Ensuring a positive research experience here at the Library is our priority, but if you are off-site and need help, we will be happy to:

• Answer questions of a general nature and recommend resources responsive to your project.
• Refer you to an independent researcher or genealogist experienced using Quaker resources or available for scan-on-demand proxy visits.
• Provide limited reference-quality scans of known references.

Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity to do research for off-site patrons.

Please do feel encouraged to email us with your questions, but we are best able to provide help if you write the question yourself; generative AI often makes each request sound the same, which makes us unable to respond appropriate to your experience and needs.

See the Special Collections Copies + Permissions web page for information.

• Moore Research Fellowship: The Margaret W. Moore and John M. Moore Research Fellowship provides a research stipend to promote research that uses the resources of the Friends Historical Library and/or the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
• Funding for Student Researchers: The Moore Student Fellowship (a $600 stipend to complete a 30 hour fellowship) supports research on a topic of your choice in the College Archives, Friends Historical Library, or the Peace Collection.
• Quaker Research Fellowships and Libraries: Discover additional research resources from this list maintained by the Friends Historical Association.