Poplar Ridge Monthly Meeting Records (including its predecessor Scipio (Pre-Separation and Orthodox/Gurneyite))
Abstract
Records of Poplar Ridge Monthly Meeting and its predecessor Scipio Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox), 1745-2000. Includes minutes 1828-1984, vital records 1745-1985, and newsletters 1991-2000 along with other records.
Dates
- Creation: 1745 - 2000
Creator
- Poplar Ridge Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1962- : Poplar Ridge, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Scipio Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1808-1828 : Scipio, N.Y.) (Contributor, Organization)
- Scipio Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1962 : Poplar Ridge, N.Y.) (Contributor, Organization)
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Where available, access is through microfilm.
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Biographical / Historical
Scipio Monthly Meeting was founded in 1808 under Easton Quarterly Meeting. In 1828 it divided into Orthodox and Hicksite branches. In 1847 the Orthodox branch underwent a further schism as the Wilburites separated. In 1962 the Orthodox branch became Poplar Ridge Monthly Meeting, which body continues to the resent day.
Extent
4 linear ft. (27 volumes and 2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Divided into series: Men's and Joint Minutes: 1.1 1828-36, 1.2 1864-71, 1.3 1872-84, 1.4 1884-95, 1.5 1895-1905, 1.6 1913-26, 1.7 1926-53, 1.8 1953-70, 1.9 1970-75, 1.10 1982-84, 1.11 1905-13; Women's Minutes: 2.1 1828-36, 2.2 1836-63, 2.3 1863-76; Vital Records: 3.1 Register 1745-1879, 3.2 Marriages 1808-98, 3.3 Marriages and Removals 1809-98, 3.4 Register 1834-1984, 3.5 Register 1876-1907, 3.6 Register 1951-77, 3.7 Directory and Membership list 1985 and undated; Ministers' and Elders' Minutes: 4.1 1810-55, 4.2 1855-84, 4.3 1884-1902, 4.4 1936-44, 4.5 1953-55; miscellaneous: 5.1 1989, 5.2 1860 and 1909-94; Newsletter: 6.1 1991-1995.
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
- Poplar Ridge Monthly Meeting Records (including its predecessor Scipio (Pre-Separation and Orthodox/Gurneyite))
- 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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