Colora Preparative Meeting (1890-1945) Records
Scope and Contents
Men’s and Joint Minutes, 1890-1945; Women’s Minutes, 1890-1903.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1945
Creator
- Colora Preparative Meeting & Colora Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- New Garden Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : Chester County, Pa.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
Biographical / Historical
An indulged Meeting for worship at Colora was established in 1885 by New Garden Monthly Meeting (Pennsylvania) (Orthodox) under the care of West Grove Preparative Meeting (Pennsylvania). A meeting for worship and preparative meeting at Colora were established in 1890 by Western Quarterly Meeting under New Garden Monthly Meeting. In 1945, Colora Preparative Meeting was established as Colora Monthly Meeting.
When Colora Monthly Meeting was discontinued in 1980, a second Colora Preparative Meeting, attached to West Grove Monthly Meeting, was established. This preparative meeting was discontinued in 1983. Currently, Colora Meeting is held from April to November.
Extent
1 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- New Garden Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : Chester County, Pa.) (Organization)
- West Grove Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Pa.) (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Western Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Colora Preparative Meeting & Colora Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- Title
- Colora Preparative Meeting (1890-1945) Records
- Date
- 2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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