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Bendersville Preparative Meeting Records

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Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

After the Separation of 1828, the few families from Warrington and Menallen Monthly Meeting who identified with the Orthodox came under the care of the Baltimore Monthly Meeting. Not until 1893 was a Preparative Meeting formed and a Meeting site procured for the Orthodox Friends in the village of Bendersville in Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was laid down in 1903.

Records of Bendersville Preparative Meeting, 1893-1905, including Men's Minutes, 1893-1903; Property Records, 1905; and Miscellaneous Papers, 1890-1891.

Divided into series: Men's Meeting and Joint; Property Records.

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Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assessed for these materials. Works over 120 years old are generally considered to be in the public domain. For permission for other materials, please contact the repository where the materials are on deposit.

Collection Inventory

HC.BM.B463.01.001 (1116/145). Minutes, 1893-1903.
Box 40
Scope and Contents

12 miscellaneous items laid in, 1890-1891.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B158
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

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