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Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting Records

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The lineage of Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting begins with the Clifts in 1677. This monthly meeting met variously at Clifts and West River from 1698 until 1750. In 1750, the meeting changed its name to Herring Creek Monthly Meeting and met at West River, Herring Creek, and Indian Spring. From 1771 through 1778, it was referred to as West River Monthly Meeting, and continued to rotate between the three locations. Due to declining membership, the meeting met consistantly at Indian Spring from 1778 to 1795 and bore the name of that meeting. Beginning in 1795, Indian Spring Monthly Meeting rotated between Indian Spring and Sandy Spring. During the Separation of 1828, most of the membership affiliated with the Hicksite branch of Friends. In 1846, the Hicksite meeting formally adopted the name, Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting, by which it is known as today. In 1949, Sandy Spring and Ashton Monthly Meetings united to form the Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting of Friends (United).

The small number of Orthodox Friends eventually joined Baltimore Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), identified as the Indian Spring Preparative Meeting, Orthodox. This meeting was discontinued in 1841 and membership joined to Baltimore Preparative for Eastern and Western Districts.

Records of Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting and its predecessors at Clifts, Herring Creek, and Indian Spring, 1658-1992-2020. Includes men's and joint minutes 1677-2019, women's minutes 1776-1891, vital records 1658-2015, Ministers and Elders minutes 1918-62, financial and property records 1739-1950,and miscellaneous 1823-2020. Also includes the minutes of Indian Spring Preparative Meeting (Orthodox), 1829-1841 and Friends House Worship Group, 2012-2014.

Divided into series: 1.Men's and Joint Minutes; 2.Women's Minutes; 3.Vital Records; 4.Ministers & Elders; 5.Financial and Property Records; 6.Miscellaneous.

Vol. 1.9 includes a list of meeting dates. Vol. 1.10 and 1.12 include dates of meetings and appointments. Vol.1.16 includes committee listings and misc. correspondence to Baltimore Yearly Meeting. Vol. 1.19 includes proposed budgets. Vol. 3.1 includes Mary Moor's copy book of epistles and testimonies. Vol. 3.5 includes births, deaths, marriages, and removals. Vol. 3.6 includes births, deaths, marriages, and removals. Vol. 3.8 includes a letter concerning the disownment of Ezekiel Hopkins. Vol. 3.10 includes marriages. Vol. 4.3 contains minutes of Ministers and Elders Quarterly Meeting for the Western Shore 1699-1716 and accounts of Friends Stocks, 1736-1766. Vol. 6.1 includes answers to queries, misc. correspondence, requests for membership, and committee reports. For a partial abstract of records, see GEN. MSS Brown, Kirk, compiler.

Deposit. Digital records from the 2010s deposited by Wayne Finegar, General Secretary of Baltimore Yearly Meeting, in 2020.

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. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.

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Collection Inventory

RG2/B/S361 1.1. Minutes, 1677-1771.
Scope and Contents

Meeting was known as Clifts until 1750 and Herring Creek from 1750 to 1772.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B99/100
Physical Description

1 vol.; 37.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.2. Minutes, 1698-1759.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B99
Physical Description

1 vol.; 34 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.3. Minutes, 1771-1778.
Scope and Contents

Meeting was known as Herring Creek from 1750 to 1772 and West River from 1772 to 1778.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B155
Physical Description

1 vol.; 34 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.4. Minutes (rough), 1778-1782.
Scope and Contents

Rough minutes (copied in Minutes, 1778 - 1817).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B154
Physical Description

1 vol.; 34 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.5. Minutes, 1778-1817.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B153
Physical Description

1 vol.; 46 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.6. Minutes, 1817-1867.
Scope and Contents

Includes notes from Baltimore Yearly Meeting (1792).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B153
Physical Description

1 vol.; 39.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.7. Minutes (rough), 1821-1827.
Scope and Contents

Rough minutes.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B154
Physical Description

1 vol.; 24 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.8. Minutes, 1827-1845.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B154
Physical Description

1 vol.; 24 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.BM.S361.01.001 (1116/129). Minutes, 1829-1841.
Box 55
Scope and Contents

Items laid in include a photograph of Indian Spring Meeting House and a copy of the "Baltimore Clipper", Feb. 12, 1841.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B111/110
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/B/S361 1.9. Minutes, 1845-1860.
Scope and Contents

Includes list of meeting dates.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B205
Physical Description

1 vol.; 20 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.10. Minutes, 1861-70.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Minutes of Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting from 1st mo 9th 1861 2 mo 9th 1870." Includes dates of meetings and appointments.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B205
Physical Description

1 vol.; 26.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.11. Minutes, 1867-1903.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Record Book Sandy Spring M.M. From 5th Mo 8th 1867 to 2nd Mo. 1st 1903."

