Lansdowne Monthly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of the united monthly meeting and its predecessors, the Hicksite and Orthodox monthly meetings, since 1898. Included are: Minutes of the united meeting since 1951; minutes of the Hicksite meeting, 1901-1951 and minutes of the Orthodox meeting, 1904-1951; marriage and membership records; minutes of the Orthodox women's meeting, 1904-1915; minutes of Worship and Ministry and its predecessors; First Day School meeting minutes; financial, property, and committee records. Digital records include a mix of digitized and born-digital meeting for business minutes (2000-2022).
Dates
- Creation: 1898 - 2023
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
Lansdowne Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) was established in 1901 by Concord Quarterly Meeting out of Darby Monthly Meeting. Lansdowne Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) was established in 1904 by Concord Quarterly Meeting out of Chester Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). In 1951, the Hicksite and Orthodox monthly meetings merged to form a united monthly meeting. In 1955, Lansdowne Monthly Meeting became part of the newly-formed Chester Quarterly Meeting. Lansdowne Monthly Meeting is currently an active monthly meeting.
Extent
31 linear ft.
0.3 GB (197 files)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Processing Information
Additional financial records transferred from Smedley Family Papers in 2019.
Subject
- Lansdowne Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1901-1951) (Organization)
- Lansdowne Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1904-1951) (Organization)
- Lansdowne Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)
- Lansdowne Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1901-1951) (Organization)
- Lansdowne Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1904-1951) (Organization)
- Title
- Lansdowne 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
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