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Invitation to a CFHA Threshing Session

Reimagining the Future of CFHA

The new Executive Committee of the Canadian Friends Historical Association invites all interested parties to participate in a broad ranging session to help determine the future direction of CFHA. Rob Leverty, the Executive Director of the Ontario Historical Society, who has considerable experience with organizations like ours, will be present to help facilitate the discussion, and provide information. . . . (Click here to read more) “Invitation to a CFHA Threshing Session”

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CQHA Online Interpretative Approaches Sessions: October 2022

CFHA is pleased to share information regarding the following event.

Please join the Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists (CQHA) on three days in October for a set of virtual sessions foregrounding expanded approaches to the study of Quaker history and culture. . . . (Click here to read more) “CQHA Online Interpretative Approaches Sessions: October 2022”

By CFHA, ago

Greetings and Report from the Archives Committee of Canadian Yearly Meeting

The following report is from the Archives Committee of Canadian Yearly Meeting, shared with the CFHA in light of our upcoming Annual General Meeting on September 24th.

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To Friends in Canadian Yearly Meeting and beyond

We send loving greetings from the annual gathering of the Canadian Yearly Meeting (CYM) Archives Committee at the Canadian Quaker Library and Archives (CQLA) and Pickering College, Newmarket, Ontario. . . . (Click here to read more) “Greetings and Report from the Archives Committee of Canadian Yearly Meeting”

By CFHA, ago

CQHA Online Methodology Sessions

Please join the Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists (CQHA) on three days in June, for a set of virtual sessions foregrounding expanded approaches to the study of Quaker history and culture. Registration for the June sessions is now open. Sessions are free to attend but you must be registered via Eventbrite to access the Zoom details. . . . (Click here to read more) “CQHA Online Methodology Sessions”

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Middlesex Centre Archives Receives Grant to Digitize Quaker Records

CFHA is excited to share the following announcement from the Middlesex Centre Archives:

The Middlesex Centre Archives (MCA) is pleased to announce receipt of a $28,500 grant through the Library and Archives Canada’s Documentary Communities Heritage Program (DHCP). This grant will support the professional repair, cleaning and digitisation of early records and photographs from the businesses, industry and personal records of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and the Marsh Store (1862-1955).

. . . (Click here to read more) “Middlesex Centre Archives Receives Grant to Digitize Quaker Records”
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Final Lecture in Quakerism in the Atlantic World Series with Robynne Rogers Healey and Erica Canela

Join us Saturday, May 28th, for the final lecture in CFHA’s Quakerism in the Atlantic World series. The series has provided a wonderful opportunity to gather over the past five months to hear speakers present on their research and engage in the broader Quaker scholarly community. . . . (Click here to read more) “Final Lecture in Quakerism in the Atlantic World Series with Robynne Rogers Healey and Erica Canela”

By CFHA, ago