Willistown Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Willistown Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), 1830-1940, as follows : minutes, 1867-1934 ; women's minutes, 1870-1880 ; trustees' minutes, 1931-1940 ; account books, 1830-1832, 1884-1935 ; trustees' account book, 1914-1932 ; women's library circulation record, 1844-1858.
Dates
- Creation: 1830-1940
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
Willistown Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was formed in 1827, after the Hicksite separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, out of the original Willistown Preparative Meeting. It was established as Willistown Monthly Meeting in 1939; from 1940 to 1952, Willistown Preparative Meeting continued its corporate existence as a separate meeting for business of Willistown Monthly Meeting for the purpose of naming trustees and handling other business of the Monthly Meeting.
Extent
3 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Title
- Willistown 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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