Our new Peace Library in the Anna France Peace Room

 About the Peace Library

The Library Committee of the St. Petersburg Friends Meeting has been trying to make the new Peace Library attractive, accessible, and community oriented. We want to offer Quaker related information including the history and community of the St. Petersburg Meeting. One element of this effort is our new Peacemakers Wall, a bulletin board dedicated to local activist peacemakers and their connection to Friends. So far we have placed on this wall the portrait of Anna France with an explanation of how she contributed to the St. Petersburg Monthly Meeting and racial justice in St. Petersburg. Future projects are planned for the history of Pro Nica, and other activist members of our meeting. If you have suggestions about what else you want on the wall and would like to help make a 8” x 10” framed commemorative piece, please text Lynn Carol Henderson, 727-867-3933.

The Peace Library is also accepting donation of books related to Quakers and Quaker concerns.

What is in the Friends Meeting Library?

There are 8 bookcases, numbered 1-8. Each shelf is labeled and contains books and pamphlets in a particular category.

To help you find the books you are looking for,

See the Library Catalog here >

There is a framed map in the Library, and

You can reference the catalog on the laptop in the Library.

Our collection includes:

  • Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) history

  • Books, Magazines, Essays, Pamphlets from Quaker social justice organizations:

     AFSC, FCNL, SEYM, FCNL, FUM,  Quaker Earthcare Witness

  • Quaker Journals:  Friends Journal (FGC), Quaker Life and Right Sharing (FUM)

  • Non Quaker Journals with articles related to Quaker Testimonies: Yes Magazine, Sun

  • Books and articles that mention Quakers:  fiction and non-fiction 

  • Biographies and writings of historic and contemporary Quakers

  • Biographies and writings of famous peacemakers who were not Quakers

  • Books by Quakers: Fiction or Non-fiction with Quaker characters or set in a Quaker context

  • Faith and Practice Books from Southeast Yearly Meeting and other Friends Yearly Meetings

  • Essays and pamphlets on Quaker process: Decision making, committees, leadings etc. 

  • Quaker theology /reflections on Quakerism

  • Books and magazines dealing with Quaker concerns covered by SPICES:

  • Simplicity

  • Peace and justice: we especially need new material on contemporary activism

  • Integrity

  • Community 

  • Equality (racism, sexism, gender bias, etc.) 

  • Sustainability/environment: we especially need new material on climate change

What is in the Children’s Room in the Annex?

  • Children’s books with Quaker themes, Peace education and information on conflict resolution

  • Curriculum for Children’s First Day School, Art projects and games.

Borrowing Books

Check out books by writing your name, phone #, and book title on the notebook found on the small table in front of the North wall of the room.

Peace Library Hours: The library is open every Sunday from 9:30 am until the last person leaves the campus, (usually around 2 pm), and Thursday mornings while the Property Committee is working on the grounds.

Donating Books to the Library

We are updating our collection with recent Quaker-related books written after 2016.

  • Donations should use gender inclusive language if possible and fill the categories below.

  • Please leave donations in the box under the table in front of the glass doors.  We will gratefully shelve what we need, give away duplicates or culls and put yours in the return box if you request it.

Inquiries: Please leave a voicemail or text the Librarian,

Lynn Carol Henderson 727-867-3933.