Auburn Prison Friends Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Includes: Minutes and Correspondence, 1974-1986; Minutes 1979-1990.
Dates
- Creation: 1974-1990
Creator
- Auburn Prison Friends Meeting (Auburn, N.Y.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
These records are entirely in English
Conditions Governing Access
Where available, access is through microfilm.
Conditions Governing Use
Information on reproduction policies available in the library.
Biographical / Historical
Auburn Prison was established as a meeting for worship under Farmington-Scipio Regional Meeting sometime before 1974. It was the first Quaker meeting established inside a New York State prison. This meeting remains active.
Extent
0.5 linear ft. (11 volumes)
Abstract
Includes: Minutes and Correspondence, 1974-1986; Minutes 1979-1990.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1 1974-1975, 1.2 1979-1980, 1.3 1980-1983, 1.4 1983-1984, 1.5 1984-1985, 1.6 1986-1988, 1.7 1988-1989, 1.8 1984; Oversight Committee: 2.1 1974-80, 2.2 1974-84, 2.3 1975-87, 2.4 1986-1990; Misc.: 3.1 Correspondence 1979-86.
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
- Auburn Prison Friends Meeting (Auburn, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Title
- Auburn Prison Friends 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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