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Alson D. Van Wagner New York Yearly Meeting Papers, 1992-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:
.25 linear ft.
Abstract:
Contains research, drafts and correspondence collected by Alson D. Van Wagner concerning two New York Yearly Meeting publications, Quaker Crosscurrents: Three Hundred Years of Friends in the New York Yearly Meeting, published in 1995, and New York Yearly Meeting Directory 1993. Of particular interest is the research done on identifying New York Yearly Meeting women ministers.

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Joseph Tallcot correspondence, 1814-1824 (inclusive)

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (5 items (1 folder)))
Abstract:
Contains five letters from Quaker educator Joseph Talcot, including one to New York Yearly Meeting for Sufferings and four to Samuel Parsons (1744-1841), long-time elder and clerk of New York Yearly Meeting. The letters deal with concerns of the Meeting for Suffering and providing literature to Friends in remote quarterly meetings.

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Amy Grace Mekeel papers concerning Conservative Friends, New York Yearly Meeting, 1946-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:
.02 linear ft. (5 folders)
Abstract:
The collectionn contains Mekeel's notes and abstracts concerning Quaker meetings in the Scipio and Farmington Quarterly Meetings of New York Yearly Meeting, particularly concerning the various nineteenth century Orthodox separations. There is also a small group of correspondence focused on Quaker meeting records.

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