Research
Academic and family historians
You will probably be interested in The Library. The Library of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain is the repository for one of the most important collections of materials in the world relating to Quakers and their activities. It began in 1673 when it started to acquire two copies of everything published by Quakers and one copy of everything published against them. The collection covers Quaker history and thought and also topics in which Quakers have been active such as peace, anti-slavery, and relief work. The Library also holds the central archives and records of Britain Yearly Meeting.
When you contact the Library, our staff will be pleased to help you. We accept enquiries by phone, letter, fax and email, but we are unable to undertake lengthy or detailed research on behalf of enquirers.
School and college projects or personal research
You may find the information you need by looking around the website.
- For a young person's perspective why not take a look at www.yqspace.org.uk
- For information relating to the running of our church please go to Britain Yearly Meeting
- If you are interested in how each meeting is run, then try Support for Meetings
- Information on our work in the world can be found at Peace & Social Witness
If you have difficulty finding the information you need, please contact the website team at webteam@quaker.org.uk.