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Byberry Library Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-013

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the records of the Byberry Library Company, 1794-1930. It includes the minutes of the director's meetings; constitution and by-laws, financial and property records, and miscellaneous papers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1794-1930

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Some of the items in this collection may be protected by copyright. The user is solely responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns to reuse, publish, or reproduce relevant items beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to the law. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/.

Biographical / Historical

Byberry Library was established on December 29, 1794, and incorporated in 1799. It opened with 63 volumes in the house of a member. In 1798, the library was moved to the Byberry Friends School House. When the School House was rebuilt in 1823, the books were temporarily removed, but replaced in the school the following year. Although the stockholders were not exclusively Friends, the Library was generally under Quaker management.

According to a pamphlet prepared for the 150th anniversary of Byberry Meeting House, the Library was still in operation in 1958.

Extent

1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Byberry Library Company was founded in 1794 and incorporated in 1799. Located in the Byberry section of Philadelphia, Pa., the Library was generally under Quaker management. The collection includes the minutes of the director's meetings; constitution and by-laws, financial and property records, and miscellaneous papers.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into 5 series. The series are:

  1. Minutes of the Committee of Directors
  2. Constitution, By-Laws, Catalogues
  3. Circulation Records
  4. Financial Records
  5. Property Records

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposited by Byberry Monthly Meeting

Processing Information

Removed from Byberry Monthly Meeting Records in 1991, catalogued separately and stored in Record Group 4.

Author
FHL staff
Date
2000
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries

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