Friends Boarding Home of the Burlington Quarterly Meeting
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the records of the Friends Boarding Home, established by the Burlington Quarter. It includes Board minutes, financial records, and miscellaneous papers.
Dates
- Creation: 1898-1985
Creator
- Friends Boarding Home of the Burlington Quarterly Meeting (Organization)
- Friends Boarding Home of the Burlington Quarterly Meeting (Contributor, Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Burlington Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Contributor, Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Burlington Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Contributor, Organization)
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research.
Copyright and Rights Information
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Biographical / Historical
The Friends Boarding House in Trenton, New Jersey, was established in 1898 by the Burlington Quarterly Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite). Its purpose was to provide an inexpensive, permanent home for aging Quakers and others. The House provided a room, meals, and a safe, friendly environment for elderly who did not require medical care at a very low cost. The number of residents averaged between ten and twenty residents. It was under the care of a Housing Committee appointed by the Burlington Quarterly Meeting and also had a Board of Managers. Friends Boarding House in Trenton, New Jersey was laid down by the Quarterly Meeting in 1985.
Extent
3 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Language
English
Overview
The Friends Boarding House in Trenton, New Jersey, was established in 1898 by the Burlington Quarterly Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite). Its purpose was to provide an inexpensive, permanent home for aging Quakers and others. The Friends Boarding House in Trenton, New Jersey was laid down by the Quarterly Meeting in 1985. This collection contains the records of the Friends Boarding Home, established by the Burlington Quarter. It includes Board minutes, financial records, and miscellaneous papers.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into four series:
- Charter and By-laws
- Minutes
- Financial
- Miscellaneous
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Trenton Monthly Meeting, 1996
Topical
- Church work with older people -- Society of Friends
- Church work with older people -- Society of Friends
- Church work with older people -- Society of Friends
- Nonprofit Organizations -- New Jersey
- Old Age Homes -- New Jersey
- Quakers -- New Jersey
- Quakers -- New Jersey -- Trenton
- Quakers -- New Jersey -- Trenton
- Society of Friends -- Charities
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey -- Trenton
- Title
- An Inventory of the Friends Boarding Home of the Burlington Quarterly Meeting Records, 1898-1985
- Author
- POD, assisted by EL
- Date
- 1999
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
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