Washington Square Monthly and Preparative Meetings Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Washington Square Meeting, 1962-1976. Includes Minutes 1962-76; register 1975; and miscellaneous papers 1963-72.
Dates
- Creation: 1959-1976
Creator
- Washington Square Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1975-1976 : New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1958-1974 : New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Joint Peace Committee of New York Quakers (Organization)
Language of Materials
These records are entirely in English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Access to vols. 3.3 and 3.4 is restricted; contact Director for further information. Where available, access to unrestricted materials is through microfilm
Conditions Governing Use
Information on reproduction policies available in the library.
Biographical / Historical
Washington Square Preparative Meeting was established in 1962, having been proposed in 1959 as a Meeting for Worship in Greenwich Village by the united New York Monthly Meeting. It briefly became a monthly meeting in 1975 when the New York City meetings were reorganized. Its last meeting was in August 1976.
Extent
0.5 linear ft. (8 volumes)
Abstract
Records of Washington Square Meeting, 1959-1976. Includes Minutes, 1962-76; Register 1975; and Miscellaneous papers 1959-72.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1 1962-68, 1.2 1968-74, 1.3 1975-76; Vital Records: 2.1 Register 1975; Miscellaneous papers and correspondence: 3.1 1963-73, 3.2 1959-76, 3.3 1969-71, 3.4 1971-72.
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
- Washington Square Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1962-1974 : New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Washington Square Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1975-1976 : New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Washington Square Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1962-1974 : New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Title
- Washington Square 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
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