Byberry School Association Records
Scope and Contents
This collections contains the records of the Byberry School Association, 1837-1844. It includes minutes, financial records, and some miscellaneous papers.
Dates
- Creation: 1837-1844
Creator
- Byberry School Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Organization)
- Byberry Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) (Contributor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
The Byberry School Association was formed in 1837 by several members of the Society of Friends, mostly members of Byberry Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) for the purpose of raising stock to buy land and erect a secondary school in Byberry, Pennsylvania. John P. Townsend, James Thornton, James Bonner, Josiah Walton, and Joshua Gilbert were chosen managers in accordance with the Association's constitution.
David J. Griscom was engaged as the first teacher, and the “Byberry Institute and Private Boarding School for Boys” was opened late that year or early in the next. John G. Lewis of Frankfort succeeded Griscom when he became too ill to teach in 1839. He was succeeded by Thomas Foulke in 1841. Two years later, the school was closed, and the lot, house, and schoolhouse sold at public sale to James Thornton in 12/1843.
Extent
0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Byberry School Association was formed in 1837 by several members of the Society of Friends, mostly members of Byberry Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) for the purpose of raising stock to buy land and erect a secondary school in Byberry, Pennsylvania. It includes minutes, financial records, and some miscellaneous papers.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into 2 series. The series are:
- Minutes
- Miscellaneous
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Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Byberry Monthly Meeting
Date: 5/1991
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.
Subject
- Byberry School Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- An Inventory of the Byberry School Association Records, 1837- 1844
- 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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