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Oxford Preparative 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.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
B.O944
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
1 linear ft.
Language:
English
Language Note:
Records in English
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: Oxford Preparative Meeting Records, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1878-1927 (inclusive)
Creator:
Oxford Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Oxford, Pa.)
Abstract:

Friends began meeting in Oxford in 1876, indulged by Pennsgrove and Nottingham. A First-day school was organized at about the same time. Oxford Preparative Meeting was established in 1883, under Nottingham Monthly Meeting. In 1927, the preparative meeting was laid down.

Records of Oxford Preparative Meeting, 1878-1927. Includes minutes 1883-1927, First-day school minutes 1878-1904.

Divided into series: 1.Minutes; 2.Miscellaneous.

Volume 1.1 includes a "History of Oxford Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends from its inception 4th of 6th mo 1876 to 5th mo 1st 1910." Volume 6.1 includes minutes from the Preparative Meeting in 1883 and 1884.

Also available in microfilm, for use in the Library only: MR-B189.

Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

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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/O944 1.1. Minutes, 1883-1927.
Scope and Contents

Begins with: "History of Oxford Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends from its inception 4th of 6th month 1876 to 5th mo 1st 1910." Followed by the minutes. Includes loose leaf of the treasurers report 12/7/1924.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B189
Physical Description

1 vol.; 35.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/O944 2.1. Minutes, 1878-1893.
Scope and Contents

Includes: At back, the minutes of the Preparative Meeting, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 mo 1883 and 2 mo 1884; Attendence 1880, 1885, 1886 (more -nd); Notes in book: "This having the record of the meeting of friends in Oxford, the person having it in charge is requested to carefully preserve it when done with it please to return it to the meeting" "There is another small book containing minutes of first day school prior to the date 3 mo 1878."

Physical Description

1 vol.; 31.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/B/O944 2.2. Minutes, 1900-1904.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 19cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

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