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Dunnings Creek and Fishertown Monthly Meetings 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
Dunnings Creek was established as a monthly meeting in 1803 by Warrington Quarterly Meeting. Following the Separation of 1828, the majority of members in the meeting affiliated with the Hicksite branch of Friends. Orthodox Friends withdrew and established the Dunnings Creek Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1831; this meeting became Fishertown Monthly Meeting in 1918. In 2010 Fishertown Monthly Meeting merged with Dunnings Creek.
In 1790 all meetings in Northern Virginia, Western Maryland, Nottingham Quarter, and meetings farther west in Pennsylvania were assigned to Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
Records of Dunnings Creek and Fishertown Monthly Meetings, 1794-1990. Includes men's and joint minutes 1803-1973, women's minutes 1803-1867, 1883-1887, worship & ministry and its predecessors 1922, vital records 1803-1990, financial records 1935-1938, property records 1794-1868, committees 1894-1897,1909-1929, 1943, 1956-1971, and miscellaneous 1904.
Some minutes in the 1950s-1970s of the two meetings were digitized from a photocopy. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.
Divided into series: 1.Men's and Joint Minutes; 2.Women's Minutes; 3.Worship & Ministry and its Predecessors; 4.Vital Records; 5.Financial Records; 6.Property Records; 7.Committees; 8.Miscellaneous.
Vol. 1.2 includes list of members. Vol. 1.7 includes miscellaneous correspondence. Vol. 6. 1 includes correspondence between Hiram Blackburn and Dr. I. H. Betz. Vol. 6.3 and 6.4 include names of pupils enrolled. See Pamphlet Group 1 for Burials. Meetinghouse Centennial Exhibit (1987) is stored in Picture Cupboard
Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
Organization
- Fishertown Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Fishertown, Pa.)
- Dunnings Creek Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends: Fishertown, Pa.)
- Dunnings Creek Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : Fishertown, Pa.)
- Fishertown Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : Fishertown, Pa.)
Subject
Place
- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Date
- 2005
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
- Use Restrictions
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Information on reproduction policies available in the Library.
Collection Inventory
Title page marked: "Records of the Minutes & Proceedings of Dunnings Creek Monthly Meeting." Includes rough minutes, 1818 (small book inside the volume).
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B113 (1803-1887)
1 vol.; 33.5 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Rough minutes. Includes list of members (1870).
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Title page marked: "Record of the Minutes of Dunnings Creek Monthly Meeting."
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B108
1 vol.; 41 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Haverford: No Film
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B97
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Title page marked: "Minutes of Dunning Creek Monthly Meeting of Friends held at Fishertown, Penna." Rough minutes.
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: No Film
1 vol.; 21 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes from Fishertown Monthly Meeting.
Also available as digitized photocopy. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.
Physical Description1 vol.; 27.5 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Title page marked: "Minutes of Dunning Creek Monthly Meeting."
Also available as digitized photocopy. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.
Physical Description1 vol.; 27.5 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B108
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Includes misc. correspondence, articles, and a note concerning the death of Mabel K. Wright.
Also available as digitized photocopy. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Note: Minutes from 1867 to 1883 are missing.
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B108 (1803-1867)
1 vol.; 32 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Includes removals sent and received: 1803-1990 (marriages); 1807-1930 (removals).
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B108
1 vol; 33.5 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/H/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Haverford: No Film
- Swarthmore: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Haverford: No Film
- Swarthmore: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Haverford: No Film
- Swarthmore: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Haverford: No Film
- Swarthmore: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Deeds and miscellaneous papers re: Division of Meeting House lands after the Separation.
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Includes other financial notations.
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: No Film
1 vol.; 9 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Includes names of pupils enrolled.
Physical Description1 vol.; 10.5 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Includes names of pupils enrolled.
Physical Description1 vol.; 10.5 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
1 vol.; 37 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
1 vol.; 37 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
1 vol.; 37 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
1 vol.; 31 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/United
Includes correspondence between Hiram Blackburn and Dr. I. H. Betz.
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Unitedn
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College