New York Congregational Meeting Records (including New York Preparative Meeting (Pre-Separation and Orthodox))
Scope and Contents
Records of the New York Congregational Meeting and its predecessor, New York Preparative Meeting (Orthodox), 1828-1957. Includes minutes, minutes of the Overseers and the Pastoral Committee, Reception/Visiting Committee, Mission Committee, First Day School (including the Bible-School Assn. of Friends & First Day School Assn.), financial Records and women's minutes of the Eastern District, 1808-1824, and Southern District, 1824-1828. Also includes miscellaneous records of the Friends Lyceum, Friends Freedmen's Association, and Christian Endeavor Society.
Dates
- Creation: 1808-1957
Creator
- New York Congregational Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1902-1958 : New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
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
New York Preparative Meeting was established in 1753 by Flushing Monthly Meeting. After the Separation of 1828, the two surviving Orthodox preparative meetings, Northern and Southern Districts, merged in 1828 to form the Preparative Meeting of New York (Orthodox). In 1902 the name was changed to New York Congregational Meeting (also known as 20th Street Congregation); it merged with the Hicksites at 15th Street in 1958.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (36 volumes)
Language
English
Overview
Records of the New York Congregational Meeting and its predecessor, New York Preparative Meeting (Orthodox), 1828-1957. Includes minutes, minutes of the Overseers and the Pastoral Committee, Reception/Visiting Committee, Mission Committee, First Day School (including the Bible-School Assn. of Friends & First Day School Assn.), financial Records and women's minutes of the Eastern District, 1808-1824, and Southern District, 1824-1828. Also includes miscellaneous records of the Friends Lyceum, Friends Freedmen's Association, and Christian Endeavor Society.
Arrangement
Divided into series: 1. Minutes (men's & joint); 2. Women's minutes; 3. Pastoral Committee; 4. Overseers; 5. Directories; 6. Friends' Lyceum; 7. New York First Day School; 8. Friends' Freedmen's Association; 9. Christian Endeavor Society; 10. Reception/Visiting Committee; 11. Mission Committee.
Physical Location
For current information on the location of records, please consult the Library’s online catalogue
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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Published proceedings for the years 1849-1855, 1857, and 1859 have been digitized and are available online in the Tri-College Digital Collections.
Subject
- Preparative Meeting of Friends of New York (Orthodox : 1828-1902 : New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Preparative Meeting of New York for the Northern District (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1828 : New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- New York Congregational Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1902-1958 : New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Preparative Meeting of Friends of New York (Orthodox : 1828-1902 : New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Preparative Meeting of New York for the Eastern District (Society of Friends : 1807-1824 : New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Preparative Meeting of New York for the Northern District (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1828 : New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Preparative Meeting of New York for the Southern District (Society of Friends : 1824-1828 : New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Title
- New York Congregational Meeting Records (including New York Preparative Meeting (Pre-Separation and Orthodox))
- 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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