| Description | Indexed. Among others, includes:
1/ an essay entitled 'Invitations to tea and other matters 1845-1850' which recounts the first five years of the Society and includes photographs and descriptions of its members.
2/ a humorous poem entitled 'The Welsh Water Scheme' which describes reactions in Birmingham to the new, clean water supply from Wales, with references to Francis Corder Clayton (1843-1925), a Quaker city councillor and mayor.
3/ a description of the Warwickshire Monthly Meeting held in Stourbridge in the 1840s, with particular reference to the journey to and from Stourbridge and the hospitality received at Friends' houses en route.
4/ a humorous poem which describes the 1899 Summer School held in Birmingham, entitled 'Minutes and other manuscripts relating to the Friends Summer School connected to the session of 1899 rescued from destruction as waste paper in the year 1903'. |