Call Number:

B.B354

Repository:

Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

0.5 linear ft.

Language:

English

Date:

1828-1930 (inclusive)

Creator:

Baltimore Preparative Meeting of Friends for the Eastern and Western Districts (Society of Friends : Orthodox : Baltimore, Md.)

Abstract:

In 1828, Baltimore Monthly Meeting had a Preparative Meeting for the Eastern District and one for the Western District. After the Separation, Orthodox Friends combined the two meetings, renaming the new meeting as "Baltimore Preparative Meeting of Friends for the Eastern and Western Districts in Unity with the Ancient Yearly Meeting of Friends." Baltimore Quarterly Meeting laid down this meeting in 1873. Five years later, under direction of a new Discipline, the duties of Ministers and Elders were combined with those of the Overseers, and a new body of Ministry and Oversight was created to be known as "Baltimore Preparative Meeting for Ministry and Oversight." By 1906, the modifier "Preparative" was dropped.

Records of Baltimore Preparative Meeting of Friends for the Eastern and Western Districts, 1828-1930. Includes men's and joint minutes 1856-1873, women's minutes 1828-1873, minutes of Meeting of Ministers and Elders 1829-1846, minutes of Meeting of Ministry and Oversight 1877-1905, minutes of Meeting of Ministry and Oversight and Committe on Pastoral Care, 1906-1930.

Divided into series: 1.Men's Meeting and Joint; 2.Women's Meeting; 3.Worship and Minstry and its Predecessors.