Main content

Centre Monthly Meeting (Centre County, Pa.) Records

Notifications

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

Call Number:
B.C374
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
2 linear ft.
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: Centre Monthly Meeting Records.
Date:
1754-1936 (inclusive)
Creator:
Centre Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1828-1936 : Port Matilda, Pa.)
Abstract:

Centre was established as a preparative meeting under Warrington in 1797, and became a monthly meeting in 12mo 1803. During the Separation of 1828, the meeting affiliated with the Hicksite branch of Friends; Orthodox members withdrew. In 1835, the Hicksite meeting came under the jurisdiction of the newly established Centre Quarterly Meeting. Centre Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) was held regularly until the 1930s, but was not laid down until 1975. Centre Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) was re-established in 1834. After 1840 it was under the jurisdiction of the Dunnings Creek Meeting. It was finally laid down in 1919.

Records of Centre Monthly Meeting, pre-Separation, Hicksite, and Orthodox, 1754-1936. Pre-Separation and Hicksite records include: men's and joint minutes 1803-1936, women's minutes 1803-85, vital records 1754-1923, and miscellaneous 1889-1920. Orthodox records include: men's and joint minutes 1868-1918, women's minutes 1863-1892, Ministers and Elders minutes 1841-1898, and miscellaneous, 1927-1929.

Divided into series: 1.Men's and Joint Minutes; 2.Women's Minutes; 3.Vital Records; 4. Worship and Ministry and its Predecessors; 5. Committees; 6. Miscellaneous.

Vol. 1.2 includes indexed minutes.

Also available in microfilm, for use in the Library only: MR-B23, 96, B8B

Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

Organization
Subject
Place

Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2009
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/C374 1.1. Minutes, 1803-1842.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Minutes Centre Monthly Meeting Centre Co. Pa. Men's Meeting 12th mo 17th 1803 To 9th mo. 8th 1842."

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B96
Physical Description

1 vol.; 34 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/C374 1.2. Minutes, 1803-1890.
Scope and Contents

Indexed minutes.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B96
Physical Description

1 vol.; 32 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/C374 1.3. Minutes (rough), 1841-1842.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 10.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/C374 1.4. Minutes, 1842-1936.
Scope and Contents

Note: Monthly meetings were only held in months preceeding Quarterly Meetings beginning in 1927.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B96
Physical Description

1 vol.; 33.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.BM.C374.01.001 (1116/134). Minutes, 1868-1906.
Box 43
General

3 vols: minutes, 1806-1906, 1906-1918; rough minutes, 1906-1908.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.C374.01.002. Minutes, 1906-1918.
Box 43
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/B/C374 1.5. Minutes (rough), 1890-1896.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 15 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/C374 1.6. Minutes (rough), 1896-1917.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 17 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.BM.C374.01.003. Minutes - Rough, 1906-1908.
Box 43
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/B/C374 1.7. Minutes (rough), 1917-1932, 1933, 1936.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 25 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/C374 2.1. Minutes, 1803-1819.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B96
Physical Description

1 vol.; 31.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/C374 2.2. Minutes, 1819-1850.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Womens Monthly Meeting 1803 to 1850"

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B96
Physical Description

1 vol.; 32.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/C374 2.3. Minutes, 1850-1885.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Minutes Centre Monthly Meeting Centre Co., Penna. Women Friends 6th Mo. 6th 1850 To 7th Mo. 9th 1885."

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B96
Physical Description

1 vol.; 31.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.BM.C374.02.001 (1116/135). Minutes, 1863-1892.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/B/C374 3.1. Births Deaths, 1754-1940.
Scope and Contents

1754, 1779, 1789-1937 (Births); 1798-1931, 1940 (Burials)

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B96
Physical Description

1 vol.; 33.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/C374 3.2. Marriages, 1804-1872.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Marriage Certificates Centre Monthly Meeting- Pa."

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B96
Physical Description

1 vol.; 32 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/C374 3.3. Removals, 1805-1923.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Book to record certificates for Centre Monthly Meeting."

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B23
  1. Haverford: B8B
Physical Description

1 vol.; 33.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.BM.C374.03.001 (1116/136). Minutes of Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1841-1863.
Box 43
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.C374.03.002. Minutes of Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1863-1887.
Box 43
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.C374.03.003 (1116/136). Minutes of Preparative Meeting on Ministry and Oversight, 1887-1898.
Box 43
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/B/C374 4.1. Attendance, 1875-86.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 34.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/B/C374 4.2. Minutes, 1889-1902.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 33 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/B/C374 4.3. Minutes, 1895-1897.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 32 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/B/C374 4.4. Minutes, 1902-1920.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 23.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

HC.BM.C374.04.001 (1116/Box 6). Papers on disposal of meeting house at Bellefont, Pa, 1927-1929.
Box 43
Scope and Contents

Regarding disposal of Bellefonte Meetinghouse by Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.C374.04.002 (1116/Box 6-A). Papers regarding sale of Curwensville Meeting House under Centre Monthly Meeting folder 1, 1900-1930.
Box 44
Scope and Contents

Regarding sale of Curwensville Meeting House under Centre Monthly Meeting.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.C374.04.003. Papers regarding sale of Curwensville Meeting House under Centre Monthly Meeting folder 2, 1900-1930.
Box 44
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.C374.04.004. Papers regarding sale of Curwensville Meeting House under Centre Monthly Meeting folder 3, 1900-1930.
Box 44
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.C374.04.005 (1116/Box HW-13). Petitions and Deeds Regarding Burial Ground Property in Curwensville, PA, 1834-1953.
Box 44
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

Print, Suggest