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Washington Monthly 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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By 1807 a Meeting for worship and a Preparative Meeting were set up in Washington D.C., these meetings were under the care of Alexandria Monthly Meeting. After the 1828 Separation, Orthodox Friends attached to Indian Spring Preparative Meeting in Maryland.

By 1876, Orthodox Friends began meeting back in the District in private homes. Baltimore Monthly Meeting created a "Committee for the Accommodation of Friends in Washington" in 1893. With the consent of Baltimore Quarterly Meeting, Orthodox, and at the request of Baltimore Monthly Meeting, Orthodox, a Monthly Meeting was officially established for Orthodox Friends in Washington in 1899. The same year construction of a Meeting House began at the corner of 1st and C Streets. The Federal Government obtained this land for public use and another Meeting House was built at 13th and Irving Streets by 1906. The Irving Street Meeting house was occupied until 1945 and was sold two years later. The funds from the sale were used to purchase a meeting house for the Adelphi Meeting wihich was formed from the merger of Washington and College Park in 1956.

Friends Meeting of Washington DC (Florida Avenue) was established as an independent monthly meeting in 1930. It became a United meeting in 1945.

Records of Washington Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), 1807-1956. Includes minutes 1899-1956, Ministry and Counsel, 1899-1941, financial records 1892-1947, property records 1807-1948, and committee records 1893-1941.

Divided into series: 1.Men's Minutes; 2.Ministry and Cousel; 3.Financial Records; 4.Property Records; 5.Committee Records.

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
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.BM.W375.01.001 (1116/111). Minutes, 1899-1914.
General

Items laid in.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B158/226
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.W375.01.002. Minutes, 1915-1920.
Box 57
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.W375.01.003. Minutes, 1921-1926.
Box 57
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.W375.01.004. Minutes, 1927.
Box 57
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.W375.01.005. Minutes, 1928-1936.
Box 57
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.W375.01.006. Minutes, 1937-1938.
Box 57
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.W375.01.007. Minutes, 1939-1943.
Box 57
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.W375.01.008. Minutes, 1944-1946.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.W375.01.009. Minutes, 1947-1950.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.W375.01.010. Minutes, 1951-1952.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.W375.01.011. Minutes, 1953-1957.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.W375.02.001 (1116/117). Preparative Meeting on Ministry and Oversight: Minutes, 1899-1941.
Box 58
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B226
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.W375.03.001 (1116/114). Treasurer's Account Book, 1896-1906.
Box 58
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B226 (1892-1906)
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.W375.03.002 (1116/115). Treasurer's Account Book, 1906-1919.
Box 59
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.BM.W375.03.003 (1116/115). Treasurer's Account Book, 1920-1940.
Box 59
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.BM.W375.03.004 (1116/114). Treasurer's Account Book, 1923-1947.
Box 59
Scope and Contents

This volume includes assistant treasurer's records 1923-1925, and also individual contributions 1940-1947.

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.BM.W375.03.005 (1116/115). Contributions of Members, 1924-1930.
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.BM.W375.03.006 (1116/115). Contributions of Members, 1931-1939.
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.BM.W375.03.007 (1116/Box HW-48). Deeds to Friends Burying Ground in Washington DC, 1807-1818.
Scope and Contents

Purchased in 1807.

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.BM.W375.04.001 (1116/118). Baltimore Monthly Meeting Committee on Accommodation of Friends in Washington, 1893-1899.
Box 59
Scope and Contents

Items laid in including a letter from Robert B. Warder to John B. Garrett concerning a proposed Meeting House for Washington, July 19, 1898.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B226
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.W375.04.002 (1116/Box 6). Correspondence, 1898-1932.
Box 59
Scope and Contents

Includes a number of committees' correspondence and the "Third Annual Report" 1925.

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.BM.W375.04.003 (1116/116). Pastoral Committee Minutes, 1924-1941.
Box 59
General

Items laid in.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B226 (1923-32 loose papers)
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

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