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New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

New York Yearly Meeting Records: Ministry and Counsel and its Predecessors

 Collection — Othertype SW/NYy/400_499
Identifier: QM-NYy-400_499
Scope and Contents

Records of the Ministry Coordinating Committee and related records of the united New York Yearly Meeting. This collection also includes the records of predecessor groups: the Yearly Meeting on Ministry and Counsel (1978-2007), the Meeting of Ministry and Counsel and its Executive Committee (1956-1978), the Orthodox and Hicksite Meetings of Ministers and Elders of the two New York Yearly Meetings (1828-1955), and the Pre-Separation records of Ministers and Elders (1650s-1828).

Dates: 1656-2000

New York Yearly Meeting Records: Sessions, Representative Meeting, and Related Publications

 Collection — Othertype SW/NYy/001_199
Identifier: QM-NYy-001_199
Scope and Contents

Minutes of New York Yearly Meetings, the Representative Committee and its Orthodox and Hicksite predecessors, the Meetings for Sufferings, 1758-1971. This collection also includes membership records and directories, memorial minutes, and New York Yearly Meeting publications (including disciplines).

Dates: 1672 - 2023

New York Yearly Meeting Records: Trustees, Financial and Property Records, and General Services

 Collection — Othertype SW/NYy/200_399
Identifier: QM-NYy-200_399
Scope and Contents

Records of the Trustees of New York Yearly Meeting, other financial and property records, and general services and administrative records, 1672-ongoing.

Dates: 1672-2011

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Mississippi Project (1964-1966)

 Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/826
Identifier: QM-Phy-826
Overview In response to the 1964 bombing of 44 black churches in Mississippi, Philadelphia and New York Yearly Meetings coordinated a joint effort to rebuild the destroyed churches and to attempt to foster racial reconciliation in the area. The project sent Lawrence and Viola Scott to Jackson, Mississippi as Quaker representatives. By 1966, the group had rebuilt 33 of the 44 churches, and built a community center in rural Canton, Mississippi. This collection is primarily composed of financial...
Dates: 1949-1967