Media Friends' Association minutes
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two volumes of minutes, 1894-1908 and 1908-1925, which include the constitution and by-laws of the organization. Inserted into the second volumebook is a letter from the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite), 1913, urging (Young) Friends' Associations to discuss and support women's suffrage.
Dates
- Creation: 1894-1925
Creator
- Media Friends' Association (Media, Pa.) (Organization)
- Media Friends' Association (Media, Pa.) (Contributor, Organization)
- Providence Preparative Meeting of Friends (Media, Pa.) (Contributor, Organization)
- Young Friends' Association (New York, N.Y.) (Contributor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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
Media Friends Association, a Quaker study and social group, was established in 1894 in Media, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, by members of Providence Preparative Meeting. The goal of the Association was to further discussion and knowledge of the history and testimonies of Friends, and the meetings included reports, papers, and readings. Meetings were open to all who were interested.
Extent
0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Media Friends Association, a Quaker study and social group, was established in 1894 in Media, Pennsylvania, by members of Providence Preparative Meeting (Hicksite). The goal of the Association was to further discussion and knowledge of the history and testimonies of Friends, and the meetings, which included reports, papers, and readings, were open to all who were interested. The collection contains one volume of minutes, with constitution and by-laws included.
Physical Location
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Chester Monthly Meeting (Providence Preparative Meeting), 1997
Donor: Margaret Roeske, 2008
Processing Information
Transferred from the records of Providence Preparative Meeting (Chester Monthly Meeting) and catalogued separately as an RG 4 in 1997. A second volume of minutes was given by Margaret Roeske in 2008 and added to the collection in 2016.
- Title
- An Inventory of the Media Friends' Association Minutes, 1894-1925
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 1997
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
Find It at the Library
Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting repoductions from Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library
