Baltimore Yearly Meeting correspondence
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of a single folder of the typed correspondence of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting. Many of the letters are addressed to or from Allen C. Thomas and Kirk Brown.
Dates
- Creation: 1909
Creator
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Historical Note
Baltimore Yearly Meeting is headquartered in Sandy Spring, Maryland, and includes Friends from Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. It was the first Yearly Meeting founded in North America, in May of 1672. It is also the only Yearly Meeting in North America visited by George Fox. Baltimore Yearly Meeting is part of both Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting. They are also part of Friends World Committee for Consultation and the Friends Peace Teams Project. Baltimore Yearly Meeting is composed of 50 local Monthly Meetings. Its constituent Monthly Meetings are in the unprogrammed tradition, which means that they meet for silent worship in which any participant may share whatever they believe the Spirit of God leads them to say.
Extent
.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the typed correspondence of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
Acquisition
Unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed January, 2016.
Subject
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)
- Title
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting correspondence, 1909
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- January, 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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