Quakertown Monthly Meeting (1961- ) Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Quakertown Monthly Meeting, 1930-2022, includes annual reports, minutes from meeting for business, and property and incorporation papers (including the deed for the first Quakertown Monthly Meeting). Also includes digital records related to a historic marker for the Nixon Graveyard and a nearby burial ground for enslaved people. Most records are only available digitally; files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.
With the exception of the 1930 indenture inherited and then deposited by the current Quakertown Monthly Meeting (1961- ), all records related to the first Quakertown Monthly Meeting are described separately in QM-Ph-Q300.
Dates
- Creation: 1930 - 2021
Creator
- Quakertown Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1961- ) (Organization)
Copyright and Rights Information
Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
Copyright and Rights Information
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Biographical / Historical
Bethlehem Monthly Meeting was established in 1744 by Burlington Quarterly Meeting out of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting. From 1748 to 1859, the name of this monthly meeting was Kingwood. In 1786, the monthly meeting was transferred from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to New York Yearly Meeting. The Orthodox branch of this meeting was discontinued in 1828, and its members were transferred to Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting. In 1832, Kingwood Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) returned to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. In 1859, the meeting became known as Quakertown. It was discontinued in 1905 and its members attached to Buckingham Monthly Meeting. This meeting, the second Quakertown Monthly Meeting, was established in 1961 out of Quakertown Indulged Meeting by Bucks Quarterly Meeting. Quakertown Monthly Meeting is currently active.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet
0.2 Gigabytes
Language
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
- Title
- Quakertown Monthly Meeting (1961- ) Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- PATRICIA C. O'DONNELL
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Find It at the Library
Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting reproductions from Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library