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B205
Physical Description

1 vol.; 33.5 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.12. Minutes, 1870-1884.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Minutes of Sandy Spring Mo Mg from 3 Mo 9th 1870 to 7 Mo 9th 1884." Includes dates of monthly meeting and appointments.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B205
Physical Description

1 vol.; 26.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.61. Minutes, 1884-08-1892-09.
Scope and Contents

Minutes for the men's meeting, 1884-1891 and joint session, 1891-1892. From earlier description: "Contents: 1) Attendance, 2) taking care of children - guard from corrupt conversation, 4) testimony against intoxicating liquors. Tobacco not cultivated "amongst us," 5) taking care of needy 6) free Gospel ministry - Divine Qualification only 7) live w/i one's bounds, punctuality 8) maintain testimony against oaths, miliatary service, clandestne trade, gambling, lotteries and all forms of oppression 9) deal with offenders according to spirit of Discipline 10) records kept of birth, deahts, membership kept 11) new meetings 12) children learning from teachers who are members."

Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.13. Minutes, 1892-1902.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B205
Physical Description

1 vol.; 24.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.13. Minutes, 1892-1902.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B205
Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.14. Minutes, 1903-1910.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Sandy Spring 1903-1910."

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B205
Physical Description

1 vol.; 24.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.15. Minutes, 1911-1915.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Sandy Spring Minutes 1911-1915." Note: These minutes were recopied into this volume in 1929.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B206
Physical Description

1 vol.; 24.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.62. Minutes, 1915-1921.
Box Sw 13
Scope and Contents

From an earlier description: "high ideal of a congregational church p.9, someone to serve as Superintendent of Temperance, Ashton asked to work with them on Meeting House centennial, trying to help colored schools, one at Sharp Street, bad ventilation in the Meeting House reported, land in front of the Lyceum transferred by Arthur Stabler, condition of the road to the Meeting House, concern about organization of the First Day School, concern about taxes being spent on military preparedness."

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.63. Minutes, 1921-04-1932-03.
Scope and Contents

From an earlier description: "discussions of buying the Lyceum and eventually paying for repairs. Want to sell the horse sheds and schoolhouse tot pay for it. Issues of gambling, race tracks, condition of local jail. Book begins with 'beautiful letter' from Ashton Meeting saying they did not want to join with SSMM but would like to meet with SSMM - regular meetings throughout the book. Found lists at Sandy Spring Bank, marriages back to 1640s, removal letters back to 1797 no longer removing people for marrying outside the faith and are reinstating some who were read out."

Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.64. Minutes, 1932-01-1939-04.
Box Sw 13
Scope and Contents

From an earlier description: "10/1/23 Friends Savings will start soon, 1935 - discussion of waterproofing the cellar of the Community House, old Lyceum benches are down there and being destroyed, stats also 210 in 1935 221 in 1938."

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.16-1.20. Minutes, 1940-1945, 1950-1960, 1964-1975.
Box Sw 1
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B206 (1940-1945)
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B207 (1950-1960, 1964-1971)
  3. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B209 (1972-1975)
Physical Description

5 folders

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.21. Minutes, 1975-1978.
Box Sw 2
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting of Friends."

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B209
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.25-1.28. Minutes, 1979-1982.
Box Sw 2
Physical Description

4 folders

Material Specific Details

United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.29-1.36. Minutes, 1983-1990.
Box Sw 3
Physical Description

8 folders

Material Specific Details

United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.37-1.42. Minutes, 1991-1996.
Box Sw 4
Physical Description

6 folders

Material Specific Details

United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.43-1.48. Minutes, 1997-2002.
Box Sw 5
Physical Description

6 folders

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.49-1.55. Minutes, 2003-2008.
Box Sw 6
Physical Description

7 folders

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.56-1.60. Minutes, 2009-2013.
Box Sw 7
Physical Description

5 folders

Physical Location

Friends Historical Llibrary of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361. Minutes (digital), 2014-2019.
Physical Description

63 PDF files

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 1.22-1.24. Clerk's file [inc minutes], 1961-1963.
Box Sw 8
Physical Description

3 folders

Material Specific Details

United

RG2/B/S361 2.1. Minutes, 1776-1808.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B155
Physical Description

