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Pennsgrove Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — othertype: SW/Ph/P440
Identifier: QM-Ph-P440

Scope and Contents

Records of the Pennsgrove Monthly Meeting, 1833-1968, include: vital records (including births, deaths, removals, marriages, membership, etc.), 1841-1968; Hicksite men’s minutes 1842-1952; Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1842-1884; Hicksite minister’s and elder’s minutes, 1896-1917; miscellaneous property records, 1833-1898; miscellaneous papers, 1951-ca.1952.

Dates

  • Creation: 1841-1952

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

Pennsgrove Monthly Meeting was established in 1842 by Western Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite) out of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) and New Garden Monthly Meeting (Hicksite). The monthly meeting was discontinued in 1952. Its members were transferred to London Grove, New Garden, West Grove, or Oxford Monthly Meetings.

Extent

3 Linear Feet

Language

English

Physical Location

This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposit

Title
Pennsgrove 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

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