Birmingham Monthly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Birmingham Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and its predecessors, ongoing.
Records of the the pre-Separation, Hicksite, and post reunification meeting include: Minutes, 1815-2023; Women's minutes, 1827-1895; Worship & Ministry (and predecessor) records, 1924-2023; Overseers' minutes, 1941-1952; Vital records, 1770-2023; along with property records (including Burial Ground South), committee records, some minimal financial records in addition to the Finance Committee, and other miscellaneous materials.
Also includes Orthodox records: Vital Records, 1816-1963; Marriage certificates, 1818-1962; Removals, 1827-1963; Overseers minutes and miscellaneous correspondence, 1959-2010; Membership records, 1956-1963; and other miscellaneous papers, 1915-ca.1940; Minutes, 1827-1957; Women’s Minutes, 1815-1916; Ministers and Elders’ Minutes 1896-1962.
Digital records are included for 2021 as a combined minute file with committee reports, but for 2022-2023 digital records are described at the series level.
Dates
- Creation: 1770 - 2024
Creator
- Birmingham Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1964) (Organization)
- Birmingham Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1956- ) (Organization)
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
Birmingham Monthly Meeting was established in 1815. At the time of the Hicksite separation of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1827, it split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. It was known informally in later years as the Chestnut Street (West Chester) Friends Meeting, and merged with West Chester Monthly Meeting in 1964. The Hicksite branch was discontinued in 1955; in 1956, its constituent preparative meetings, Birmingham and West Chester, were set up as monthly meetings. Birmingham Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is currently active.
Extent
7 linear ft.
0.13 GB
Language of Materials
English
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
Deposits, Birmingham Monthly Meeting.
Subject
- Birmingham Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1964) (Organization)
- Birmingham Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1815-1827) (Organization)
- Birmingham Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1955) (Organization)
- Birmingham Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1964) (Organization)
- Birmingham Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1815-1827) (Organization)
- Birmingham Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1955) (Organization)
- Birmingham Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1956- ) (Organization)
- Title
- Birmingham Monthly Meeting Records
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Find It at the Library
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