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Butternuts Quarterly Meeting Records (including Butternuts (Orthodox) and Duanesburg (Pre-Separation and Orthodox))

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-B895

Scope and Contents

Minutes of Butternuts Quarterly Meeting and its predecessors, Butternuts Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox), Duanesburg Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox) and Duanesburg Ouarterly Meeting (pre-Separation), 1812-ongoing. Includes: minutes of the Meeting of Ministers and Elders 1812-1952; men's minutes & joint, 1828-1992; and women's minutes and joint, 1828-1910. Also includes the minutes of Butternuts Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), 1888-1910, in the volume 1876-1882.

Dates

  • Creation: 1812-2012
  • Creation: 1843-1874

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

Butternuts Quarterly Meeting was established as Duanesburg Quarterly Meeting in 1812, being set off from Stanford Quarterly Meeting. It was initially composed of the monthly meetings of Duanesburg, Coeymans and Butternuts. Duanesburg Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox) changed its name to Butternuts Quarterly Meeting in 1838. This quarterly meeting remains active.

Extent

0.7 linear ft.

Abstract

Minutes of Butternuts Quarterly Meeting and its predecessors, Butternuts Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox), Duanesburg Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox) and Duanesburg Ouarterly Meeting (pre-Separation), 1812-ongoing. Includes: minutes of the Meeting of Ministers and Elders 1812-1952; men's minutes & joint, 1828-2012; and women's minutes and joint, 1828-1910. Also includes the minutes of Butternuts Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), 1888-1910, in the volume 1876-1882.

Arrangement

Divided into series: Minutes, Men's and Joint: 1.1 1828-69, 1.2 1869-1922, 1.3 1920-60, 1.4 1974-92, 1.5 1993-2012; Minutes, Women's and Joint: 2.1 1828-76, 2.2 1876-1910; Minutes, Ministers and Elders: 3.1 1812-52.

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
Butternuts Quarterly Meeting Records (including Butternuts (Orthodox) and Duanesburg (Pre-Separation and Orthodox))
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

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