Lafayette Avenue Friends and Brooklyn Preparative Meetings (Orthodox) Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Lafayette Avenue Friends Meeting and its predecessor, Brooklyn Preparative Meeting (Orthodox), 1861-1959. Includes: Minutes 1869-1959; Vital Records 1857-1957; Sunday School Records 1861-1921; Young Peoples Association, 1892-1897; Christian Endeavor Society 1825-1934; Ladies League, 1911-1941; Pastoral Committee 1906-1959; Bulletins, 1932-59; and Correspondence and Papers 1895-1979.
Dates
- Creation: 1861-1959
Creator
Language of Materials
These records are entirely in English
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Where available, access is through microfilm.
Copyright and Rights Information
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Biographical / Historical
Lafayette Avenue Friends Meeting was established as Brooklyn Preparative in 1869 under New York Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). The preparative meeting was laid down in 1902, according to the Uniform Discipline, and New York Monthly Meeting appointed a local business meeting for its Brooklyn Congregation. This meeting became known as Brooklyn Congregational or Lafayette Avenue Friends Meeting. This meeting was laid down in 1959.
Extent
1.7 Linear Feet (23 volumes plus one box)
Overview
Records of Lafayette Avenue Friends Meeting and its predecessor, Brooklyn Preparative Meeting (Orthodox), 1861-1959. Includes: Minutes 1869-1959; Vital Records 1857-1957; Sunday School Records 1861-1921; Young Peoples Association, 1892-1897; Christian Endeavor Society 1825-1934; Ladies League, 1911-1941; Pastoral Committee 1906-1959; bulletins, 1932-59; and Correspondence and Papers 1895-1979.
Arrangement
Minutes (men's and joint): 1.1 1869-71/1885-99 (includes women's minutes, 1869-1871), 1.2 1899-1902, 1.3 1902-1931, 1.4 1932-1959; Vital Records: 2.1 Membership 1878-1918, 2.2 Membership 1857-1957; Sunday School Records: 3.1 1861-1876, 3.2 c.1870-1930, 3.3 1885-1887, 3.4 1887-1907, 3.5 1887-1921; Young Peoples Association: 4.1 1892-1897; Christian Endeavor Society: 5.1 1824-1935, 5.2 1897-1902, 5.3 1924-1934; Ladies League: 6.1 1911-1916, 6.2 1928-1941; Pastoral Committee: 7.1 1906-1911, 7.2 1911-1919, 7.3 1919-1927, 7.4 1928-1940, 7.5 1941-1959; Bulletins: 8.1 1932-36, 8.2 1937-41, 8.3 1941-44, 8.4 1943-51, 8.5 1951-59; Miscellaneous: 9.1 Correspondence and Papers 1895-1979.
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Custodial History
Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit, 1997.
Subject
- Title
- Lafayette Avenue Friends and Brooklyn Preparative Meetings (Orthodox) 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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