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New Paltz Friends Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-N433

Scope and Contents

Records of New Paltz Friends Meeting, 1953-1996. Includes minutes, 1953-1995, a record of removals and register, 1957-1996, and a series of newsletters and mailings, 1957-1995.

Dates

  • Creation: 1953-1996

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Where available, access is through microfilm.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Friends of New Paltz began meeting for monthly business meetings as early as 1953. The meeting did not, however, become affiliated with New York Yearly Meeting until 1957 when it was granted official Monthly Meeting status by Cornwall-Nine Partners Quarterly Meeting. It is an ongoing meeting.

Extent

1.6 linear ft. (7 volumes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Records of New Paltz Friends Meeting, 1953-1996. Includes minutes, 1953-1995, a record of removals and register, 1957-1996, and a series of newsletters and mailings, 1957-1995.

Arrangement

Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1 1953-1955, 1.2 1955-1970, 1.3 1970-1979, 1.4 1979-1987, 1.5 1988-1992, 1.6 1993-95; Vital records: 2.1 Register & removals 1957-1996; Misc.: 3.1 newsletters and mailings 1957-1995.

Physical Location

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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
New Paltz 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

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.

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