Purchase Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Purchase Preparative Meeting of Friends, 1806-1919. Includes men's, joint and women's minutes 1809-1908, and miscellaneous 1806-1919.
Dates
- Creation: 1806-1919
Creator
- Purchase Preparative Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1908 : Purchase, N.Y.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Where available, access is through microfilm.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Purchase Preparative Meeting was established in 1742 by Purchase Monthly Meeting. In 1828 it divided into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The Hicksite branch began to meet in joint session in 1883. In 1908 it combined with the Purchase Executive Meeting to form Purchase Executive and Preparative Meeting.
Extent
1.5 linear ft. (8 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of Purchase Preparative Meeting of Friends, 1806-1919. Includes men's, joint and women's minutes 1809-1908, and miscellaneous 1806-1919.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Men's and Joint Minutes: 1.1 1826-61, 1.2 1861-1905, 1.3 1904-08; Women's Minutes: 2.1 1809-53, 2.2 1853-80, 2.3 1881-83; School Trustees Minutes: 3.1 1806-56, 3.2 1856-1919.
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
- Purchase Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1742-1828 : Purchase, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Purchase Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1742-1828 : Purchase, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Purchase Preparative Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1908 : Purchase, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Title
- Purchase Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) 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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