1 vol.; 34 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 2.2. Minutes, 1808-60.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B155
Physical Description

1 vol.; 33.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 2.3. Minutes, 1811-24.
Scope and Contents

1811-1812; 1817-1818; 1821-1824.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B667
Physical Description

1 vol.; 22.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 2.7-2.10. Minutes, 1847-11-1862-11.
Box Sw 13
Scope and Contents

From an earlier description: "several queries contained in each booklet 1) attendance at Meetings 2) Friends maintain love toward each other 3) educate children in Quaker ways (speech, dress, etc.) 4) Moderation and temperance 5) Giving pecuniary aid 6) testimony against hiring ministry 7) live within the bounds of one's circumstances 8) testimony against slavery 9) care taken in dealing with offenders 10) deaths 11) births? 12) children should be taught by Friends"

Physical Description

4 folders

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 2.12. Minutes, 1860-05-1885-09.
Scope and Contents

From an earlier description: "lots of yearly query answers, ,in 1872 some notes on bringing a body to Meeting House before burial or burial from the house of the deceased. In 1888 disseminating Temperance literature in schools and indicting traffickers in liquor."

Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 2.4. Minutes, 1871-1885.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B209
Physical Description

1 vol.; 19 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 2.5. Minutes, 1885-91.
Scope and Contents

Note: Following the minutes in this volume, the men's and women's meeting met jointly.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B209
Physical Description

1 vol.; 24.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 2.6. Minutes, 1886-1891.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B203
Physical Description

1 vol.; 23.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 2.11. Minutes (Rough), 1862-12-1871-09.
Scope and Contents

From an earlier description: "discussion of a school under the care of Monthly Meeting with Men's Meeting rep - appoint a committee with 6 members of each sex, Benjamin Hallowell wants to do Intervisitation and visit aged & infirm Friends."

Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 3.1. Births and Deaths, 1658-1809.
Scope and Contents

Includes Mary Moor's copy book of epistles and testimonies (back of volume).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B152
Physical Description

1 vol.; 30.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 3.2. Births and Deaths, 1662-1782.
Scope and Contents

Indexed

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B152
Physical Description

1 vol.; 35.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 3.3. Marriages, 1682-1824.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B154
Physical Description

1 vol.; 29.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 3.4. Births and Deaths, 1730-1895.
Scope and Contents

Includes occasional notes on membership.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B203
Physical Description

1 vol.; 33.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 3.5. Membership, 1736-1979.
Scope and Contents

Includes births, deaths, marriages, and removals.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B204
Physical Description

1 vol.; 27 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/H/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 3.6. Membership, 1758-1979.
Scope and Contents

Indexed. Title page marked: "Record of the Membership of Sandy Spring MD, Monthly Meeting of Friends." Includes births, deaths, marriages, and removals.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B204
Physical Description

1 vol.; 27.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/H/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 3.7. Removals, 1794-1883.
Scope and Contents

Includes removals sent (indexed, back of volume).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B206
Physical Description

1 vol.; 21 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 3.8. Disownment of Ezekiel Hopkins, 1824-06-13.
Box Sw 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 3.9. Marriages, 1824-1964.
Scope and Contents

Includes list of marriages (1685-1964).

Scope and Contents

Indexed

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B204
Physical Description

1 vol.; 33.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 3.10. Marriage Index, 1824-1964.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 31.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/H/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 3.11. Membership, 1871-1990.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Sandy Spring Membership Book [Births and Deaths] 1871-1990." Indexed.

Physical Description

1 vol.; 27 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 3.12. Burials, 1913-1992.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 34.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 3.13. Membership ledger, 1880.
Scope and Contents

Volume titled "Record of the Members of Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting" but does not include information beyond the names of member in 1880, arranged alphabetically.

Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361. Vital Statistics report to BYM Interchange (digital), 2001.
Physical Description

1 PDF file

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361. Apportionment Questionnaire responses and community statistics to BYM (digital), 2011-2013.
Physical Description

3 PDF files

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361. Picture directory (digital), 2015.
Physical Description

1 PDF file

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361. Travel Minute for Elizabeth Meyer (digital), 2012.
Physical Description

1 PDF file

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 4.1. Minutes, 1918-38.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B206
Physical Description

1 vol.; 25 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 4.2. Minutes, 1938-1962.
Box Sw 9
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting of Friends, Sandy Spring, Maryland, Ministry and Counsel Minutes, June 1938 through Dec. 1962."

