BACK ISSUES OF A FRIENDLY LETTER

A Friendly Letter was a widely-known and controversial publication during its eleven-year career. The list below includes the topics of its reports. For an overview-review of its origins and record, click on the last issue (#134).

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In 1997 & 1998 A Friendly Letter returned with a detailed investigative report on two multi-million dollar financial frauds that victimized many American Quakers. These special reports are listed below, following the original issue list.

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Back issues (#1 was published in 3/1981; #134 was published in 1/1993)

1981--

#1-LAW OF THE SEA TREATY AS A QUAKER PEACE PRIORITY
#2-DISSENT IN IOWA YEARLY MEETING OVER FCNL
#3-TWO QUAKER WRITERS-QUAKER MYSTERY & SCIENCE FICTION
#4-CRISIS IN EAST AFRICA YM
#5-THE NEW QUAKER "ESTABLISHMENT" FROM THE EARLHAM SCHOOL OF RELIGION
#6-CAN EVANGELICAL & LIBERAL QUAKERS GET ALONG?
#7-A CRITIQUE OF THE AFSC
#8-A CRITIQUE OF QUAKERISM BY E.DIGBY BALTZELL
#9-GOOD NEWS--THREE REPORTS

1982--

#10-QUAKERS OF THE YEAR: SAM & MIRIAM LEVERING
#11-NEW PEACE PRIORITIES FOR QUAKER MEETINGS
#12-THE AFSC BOOK A COMPASSIONATE PEACE REVIEWED
#13-QUAKERS & OUR FORGOTTEN TESTIMONY ON ALCOHOL
#14-DISSENT IN IOWA YM OVER FCNL: AN UPDATE
#15-FRIENDS & HOMOSEXUALITY: THE CASE OF WEST ELKTON
#16-THE KENYA CONFERENCE AND FORGOTTEN FRIENDS
#17-TALKING BACK: LETTERS FROM READERS
#18-HOW DO QUAKERS SET STANDARDS FOR THEMSELVES TODAY?
#19-IS THE AFSC A COMMUNIST FRONT?
#20-INDIANA QUAKERS FACE EACH OTHER IN COURT
#21-PILGRIMAGE TO HONG KONG: A HOLIDAY STORY

1983--

#22-QUAKERS OF THE YEAR: HERBERT NICHOLSON, DON GREEN
#23-THE 1984 FUM TRIENNIAL AND CONFLICT OVER GAY ISSUES
#24-QUAKERS & FEMINISM--HOW ARE THEY RELATED?
#25-WHY ARE QUAKER GROUPS SO OFTEN SUCH LOUSY EMPLOYERS?
#26-QUAKER PEACE PRIORITIES AFTER THE FREEZE
#27-WILL THERE BE A NEW ERA IN EASTERN REGION?
#28-THE CRAZY QUILT OF CURRENT LIBERAL QUAKER THEOLOGY
#29-FEEDBACK ISSUE: MORE LETTERS FROM READERS
#30-FUM'S COMING HOUR OF DECISION ON THE 1984 TRIENNIAL
#31-CHARTING A NEW QUAKER MAINSTREAM
#32-A GLIMPSE OF KENYA'S "INVISIBLE" ELGON YEARLY MEETING
#33-HOW A LIBERAL QUAKER TABOO COST AFSC $4 MILLION

1984--

#34-QUAKERS OF THE YEAR: PIONEERS OF NEW SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
#35-THE TROUBLE WITH QUAKER LIFE MAGAZINE
#36-WHITTAKER CHAMBERS, NOEL FIELD: QUAKERS AT THE HUB OF HISTORY
#37-ANTI-CHRISTIAN PREJUDICE AMONG LIBERAL QUAKERS
#38-THE "ROOT BEER FACTOR"--QUAKER INVENTIVENESS
#39-KENYAN QUAKERS AND AMERICAN MONEY--TIME FOR AN ACCOUNTING
#40-THE STATE OF THE SOCIETY IN THE U.S.: A BRITISH VIEW
#41-TWO QUAKER VIETNAM VETERANS AND THEIR SEARCH FOR PEACE: LADY BORTON AND CHARLES CLEMENTS
#42-THE FIRST EVER NATIONAL QUAKER POLL
#43-DISASTER AHEAD FOR THE NEW US PEACE ACADEMY?
#44-THE FIGHT OVER ELIZABETH WATSON AND THE FRIENDS MINISTERS CONFERENCE
#45-THE CHOCTAW FRIENDS CENTER: QUAKER OUTPOST IN THE DEEP SOUTH

