West Grove Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of the West Grove Preparative Meeting, 1788-1979, include: Hicksite minutes, 1833-1949; Orthodox men’s minutes, 1846-1946; Hicksite women's minutes, 1853-1889; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1870-1919; Hicksite financial and property records, 1830-1973; Orthodox financial records, 1817-1915; Hicksite First Day School minutes, 1880-1912; Young Friends' Association minutes, 1904-1912), burial charts, 1910; burial permits, 1917-1925; account books and other financial papers, 1835-1910; West Grove Friends' School account book, 1908-1924; Old West Grove Day Association records, 1835-1906; miscellaneous papers, 1902-1979.
Dates
- Creation: 1788-1979
Creator
- West Grove Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 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 was established in 1787 at West Grove. In 1789, the meeting for worship was established by Western Quarterly Meeting. West Grove Preparative Meeting was established in 1790. Two branches were formed at the time of the separation in 1827.
West Grove Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1946. The Hicksite branch became part of West Grove Monthly Meeting in 1919 and was discontinued in 1949.
Extent
8.25 linear ft.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- West Grove Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Pa.) (Organization)
- West Grove Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : Pa.) (Organization)
- West Grove Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Pa.) (Organization)
- West Grove Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : Pa.) (Organization)
- Title
- West Grove 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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