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Salem Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-S250

Scope and Contents

Records of Salem Monthly Meeting, 1675-2015, including Pre-Separation, Hicksite, Orthodox, and both Salem (United) and Salem at Woodstown (United). Files include: men's and joint meeting minutes, vital records, women's minutes, Ministers and Elders' minutes, manuscript copies of men's minutes, miscellaneous papers, property records, treasurer's reports, and newsletters. Some minutes and finanical records are digital; files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.

Dates

  • Creation: 1623-2015

Creator

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

Salem Monthly Meeting was established in 1676. It became part of Salem Quarterly Meeting in 1682. In 1827, after the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. In 1955, after the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings reunited, there remained two Salem Monthly Meetings. Salem Monthly Meeting at Woodstown, the former Orthodox meeting, was discontinued in 1977. Salem Monthly Meeting at Salem, the former Hicksite meeting, is currently an active monthly meeting.

Extent

20.75 linear ft.

0.1 GB

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

This collection includes records stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Please contact friends@swarthmore.edu for more information on depositing new records.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposit

Related Materials

Additional records were deposited in 1964 by Salem Quarterly Meeting that relate to 17th and 18th century activity at Salem Monthly Meeting. That deposit includes vital records related to membership transfers, discipline, and marriage as well as early property records about the land and meetinghouse at Salem. All records deposited by Salem Quarterly Meeting are described in that collection (QM-Ph-S270).

Title
Salem Monthly Meeting Records
Date
2003
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Find It at the Library

Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting repoductions from Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library