1985--

#46-QUAKERS OF THE YEAR, 1984, AND A FORECAST OF CONFLICT AMONG AMERICAN FRIENDS
#47-RESULTS OF THE FIRST NATIONAL QUAKER POLL
#48-MORE CONFLICTS AMONG KENYAN QUAKERS
#49-CHILD MOLESTERS WHO ARE QUAKERS
#50-THE EARLHAM SCHOOL OF RELIGION FACES COMPETITION
#51-CANADIAN QUAKERS--THEIR MESSAGE TO U.S. FRIENDS
#52-THE WORLD GATHERING OF YOUNG FRIENDS--OPEN DOOR OR LOST OPPORTUNITY?
#53-UNIVERSALIST QUAKERISM--BLAME IT ON BARCLAY
#54-AMERICAN QUAKER HISTORY--TWO REVIEWS
#55-HOW CAN QUAKERS COPE WITH AIDS?
#56-PUNCTURING THREE PIOUS QUAKER MYTHS
#57-SURPRISING DATA ABOUT QUAKER MEMBERSHIP GROWTH TRENDS

1986--

#58-QUAKERS OF THE YEAR: KENNETH BOULDING, JACK WILLCUTS
#59-QUAKERS & BIBLE STUDY--WHAT'S HAPPENING?
#60-IOWA CONSERVATIVE YM & THE COST OF CHANGE
#61-THE HIDDEN QUAKER HISTORY OF LYNDON LAROUCHE
#62-YOU HAVE A FRIEND AT NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
#63-NO ISSUE #63; EDITOR ILL
#64-DOUBLE ISSUE: QUAKER NEWS ROUNDUP & REFLECTIONS ON A KIDNEY STONE
#65-INDIANA YM IN CRISIS & POEMS BY HENRY TAYLOR, QUAKER POET
#66-THE AFSC AND AMERICAN FRIENDS: AT A CROSSROADS?
#67-THE CASE OF THE INCARCERATED CLERK
#68-SEEKING WISDOM ON NICARAGUA
#69-SEEKING A FUTURE FOR FRIENDS UNITED MEETING

1987--

#70-QUAKERS OF THE YEAR: THREE OUTSTANDING WOMEN FRIENDS
#71-THREE IMPORTANT NEW QUAKER BOOKS: INGLE, GWYN & POWELSON
#72-THE CASE AGAINST THE RICHMOND DECLARATION OF FAITH
#73-IS QUAKERISM TREATED FAIRLY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS?
#74-PARTNERSHIP FOR PRODUCTIVITY: DESTRUCTION OF A QUAKER MASTERPIECE
#75-FRIENDS UNITED MEETING MAKES A NEW BEGINNING
#76-DISOWNED! A LIBERAL QUAKER MEETING DRAWS THE LINE
#77-JOAN BAEZ: QUAKERISM'S PRODIGAL DAUGHTER RETURNS TO THE FOLD
#78-A LOOK AT NEW QUAKER MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
#79-A CRITIQUE OF QUAKER MISSIONS--AND THE LACK OF QUAKER MISSIONS
#80-HENRY CADBURY AND QUAKERISM WITHOUT GOD
#81-UNDERSTANDING QUAKERISM BY THE BOOK--ER, BOOKS

1988--

#82-QUAKERS OF THE YEAR: FREIDAY & MAYS; ALSO AFSC & THE CAMBODIAN HOLOCAUST
#83-FBI SURVEILLANCE OF FRIENDS
#84-SAME SEX MARRIAGE: WHAT'S IN A NAME?
#85-QUAKER SCHOOLS IN THE WEST BANK, & UNITARIAN-QUAKER MERGER POLL RESULTS
#86-WHAT'S THE STATE OF THE SOCIETY? ONE REPORT
#87-A QUAKER IN THE CIA? (PART ONE)
#88-COPING WITH TWO QUAKER REVIVALS: ONE OLD, ONE NEW
#89-LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, AND TWO NEW QUAKER CONTROVERSIES OVER HOMOSEXUALITY
#90-FREE TRADE: THE FORGOTTEN QUAKER PEACE WITNESS?
#91-1688: THE ORIGINAL QUAKER-CATHOLIC CONNECTION
#92-FIVE QUAKER AGENDA ITEMS FOR 1989

