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Archives & Manuscripts

Swarthmore Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-S900

Scope and Contents

Records of the Hicksite and United meeting include: minutes since 1893, marriage and membership records; minutes of the Worship and Ministry Committee and of its predecessors, the Meeting of Ministry and Counsel and the Meeting of Ministers and Elders; overseers' minutes; account books; property records; minutes and papers of several committees; correspondence and other kinds of miscellaneous papers.

Dates

  • 1893-2019

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

Swarthmore Monthly Meeting was established in 1893 by Concord Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite). It was transferred to the newly-formed Chester Quarterly Meeting in 1955. This is a currently active monthly meeting.

Extent

22 Linear Feet

Language

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposit

Subjects

Record Groups

Related Name

Administrative Information

Title
RECORDS OF SWARTHMORE MONTHLY MEETING (SWARTHMORE, PA)
Subtitle
A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker Collection
Author
Swarthmore Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends).
Date
2003
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

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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 Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library

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