Rochester Monthly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Rochester Monthly Meeting, 1944-ongoing. Includes: minutes 1944-2010, with index for 1936-2000; membership lists 1936-1956 and 1981-1989; scrapbooks 1819-1997; a guest book, 1980-90; newsletters, 1957-, and miscellaneous histories, 1999 and 2005.
Vol. 1945-1949 also contains Preparative Meeting minutes, 1936-44.
Dates
- Creation: 1936-2010
Creator
- Rochester Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1944- : Rochester, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Rochester Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1936-1944 : Rochester, N.Y.) (Contributor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Where available, access is through microfilm.
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Biographical / Historical
Rochester Preparative Meeting was established by Syracuse Monthly Meeting in 1936. It was set off from Syracuse in 1944 by Scipio Quarterly Meeting. It is currently active.
Extent
12 linear ft. (50 volumes + 2 boxes + 1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of Rochester Monthly Meeting, 1944-ongoing. Includes: minutes 1944-2010, with index for 1936-2000; membership lists 1936-1956 and 1981-1989; scrapbooks 1819-1997; a guest book, 1980-90; newsletters, 1957-, and miscellaneous histories, 1999 and 2005.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1-1.44 1944-2010 (2000 volume includes index for Rochester Preparative Meeting minutes, 1936-1944 and Rochester Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1944-2000); Membership lists: 2.1 1936-56, 2.2 1981-89; Scrapbooks 3.1 1819-59, 3.2 1960-70, 3.3 1975-90, 3.4 1990-97, 3.5, 3.6 1980s-1990s; Guest books: 4.1 1980-90; Newsletters: 5.1 1957-63, 5.2 1964-65, 5.3 1967-69, 5.4 1970-77, 5.5 1978-83, 5.6 1984-87, 5.7 1988-90, 5.8 1990-92, 5.9 1993-97; Miscellaneous: 6.1 History of Our Meeting, 1999; 6.2 Rochester Friends Meeting, 2005, 6.3 'Our School' Proposal 1994.
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.
General
Vol. 1945-49 contains minutes of Rochester Preparative Meeting, 1936-1944.
- Title
- Rochester 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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