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Abington Quarterly Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-A250
Scope and Contents Records of Abington Quarterly Meetings, 1786, include: Hicksite and United men’s minutes; Orthodox men’s minutes; Hicksite women's minutes; Orthodox women’s minutes; First-day School Union records; minutes of the Hicksite Meeting on Worship and Ministry, the Ministry and Counsel Committee, and of the Meeting of Ministers and Elders, Orthodox; Orthodox meeting financial records; minutes of the Abington Visitation Committee; minutes of the Gwynned Visitation Committee; minutes of the...
Dates: 1786 - 2022

Aimwell School records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1183
Abstract

The Aimwell School in Philadelphia was founded in 1796 by Anne Parrish (1760-1800) for the purpose of providing "a good English education" in the primary and grammar grades for underprivileged girls. It was instituted by the Society for the Free Instruction of Female Children and operated under the management of the Society of Friends.

Dates: 1796-1935

"Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House: A Biography"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-010
Abstract

The manuscript of Gergory Barnes's "Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House: A Biography" provides a history of Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House from the purchase of the land by William Penn in 1683, to the present, including important Quaker individuals, the influence of Philadelphia's history on the Meeting House, the Orthodox-Hicksite separation, and the Wilburite-Gurneyites.

Dates: 2011

Byberry Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-B900
Scope and Contents

Records include: pre-Separation and Hicksite minutes of the Women's Meeting; minutes of the pre-Separation and Hicksite Ministry & Council committee and its predecessor, the Preparative Meeting of Ministers & Elders; pre-Separation and Hicksite vital records since 1726, including births, deaths, burials, marriage and membership records, certificates of removal, etc. as well as other types of records.

Dates: 1726 - 2017

Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (1956- ) Records

 Collection — othertype: SW/Ph/C405
Identifier: QM-Ph-C405
Scope and Contents

Records of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1926-91. Includes minutes, 1956-89, and records of the Race Street Forum Committee.

Dates: 1926-2004.

Chester Quarterly Meeting (1955- ) Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-C460
Scope and Contents

Records of Chester Quarterly Meeting since 1955. Included are: Minutes 1955-1973 and 1979-1982; Representative Committee minutes, 1965-1973 and 1979-1982; papers of the Committee to Study Quarterly Meeting, also known as the Ad Hoc Committee on Quarterly Meetings, 1964-1965. A separate series is devoted to the records of the Peace Center of Delaware County (1987-2022).

Records of the first Chester Quarterly Meeting are described with the records of Concord Quarterly Meeting.

Dates: 1955 - 2023

Chestnut Hill Meeting of Friends (1924-1933) Records

 Collection — othertype: HV/Ph/C483
Identifier: QM-Ph-C483
Scope and Contents

Records of Chestnut Hill Meeting, 1924-1932, include: joint minutes 1924-1932.

Dates: 1924-1932.

Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting (1933- ) Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-C482
Scope and Contents

Records of Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting, 1932-2007, include: burials chart; marriage certificates, 1941-2000; memberships, removals, transfer, 1934-90s; joint minutes, 1932-2007; ministers and elders minutes, 1940-1942, 1953-1973; overseers minutes, 1959-1973.

Dates: 1932-2007

Concord and Chester Quarterly Meetings Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-C690
Scope and Contents Records include: minutes of the pre-Separation meeting, 1684-1827; minutes of the Hicksite meeting (1827-1955), the Orthodox meeting (1827-1955), the United meeting (since 1955), the pre-Separation women's meeting (1695-1827), the Hicksite women's meeting (1827-1895), and the Orthodox women's meeting (1827-1919); minutes of the pre-Separation meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1701-1827; the Hicksite meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1827-1918; the Orthodox meeting of Ministers and Elders,...
Dates: 1684 - 2019

Earnest Workers records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-062
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the minutes and annual reports for the Earnest Workers of Philadelphia.

Dates: 1901-1904

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Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 14
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Genealogy 11
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Green Street Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) 3
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia held at Spruce Street (Hicksite : 1833-1903) 3
Byberry Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends 2
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Elfreth, Jacob R. Jr., 1837-1924 2
Elfreth, Jacob R., Sr., 1789-1870 2
Frankford Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1805-1827) 2
Frankford Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) 2
Germantown Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1877-1914) 2
Green Street Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.). Fair Hill Friends' Meeting 2
Haverford College 2
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia 2
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
Aimwell School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Atkinson, Caroline J., 1881-1953 1
Barnes, Gregory Allen, Sir 1
Braithwaite, Anna, 1788-1859 1
Bronner, Edward 1
Brown, Elizabeth Potts 1
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
Carter, Arabella, 1867- 1
Cherry, Charles L. 1
Chestnut Hill Meeting of Friends (1924-1933 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Conard family 1
Cunningham, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Anne), 1934-2020 1
Curtis, Barbara 1
Earnest Workers of Philadelphia 1
Elfreth family 1
Evans, Thomas, 1798-1868 1
Fair Hill Burial Ground 1
Frankford Monthly Meeting of Friends 1
Frankford Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox) 1
Friendly Settlement Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Friends Association of Byberry 1
Friends First Day School (12th Street, Philadelphia) 1
Friends Mission No.1 (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Friends Neighborhood Guild 1
Friends Sesqui-centennial Commission 1
Germantown Friends School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Germantown Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Germantown Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox) 1
Green Street Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.). Girard Avenue Indulged Meeting 1
Green Street Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 1
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 1
Jones, Mary Hoxie 1
Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 1
Justice, George M. (George Middleton), 1792-1862 1
Keith, George, 1639?-1716 1
Leeds family 1
Leeds, Morris Evans 1
Marshall, Wilmer W., 1847-1905 1
Maule family 1
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District 1
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District (Orthodox 1828-1914) 1
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District 1
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District (Orthodox 1828-1872) 1
Morris family 1
Morris, Margaret Hill 1
North House 1
Parrish, Anne 1
Peace Center of Delaware County 1
Philadelphia First Day School Union 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Abington Quarterly Meeting of Friends 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Concord Quarterly Meeting of Friends 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955).Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting of Friends 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Abington Quarterly Meeting of Friends 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Concord Quarterly Meeting of Friends 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting of Friends 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Abington Quarterly Meeting 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Chester Quarterly Meeting (1683-1800) 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Chester Quarterly Meeting (1955- ) 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Concord Quarterly Meeting of Friends 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting 1
Powelton Preparative Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) 1
Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Orthodox) 1
Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District 1
Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District (Orthodox) 1
Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District 1
Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District 1
Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District (Orthodox) 1
Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia held at Spruce St. (Hicksite : 1833-1894) 1
Quaker Information Center 1
Rhoads, William Gibbons 1
Richie, Sarah A. 1
Riley, Lyman W. 1
Robinson, Jo Ann 1
Scull family 1
Society for the Free Instruction of Females. (Philadelphia Pa.) 1
Spring Street Mission (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Spring Street Settlement (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Tolles, Frederick Barnes, 1915-1975 1
Twelfth Street First Day School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Unity Monthly Meeting, Frankford (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Walker, E. Virginia 1
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