Friends Meeting Houses Surveys
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the photographic records and architectural and historical reports of the Friends Meeting House Survey of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting compiled between the years of 1996 and 2002.
Dates
- Creation: 1996-2002
Creator
- United States. Department of the Interior (Organization)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical / Historical
The Friends Meeting House Survey was a survey of the architecture and history of meeting houses of the Religious Society of Friends thorughout the Philadelphia, Delaware, and New Jersey area. The survey was conducted through the Historical American Buildings Society, a program run by the U.S. Department of the Interior and National Parks Services. The survey was conducted between the years of 1996 and 2002, and featured the photographing of each meeting house.
Extent
3.31 Linear Feet (7 boxes, 2 tubes)
Language
English
Overview
This collection contains the photographic records and architectural and historical reports of the Friends Meeting House Survey of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting compiled between the years of 1996 and 2002 comissioned by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The Meeting Houses surveyed include those throughout the Philadelphia, Delaware, and New Jersey areas.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in a single series, Surveys.
Processing Information
Processed by Alexandra Stern; completed October, 2018.
- Title
- Friends Meeting Houses Surveys
- Author
- Alexandra Stern
- Date
- October, 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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