{"id":76,"date":"2020-10-05T16:30:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T16:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2022-04-30T20:30:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T01:30:34","slug":"friends-historical-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/friends-historical-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends Historical Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Note<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This page contains links to documents from the Friends Historical Library concerning divestment. I requested these and other files. I was not able to access all of the files concerning divestment, but I have included a link to all of those documents <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/20\/list-of-friends-historical-library-divestment-documents\/\">here<\/a>. I have arranged the documents below in roughly chronological order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open Documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;Would You Allow Your Money to Support Apartheid?&#8221; by Swarthmore Alumni for Total Divestment. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/would-you-allow-your-money-to-support-apartheid-by-swarthmore-alumni-for-total-divestment\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>September 1978: Letter from Mary Bye et. al to Theodore Friend. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/letter-from-mary-bye-et-al-to-theodore-friend-1978\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>November 14, 1978: Letter from Theodore Friend to Mary Bye et. al. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/letter-from-theodore-friend-to-mary-bye-et-al-1978\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>January 9, 1979: Letter from Mary Bye to Raymond Wilson. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/letter-from-mary-bye-to-raymond-wilson-1979\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>1985: Ad Hoc Committee on Ethical Investment Recommendations. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/07\/ad-hoc-committee-on-ethical-investment-recommendations-1985\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>December 17, 1985: Letter from Janet Smith Dickerson and James W. England to Members of the College Community. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/janet-smith-dickerson-and-james-w-england-to-members-of-the-college-community-1985\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>December 16, 1985: Letter from Gregory L. Florant et. al to James W. England and Janet Smith Dickerson. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/letter-from-gregory-l-florant-et-al-to-james-w-england-and-janet-smith-dickerson-1985\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>December 20, 1985: Letter from William Poole to Kendall Landis. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/letter-from-william-poole-to-kendall-landis-1985\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>December 30, 1985: Letter from Kendall Landis to William Poole. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/letter-from-kendall-landis-to-william-poole-1985\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>January 1986: Memorandum on Financial Costs of Gradual Total Divestment, by Loren Hart. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/memorandum-on-financial-costs-of-gradual-total-divestment-by-loren-hart-1986\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>January 13, 1986: Letter from David W. Fraser to the Swarthmore College Community. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/letter-from-david-w-fraser-to-the-swarthmore-college-community-january-1986\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>March 5, 1985: Letter from James W. England to Members of the Faculty. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/letter-from-james-w-england-to-members-of-the-faculty-1986\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>March 10, 1986: Letter from David Fraser to the Swarthmore College Community.  <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/david-fraser-to-the-swarthmore-college-community-1986\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>March 24, 1985: Letter from Students for Total Divestment. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/letter-from-students-for-total-divestment-1986\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>April 6, 1986: Letter from Richard W. Lyman and Jing Lyman to David Fraser. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/letter-from-richard-w-lyman-and-jing-lyman-to-david-fraser-1986\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>April 22, 1986: Letter From David Fraser to Richard W. Lyman and Jing Lyman. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/letter-from-david-fraser-to-richard-w-lyman-and-jing-lyman-1986\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>May 4, 1984: Letter from Richard W. Lyman and Jing Lyman to David Fraser. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/letter-from-richard-w-lyman-and-jing-lyman-to-david-fraser-may-1986\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>May 13, 1986: Board Action on South Africa, by David Fraser. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/08\/board-action-on-south-africa-1986\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>1997: Swarthmore College Endowment Fund Statement of Objectives and Policies. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/2020\/10\/05\/swarthmore-college-endowment-fund-statement-of-objectives-and-policies-1997\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note This page contains links to documents from the Friends Historical Library concerning divestment. I requested these and other files. I was not able to access all of the files concerning divestment, but I have included a link to all of those documents here. 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