Quaker Archives at Guilford College

10/08/2026

This Saturday, North Carolina Friends Historical Society is sponsoring a program on Vestal Coffin and the Underground Railroad at the Kathleen Clay Edwards Library, followed by a walk in the Guilford College Woods and an afternoon tour of the New Garden Friends cemetery.

October 10, 2026, marks the 200th anniversary of the death of anti-slavery activist and “conductor” on the Underground R.R., Vestal Coffin (1792-1826). He died on his birthday. An ardent Quaker abolitionist in the Guilford County Quaker community, he helped form the state’s first Manumission S...

10/07/2026

Seeking a College Librarian with creative energy to collaboratively engage with and steward the care and use of information resources and services in an innovative small liberal arts setting grounded in Quaker informed values. See posting below:

People are drawn to Guilford College for a number of reasons, including the College’s Core Values of community, diversity, equality, excellence, integrity, justice, and stewardship. Working at Guilford provides you with a rewarding opportunity to impact the developing lives of students from a rang...

09/30/2026

09/23/2026

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08/26/2026

Weekly menu for the elderly and orphans at a Friends School and Workhouse in London in 1780. Lunch was the main meal and supper consisted of bread, cheese and b**r. The workhouse evolved into a Friends Boarding School (Saffron Walden), which continued into this century.
From 'Rules and Orders for the Government of Friends School and Workhouse at Clerkenwell,' London, 1780.

08/06/2026

It's so quiet in Hege Library. A little TOO quiet. Can't wait 'til the students come back in the next couple of weeks!

07/23/2026

Did you know you can see what your monthly meeting has at the Quaker Archives by checking our website? Click on the Monthly Meetings tab, scroll to the meeting name, then click on "more." We update them in batches every few months and I just completed a big update, including several NCYM-Conservative meetings that dropped off their records this month and a few catch-up deposits for NCYM quarterly meetings.

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06/18/2026

Extracts from North Carolina Yearly Meeting to the quarterly meetings in 1832 mention "a plan for a Boarding School" within the limits of Deep River Quarter and asks for subscriptions to fund the School.
The beginnings of New Garden Boarding School, which eventually became Guilford College.

06/15/2026

Recent Guilford graduate William Beardsley '26 presented his senior thesis research at the opening sessions of the Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists - CQHA on June 13 at Haverford College in Pennsylvania. History professor Sarah Thuesen and archivist Gwen Gosney Erickson attended in person and Archives Associate Beth Saunders joined via Zoom. Several researchers who recently used the Quaker Archives at Guilford were also in attendance. The group is next scheduled to meet in June 2028 at Guilford College. Image: Matthew Hannigan (University of Pittsburgh), William Beardsley (Guilford College), John Anderies (Director of the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives, Philadelphia) during Session 1 of the Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists at Haverford College on June 13, 2026.

06/10/2026

A nice thing about summer is catching up behind the scenes. Look at all the new books, ready for the Quaker collection!