Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Abington Quarterly Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-A250
Scope and Contents
Records of Abington Quarterly Meetings, from 1786, include: Hicksite and United men’s minutes; Orthodox men’s minutes; Hicksite women's minutes; Orthodox women’s minutes; First-day School Union records; minutes of the Hicksite Meeting on Worship and Ministry, the Ministry and Counsel Committee, and of the Meeting of Ministers and Elders, Orthodox; Orthodox meeting financial records; minutes of the Abington Visitation Committee; minutes of the Gwynned Visitation Committee; minutes of the...
Dates:
1786-2018
Arch Street Monthly Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-P455
Scope and Contents
Records of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting -- pre-Separation, Orthodox, and post-Reunification -- include: vital records, 1672-2000; men’s minutes, 1682-1978; women’s minutes, 1686-1926; financial records, 1683-1990; trustees’ records, 1683-1970; property records, 1683-1970; property committee records, 1697-1970; committee records, 1711-1970; miscellaneous papers, 1664-1974; Friends Select School records, 1832-1968; records of the Philadelphia Association for the Instruction of Poor Children,...
Dates:
1664-2000
Byberry Monthly Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-B900
Scope and Contents
Records include: pre-Separation and Hicksite minutes of the Women's Meeting; minutes of the pre-Separation and Hicksite Ministry & Council committee and its predecessor, the Preparative Meeting of Ministers & Elders; pre-Separation and Hicksite vital records since 1726, including births, deaths, burials, marriage and membership records, certificates of removal, etc. as well as other types of records.
Dates:
1726-2012
Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-C405
Scope and Contents
Records of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1926-91. Includes minutes, 1956-89, and records of the Race Street Forum Committee.
Dates:
1926-2004.
Chester Quarterly Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-C460
Scope and Contents
Records of Chester Quarterly Meeting since 1955. Included are: Minutes 1955-1973 and 1979-1982; Representative Committee minutes, 1965-1973 and 1979-1982; papers of the Committee to Study Quarterly Meeting, also known as the Ad Hoc Committee on Quarterly Meetings, 1964-1965.
Records of the first Chester Quarterly Meeting are described with the records of Concord Quarterly Meeting.
Records of the first Chester Quarterly Meeting are described with the records of Concord Quarterly Meeting.
Dates:
1955-1998
Chestnut Hill Meeting of Friends Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-C483
Scope and Contents
Records of Chestnut Hill Meeting, 1924-1932, include: joint minutes 1924-1932.
Dates:
1924-1932.
Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting of Friends Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-C482
Scope and Contents
Records of Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting, 1932-2007, include: burials chart; marriage certificates, 1941-2000; memberships, removals, transfer, 1934-90s; joint minutes, 1932-2007; ministers and elders minutes, 1940-1942, 1953-1973; overseers minutes, 1959-1973.
Dates:
1932-2007
Concord Quarterly Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-C690
Scope and Contents
Records include: minutes of the pre-Separation meeting, 1684-1827; minutes of the Hicksite meeting, 1827-1955, the Orthodox meeting, 1827-1955, the United meeting since 1955, the pre-Separation women's meeting, 1695-1827, the Hicksite women's meeting, 1827-1895, and the Orthodox women's meeting, 1827-1919; minutes of the pre-Separation meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1701-1827, the Hicksite meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1827-1918, the Orthodox meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1832-1955, the...
Dates:
1684-2019
Fair Hill Burial Ground
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-069
Overview
Fair Hill Burial Ground was established on land bequeathed by George Fox in 1690 to Friends in Pennsylvania, including six acres "for a meeting house and school house and a burying place." Part of the land was set aside as a burial ground as early 1707, but there were few interments. In 1830, it was proposed that a burial ground be established for three Hicksite Philadelphia Monthly meetings, Philadelphia, Spruce Street, and Green Street. In 1985, the property was sold to Ephesians Baptist...
Dates:
1705-[ongoing]
Frankford Preparative Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-F700
Scope and Contents
Minutes and other records of Frankford Preparative Meeting, 1733-1928, as follows: Hicksite and Orthodox men's meeting minutes, 1772-1928; Hicksite and Orthodox women's meeting minutes, 1795-1907; minutes of the School Committee, 1783-1844; Hicksite financial records, including Treasurer's book, 1772-1928; Hicksite women's meeting (Germantown branch) account book, 1863-1877; School Committee account book,1783-1857 with receipt book, 1795-1798 and minutes, 1843-1852; carpentry agreement in the...
Dates:
1733-1928
