Briefer Notices

Briefer Notices Quaker History is planning to use the Fall 2000 issue to recognize the centennial of the formation of Friends General Conference. The Editor will welcome submissions related to any aspect of the history of FGC, from the nineteenth-century origins in collaboration among Hicksite yearly meetings on issues like Indian affairs and religious education to the twentieth-century transformation of FGC from the organizational pinnacle of the Hicksite movement to a meeting ground for unprogrammed Quakers from a variety of traditions. Completed manuscripts should be submitted to the Editor in the usual manner no later than February 1 , 2000. Pendle Hill is requesting applications for 1999-2000 scholarships. The Henry J. Cadbury Scholarship is awarded to a Quaker scholar with serous interest in Quaker faith, practice, or history to work on a research project benefiting the larger Religious Society of Friends. Covers three terms of tuition, room, and board at Pendle Hill. The Kenneth Carroll Scholarship is awarded for one term of study in Bible and Quaker faith and practice. Other scholarships are available forpeople working in education orpeace, orshowing leadership in the Religious Society ofFriends. Pendle Hill is a Quaker center for study and contemplation established in 1930 as an experiment in community and education of the whole person. It is located on 23 acres of wooded ground 12 miles southwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For details and application, please contact Liz Kamphausen, Admissions, 338 Plush Mill Rd., Wallingford, PA 19086; (800) 742-3150, ext. 126; fax: (610) 566-8679; e-mail: ekamphsn@aol.com. Applications due by March 15, 1999. The thirteenth biennial meeting of the Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists will be held at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, from June 23-25; Friends Association for Higher Education (FAHE) will meet at Earlham at the same time. The spring meeting of Friends Historical Association will begin at 1 1 a.m. on Sunday, May 2 at Darby Friends Meeting with Meeting forWorship, followed by a BYO lunch (beverage and dessert provided). At 2 p.m. Toni Brinton will speak at Bartram's Garden on the history of that site, followed by a talk by Louise Tritton on Quakers and the Environment. For information , call (610) 896-1 161, or e-mail fha@haverford.edu. ...