The Canadian Quaker Library & Archives is managed by the Library & Archives (formerly Records) Committee of Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.
The Committee operates under Canadian Yearly Meeting Organization and Procedures 6.17.
The Library
The Arthur Garratt Dorland Reference Library holds over 5000 titles of non-circulating books, journals, newspapers, and pamphlets dating from the late 1600s to today. Contained within the Library is the Rendell Rhoades Discipline Collection, an extensive collection of Quaker Books of Discipline (Society of Friends’ organization and practice).
Search the library catalogue here.
The Archives
The Archives consist of the records of the Yearly Meeting and its constituent meetings and various committees since the mid 1700s. It also includes photographs of places, persons and events, the personal papers of various Canadian Quakers, and artifacts from pottery to a traditional Quaker bonnet.
Our full archives inventory can be found here.
We are currently in the process of inputting our inventory into a new software called Archives Space. You can access this website here. Please be aware that not all of our records are populated here.
Arthur Dorland – pictured above.
Organizational Structure:
Retired Archivist Jane Zavitz-Bond in the Dorland Room