Farmington Quarterly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Farmington Quarterly Meeting and its predecessors, 1810-1974. Includes: Men's, women's & joint minutes, 1810-1974, Ministers and Elders minutes, 1810-1940, and Bible School Conference, 1894-1916.
Dates
- Creation: 1810-1974
Creator
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.. Farmington Quarterly Meeting (1958-1975) (Organization)
Language of Materials
These records are entirely in English
Conditions Governing Access
Where available, access is through microfilm.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Farmington Quarterly Meeting was established in 1810, set off from Stanford Quarterly and comprising Farmington and Scipio Monthly Meetings. Scipio Quarterly was set off in 1825. After the Separation, the Hicksite branch joined Genesee Yearly Meeting on its establishment (1834). It changed from a Quarterly to a Half Yearly Meeting in 1900, while the Orthodox branch remained a quarterly meeting under New York Yearly Meeting. In 1958 Farmington Half Yearly merged with Farmington Quarterly, under New York Yearly. In 1962 Farmington and Scipio Quarterlies began to hold annual joint meetings. Farmington-Scipio Regional Meeting was established in 1975.
Extent
2.1 linear ft. (21 volumes)
Abstract
Records of Farmington Quarterly Meeting and its predecessors, 1810-1974. Includes: Men's, women's & joint minutes, 1810-1974, Ministers and Elders minutes, 1810-1940, and Bible School Conference, 1894-1916.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Minutes (men's and joint): 1.1 1810-1869 (Hicksite), 1.2 1828-1862 (Orthodox), 1.3 1863-1893 (Orthodox), 1.4 1869-1927 (Hicksite), 1.5 1893-1932 (Orthodox), 1.6 1901-1941 (Hicksite), 1.7 1933-1973 (Orthodox and United), 1.8 1944-1958 (Hicksite), 1.9 1943-1974, 1.10 1972-1974; Women's Minutes: 2.1 1810-1840 (Orthodox), 2.2 1828-1882 (Hicksite), 2.3 1840-1869 (Orthodox) ; Ministry and Oversight: 3.1 1810-1869 (Hicksite), 3.2 1828-1842 (Orthodox), 3.3 1842-1873 (Orthodox), 3.4 1869-1913 (Hicksite), 3.5 1873-1904 (Orthodox), 3.6 1904-1917 (Orthodox), 3.7 1917-1940 (Orthodox); Miscellaneous: 4.1 Bible School Conference 1894-1916 (Orthodox), 4.2 State of Society Reports 1950-60.
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.
Subject
- Genesee Yearly Meeting of Friends. Farmington Half Yearly Meeting (Organization)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955). Farmington Quarterly Meeting (1828-1955) (Organization)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Farmington Quarterly Meeting (1810-1828) (Organization)
- Genesee Yearly Meeting of Friends. Farmington Half Yearly Meeting (Organization)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955). Farmington Quarterly Meeting (1828-1955) (Organization)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Farmington Quarterly Meeting (1810-1828) (Organization)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.. Farmington Quarterly Meeting (1958-1975) (Organization)
Topical
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- Cattaraugus County
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- Erie County
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- Monroe County
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- Niagara County
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- Ontario County
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- Orleans County
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- Wayne County
- Title
- Farmington Quarterly Meeting Records
- Author
- Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff
- Date
- 2007
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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