QM/B/YM. Yearly Meeting business and committees
Record Group Term
Identifier: QM/B/YM
YEARLY MEETING: A large autonomous body of Quakers, which meets for several days once a year. In theory, its decisions are binding on the monthly and quarterly meetings within its jurisdiction and on the committees and staff which carry out the work of the yearly meeting. It meets annually to conduct business, formulate the discipline, receive reports and concerns from its constituent meetings, review the state of the Society, and communicate with other yearly meetings and non-Quaker organizations.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-By
Scope and Contents
This collection, jointly housed at Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges, contains the records of the Pre-Separation, Hicksite, Orthodox, and United Baltimore Yearly Meetings.The Hicksite BYM (commonly known as Stony Run) records date from 1677-1967 and the Orthodox BYM (commonly known as Homewood) records date from 1671-1948. When the Separation schismed the Pre-Separation Baltimore Yearly Meeting, older records were maintained by one or the other branch, and only much later made...
Dates:
1677-2020
