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Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project
http://www.hull.ac.uk/oldlib/archives/quaker/
Databases of publicly accessible archives and book collections related to Friends (Quakers) within the pre-1974 boundaries of the county of Yorkshire in England. These are searchable by location and by name.
Tour of Quaker Country
http://www.strecorsoc.org/qkrcntry/qc01.html
Dai William's tour of the seedbed of early Quakerism in northern England, with a few photos.
The Autobiography of George Fox
http://christiansunite.com/resources/geoindex.shtml
Complete online text of the Journal of George Fox, the autobiography of the founder of the Religious Society of Friends.
Swarthmoor Hall
http://www.swarthmoorhall.co.uk/
Historic home in Cumbria, England, which served as the nerve center of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in its early days. Official site, with history and facilities.
Spiritual Writings of James Nayler
http://www.strecorsoc.org/jnayler/
Selected works of prominent first-generation Quaker James Nayler, and a few sermons from other Friends of the same era.
Sedbergh, Brigflatts Friends Meeting House
http://www.visitcumbria.com/sl/brigmh.htm
Historic Quaker meeting house in Cumbria, England, an area which played a key role in the history of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
QuakerPages
http://www.qhpress.org/quakerpages/
A collection of writings and sermons from the 17th century to the present, many of which are not readily available in print.
Quaker Page of Street Corner Society site
http://www.strecorsoc.org/quaker.html
Very helpful organized listing of Quaker writings and historical materials available on the Web.
Quaker Historical Texts
Several electronic texts of writings of early Friends (Quakers).
Quaker Corner
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~quakers/
A repository of resources related to Quaker genealogical research.
Portraiture of Quakerism
http://www.worldspirituality.org/quakerism.html
Complete online text of Thomas Clarkson's 1806 work on Quaker beliefs and customs.
Journal of John Woolman
http://www.strecorsoc.org/jwoolman/title.html
The autobiography of one of the best loved and most respected Quaker historical figures of all time, a key person in the ending of slaveholding among Quakers in the 18th century.
Journal of George Fox
http://www.strecorsoc.org/gfox/title.html
The autobiography of the founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). First published in 1694. This is the Rufus Jones edition, 1908.
James Kiefer's Quaker Biographies
http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/FOX/
Brief biographies of some key figures in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Ham Sok-Hon Resource Site
http://www2.gol.com/users/quakers/HSH_index.htm
A variety of resources by and about Ham Sok-Hon (1901-89), Korean Quaker sometimes called the "Gandhi of Korea."
Fox's Journal - a guide
http://www.strecorsoc.org/gfox/gf_index.html
A guide to the Journal of George Fox, generally considered to be the founder of Quakerism. It allows one to move from selected key passages to the chapter containing the passage.
Famous Friends (Quakers)
http://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_quaker.html
Lists famous people from history who were friends, including scientists, politicians, and U.S. Presidents.
An Apology for the True Christian Divinity by Robert Barclay
http://www.ccel.org/b/barclay/quakers/
The classic early Quaker doctrinal work in digital facsimile edition.