Skip to main content

Auburn Prison Friends Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-A935

Scope and Contents

Includes: Minutes and Correspondence, 1974-1986; Minutes 1979-1990.

Dates

  • Creation: 1974-1990

Creator

Language of Materials

These records are entirely in English

Conditions Governing Access

Where available, access is through microfilm.

Conditions Governing Use

Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Biographical / Historical

Auburn Prison was established as a meeting for worship under Farmington-Scipio Regional Meeting sometime before 1974. It was the first Quaker meeting established inside a New York State prison. This meeting remains active.

Extent

0.5 linear ft. (11 volumes)

Abstract

Includes: Minutes and Correspondence, 1974-1986; Minutes 1979-1990.

Arrangement

Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1 1974-1975, 1.2 1979-1980, 1.3 1980-1983, 1.4 1983-1984, 1.5 1984-1985, 1.6 1986-1988, 1.7 1988-1989, 1.8 1984; Oversight Committee: 2.1 1974-80, 2.2 1974-84, 2.3 1975-87, 2.4 1986-1990; Misc.: 3.1 Correspondence 1979-86.

Physical Location

This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Custodial History

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposit, 1997.

Title
Auburn Prison Friends Meeting Records
Author
Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff
Date
2007
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

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