Montclair Monthly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Montclair Monthly Meeting, 1925-2005. Includes vital records, 1939-1977, minutes, 1925-2005, ministry and counsel, 1928-1973, financial records, 1938-1977, miscellaneous papers, 1902-1989, and newsletters, 1947-95.
Dates
- Creation: 1925-2005
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
Montclair Meeting was founded independently by a group consisting of both Hicksite and Orthodox Friends in 1925. In 1928, they were recognized as a monthly meeting.
Extent
2.3 linear ft.
Abstract
Records of Montclair Monthly Meeting, 1925-2005. Includes vital records, 1939-1977, minutes, 1925-2005, ministry and counsel, 1928-1973, financial records, 1938-1977, miscellaneous papers, 1902-1989, and newsletters, 1981-89.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1 1925-1931 1.2 1925-1945, 1.3 1945-1963, 1.4 1964-1970, 1.5 1971-1990, 1.6 1991-93, 1.7 1994-96, 1.8 1996-97, 1.9 1997-98, 1.10 1998, 1.11 1999, 1.12 2000-01, 1.13 2002-03, 1.14 2004-05, 1.15-1.24 Annual Reports, 1942-1977, 1.25 Monthly Reports 1977-1978, 1.26 Minutes (draft) 1941-1945; Miscellaneous: 2.1 1989, 2.2 Letters re: 50th Anniversary 1976, 2.3 Committee on Practice and Procedure 1955-57, 2.4 History 1959, 2.5 East Africa Correspondence 1902-1964, 2.6 Visitor's Reigster 1961-1976, 2.7 Clerk's Correspondence 1960-1964, 2.8-210 Clerk's Correspondence 1973-1978, 2.11 Copies of Advertisements Run in Local Papers 1966, 2.12 All Friends Quarterly 1973-1976, 2.13 Five Years Meeting 1944-1954, 2.14 General Correspondence 1970-1974, 2.15 State of Meeting Records 1972-1976, 2.16 50th Anniversary 1932 & 1976, 2.17 Miscellaneous 1925-1945, 2.18 Miscellaneous 1955-1967, 2.19 Hiroshima Project Scrapbook 1955-1956, 2.20 Hiroshima/ Nagasaki Memorial 1985, 2.21 Autographs of Famous Friends 1946-1952, 2.22 Documents 1901 & 1965; Newsletters: 3.1 1981, 3.2 1982, 3.3 1983, 3.4 1984, 3.5 1985, 3.6 1986, 3.7 1987, 3.8 1988, 3.9 1989, 3.10 1947-54, 3.11 1955-57, 3.12 1958-64, 3.13 1965-69, 3.14 1970-75, 3.15 1976-80, 3.16 1990-95; Vital Records: 4.1-4.2 Membership 1970-1977, 4.3 Marriages 1945-1973, 4.4 Memorial Minutes 1952-1959, 4.5-4.9 Recorder's Correspondence 1939-1970, 4.10 Membership Removals and Transfers 1941-1960, 4.11 Membership Applications 1950-1961; Financial Records: 5.1 Treasurer's Reports 1939-1947, 5.2-5.5 Treasurer's Reports 1955-1977, 5.6 Finance Committee 1953-1974, 5.7 Budget 1957-1971, 5.8 Trustees Custodian Account 1963, 5.9 Trustees Report on FWC Bond 1970-1974, 5.10 Trustees Minutes and Correspondence 1972, 5.11 Roache Account and Financial Statements 1938-1945, 5.12 Financial Records 1946-1956; Ministry and Counsel: 6.1 Minutes of the Committee of Ministry and Counsel 1928-1944, 6.2 Ministry and Counsel 1960-1964, 6.3 Travelling Minutes 1945-1965 6.4 Overseers Committee 1961-1963, 6.5 Ministry and Counsel Beaumont File 1969-1972, 6.6 Ministry and Counsel Christmas Letter 1962 & 1972, 6.7 Dealing with Death 1971-1973.
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
- Title
- Montclair Monthly 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
Revision Statements
- 2016: This electronic finding aid was updated in Summer 2016 by Abdulrezak Kemal in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace, to conform to current markup standards and the ArchivesSpace data model.
- 2024: Some new files added as part of a student backlog project summer 2024 for NYYM Found in Collection materials
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