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Virginia Half-Years Meeting 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.

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Virginia Yearly Meeting was laid down in 1843 and was accepted as a Half-Years Meeting under Baltimore. In 1912, Virginia Half-Years Meeting became a Quarterly Meeting. Member meetings included Bethel, Black Creek, Corinth, Richmond, and Somerton. In 1965, Black Creek, Corinth, and Somerton withdrew from Virginia Quarterly Meeting and Baltimore Yearly Meeting to join North Carolina Yearly Meeting. In 1967, Charlottesville and Roanoke-Blacksburg joined Virginia Quarterly Meeting. Virginia Quarterly Meeting began meeting twice a year in 1969, and changed its name to Virginia Half-Years Meeting in 1976. It was laid down on 12mo 31 2001.

Records of Virginia Half-Years and Quarterly Meetings, 1673-1996. Includes men's and joint minutes, 1876-1996; women's minutes, 1844-1902; Worship & Ministry and its predecessors, 1809-1810, 1812, 1854-1860, 1864-1916, 1938-1962; vital records, 1928-1970; financial records, 1950-1996; committee records, 1854-1856, 1950-1961, 1982-1996; and miscellaneous, 1785, 1814, 1945, 1956-1965. Most records pre-1843 (from the time when the meeting was a separate Yearly Meeting) are described in QM-By-V.

Divided into series: 1. Men's Minutes; 2. Women's Minutes; 3. Worship & Ministry and its Predecessors; 4. Vital Records; 5. Financial Records; 6. Committee Records; 7. Miscellaneous

Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

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Place

Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2009
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

HC.BQ.V574.01.001 (1116/172). Minutes, 1844-1876.
Box 4
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

HC.BQ.V574.01.002 (1116/173). Minutes, 1876-1924.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B216
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.01.003 (1116/179). Minutes, 1924-1945.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.01.004 (1116/179A). Virginia Quarterly Meeting Minutes, 1946-1984.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Meeting held at Bethel, Southampton County

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/United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.01.005 (1116/179B). Virginia Quarterly Meeting Minutes, 1984-1987.
Box 4
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: United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.01.006 (1116/179C). Virginia Half-Years Meeting Minutes (1 of 3), 1984-1996.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Copies of meeting minutes are loose and mixed with financial records and correspondence.

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: United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.01.007. Virginia Half-Years Meeting Minutes (2 of 3), 1984-1996.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.01.009. Minutes (1 of 2), 1990-1995.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.01.010. Minutes (2 of 2), 1990-1995.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.01.011. Minutes, 2001.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.02.001 (1116/174). Minutes, 1844-1878.
Box 5
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B217
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.02.003 (1116/Box HW-43). Minutes, 1847-1890.
Box 5
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.02.002 (1116/174). Minutes, 1879-1902.
Box 5
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B217
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.03.001 (1116/175). Quarterly Meeting of Ministers and Elders Minutes, 1809-1810, 1854-1860.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Laid in with Quarterly Meeting of Ministers and Elders Minutes, 1854-1860.

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: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.03.003 (1116/Box HW-3v). Extracts of Meeting Minutes of Minister and Elders for Virginia Quarterly Meeting, 1812.
Box 6
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: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.03.002 (1116/175). Meeting of Ministers and Elders Minutes, 1864-1916.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B217
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.03.004 (1116/HW-43). Virginia Quarterly Meeting on Ministry Counsel, 1938-1962.
Box 6
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B217 (1935-62)
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.04.001 (1116/180A). Memorials, 1928-1970.
Box 6
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B216 (1940-45)/198 (1943-75)
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox/United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.04.002 (1116/Box 6-B). Virginia Quarterly Meeting Evangelistic Committee Minutes, 1950-1961.
Box 6
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

HC.BQ.V574.04.003 (1116/180A). Minutes of Young Friends Meeting, 1956-1965.
Box 6
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B198
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BQ.V574.04.004. Correspondence, 1999-2001.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

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