Matinecock Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Matinecock Preparative Meeting, 1776-1948.
Includes men's minutes and joint, 1776-1948, women's minutes, 1789-1886, and miscellaneous records. The latter includes a rough list of interments at the Matinecock burial grounds made in 1909.
Dates
- Creation: 1723 - 1949
Creator
- Matinecock Preparative Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Locust Valley, 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
Matinecock Meeting was among the first meetings established by Quaker settlers in New York. Members of the Society of Friends met at Matinecock as early as 1671. In 1960, Westbury Monthly Meeting approved the setting off of Matinecock Preparative Meeting as Matinecock Monthly Meeting, effective 1mo 8 1961.
Extent
2 linear ft. (20 volumes)
Abstract
Records of Matinecock Preparative Meeting, 1776-1948.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1 1776-1787, 1.2 1787-1791, 1.3 1797-1808, 1.4 1808-1817, 1.5 1817-1836, 1.6 1836-1856, 1.7 1856-1883, 1.8 1883-1903, 1.9 1903-1916, 1.10 1916-1926, 1.11 1926-1945, 1.12 1944-1948, 1.13 Index 1903-1916; Women's Minutes: 2.1 1789-1842, 2.2 1842-1859, 2.3 1859-1873, 2.4 1874-1883, 2.5 1883-1886; Miscellaneous records: 3.1 list of interments 1909, 3.2 Clerk's files 1948-1949, 3.3 Burial permits 1905-1913, 3.4 First Day School funds 1878-79, 3.5 List of adult members n.d.
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
Meeting held jointly with women beginning in 1886 7mo.
Subject
- Title
- Matinecock Preparative 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
- 2016: This electronic finding aid was updated in Summer 2016 by Abdulrezak Kemal in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace, to conform to current markup standards and the ArchivesSpace data model.
- 2024: Some new files added as part of a student backlog project summer 2024 for NYYM Found in Collection materials
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