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Fairfax Quarterly Meeting Records

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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.

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After a couple of years of discussion, Warrington and Fairfax Quarterly Meeting was divided into two in 1787. Included under Fairfax were Hopewell, Fairfax, Crooked Run, Westland, and Goose Creek meetings. During the Separation of 1828, Fairfax Quarterly Meeting affiliated with the Hicksite branch of Friends. It was laid down in 1951, and its members became part of the newly-established Potomac Quarterly Meeting (United).

Records of Fairfax Quarterly Meeting, 1787-1951. Includes men's and joint minutes 1787-1951, women's minutes 1787-1889, Ministers and Elders minutes 1820-1950, committee records 1793-1856, and miscellaneous 1866-1870.

Divided into series: 1.Men's and Joint Minutes; 2.Women's Minutes; 3.Ministers & Elders; 4.Committee Records; 5.Miscellaneous.

Early records of Warrington and Fairfax Quarterly Meeting are described in the finding aid for Warrington Quarterly Meeting.

Vol. 1.8 includes treasurers' reports and misc. correspondence. Vol. 3.5 includes a report from Alexandria Monthly Meeting Ministry and Counsel to Fairfax Quarterly Meeting and miscellaneous correspondence.

Also available in microfilm, for use in the Library only: MR-B118, 122-125.

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/F352 1.1. Minutes, 1787-1850.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B123
Physical Description

1 vol.; 33 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 1.2. Minutes, 1799-1801.
Scope and Contents

Rough minutes. Film includes minutes from 1799 to 1804.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B122
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 1.3. Minutes, 1801-1804.
Scope and Contents

Rough minutes. Film includes minutes from 1799 to 1804.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B122
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 1.4. Minutes, 1847-1857.
Scope and Contents

Rough minutes.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B123
Physical Description

1 vol.; 16.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 1.5. Minutes, 1850-1934.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B123
Physical Description

1 vol.; 39 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 1.6. Minutes, 1863-1868.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 17.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 1.7. Minutes, 1916-1938.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B124
Physical Description

1 vol.; 22.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 1.8. Minutes, 1938-1951.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Minutes of Fairfax Quarterly Meeting of Friends" Includes treasurers' reports and misc. correspondence.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B124
Physical Description

1 vol.; 28.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 2.1. Minutes, 1787-1857.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B124
Physical Description

1 vol.; 34.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 2.2. Minutes, 1793-1798 & 1846-1853.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B123
Physical Description

1 vol.; 23 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 2.3. Minutes, 1857-1889.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Fairfax Mo. Mtg. Women Friends 1857 & 1889."

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B118
Physical Description

1 vol.; 34 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 3.1. Minutes, 1820-1827.
Scope and Contents

Includes Ministers and Elders minutes, 1832 (loose sheet)

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B125
Physical Description

1 vol.; 19.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 3.2. Minutes, 1845-1856.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B125
Physical Description

1 vol.; 16.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 3.3. Minutes, 1861-1882.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B125
Physical Description

1 vol.; 21 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 3.4. Minutes, 1901-1938.
Scope and Contents

Title changed from Ministers and Elders to Ministry and Counsel in 1913.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B124
Physical Description

1 vol.; 20.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 3.5. Minutes, 1932-1937.
Scope and Contents

Includes a report from Alexandria Monthly Meeting Ministry and Counsel to Fairfax Quarterly Meeting (1949) and misc. correspondence.

Physical Description

1 vol.; 28 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 3.6. Minutes, 1938-1950.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Minutes of Fairfax Quarterly Meeting of Ministry & Counsel from 8th Month 1938."

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B125
Physical Description

1 vol.; 29.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 4.1. Committee About Indian Affairs, 1793.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 4.2. Minutes, 1856.
Scope and Contents

12 mo 25 1856. Includes a list of names of members of Prairie Grove Monthly Meeting.

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 4.3. Minutes Extract, 1866.
Scope and Contents

6 mo 30 1866. Minute concerning the application for establishing Wapsinonoc Monthly Meeting.

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/F352 4.4. Appeal on behalf of Bennet G. and Emily Walters of Prairie Grove Monthly Meeting (Iowa), 1870.
Scope and Contents

10 mo 20 1870.

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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