Schuylkill Monthly, Preparative, and Indulged Meetings Records (including Charlestown Meeting)
Scope and Contents
Records include paper, born-digital files, and digitized paper surrogates.
Business minutes coverage: Minutes of the indulged meeting, 1939-1954, and of the Monthly Meeting, 1954-2023 (with gaps). Included in the minutes are marriage licenses, 1958-1965, and certificates of removal received, 1959-67, laid in minute book, 1954-1968 and traveling minutes in folder of minutes, 1968-72.
Miscellaneous records of the earlier meetings at Schuylkill deposited by the current meeting include some financial records and manuscript files, property and graveyard fund papers, and library records.
Many records have been digitized by the Meeting and are retained in their custody, with digitized surrogates available of select committee records, property and burial ground records and research, and some business minutes.
The collection also includes a number of histories of the meeting, some interviews with long-time members, and newsletters.
Dates
- Creation: 1805-2019
Creator
- Valley Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends). Schuylkill Meeting (1936-1954) (Organization)
- Schuylkill Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.
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 known as Charlestown was established in 1812 under the care of Valley Preparative Meeting and Radnor Monthly Meeting. The meeting for worship was established by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting in 1815. The Orthodox branch of this meeting was discontinued in 1828. In 1843, Charlestown Meeting (Hicksite) became Schuylkill Preparative Meting of Radnor Monthly Meeting. In 1850, the preparative meeting was discontinued, and its members were attached to Valley Preparative Meeting. An indulged meeting at Schuylkill was established in 1850. This meeting was transferred to Valley Monthly Meeting in 1936. In 1954, this meeting became Schuylkill Monthly Meeting
Extent
1.5 linear ft.
6.77 GB
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposits, including 2015, 2017, 2024
- Title
- Schuylkill Monthly, Preparative, and Indulged Meetings Records (including Charlestown Meeting)
- 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
