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Bradford Monthly Meeting Records (including Bradford & Uwchlan (Hicksite) and other predecessors)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-B700

Scope and Contents

Records of Bradford Monthly Meeting and of its pre-Separation predecessors, Bradford & Uwchlan Monthly Meeting, Bradford Monthly Meeting and Uwchlan Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), include: Minutes, 1880-1900/1954-2013; minutes of Uwchlan Monthly Meeting, 1828-1863; minutes of Bradford Monthly Meeting, 1828-1880; vital records, 1699-1921/1984-2006; women's minutes, 1828-1886. Also included are records of Bradford Monthly Meeting since 1724: Orthodox vital records, 1724-1908; minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1737-1816; minutes of Orthodox men's meeting, 1816-1954; minutes of the pre-Separation women's meeting, 1737-1820; minutes of the Hicksite women's meeting, 1828-1883; minutes of the Orthodox women’s meeting, 1820-1918; minutes of the Orthodox Ministers and Elder’s meeting, 1858-1915; account books, 1859-1940; Orthodox property records, 1681-1912; minutes of the Committee on Sufferings, 1777-1791; minutes of the Orthodox Trustees, 1909-1910.

Dates

  • Creation: 1691-2013

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Biographical / Historical

Bradford Monthly Meeting was established in 1737 by Chester [Concord] Quarterly Meeting. In 1827, after the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. Bradford Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) merged with Uwchlan Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1883 to form Bradford & Uwchlan Monthly Meeting. This meeting was discontinued in 1901. Bradford Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), which reunited with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1955, was the forerunner of the present-day Bradford Monthly Meeting.

Extent

18 linear ft.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

This collection includes records stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Please contact friends@swarthmore.edu for more information on depositing new records.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposit

Separated Materials

Records of Uwchlan Monthly Meeting -- pre-Separation, Orthodox, & united -- are described in a separate finding aid.

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Administrative Information

Title
Bradford Monthly Meeting Records (including Bradford & Uwchlan (Hicksite) and other predecessors)
Date
2011
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

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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 repoductions from Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library

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