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B209
Physical Description

2 folders

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 4.3. Minutes, 1756-1761.
Box Sw 9
Scope and Contents

Volume also includes an Account of Friends Stock, [1698] and 1736-1766, last recorded by Samuel Robertson, Clerk, as well as the minutes of 4-Months' Meeting for the Western Shore, 1699-1716, and a list of queries, 1755.

General

This volume was formerly described as the minutes of Herring Creek Particular Meeting, 1699-1716.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B50/63
Physical Description

1 volume (in box)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 5.1. Deeds [manuscript copy c. 1830], 1739, 1770, 1792.
Box Sw 9
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B667
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 5.3. Treasurer's account book, 1882-1917.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 5.5-5.7. Finance Committee financial records, 1885-1933.
Box Sw 13
Scope and Contents

Relates mostly to custodial, building, and renovation expenses.

Physical Description

3 folders

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 5.4. Account book for Meeting House repairs, 1910-1912.
Box Sw 13
Scope and Contents

Includes the name "Allan Farquar"

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 5.2. Trustees Minutes, 1911-1950.
Box Sw 9
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting."

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B206
Physical Description

1 vol.; 27 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 5.8. Lyceum Fund account book, 1919.
Box Sw 13
Scope and Contents

Expenses and deposits for the Lyceum Fund were entered in a "Farmers Record and Account Book"

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 5.9. Ashton Meeting House relocation announcement, circa 1970s.
Box Sw 13
Scope and Contents

Known as the Historic Sherwood Library, the Ashton Meeting House (which had been the Orthodox Meetinghouse in the 19th century) was threatened with demolition in the 1970s and was relocated to Sandy Spring Friends School.

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 5.10. Proposed town homes at Friends House, 1969-1970.
Box Sw 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 5.11. "Our Search for the Indian Spring Meeting House," by Martha Nesbitt.
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 6.47. Centennial of Sandy Spring Meeting House, 1917.
Box Sw 13
Scope and Contents

Folder includes press clippings, program, guestbook of attenders, copies of the speeches delivered, and contribtion lists. From an earlier description: "Handwritten registration of attenders, Started in Adult Class, asked Ashton Meeting to participate. They agreed, copies and mimeos of the texts of speeches. Short speeches on Flight of Madison, Civil War incident, coming of the railroad to Sandy Spring, celebration in 1900, history of Sandy Spring neighborhood and another on its influence on community at large, in the back are several articles, long and short from local papers."

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 6.48-6.50. Friends House newsletter, 1979-1994.
Box Sw 14
Biographical / Historical

Friends House was founded in 1967 by members of Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting to provide an affordable retirement community option for members and neighbors. Friends House is not under the care of SSMM, but a worship group there is.

Physical Description

3 folders

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361. Friends House Worship Group State of the Society reports (digital), 2012, 2014.
Biographical / Historical

Friends House Worship Group (sometimes called Miller Center Meeting) was a special meeting under the care of Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting Committee on Aging. It was designed to serve the worship needs of people who were residents of Friends House, the Miller Center, the Committee on Aging, or others who were aging in place.

Physical Description

2 PDF files

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.BM.S361.02.001 (1116/Box 6). Loose Papers, 1828; 1866-1895.
Box 55
Scope and Contents

Letter from Indian Spring Monthly Meeting to Wayne Oak Monthly Meeting, 1828. Folder also contains letters of Rachel Hopkins, 1866-1895, with notes on Indian Spring Meeting by Cora Dulaney.

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

RG2/B/S361 6.44. Lyceum Company correspondence, 1920-1923.
Box Sw 13
Scope and Contents

The Sandy Spring Lyceum Co was built in 1859 as an educational space, used by both Friends and non-Friends, and later became the Community House for Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting. The Lyceum Co. records mostly predate the property transfer to Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting. Included is a 1923 agreement to transfer.

Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 6.1. Miscellaneous records, 1823-1934.
Box Sw 9
Scope and Contents

Includes answers to queries, misc. correspondence, requests for membership, and committee reports.

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 6.2. Newsletter, 1992-1993.
Box Sw 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 6.3-6.43. Newsletter, 1955, 1960-1999.
Box Sw 10 Box Sw 11 Box Sw 12
Physical Description

3 boxes

Material Specific Details

United

RG2/B/S361. Newsletters (digital), December 2009 - January 2020.
Physical Description

105 PDF files

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361 6.45-6.46. Social and Religious Circle of Friends minutes, 1887-1894.
Physical Description

2 volumes

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/S361. Spiritual State of the Meeting reports (digital), 2011-2018.
Physical Description

8 PDF files

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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