Saratoga Monthly Meeting (1794- ) Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Saratoga Monthly Meeting and Saratoga Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), 1794-ongoing. Includes: Minutes 1794-1983 and 1996-2008, vital Records 1787-1877 and 2000-2002, Ministers and Elders Records 1800-1873, deeds, miscellaneous papers, and newsletter.
Dates
- Creation: 1787-2008
Creator
- Saratoga Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends: 1955- : Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Saratoga Executive Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1828-1955 : Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) (Contributor, Organization)
Language of Materials
These records are entirely in English
Conditions Governing Access
Where available, access is through microfilm.
Conditions Governing Use
Information on reproduction policies available in the library.
Biographical / Historical
Saratoga Monthly Meeting was established in 1794, set off from Saratoga (called Easton after 1795) Monthly Meeting. Until 1795 this meeting was known as "Monthly Meeting of Saratoga West Side of the River." It was a part of Saratoga (later Easton) Quarterly Meeting until Saratoga Quarterly Meeting was established in 1815. The Hicksite branch of this meeting remains active. The Orthodox branch was laid down in 1855, members attached to Moreau Monthly Meeting on its establishment in 1856.
Extent
1.3 linear ft. (11 volumes and 10 folders)
Abstract
Records of Saratoga Monthly Meeting and Saratoga Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), 1794-ongoing. Includes: Minutes 1794-1983 and 1996-2008, vital Records 1787-1877 and 2000-2002, Ministers and Elders Records 1800-1873, deeds, miscellaneous papers, and newsletter.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Minutes (men's and joint): 1.1 1794-1801, 1.2 1802-1814, 1.3 1814-1851, 1.4 1851-1906/1923-1944, 1.5 minutes & membership 1931-1983, 1.6 1988-95, 1.7 1996-4mo 2004, 1.8 2004-2008; Women's minutes: 2.1 1794-1801, 2.2 1801-1833, 2.3 1833-1884; Vital records: 3.1 Births and Deaths 1787-1877, 3.2 Marriages and Removals 1794-1862, 3.3 Marriages and Intentions 1794-1862, 3.4 Membership Listings, 2000-2002; Ministers and Elders: 4.1 1800-1873; Miscellaneous: 5.1 1789-1814, 5.2 1787-1831; Newsletter: 6.1 1941-1944, 6.2 1989, 1992-1995; Financial and Property: 7.1 Deeds.
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.1.6 missing 2/90, 4/90, 3/91-5/92, 11/92-5/93, 7/93-8/93, 10/94-11/94.
Vol.1851-1944 includes exerpts of minutes of the Meeting of Ministers & Elders, 1890-1910.
Met as Executive Meeting after 4mo 1925.
Subject
- Saratoga Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1794-1828 : Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Saratoga Executive Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1828-1955 : Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Saratoga Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1794-1828 : Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Saratoga Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends: 1955- : Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Title
- Saratoga Monthly Meeting (1794- ) 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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