Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting, 1682-1996, include: vital records, 1779-1795; minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting and joint sessions, 1828-1955; men’s minutes and joint, 1682-1996; Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1828-1905; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1692-1922; minutes of the Hicksite quarterly Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1835-1908; minutes of the Hicksite meeting of Ministry and Counsel, 1908-1949; Hicksite Ministry and Elders' reports, 1829-1873; Orthodox minister’s and elder’s minutes, 1701-1968; Hicksite financial records, 1757-1923; Orthodox financial records, 1757-1955; First Day School Union and First Day School Organization minutes and other papers; minutes of various committees, records relating to the burial ground, as well as other types of miscellaneous papers, 1762-1996.
Dates
- Creation: 1682-1996
Creator
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955).Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
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
Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting was established in 11th month 1682-1683; its first business sessions were held in 1683. At the time of the Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1827, there were two Philadelphia Quarterly Meetings. The Hicksite and Orthodox meetings were reunited in 1955, and several meetings were transferred to the newly formed Haverford Quarterly Meeting.
Extent
51.25 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
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955).Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955).Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Title
- Philadelphia Quarterly 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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