London Grove Friends Meeting photographs
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a variety of black and white photographs of life in the meeting in the 1950s. There is also a folder from the 200th Anniversary in 1914.
Dates
- Creation: 1914 - 1959
Creator
- London Grove Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is available for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
London Grove Monthly Meeting was established in 1792 by Western Quarterly Meeting out of New Garden Monthly Meeting. At the time of the Hicksite Separation of 1827, the monthly meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches.
London Grove Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1944, and its members were attached to New Garden Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) in West Grove, Pa.
London Grove Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) was the forerunner of the current monthly meeting.
Extent
.27 cubic ft. (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs of London Grove Friends Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession title: London Grove Friends Meeting. Photographs, 1914, 1950s. Accession number: PYM.London G.2014.
Subject
- London Grove Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
Source
- London Grove Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- Author
- Zoe Peyton Jones
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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