Mt. Kisco Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Mt. Kisco Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) and its indirect predecessor, Croton Valley Preparative Meeting, 1803-1904. Includes: minutes, 1804-1904 (gaps), as well as a record of the visits of travelling Friends, 1803-1850.
Dates
- Creation: 1803-1904
Creator
- Mt. Kisco Preparative Meeting of Friends (Mt. Kisco, N.Y.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
These records are entirely in English
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Where available, access is through microfilm.
Copyright and Rights Information
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Biographical / Historical
Croton Valley Preparative Meeting was established by Chappaqua Monthly Meeting in 1804. The Hicksite branch of this meeting was discontinued by Chappaqua in 1854, and in 1858 the monthly meeting granted a preparative meeting at Mount Kisco. Mt. Kisco Preparative Meeting was laid down in 1904 by Chappaqua Monthly Meeting.
Extent
0.33 Linear Feet (5 volumes (plus one folder))
Overview
Records of Mt. Kisco Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) and its indirect predecessor, Croton Valley Preparative Meeting, 1803-1904. Includes: minutes, 1804-1904 (gaps), as well as a record of the visits of travelling Friends, 1803-1850.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Minutes (men's): 1.1 1831-53/1858-76; Women's minutes (& joint): 2.1 1804-1841, 2.2 1841-54/1858-74, 2.3 1875-1904; Miscellaneous: 3.1 Account of Friends appointing meetings at Croton Valley 1803-1850; Property: 4.1 Deed and correspondence re: sale 1859-1975.
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
- Croton Valley Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1804-1828 : Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Croton Valley Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1828-1854 : Mt. Kisco, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Croton Valley Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1804-1828 : Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Croton Valley Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1828-1854 : Mt. Kisco, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Mt. Kisco Preparative Meeting of Friends (Mt. Kisco, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Title
- Mt. Kisco 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
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