Friends Historical Library manuscript epistles collection
Abstract
The term "epistle" is used to refer to letters exchanged between Quaker organizations, especially from one yearly meeting to another. Epistles are often used to articulate Quaker doctrine and discipline. This collection of various manuscript (handwritten) epistles was compiled from the Friends Historical Library from different sources.
Dates
- Creation: 1688 - 1973
Creator
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Contributor, Organization)
- Genesee Yearly Meeting of Friends (Contributor, Organization)
- North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends (1698- ) (Contributor, Organization)
- New England Yearly Meeting of Friends (Contributor, Organization)
- Ohio Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1813-1828) (Contributor, Organization)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Contributor, Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Contributor, Organization)
- Yearly Meeting of Friends, held in Virginia (Contributor, Organization)
- Religious Society of Friends in Ireland (Contributor, Organization)
- London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Contributor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is available for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Some of the items in this collection may be protected by copyright. The user is solely responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns to reuse, publish, or reproduce relevant items beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to the law. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/.
Extent
1.67 linear ft. (5 document boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is organized into three series: epistles issued by American yearly meetings, epistles issued by Foreign yearly meetings, and epistles issued by other entities (mostly American monthly or Quarterly meetings). Within the first two series, epistles are divided alphabetically by issuing yearly meeting; then sorted by men's meeting, meeting for sufferings, or women's meeting; and then placed in chronological order. The third series is sorted chronologically. Some listed epistles are not in this collection, but are cross-referenced to their location in another collection.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Items accumulated at various sources over time by the Friends Historical Library.
Processing Information
In March 2018, a pre-existing typewritten checklist was encoded and imported into ArchivesSpace, and the collection was re-housed in standard document boxes while preserving the existing order.
In April 2018, the series "Epistles other than Yearly Meetings" from MSS 058 Miscellaneous Meeting Papers was removed from that collection and added to this one instead.
Subject
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)
- Genesee Yearly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends (1698- ) (Organization)
- New England Yearly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)
- Ohio Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1813-1828) (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)
- Yearly Meeting of Friends, held in Virginia (Organization)
- Religious Society of Friends in Ireland (Organization)
- London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- Title
- Friends Historical Library manuscript epistles collection
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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