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Menallen Monthly Meeting Records

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Call Number:
B.M461
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
3.5 linear ft.
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: Menallen Monthly Meeting Records, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1733-1993 (inclusive)
Creator:
Menallen Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends)
Abstract:

Established by Fairfax Quarterly Meeting in 6mo 1780, Menallen Monthly Meeting was set off from Warrington Monthly Meeting. Its first meeting was held in 10mo 1780 and included members from Menallen and Huntington. During the 1828 Separation, some Orthodox members withdrew from the meeting and in 1837 were joined to Baltimore Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), and later to Deer Creek. The majority of Quakers at Menallen affiliated with the Hicksite branch of Friends.

Records of Menallen Monthly Meeting, 1733-1993.

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

Menallen was also spelled "Monalin" in the earliest period. Vol. 1.14, 1.15, 1.16 include lists of committee members, trustees, and appropriations granted. Women's Minutes from 1846-1849 have not been located by the meeting. Vol. 3.3 is a type-written copy of volume 3.2. Vol. 4.1 includes queries. Vol. 5.2 includes an invitation to 150th anniversary and financial receipt. Vol. 5.5 includes reports to the Quarterly Meeting. For a sketch of Menallen Meetinghouse, see Newberry Preparative Meeting (BYM).

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
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/M461 1.1. Minutes, 1780-1811.
Scope and Contents

Includes partial index to minutes (back of volume)

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B171
Physical Description

1 vol.; 33.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.2. Minutes (indexed), 1811-1852.
Scope and Contents

Includes partial index to minutes (back of volume)

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B172
Physical Description

1 vol.; 33 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.3. Minutes (rough), 1816-18.
Scope and Contents

Rough minutes (copied in Minutes, 1811 - 1852) Note: These minutes are in the same folder as Minutes, 1818 - 1819.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B111
Physical Description

1 vol.; 21 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.4. Minutes (rough), 1818-1819.
Scope and Contents

Rough minutes (copied in Minutes, 1811 - 1852) Note: These minutes are in the same folder as Minutes, 1816 - 1818.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B111
Physical Description

1 vol.; 20.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.5. Minutes (clerk's copy), 1820, 1841-1842.
Scope and Contents

Clerk's copy (copied in Minutes, 1811 - 1852).

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.6. Minutes, 1852-1891.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B173
Physical Description

1 vol.; 34 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.7. Minutes (clerk's copy), 1859-60.
Scope and Contents

Clerk's copy (copied in Minutes, 1852-1891).

Physical Description

1 vol.; 17 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.8. Minutes (clerk's copy), 1871-1874.
Scope and Contents

Clerk's copy (copied in Minutes, 1852-1891).

Physical Description

1 vol.; 16.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.9. Minutes (clerk's copy), 1874-1876.
Scope and Contents

Clerk's copy (copied in Minutes, 1852-1891).

Physical Description

1 vol.; 17 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.10. Minutes, 1876-84.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B173
Physical Description

1 vol.; 19 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.11. Minutes, 1891-1899.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

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

1 vol.; 21 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.12. Minutes, 1899-1908.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

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

1 vol.; 21.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.13. Minutes, 1908-1915.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B174
  1. Haverford: B9B
Physical Description

1 vol.; 24 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.18. Minutes, 1915 10mo-1918 1mo.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

RG2/B/M461 1.14. Minutes, 1917-1924.
Scope and Contents

Includes lists of committee members, trustees, and appropriations granted (back of volume).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B173
Physical Description

1 vol.; 25.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.17. Minutes, 1924 2mo-1930.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

RG2/B/M461 1.18. Minutes, 1931-1938.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

RG2/B/M461 1.19. Minutes, 1943 8mo, 1944-1950.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

RG2/B/M461 1.15. Minutes, 1951-1956.
Scope and Contents

Includes lists of committee members, trustees, and appropriations granted (back of volume).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B173
Physical Description

1 vol.; 25.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.16. Minutes, 1962-1963.
Scope and Contents

Includes list of committee members, trustees, and appropriations granted (back of folder).

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 1.17. Abstract [of Minutes of Warrington and York Monthly Meetings] by Edward C. Tyson, Flora Dale, undated.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

United

RG2/B/M461 2.1. Minutes, 1780-1835.
Scope and Contents

Indexed.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

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

1 vol.; 19 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 2.2. Minutes, 1835-1846.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B173
Physical Description

1 vol.; 19 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 2.3. Minutes, 1849-1859.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B175
Physical Description

1 vol.; 19 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 2.4. Minutes, 1859-1866.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B175
Physical Description

1 vol.; 19 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 2.5. Minutes, 1866-1873.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B175
Physical Description

1 vol.; 19 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 2.6. Minutes, 1873-1879.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B175
Physical Description

1 vol.; 15.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 2.7. Minutes, 1879-1891.
Scope and Contents

Note: Following the minutes in this volume, the men's and women's meeting met jointly (2 mo 1891).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B175
Physical Description

1 vol.; 20.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 3.1. Births and Deaths, 1733-1884.
Scope and Contents

There is also a photocopy of these records in a separate folder. See also: Births and Deaths, 1765-1857.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B171
Physical Description

1 vol.; 31.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 3.2. Births and Deaths, 1765-1857.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 33.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 3.3. Births and Deaths, 1765-1857.
Scope and Contents

Alphabetical list (typewritten)

Physical Description

1 vol.; 33 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 3.4. Membership records, ca. 1950-1991.
Scope and Contents

Membership forms completed by Virginia Wright Parry and her stepdaughter, Suzanne Parry Lamborn, as they abstracted meetting records. Includes some added information from published genealogies. Transferred to RG2 by staff at FHL.

Physical Description

1 box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 4.1. Minutes, 1884-1911.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 4.2. Minutes, 1885-1892.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 14.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 4.3. Minutes, 1893-1896.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 13 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 4.4. Minutes, 1902-1911.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 15.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461. 50-year lease from Menallen Preparative Meeting to the German Baptist Brethren: Lot of Land at Friends Grove, Adams County, Pa., 1852.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

RG2/B/M461. Exemplification from Warrington Monthly Meeting to Cornelius Garretson, 1802.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Pre

RG2/B/M461 6.3. Transcriptions of deeds and other property records, 1985.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

United

RG2/B/M461 5.1. Friends' Literature Fund Accounts, 1851-1916.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 15.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 5.2. Miscellaneous Papers, 1862, 1930.
Scope and Contents

Includes invitation to 150th anniversary of Menallen Monthly Meeting (1930) and financial receipt (1862).

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 5.3. Menallen Reading Association of Friends Minutes, 1867-68.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 18 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 5.4. 150th Guest Register, 1930.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Menallen Monthly Meeting 150 Anniversary 10th mo 12th 1930."

Physical Description

1 vol.; 22 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 5.5. Miscellaneous Papers, 1952-1993.
Scope and Contents

Includes reports to Quarterly Meeting (1952, 1957, 1963), letter announcing trip to Japan (1952), committee roster (1956), marriage request from Linda C. Tyson (n.d.), and standard report (1993).

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 5.6. Menallen Friends Meeting Newsletter, 1992, 1993.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/M461 5.7. Miscellaeous Burial Ground inscriptions and other papers, undated.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

United

RG2/B/M461 5.8. Photograph of Redwoods Meetinghouse.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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