New York Yearly Meeting Records: Sessions, Representative Meeting, and Related Publications
Scope and Contents
Minutes of New York Yearly Meetings, the Representative Committee and its Orthodox and Hicksite predecessors, the Meetings for Sufferings, 1758-1971. This collection also includes membership records and directories, memorial minutes, and New York Yearly Meeting publications (including disciplines).
Dates
- 1672-2020
Creator
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research. Access is through microfilm, if available.
Copyright and Rights Information
Copyright has not been assigned to the Repository. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
Biographical / Historical
New York Yearly Meeting was first held in 1696 as the Yearly Meeting at Flushing or Long Island, consisting essentially of the Flushing Quarterly Meeting that was set off from New England Yearly Meeting. Meeting for Sufferings was established in 1758 and was held quarterly to represent and hold any business of the Yearly Meeting while it was not in session.
Extent
36 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1955)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955)
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey
- Society of Friends -- New York (State)
- Society of Friends -- Vermont
Creator
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)
- Title
- New York Yearly Meeting Records: Sessions, Representative Meeting, and Related Publications
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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