1989--

#93-QUAKER OF THE YEAR: JIM CORBETT, THEOLOGIAN
#94-A QUAKER IN THE CIA--CHAPTER TWO
#95-MARK HULBERT ON QUAKERS AND INVESTMENTS; ALSO, "THE SATANIC VERSES"
#96-A QUAKER FEMINIST TAKES ON THE BIBLE
#97-THE FRIENDS MINISTERS CONF.; LETTERS ON KENYA & RUSHDIE
#98-BIG CHANGES COMING AT THE FCNL
#99-LYNDON LA ROUCHE; QUAKER SCI-FI; AND I.F. STONE'S RELIGION
#100-HERB LAPE: SEX, POLITICS AND LIBERAL QUAKERISM
#101-OHIO CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS--THEIR LAST BATTLE?
#102-PHILADELPHIA FRIENDS & THE HOMELESS; ALSO, OPPOSING THE "WAR" ON DRUGS
#103-GUIDANCE ON FRIENDLY INVESTMENTS; REPORT ON CALIFORNIA QUAKE
#104-THE AFSC: LISTENING TO FRIENDS CONCERNS AT LAST?
#105-FACING UP TO THE GRAY NINETIES

1990--

#106-FCNL'S QUAKER OF THE YEAR; QUAKERS AT RISK IN CENT. AMERICA; MORE ON THE GRAY '90S
#107-WOMEN QUAKERS ON TOP OF THE WORLD; AND A QUAKER IN THE CIA, PART III
#108-POPEYE THE QUAKER MAN, OUR FIRST SHORT STORY, AND A "BEETHOVEN LETTER
#109-BOLIVIAN QUAKERS FACE THE COCAINE WARS
#110-RETHINKING QUAKER WITNESS ON SOUTH AFRICA
#111-MEET THE NEW QUAKER WOMAN OF THE NINETIES--HER NAME IS JESUS
#112-KENYAN QUAKERISM'S COMPLICITY WITH OFFICIAL REPRESSION
#113-THE AFSC'S SUMMER OF DISCONTENT--AND AFTER
#114 & #115-DOUBLE ISSUE: QUAKERISM AND WITCHCRAFT
#116-TIME TO PREPARE FOR WAR

1991--

#117-WELCOME TO 1991 - KVETCH, KVETCH, KVETCH
#118-A REPORT ON THE EMERGENCY QUAKER PEACE CONSULTATION; & QUAKERS OF THE YEAR
#119-FRIENDS UNITED MEETING UNDER ATTACK--FROM WITHOUT & WITHIN
#120-TENTH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE; FRIENDS, THE GULF WAR, & "SINGULARITY"
#121-BRITISH QUAKERS CAUGHT IN A SATANIC WITCHHUNT
#122-QUAKERS IN THE MOVIES
#123-A "REALIGNMENT" ROUNDUP
#124-TWO QUAKER THEOLOGIANS: WIL COOPER AND JIM CORBETT
#125-THE DES MOINES "REALIGNMENT" CONFERENCE AND REVERSE EVANGELISM
#126-QUAKERS & ABORTION: PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER ROE
#127-THE AFSC ON THE BRINK OF MAJOR CHANGE

1992--

#128-CULTURE SHOCK AT YOUTHQUAKE; AND QUAKERS OF THE YEAR
#129-AFSC CHOOSES REFORM; AND A CRITIQUE OF BOOKS DEFENDING THE GULF WAR
#130&#131-DOUBLE ISSUE: CAMBRIDGE MTG. & THE PEDOPHILE; QUAKER RUSSIAN MISSION FIELD; & FUM RETREAT FOR CLEARNESS.
#132-SPRING BOOK ISSUE: SIMPLE LIVING, AND NEW STORIES FOR YOUNG FRIENDS
#133-A PROPHET IN RICHMOND? EXAMINING A NEW QUAKER "ORACLE"

1993--

#134-LAST ISSUE: A LOOK BACK AT A FRIENDLY LETTER

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1997--

#135-A FRIENDLY LETTER RETURNS: THE PRODUCTIONS PLUS SCANDAL

1998--

#136-STRANGER THAN FICTION: THE CAST OF PRODUCTIONS PLUS; THE WALL OF SILENCE; CRAZY IDEAS: DOUBLE OR NOTHING
#137-A REAL-LIFE NIGHTMARE, AND A POSSIBLE VISION
#138-DOWN THE GARDEN PATH
#139-"QUAKERS MAKE GOOD VICTIMS"
#140-PHIL HARMON'S VICTIMS SPEAK
#141-QUAKER $$$ SCANDAL UPDATE: WILL AN EX-SUPERINTENDENT BE INDICTED?
#142-JOHN WESLEY'S FOLLY

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