Buffalo Monthly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Buffalo Monthly Meeting and of the Buffalo Niagara Friends Group, 1939-ongoing. Includes minutes (with most coverage pre-1970 and post-2012), the member files and related material of inactive members before 2020, newsletters, some material from the Ministry & Counsel Committee, and additional records, including a file on the Christ is the Answer International Fellowship, a meeting of Evangelical Friends under care of Buffalo. Minutes and newsletters deposited digitally beginning in 2020.
Dates
- Creation: 1939 - 2022
Creator
- Buffalo Monthly Meeting of Friends (1940- : Buffalo, 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
Buffalo Niagara Friends Group was established as a meeting for worship in 1939. In 1940 it became a United monthly meeting under Scipio United Quarterly Meeting. By the early 1950's, the meeting name did not always include Niagara, and Buffalo Meeting was used exclusively after 1953. This meeting remains active.
Extent
1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes, 4 volumes)
0.1 GB
Abstract
Records of Buffalo Monthly Meeting and of the Buffalo Niagara Friends Group, 1939-ongoing. Includes: Minutes, Ministry & Counsel files, Newsletters, and miscellaneous records.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1 1939-1944, 1.2 1944-1955, 1.3 1955-1964, 1.4 1964-1970; Ministry & Counsel: 2.1 Clerk's files 1968-69; Newsletter: 3.1 1946-73, 3.2 1982-87, 3.3 1990-95; Miscellaneous: 4.1 State of Society Reports 1943-48, 4.2 Historical Notes on Vital Records 1982 & 1994, 4.3 Meeting History 1987.
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.
General
Subject
- Buffalo Monthly Meeting of Friends (1940- : Buffalo, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Title
- Buffalo Monthly 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
Revision Statements
- 2024: Some new files added as part of a student backlog project summer 2024 for NYYM Found in Collection materials
Find It at the Library
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