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Valley Friends Meeting (Rockingham County, Va.) Records

 Collection — othertype: SW/digital
Identifier: QM-B-V350

Scope and Contents

Valley Friends Meeting’s digital records include minutes (2011-2020 with gaps), some newsletters (2009-2019), Spiritual State of the Meeting reports (2010-2019), and some member related records and statistics.

Dates

  • Creation: 2009 - 2020

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories. All requests for permission to publish or quote from records beyond the bounds of Fair Use must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor.

Biographical / Historical

Valley Friends Meeting was previously named Harrisonburg.

Friends in this area of the Shenandoah Valley began meeting for worship in 1979, organizing as Harrisonburg Preparative Meeting in 1983 under the care of Charlottesville Monthly Meeting. Harrisonburg was granted monthly meeting status by Baltimore Yearly Meeting in 1986. Their name was changed to Valley Friends Meeting in 2000.

Extent

0.1 GB

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

This collection is stewarded by the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Digital records deposited in 2020 by Wayne Finegar, then-General Secretary of Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

Related Materials

Harrisonburg Preparative Meeting was under the care of Charlottesville Monthly Meeting, whose records are described separately at QM-B-C431.

The current Valley Friends Meeting has Augusta Friends Worship Group under its care, their records are described separately at QM-B-A900.

Title
Valley Friends Meeting Records
Author
Caitlin Goodman
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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 Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library