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Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Valley Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/V320
Identifier: QM-Ph-V320
Scope and Contents

Records of Valley Preparative Meeting, 1760-1939, as follows: minutes of the men's pre-Separation and Hicksite meeting and joint sessions, 1810-1939; women's pre-Separation and Hicksite meeting minutes, 1814-1896; graveyard accounts, 1800-1887; list of marriages and marriage acknowledgments, 1760-1805; First Day School report, 1905; Hicksite clerk's correspondence, 1930-1936.

Dates: 1760-1939

West Chester Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/W400
Identifier: QM-Ph-W400
Scope and Contents

Records include: minutes, 1956-1969 and a mix of born-digital and digitized minutes 2008-2015 and 2020-2022; membership papers, 1955-1976; Overseers' minutes, 1956-1964; marriage certificate, 1956.

Dates: 1955 - 2022

West Chester Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-W420
Scope and Contents Records of West Chester Preparative Meeting, 1811-1943, include: minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting and joint sessions, 1841-1940; Orthodox men’s minutes, 1866-1932; Hicksite women's minutes, 1862-1888; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1875-1920; Hicksite financial records, 1864-1928; Orthodox financial records, 1876-1908; school committee papers, 1887-1897; property committee minutes, 1900-1923; history of the meeting chiefly concerning property ownership and buildings, 1881; miscellaneous...
Dates: 1811-1943

West Grove Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/W440
Identifier: QM-Ph-W440
Scope and Contents

Records of West Grove Monthly Meeting and West Grove Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), 1919-2014, include: Minutes, 1919-2014; vital records, 1919-1962; minutes of the Meeting of Ministry and Counsel, 1919-1935; West Grove First Day School minutes, 1918-1947; minutes and other papers of the Association for the Care of Friends' Burial Ground at Lower New Garden, 1914-1977; West Grove Friends' Forum minutes, 1925-1942; miscellaneous papers, 1935-1938; Treasurer's records, 2012-14.

Dates: 1914-2014

Western Quarterly Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/W470
Identifier: QM-Ph-W470
Scope and Contents Records of Western Quarterly Meeting, 1758-2019, include: minutes, 1758-2019 (2013-2019 minutes are digital); pre-Separation and Hicksite women's minutes, 1758-1900; Ministers and Elders' minutes, 1763-1985; financial records; and miscellaneous papers; Orthodox records of the William Jackson bequest for the education of children of West Grove Preparative and Western Quarterly Meetings, 1835-1929 (including minutes of the Trustees, 1836-1900, accounts, 1849-71, 1871-94, & 1894-1928, and...
Dates: 1758 - 2023

Westtown Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype HV/Ph/W500
Identifier: QM-Ph-W500
Scope and Contents

The original records of Westtown Monthly Meeting include: vital records: removals, 1920-1942, and membership, 1920-1969; joint meeting minutes, 1920-1990; ministers and elders minutes, 1920-1988 (Preparative Meeting); overseers minutes, 1967-2000.

Dates: 1920-[ongoing]

Willistown Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/W550
Identifier: QM-Ph-W550
Scope and Contents

Records of Willistown Monthly Meeting, 1936-2006, include: Hicksite and United minutes since 1939; Hicksite and United trustees' minutes, 1942-1980 ; Hicksite and United financial records, 1936-1984 ; minutes of Willistown Preparative Meeting (1940-1952), 1935-1952.

Dates: 1936-2006

Willistown Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/W560
Identifier: QM-Ph-W560
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: 1830-1940