Illinois Yearly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of predominately Hicksite Quaker meetings in Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, and Iowa, 1820-1961.
Dates
- Creation: 1820-1972
Creator
- Illinois Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
Language of Materials
These records are entirely in English
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Where available, access is through microfilm.
Copyright and Rights Information
Information on reproduction policies available in the library.
Biographical / Historical
Illinois Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) opened in 1875. It was composed of Blue River Quarterly Meeting, set off from Indiana Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1874, and Prairie Grove Quarterly Meeting, set off from Baltimore Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) the same year. It joined in founding Friends General Conference.
There was no Illinois Yearly Meeting (Orthodox). Orthodox meetings in Illinois and Iowa were part of Iowa Yearly Meeting.
Extent
12 Linear Feet
Physical Location
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit, Illinois Yearly Meeting, 1940-42.
Gift of Reginald Willis, 1978.
Subject
- Illinois Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- Benjaminville Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : Bentown, Ill.) (Organization)
- East Jordan Executive Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : Sterling, Ill.) (Organization)
- East Jordan Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : Sterling, Ill.) (Organization)
- Honey Creek Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : Prairieton, In.) (Organization)
- Lincoln Executive Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : Lincoln, Neb.) (Organization)
- Nebraska Half Year’s Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : Lincoln, Neb.) (Organization)
- Plainfield Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : Fulton, Ill.) (Organization)
- Prairie Grove Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : Winfield, Iowa) (Organization)
- Richland Executive Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : Hoopeston, Ill.) (Organization)
- Urbana-Champaign Friends Meeting (Urbana, Ill.) (Organization)
- Wapsinonoc Executive Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : West Liberty, Iowa) (Organization)
- Title
- Illinois Yearly Meeting Records
- Author
- Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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