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  • Nurturing the spiritual life of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting members and friends.

  • Lending materials on Quakerism and its faith and practice to all interested people.



About The Henry J. Cadbury Library of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

The PYM library has an extensive collection of 23,000 books, periodicals, and audio-visual items, for children and adults, dealing mainly with Quaker theology, history, biography and social concerns.

These materials are used for spiritual inspiration, research, and in Quaker studies programs, by monthly meeting groups, teachers and students, and by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting staff and individual borrowers.



Special Event

Make a date to bring your whole FDS Committee to PYM Library, where you can design your FDS classes for the whole year.

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