Friends Association of Byberry Records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the records of the Friends Association of Byberry, 1900-1932.
Dates
- Creation: 1900-1932
Creator
- Friends Association of Byberry (Organization)
- Atkinson, Caroline J., 1881-1953 (Contributor, Person)
- Carter, Arabella, 1867- (Contributor, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce items in this collection beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
The Byberry Friends Association was a Quaker group which met monthly in Byberry, Pennsylvania, to hear papers on a variety of topics and to discuss issues of the day.
The Byberry Friends Association was founded in 1900 in the belief that “a thorough knowledge of the history and testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends is essential to an active interest and participation in its affairs.” Although it was structured like a Young Friends Association, Arabella Carter, its first Chairwoman, felt that the use of the word “young” in the name of the Association would limit participation by older Friends.
Dues paying members met monthly to hear papers on a variety of subjects and to discuss vital issues of the day. In the beginning, the primarily Quaker membership was large enough to meet in the Byberry Friends Meeting House, but later meetings were held in private homes.
Extent
1 linear ft. (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Byberry Friends Association was a Quaker group which met monthly in Byberry, Pa, to hear papers on a variety of topics and to discuss issues of the day. This collection contains the records of the Friends Association of Byberry, 1900-1932.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into three series. The series are:
- Constitution and by laws
- Minutes
- Papers by Arabella Carter and others
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Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Byberry Monthly Meeting, 1991
Processing Information
Removed from Byberry Monthly Meeting Records in 1991 and catalogued separately.
Subject
- Byberry Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)
- Friends Association of Byberry (Organization)
- Title
- An Inventory of the Friends Association of Byberry Records, 1900-1932
- 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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