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New York Congregational Meeting Records (including New York Preparative Meeting (Pre-Separation and Orthodox))

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Identifier: QM-NY-N451
New York Congregational Meeting Records (digitized selections)

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Scope and Contents

Records of the New York Congregational Meeting and its predecessor, New York Preparative Meeting (Orthodox), 1828-1957. Includes minutes, minutes of the Overseers and the Pastoral Committee, Reception/Visiting Committee, Mission Committee, First Day School (including the Bible-School Assn. of Friends & First Day School Assn.), financial Records and women's minutes of the Eastern District, 1808-1824, and Southern District, 1824-1828. Also includes miscellaneous records of the Friends Lyceum, Friends Freedmen's Association, and Christian Endeavor Society.

Dates

  • Creation: 1808-1957

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Where available, access is through microfilm.

Conditions Governing Use

Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Biographical / Historical

New York Preparative Meeting was established in 1753 by Flushing Monthly Meeting. After the Separation of 1828, the two surviving Orthodox preparative meetings, Northern and Southern Districts, merged in 1828 to form the Preparative Meeting of New York (Orthodox). In 1902 the name was changed to New York Congregational Meeting (also known as 20th Street Congregation); it merged with the Hicksites at 15th Street in 1958.

Extent

2 linear ft. (36 volumes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Records of the New York Congregational Meeting and its predecessor, New York Preparative Meeting (Orthodox), 1828-1957. Includes minutes, minutes of the Overseers and the Pastoral Committee, Reception/Visiting Committee, Mission Committee, First Day School (including the Bible-School Assn. of Friends & First Day School Assn.), financial Records and women's minutes of the Eastern District, 1808-1824, and Southern District, 1824-1828. Also includes miscellaneous records of the Friends Lyceum, Friends Freedmen's Association, and Christian Endeavor Society.

Arrangement

Divided into series: 1. Minutes (men's & joint); 2. Women's minutes; 3. Pastoral Committee; 4. Overseers; 5. Directories; 6. Friends' Lyceum; 7. New York First Day School; 8. Friends' Freedmen's Association; 9. Christian Endeavor Society; 10. Reception/Visiting Committee; 11. Mission Committee.

Physical Location

For current information on the location of records, please consult the Library’s online catalogue

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.

Existence and Location of Copies

Published proceedings for the years 1849-1855, 1857, and 1859 have been digitized and are available online in the Tri-College Digital Collections.

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Administrative Information

Title
New York Congregational Meeting Records (including New York Preparative Meeting (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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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

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