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Bethesda 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

Established in 1962, Bethesda was a preparative meeting under Friends Meeting of Washington, D.C. until its establishment as Bethesda Monthly Meeting in 1971.

Records of Bethesda Preparative Meeting, 1962-71. Includes minutes 1962-70, vital records 1963-71, and miscellaneous 1963-67.

Divided into series: 1. Minutes; 2. Vital Records; 3. Miscellaneous.

In 1971, the meeting was established as a Monthly Meeting. See Bethesda Monthly Meeting for records after 1971.

Also available in microfilm, for use in the Library only: MR-B7

Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2005
Access Restrictions

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

Use Restrictions

Information on reproduction policies available in the Library.

Collection Inventory

RG2/B/B482 1.1. Minutes, 1962-1970.
Scope and Contents

Lacking 1968 minutes.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B7
Physical Description

1 vol.; 29.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/B482 2.1. Membership Directories, 1963-1971.
Scope and Contents

1963, 1965, 1969, 1971.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B7
Physical Description

4 vols. in 1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/B482 3.1. Visitors' Book, 1963-1967.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B7
Physical Description

1 vol.; 24.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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