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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:

Nottingham Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-B-N681
Scope and Contents

Records of Nottingham Monthly Meeting, 1680-2021. Includes men's and joint minutes, women's minutes 1730-1892, vital records, Ministers and Elders minutes, financial and property records 1763-1925, among other records and reports.

Dates: 1680 - 2021
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Nottingham Quarterly Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/B/N685
Identifier: QM-B-N685
Scope and Contents

Records of Nottingham Quarterly Meeting, 1819-2018. Includes men's and joint minutes 1819-1990 and 2011-2018, women's minutes 1819-93, Ministers and Elders minutes 1819-1973, financial and property records 1886-1918, and reports to Yearly Meeting 1835-82.

Dates: 1819 - 2018
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Oxford Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/B/O944
Identifier: QM-B-O944
Scope and Contents

Records of Oxford Preparative Meeting, 1878-1927. Includes minutes 1883-1927, First-day school minutes 1878-1904.

Dates: 1878-1927
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Parke Family journals

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-318
Abstract

The collection contains diaries and daybooks of Dr. Thomas E. Parke and his wife, Mary Bacon Parke, of Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Very rich in detail, they reflect the life and activities of 20th century Quakers, active in the Society of Friends, business, and philanthropic activities.

Dates: 1896 - 1927
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Pennsgrove Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/P440
Identifier: QM-Ph-P440
Scope and Contents

Records of the Pennsgrove Monthly Meeting, 1833-1968, include: vital records (including births, deaths, removals, marriages, membership, etc.), 1841-1968; Hicksite men’s minutes 1842-1952; Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1842-1884; Hicksite minister’s and elder’s minutes, 1896-1917; miscellaneous property records, 1833-1898; miscellaneous papers, 1951-ca.1952.

Dates: 1841-1952
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Pennsgrove Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/P450
Identifier: QM-Ph-P450
Scope and Contents

Records of the Hicksite Preparative Meeting as follows: minutes,1829-1944 and 1944-1951; First Day school minutes, 1896-1898 and 1900-1909.

Dates: 1829-1951
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Pikeland Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/P500
Identifier: QM-Ph-P500
Scope and Contents

Includes: minutes of the men's meeting, 1838-1854; deed, 1834.

Dates: 1834-1854
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Schuylkill Monthly, Preparative, and Indulged Meetings Records (including Charlestown Meeting)

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/S300
Identifier: QM-Ph-S300
Scope and Contents Records include: Minutes of the indulged meeting, 1939-1954, and of the Monthly Meeting, 1954-1972, 1974-1977, 1979-1982, 1998-2002, and 2014-2019. Marriage licenses, 1958-1965, and certificates of removal received, 1959-67, laid in minute book, 1954-1968. Folder of minutes, 1968-72, includes travelling minutes. Miscellaneous records of the earlier meetings at Schuylkill include an account book, 1897-1918; miscellaneous financial papers, 1868 -1929; trip through Pennsylvania (fragment only),...
Dates: 1805-2019
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Uwchlan Monthly Meeting Records (Downingtown Friends Meeting)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-U900
Scope and Contents

Records of Uwchlan Monthly Meeting -- pre-Separation, Orthodox, and united -- 1763-1914. Includes: pre-Separation and Orthodox minutes, 1763-1852, and women's minutes, 1763-1882; Orthodox ministers & elders' minutes, 1782-1914; Orthodox burials (Downingtown, Pa.), 1813-1887; manumissions, 1775-1784.

Dates: 1763-2005.
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Valley Monthly Meeting (Delaware Co., Pa.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-V300
Scope and Contents Records of Valley Monthly Meeting, from 1820s to present. Records include business minutes from 1936-2018 (including digital minutes); property records related to the land, meetinghouse, and burial ground, including the early 19th century site survey; some minimal membership information from the 1980s and 1990s, several member histories of the meeting, the Living Memory Project (a 2000s oral history video series), a partial run of its newsletter, and committee records primarily from the...
Dates: 1809 - 2018
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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