Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting (1954- ) Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting (1954- ), 1937-ongoing. Includes minutes, 1955-81, as well as the minutes of Shrewsbury Meeting of Friends, 1937-1954, and newsletters.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1995
Creator
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
Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting was established in 1672. The meeting was transfered to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1682. The meeting separated, creating two branches. The Orthodox branch was discontinued in 1855. The Hicksite monthly meeting was transfered to New York Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1833. It merged to form Shrewsbury and Manasquan Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1928, which became Manasquan Monthly Meeting in 1955. In 1954, the second Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting was established from Shrewsbury Meeting of Friends, which had been meeting as early as 1937.
Extent
1 linear ft. (7 volumes)
Abstract
Records of Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting (1954- ), 1937-ongoing. Includes minutes, 1955-81, as well as the minutes of Shrewsbury Meeting of Friends, 1937-1954, and newsletters.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1 1937-1949, 1.2 1950-1960, 1.3 1968-1975, 1.4 1976-1981, 1.5 1961, 1.6 1963-1968; Newsletter: 2.1 1980-1989,1990-1995.
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
Vol. 1.5 includes the minutes of only 10mo 10 1961.
Subject
- Title
- Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting (1954- ) 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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