Medford and Upper Evesham Monthly Meetings Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Medford Monthly Meeting and its predecessors, 1691-1996, include: Orthodox births and deaths, 1691-1882; Orthodox marriages, 1794-1957; Hicksite membership register, 1758-1978; Orthodox membership, 1693-1979; Orthodox removals, 1794-1935; Hicksite men's meeting and joint session minutes, 1828-1956; Orthodox men’s meeting minutes, 1811-1996; Hicksite women's minutes, 1828-1896; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1794-1917; Hicksite ministers' and elders' minutes, 1829-1896; Orthodox ministers’ and elders’ minutes, 1794-1953; financial records, 1794-1964; miscellaneous papers, 1798-1840.
Dates
- Creation: 1758-1996
Creator
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
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.
Biographical / Historical
Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting was established in 1793 by Salem Quarterly Meeting out of Evesham Monthly Meeting. Its first business sessions opened in 1794; the monthly meeting was transferred to Haddonfield Quarterly Meeting later that year. The Hicksite monthly meeting changed its name to Medford Monthly Meeting in 1849.
In 1956, Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) merged with Medford Monthly Meeting to form Medford United Monthly Meeting. In 1982, the meeting changed its name to "Medford Monthly Meeting." Medford is currently an active monthly meeting.
Extent
11.5 Linear Feet
Language
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 hc-special@haverford.edu for more information on depositing new records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1849) (Organization)
- Medford Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1849-1956) (Organization)
- Medford United Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1956-1982) (Organization)
- Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1956) (Organization)
- Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1793-1827) (Organization)
- Medford Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1982- ) (Organization)
- Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1849) (Organization)
- Medford Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1849-1956) (Organization)
- Medford United Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1956-1982) (Organization)
- Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1956) (Organization)
- Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1793-1827) (Organization)
- Title
- Medford and Upper Evesham Monthly Meetings Records
- Date
- 2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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