West Branch Monthly Meeting (Clearfield County, Pa.) Records
Scope and Contents
Records of West Branch Monthly Meeting, 1833-2018. Includes Men's and Joint minutes 1833-1991, women's minutes 1833-84, marriages 1834-83, First-day school minutes 1863-1991, and First day school attendance books 1959-91, plus miscellaneous reports deposited by the YM Office.
Dates
- Creation: 1833 - 2018
Creator
Language of Materials
Records in English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.
Conditions Governing Use
Information on reproduction policies available in the Library.
Biographical / Historical
West Branch was the site of a preparative meeting under Centre Monthly Meeting, beginning in 1824. In 1833, the preparative meeting petitioned Warrrington Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite) to be set off as a monthly meeting; the request was granted. It became a part of the Centre Quarterly Meeting at its formation in 1835.
West Branch Friends Meeting began to grow out of unity with Baltimore Yearly Meeting and minuted their concern in 2019, officially disaffiliating from BYM in 2021.
Extent
6.5 linear ft.
0.1 GB
Arrangement
Divided into series: 1.Men's and Joint Minutes; 2.Women's minutes; 3.Vital records; 4.Committees.
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit. Digital records from the 2010s deposited by Wayne Finegar, General Secretary of Baltimore Yearly Meeting, in 2020.
Existence and Location of Copies
Also available in microfilm, for use in the Library only: MR-B227-228.
General
Vol. 3.1 also includes men's minutes 1833-62 and removals sent 1840-98. Vol. 1.2 includes note disowning Isaac Kirk.
Subject
- Title
- West Branch Monthly Meeting Records
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Find It at the Library
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