Fallowfield Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Fallowfield Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), 1797-1936, as follows: Minutes of the men's meeting and joint sessions, 1848-1936; women's meeting minutes, 1797-1806 and 1823-1893; membership lists, ca. 1805, [190-?], 1910; treasurer's accounts, 1895-1907. Records of Fallowfield Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) include: men’s meeting minutes, 1827-1891; women’s meeting minutes, 1847-1883; membership, 1858-1884; account books, 1890-1895.
Dates
- Creation: 1797-1936
Creator
- Fallowfield Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1936) (Organization)
- Fallowfield Preparative Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1891) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Records entriely in English
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 was established by New Garden Monthly Meeting in 1792. Care of this meeting was transferred to London Grove in 1795. A meeting for worship at Fallowfield was established by Western Quarterly Meeting in 1795, and the preparative meeting in 1796. In 1796, the preparative meeting and meeting for worship were transferred to Fallowfield Monthly Meeting. Two meetings emerged at the time of the Separation of 1827.
Fallowfield Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was transferred to London Grove Monthly Meeting in 1838 and was discontinued in 1891.
Fallowfield Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was absorbed by Fallowfield Monthly Meeting in 1936.
Extent
1.25 linear ft.
Physical Location
This collection includes records stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Fallowfield Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1796-1827) (Organization)
- Fallowfield Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1936) (Organization)
- Fallowfield Preparative Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1891) (Organization)
- Fallowfield Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1796-1827) (Organization)
- Title
- Fallowfield Preparative Meeting Records
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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