefs and practices of the Religious Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers). We focus in particular on local Quakers, and on the Quaker peace testimony, linking to Peace Studies at the University. The Collection includes classic works on the history of Quaker ideas, and biographies and memoirs of individual Quakers. Most works date from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The provenance of the volumes can also be an important historical resource. Many of our volumes were once owned by Yorkshire Meeting House Libraries such as Airton and Lothersdale, or presented by individual Quakers to meeting houses or fellow Quakers. Recent donations of volumes from Skipton and Settle Friends' Meeting House Libraries have been much appreciated in enhancing the collection.
Image: title page of "A collection of Acts of Parliament and clauses of Acts of Parliament relative to those Protestant dissenters who are usually called by the name of Quakers ... ". London : Luke Hinde, 1757. Image © University of Bradford, 2004.
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